As for the final cutoff we know that it consists of the sum-total of Mains marks and Interview marks and is not inclusive of Prelims Marks.
Below are the cut-offs of last five years followed by its trend analysis-
| Category | 2021
(Out of 2025) |
2020
(Out of 2025) |
2019
(Out of 2025) |
2018
(Out of 2025) |
2017
(Out of 2025) |
| General | 953 | 944 | 961 | 982 | 1006 |
| EWS | 916 | 894 | 909 | – | – |
| OBC | 910 | 907 | 925 | 938 | 968 |
| SC | 886 | 875 | 898 | 912 | 944 |
| ST | 883 | 876 | 893 | 912 | 939 |
| PwB
D-1 |
892 | 867 | 861 | 899 | 923 |
| PwB
D-2 |
932 | 910 | 890 | 908 | 948 |
| PwB
D-3 |
689 | 675 | 653 | 754 | 830 |
UPSC never forgets to be an Uncertain Public Service Commission, so based on the Syllabus, Previous year questions and Topics trend you should strategize well and build your core concepts.
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