WBCS Cut Off 2024 OUT(2023 Session): Prelims Cutoff Released, Previous Year Cutoff (Last 3 Years)
West Bengal Civil Service 2025 ( WBCS )
The WBCS Cutoff 2024 for the prelims 2023 session was released with the result. The West Bengal Public Service Commission released the WBCS Prelims result 2024 online on its official website - psc.wb.gov.in. The Commission released the roll numbers of 4,960 candidates who qualified for the WBCS main exam 2024 for the 2023 session. The WBCS Main exam 2024 (2023 session) was conducted from August 16 to 20, 2024.
The WBCS Cutoff is influenced by the number of WBCS vacancies notified for the exam. A higher number of vacancies implies a low cutoff at each recruitment stage of the exam. The candidates need to check their category cutoff of previous years to know the efforts required to clear the exam. The candidates need to compare their marks calculated from the WBCS answer key and compare their marks with the cutoff. WBCS cutoff is dependent on the difficulty level of the WBCS question paper. The Commission will arrive at the WBCS cutoff after arranging the candidates in the order of merit against the vacancies of the particular category. The Commission conducted the exam in offline mode. The Commission conducted the WBCS prelims exam on December 16, 2023.
- WBCS Prelims Cutoff 2024 (2023 Session)
- WBCS 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
- How to Check WBCS Cutoff 2024 (2023 Session)
- WBCS Cutoff - Determining Factors
- WBCS Cutoff of Previous Years
- WBCS Cutoff 2024 FAQs
WBCS Prelims Cutoff 2024 (2023 Session)
The WBCS prelims cutoff 2023 dropped drastically marking that the question paper was difficult. WBCS 2023 prelims cutoff has been released with the results of the candidates. The Commission will release the WBCS 2023 prelims cutoff will depend on the difficulty level of the question paper. The candidates can see below the WBCS 2023 cutoff:
| Category | Marks |
|---|---|
| Unreserved | 101.25 |
| Backward Class (A) | 101.25 |
| Backward Class (B) | 101.25 |
| SC | 94.50 |
| ST | 76.25 |
| PH - A | 80.25 |
| PH -B | 57.00 |
| PH - C | 68.00 |
| PH - D | 3.75 |
| MSP | 77.75 |
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WBCS 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of WBCS 2025 exam
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| Aug ' 25 | WBCS Prelims Exam Date 2025 |
| 16 Dec ' 23 | WBPSC WBCS 2023 Prelims Exam Date |
How to Check WBCS Cutoff 2024 (2023 Session)
The candidates can check here the WBPSC WBCS cutoff 2023 for the 2022 prelims exam in the manner given below
- Go to the official website of WBPSC - psc.wb.gov.in/
- Go to the 'What's New' section on the left-hand of the home page
- Click on the WBCS 2023 prelims result pdf
- Go to the last page of the result pdf
- Here you can get the category-wise marks of the last selected candidate or the category-cutoff
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WBCS Cutoff - Determining Factors
WBCS cutoff depends on multiple factors, but the number of vacancies is the most important factor in determining the cutoff for the exam. Keeping the other factors constant, the number of vacancies is inversely proportional to the WBCS cut-off, which means the higher the number of vacancies, the lower the cut-off will be. WBCS 2022 vacancies were not released with the original notification. WBPSC will issue the WBCS 2022 vacancies in due time. WBCS result will mention all the details about the cutoff as no other official communication is done for the cutoff.
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WBCS Cutoff of Previous Years
The West Bengal Public Service Commission released the WBCS 2022 Prelims Cutoff for all the categories. The candidates can see below the WBCS 2022 cutoff for all the categories as mentioned in the WBCS result notice.
| Category | WBCS Prelims 2022 Cutoff Mark |
|---|---|
| Unreserved | 130.39 |
| Backward Class (A) | 130.39 |
| Backward Class (B) | 130.39 |
| SC | 124.44 |
| ST | 104.37 |
| PH – Suffering from Blindness/Low Vision | 107.79 |
| PH (Reserved for SC) - Acid attack victims/Cerebral Palsy/Dwarfism/Leprosy cured/Locomotor disability/Muscular dystrophy | 83.45 |
| PH - Hearing Impaired (Deaf & Hard of hearing) | 102.15 |
| PH - Autism/Intellectual Disability/Mental illness/Multiple disabilities/Specific learning Disability | 18.98 |
| MSP | 108.81 |
The Commission released the WBCS 2022 main exam dates on July 7, 2023. The Commission released the WBCS answer key (final) on August 4, 2022.
The candidates should calculate their score from the official answer key to anticipate their chances of selection. WBCS cutoff is arrived after the exam and the minimum marks are mentioned in the official notification itself. The minimum marks are just like the eligibility of the candidate to get selected. It is a necessary condition for the selection of the candidate. The WBCS cut-off is arrived after the exam is conducted and it is unknown before the exam. If a candidate scores more than the minimum qualifying marks but less than the cutoff, he will not be selected. It is expected that the WBCS 2022 cutoff will be released with the official result pdf. The Commission will also release the number of candidates who cleared the prelims exam under each category. The WBCS prelims cutoff is expected to increase because the prelims paper was moderate in comparison to the previous years. WBCS cutoff decrease with the increase in the number of vacancies in the exam. The WBCS cutoff depends on the difficulty level of the question paper and the number of vacancies notified for the exam. The WBCS exam was conducted on June 19, 2022.
