UPSC Cut Off 2025-26: Prelims, Mains and Final Cut Off Marks (Category-wise)

The Union Public Service Commission has officially released the UPSC Cut Off 2025 along with the Civil Services Examination result. The cut-off marks represent the minimum marks secured by the last recommended candidate at different stages of the examination — Prelims, Mains, and Final selection.

The Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC is one of the most competitive exams in India, and the cut-off varies every year depending on several factors such as difficulty level of the paper, number of vacancies, and overall candidate performance.

This article provides a detailed analysis of UPSC Cut Off 2025-26, including Prelims Cut Off, Mains Cut Off, Final Cut Off, and key insights for aspirants preparing for UPSC 2026.

UPSC Cut Off 2025 Out

The UPSC Cut Off 2025 has been officially released by the Union Public Service Commission for the Civil Services Examination. The Prelims Cut Off for the General category is 92.66 marks, while the Mains cut off stands at 739 marks out of 1750. The final cut off for recommendation is 963 marks out of 2025. These marks represent the minimum score obtained by the last recommended candidate in each category and help aspirants understand the competition level for UPSC 2026 preparation.

UPSC Cut Off 2025 (Category-wise)

The cut-off marks are released for three stages of the examination:

1. Preliminary Examination

2. Main Examination

3. Final Selection (Mains + Interview)

Below is the official UPSC Cut Off 2025 category-wise.

UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2025 (GS Paper-I Only)

The UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2025 is calculated only based on GS Paper-I marks, while CSAT (GS Paper-II) is qualifying in nature with a minimum requirement of 33% marks.

UPSC Cut-Off 2024

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the cut-off marks for the exam cycle of  UPSC CSE Exam 2023 on its official website. UPSC has released the minimum qualifying standards or marks secured by the last recommended candidate in various categories at different stages of the examination. These marks serve as a benchmark for candidates aiming to crack this highly competitive exam.

UPSC CSE Cut-Off Marks

UPSC Prelims Cut-Off 2024

In the Civil Services Examination (CSE) conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in 2023, Check out UPSC Prelims cut off 2023 category wise:

UPSC Mains Cut-off 2024

UPSC CSE Final Cut-Off Marks 2024

Below we have discussed the UPSC CSE Final Cut-Off Marks category-wise for the year 2024:

Factors Determine UPSC Cut-Off Marks

Only General Studies I is used to determine the UPSC prelims cut-off scores. The General Studies II or CSAT exam is purely qualifying in nature and does not count towards merit ranking. To qualify for the main exams, applicants must pass the GS II paper with a minimum score of 33%.

The UPSC cut-off marks are the scores of the last applicant chosen, depending on the availability of positions in a given category. Only after the UPSC Civil Services Exam for that particular year’s final result is announced does the UPSC share the cut-off marks for both the Preliminary and Main Exam. Regarding the selection of applicants based on cut-off scores, UPSC has clarified a few issues:

• Case 1– If two candidates receive the same total score in the Civil Services Examination, the Commission breaks the tie by awarding a higher rank to the one who receives the highest combined score in the mandatory papers and IAS interviews.
• Case 2– The older candidate will be given a better rank if two candidates receive similar scores on all of their exams, including the mandatory ones and the UPSC personality tests.
• Case 3– If two candidates have the same age and score equally on both the mandatory exams and the UPSC CSE interview, the candidate with the higher score on the mandatory exams will be given a higher rank.

UPSC Cut-Off 2022

UPSC Result 2023 has been released on 23rd May 2023. The official UPSC Cut-Off Marks 2023 for the UPSC 2022 Prelims, Mains, and Interview have also been made public. For each stage separately, UPSC Cut Off marks have been made public by category. Candidates can download the UPSC Cutoff 2022 PDF from the link below in this article and also check the detailed UPSC Cutoff 2022 in tabular format below.

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UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2022

On June 5, 2022, candidates sat the Civil Services Prelims test. The test was divided into two sections, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am and from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. The UPSC   Prelims Cut off 2022 category wise has been mentioned below in the table.

UPSC Mains Cut Off 2022

UPSC Final Cut Off 2022

Candidates who are preparing for the UPSC examination can check the UPSC Final Cutoff 2022 in the table given below:

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UPSC Cut Off 2021

The minimum qualifying marks secured by the last recommended candidate in various categories at various stages of UPSC 2021 have been tabulated below

UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2021

The UPSC Prelims 2021 was conducted on 10th October 2021. Now, the official notice has declared the CSE Cut Off for Prelims 2021. According to the Official Cut-Off list, marks for various categories of candidates are as given below:

UPSC Mains Cut Off 2021

The Commission has officially declared the following IAS Mains 2021 cut off:

UPSC Final Cut-Off 2021

UPSC Cut Off 2020

The minimum qualifying marks secured by the last recommended candidate in various categories at various stages of UPSC 2020 have been tabulated below

UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2020

The UPSC Prelims 2020 was conducted on 4th October 2020. The IAS Prelims Cut Off 2020 would be around 95-98 (+/-3). Now, the official notice has declared the CSE Cut Off for Prelims 2020. Only those candidates who scored above the UPSC Prelims cutoff qualified for the Mains stage of the exam.

UPSC Mains Cut Off 2020

The IAS Mains 2020 cut-off that has been officially announced by the Commission is given below:

UPSC Final Cut Off 2020

UPSC Cut Off 2019

The minimum qualifying marks secured by the last recommended candidate in various categories at various stages of UPSC 2019 have been tabulated below

UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2019

The UPSC Prelims 2019 was conducted on June 2, 2019. The UPSC Prelims cutoff score is in the range of 95-100 for the general category.

UPSC Mains Cut Off 2019

The IAS Mains 2019 cut-off that has been officially announced by the Commission is given below:

UPSC Final Cut Off 2019

UPSC Cut Off 2018

The minimum qualifying marks secured by the last recommended candidate in various categories at various stages of UPSC 2018 have been tabulated below

UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2018

The cutoff mark for the UPSC prelims exam 2018 is 98 for the general category. The category-wise minimum qualifying marks for the prelims of the IAS Exam are given in the following table.

UPSC Mains Cut Off 2018

UPSC Final Cut Off 2018

UPSC Prelims Cut off From (2011-2016)

UPSC Mains Cut off from 2005 to 2015

The candidate can check out the UPSC Mains Cut off from 2005 to 2015:

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