UPSC IFS 2019 Cut Off

Indian Forest Service Examination, 2019 Recommendation Details and Cut-off Marks (Category wise) S.N. Category Vacancy Recommendation Vacancy after Recommendatio Minimum Minimum Marks secured by of PwBD recommendation n of Candidates Qualifying Qualifying the last Candidates of PwBD (Non-PwBD) Standards* Standards# recommended candidates [IFoS(Pre)] [Written Candidate [Final Exam] Stage] (Out of 200) (Out of 1400) (Out of 1700) 35 1. General 38 01 35@ (Incl. 02 EWS & 07 116.00 686 918 OBC at Gen standard) 2. EWS 09 Nil 09 09 112.66 615 839 3. OBC 24 01 23 23 114.66 661 876 4. SC 13 Nil 13 13 101.34 609 832 5. ST 06 Nil 06 06 101.34 598 849 Total 90 02 86 86 Candidates belonging to Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) a. PwBD-1 01 Nil 01 - - - No candidate available 02 - b. PwBD-2 02 - 74.66 482 794 (01 Gen & 01 OBC) c. PwBD-3 01 Nil 01 - 42.66 258 No candidate available 02 Total 04 02 - - - - (01 Gen & 01 OBC) * Cut off marks on the basis of GS Paper-I only. However, GS Paper-II was of qualifying nature with 33% marks as per Rule 13 of Indian Forest Service Examination, 2019. # Subject to minimum 5% marks in each paper. @ 02 vacancies under General category have been left blank on account of non-availability of 01 PwBD-1 and 01 PwBD-3 candidates in accordance with sub-Rule 8.1 of Rule 8 of DoPT O.M. No. 36035/02/2017-Estt(Res.) dated 15.01.2018.

-2- 2. Wherever two or more candidates have secured equal aggregate marks in Indian Forest Service Examination, 2019, the tie(s) have been resolved in accordance with the principles approved by the Commission, viz. (i) Candidate with more marks in compulsory papers and the Personality Test put together is to be ranked higher; (ii) In case the marks at (i) above are also equal, the candidate who is senior in age is to be ranked higher.