UPSC Cut Off 2026 Out, Check Prelims, Mains & Final Cut-Off Marks
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the cut-off marks for the Civil Services Prelims, Mains, and Final on 11th March 2026 at the official website, www.upsc.gov.in. Candidates who appeared or are preparing for the upcoming UPSC exams should check these cut-off marks to understand the level of competition and the difficulty of the exam. To get selected for the UPSC CSE exam, the candidates are required to score more than the UPSC Cut Off 2026 marks.
UPSC Cut Off 2026 Out
The UPSC Cut Off 2026 for UPSC Prelims, Mains & Final Round for CSE Exam has been released along with the UPSC Marksheet 2026. Check year-wise UPSC Previous Year Cut Off for UPSC Prelims, Mains & Final Round for your reference. The cut-off marks are released for various categories such as General, SC, ST, OBC, and EWS, depending on the number of vacancies, total number of candidates appeared in the exam, difficulty level of the exam and etc.
UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2026
UPSC Prelims Cut Off is calculated based on marks scored in GS Paper-I. CSAT is qualifying in nature, and candidates must secure a minimum of 33% (66.67 out of 200) to be considered. Only GS Paper-I marks are used for shortlisting candidates to the Mains examination.
Category
Cutoff
General
92.66
EWS
89.34
OBC
92
SC
84
ST
82.66
PwBD-1
76.66
PwBD-2
54.66
PwBD-3
40.66
PwBD-5
40.66
UPSC Mains Cut Off 2026
UPSC Mains examination comprises nine papers, of which seven papers contribute to merit ranking and two papers, English Language and Indian Language are qualifying in nature. The Mains written examination carries a total of 1750 marks. UPSC Mains Cut Off 2026 determines the eligibility of candidates for the Personality Test (Interview).
Category
Cutoff
General
739
EWS
706
OBC
717
SC
700
ST
694
PwBD-1
703
PwBD-2
708
PwBD-3
536
PwBD-5
451
UPSC Final Cut Off 2026
The Final Cut-Off is calculated by combining the marks obtained in the Mains written examination (out of 1750) and the Personality Test/Interview (out of 275), giving a total of 2025 marks. Candidates who score equal to or above the UPSC Final Cut Off 2026 for their category are placed in the merit list and allocated services based on their rank.
To know the trend of difficulty level followed by Union Public Service Commission in terms of Prelims, Mains & Interview Round, knowing the UPSC CSE Previous Year Cut Off Marks could be beneficial. Here, we are sharing UPSC Previous Year Cut-Offs, which will help all candidates to have an idea of the cut-off for the upcoming UPSC Exam. Go through the year-wise cut-off marks from the previous year and prepare a strategy to score good marks in the upcoming UPSC CCE exam.
UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2024
The UPSC Cut Off for Prelims Exam includes marks for General Studies-I, as the CSAT paper is only qualifying in nature. UPSC Prelims Cut Off has been released on the official website www.upsc.gov.in.
Category
Cutoff
General
87.98
EWS
85.92
OBC
87.28
SC
79.03
ST
74.23
PwBD-1
69.42
PwBD-2
65.30
PwBD-3
40.56
PwBD-5
40.56
UPSC Mains Cut Off 2024
UPSC IAS Mains Cut Off has been released category-wise separately for General, EWS, OBC, SC, ST, and PwBD on the UPSC official website.
Category
Cutoff
General
729
EWS
696
OBC
702
SC
685
ST
684
PwBD-1
663
PwBD-2
696
PwBD-3
307
PwBD-5
361
UPSC Final Cut Off 2024
The UPSC IAS Final Cut Off has been released separately for General, EWS, OBC, SC, ST, and PwBD categories. Candidates scoring more than the UPSC Final Cut Off marks are eligible to be appointed for the various Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ posts and the reserve list.
Category
Cutoff
General
947
EWS
917
OBC
910
SC
880
ST
884
PwBD-1
876
PwBD-2
913
PwBD-3
701
PwBD-5
461
UPSC Prelims Cut-Off 2023-24 Out
The UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2023-24 has been be released on the official website www.upsc.gov.in for UPSC 2023-24 Prelims, Mains, and Interview has been released altogether. UPSC Cut Off marks for all categories are tabulated below in the table.
UPSC Prelims Cut-Off 2024
Category
UPSC Cut Off
General
75.41
EWS
68.02
OBC
74.75
SC
59.25
ST
47.82
PwBD-1
40.40
PwBD-2
47.13
PwBD-3
40.40
PwBD-5
33.68
UPSC Mains Cut Off 2023-24
With the release of the UPSC Mains Result 2024, only the names of the candidates who qualified in the mains exam, however, the UPSC Mains Cut Off 2024 has been released by UPSC. The UPSC Mains cut off for the general category is 741 and cut off for the EWS category is 706. Check the mains cut off from the below table.
UPSC has released the final cut off by taking into consideration the marks scored by candidates in the final round which is the interview stage.
UPSC Final Cut-Off 2024
Category
UPSC Cut Off
General
953
EWS
923
OBC
919
SC
890
ST
891
PwBD-1
894
PwBD-2
930
PwBD-3
756
PwBD-5
589
UPSC Prelims Cut-Off 2022-23
UPSC Prelims Cut-off marks are prepared on the basis of GS Paper-I only. GS Paper-II was of a qualifying nature with 33% marks as per Rule 15 of the Civil Services Examination, 2022.