The candidates can see below the official WBPSC WBCS cutoff of previous years to get the real picture of the exam.
WBCS Cutoff 2020
The Commission released the WBCS 2020 cutoff for all categories and for each group of services. The Commission released the WBCS cutoff in the result pdf along with the roll number and the names of the candidates. The candidates can see below the category-wise cutoff for all Groups.
WBCS Group A Cutoff 2020 (Main)
The WBCS cutoff for Group A (Executive Service) is given below:
| Category | Marks |
|---|---|
| Unreserved | 1117.00 |
| Backward Class (A) | 1073.67 |
| Backward Class (B) | 1082.00 |
| SC | 998.00 |
| ST | 909.67 |
| SC(LD&CP) | 909.33 |
| PH(VH) | 950.00 |
| PH(HI) | 882.33 |
The above marks include the total of main (written) and interview total marks of the candidates.
WBCS Group B (Police Service) Cutoff 2020 (Main)
The candidates can see below the WBCS Police Service Cutoff as released by the West Bengal Public Service Commission.
| Category | Marks |
|---|---|
| Unreserved | 1113.00 |
| Backward Class (A) | 1144.67 |
| Backward Class (B) | 1075.34 |
| SC | 1022.33 |
| ST | 946.00 |
The candidates should note that there is no PwD category candidate selected in the WBCS Group B (Police Service).
WBCS Cut off 2021 - Prelims
The commission released the cutoff for all the categories along with the result. See below the cutoff as given in the official result pdf.
| Category | Marks |
|---|---|
| Unreserved | 121.67 |
| Backward Class (A) | 121.67 |
| Backward Class (B) | 121.67 |
| SC | 114.00 |
| ST | 94.33 |
| PWD | 101.67 |
The above details are taken from the official result notice.
WBCS Cutoff 2020 - Prelims
WBCS prelims cutoff was released along with the WBCS prelims result. The WBCS cutoff was given at the bottom of the WBCS result PDF. The candidates need to breach the cutoff mark to get promoted for the WBCS main exam. The maximum marks in the WBCS prelims exam are 200 because there is only one question paper of 200 marks. The official WBCS 2020 cutoff is as follows
| Sl. No | Category | Cut off |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Un-reserved | 127.0000 |
| 2 | Scheduled Caste | 113.6667 |
| 3 | Scheduled Tribe | 98.3333 |
| 4 | Other Backward Classes-A | 119.0000 |
| 5 | Other Backward Classes-B | 122.0000 |
| 6 | Physically Handicapped(PH-LV) | 96.6667 |
| 7 | Physically Handicapped(PH-HI) | 90.0000 |
| 8 | Physically Handicapped(PH-LD&CP) | 107.0000 |
The WBCS cutoff is different from the minimum qualifying marks mentioned in the official WBCS recruitment notification.
See here: WBCS exam pattern
WBCS Cut off 2019 Group C (Written Exam)
The WPSC released the written exam cutoff for the WBCS Group C Service. The candidates can check here the category-wise cutoff below.
| Category | Group C |
|---|---|
| Unreserved | 672.3333 |
| Backward Class (A) | 647.6667 |
| Backward Class (B) | 650.0001 |
| SC | 615.0000 |
| ST | 565.0000 |
| PH (VC) | 496.3333 |
| PH-LDCP | 606.3333 |
| SC-PH-LDCP | 542.6666 |
WBCS Cutoff 2019 (Final)
The WBPSC released the final cutoff for the Group A and Group B services. The commission released a category-wise cutoff along with the WBCS Result list. The candidates can check the respective cutoffs for Group A and Group B services.
| Category | Group A | Group B |
|---|---|---|
| Unreserved | 1037.8332 | 1025.6667 |
| Backward Class (A) | 1005.6667 | 1011.3333 |
| Backward Class (B) | 983.6666 | 979.0000 |
| SC | 930.3334 | 934.3334 |
| ST | 888.6667 | - |
| PH (VH) | 841.0000 | - |
The WBCS cutoff is different from the minimum qualifying marks mentioned in the official WBCS recruitment notification.
See here: WBCS exam pattern
WBCS cutoff is arrived at after considering the number of vacancies and candidates who score above the minimum qualifying marks. The WBCS cut-off is the minimum marks required to get promoted/selected in the WBCS exam. WBCS cutoff is based on the marks secured by the candidates calculated based on the final WBCS answer key released by the WBPSC. The candidates should calculate their marks from the official revised answer key.
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WBCS Cutoff 2024 FAQs
The candidates can see here important questions related to the WBCS 2024 exam cutoff.
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