UPSC Civil Services 2019 Cut Off

Civil Services Examination, 2019 – minimum qualifying marks* In the Civil Services Examination 2019, the minimum qualifying standards/marks secured by the last recommended candidate in various categories at various stages are as under:- Exam General EWS OBC SC ST PwBD-1 PwBD-2 PwBD-3 PwBD-5 CS(Prelim)** 98.00 90.00 95.34 82.00 77.34 53.34 44.66 40.66 61.34 CS(Main)# 751 696 718 706 699 663 698 374 561 CS(Final) 961 909 925 898 893 861 890 653 708 * Cut-off marks are subject to changes, as may be necessitated by the orders that may be passed by the Hon’ble Courts in matters pending before them. Category-wise recommendations details shall also be uploaded after conclusion of pending court cases. **Cut off marks on the basis of GS Paper-I only. GS Paper-II was of qualifying nature with 33% marks as per Rule-15 of Civil Services Examination, 2019. # Subject to 10% marks in each of the seven competitive papers i.e. Essay, GS-I, GS-II, GS-III, GS-IV, Optional-I and Optional-II.

-2- 2. Wherever two or more candidates have secured equal aggregate marks in CSE Exam, 2019, the tie(s) have been resolved in accordance with the principles approved by the Commission, viz. (i) Candidate securing more marks in the Compulsory Papers and the Personality Test put together is to be ranked higher; (ii) In case where the marks mentioned at (i) above are equal, the candidate senior in age is to be ranked higher; and (iii) In case where the (i) and (ii) above are same, then the candidate getting more marks in the compulsory papers is to be ranked higher.