ESE

The Union Public Service Commission releases the IES cutoff after the declaration of the final result. The Commission do not release the answer key and cutoff with the prelims result. The candidates can download the IES 2024 cutoff in the following manner:

• Go to the official website of UPSC – upsc.gov.in
• Click on the ‘Examination’ tab given at the top
• A drop list will appear, Click on the Cutoff link appearing on the list
• The ESE Cutoff PDF link will appear in the list
• Click on the link and get the ESE cutoff for all the categories and phases

The IES 2024 Cutoff PDF will be available here after its official release.

The candidates should understand that the IES cutoff varies every year. There are some factors which determine the IES cutoff. The candidates can see below the factors that influence the IES cutoff. The factors that determine the IES cutoff are

• Number of vacancies,
• Difficulty level of the question paper
• Number of candidates who appeared in the exam

The Union Public Service Commission conduct the Engineering Service Exam (ESE) every year to recruit candidates for different positions. This exam is popularly called as the IES exam among the candidates because of the name of service, the candidates are assigned to. 

The Commission conduct the IES exam every year in the following four engineering streams:

• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

Yes, there is negative marking in the IES prelims exam. The Union Public Service Commission mention the quantum of negative marking in the official notification. The Commission also mentions the total mark of the question paper and the structure of the exam such as how many questions will be asked in the paper.

The Commission also mention the negative marketing as the following:

The penalty for the incorrect answer is one-third of the total marks assigned to the correct answer. The Commission assigns 2 marks for the correct answer. Hence, 0.66 marks will be deducted for each incorrect answer.

The Union Public Service Commission conducted the IES 2025 Prelims exam on June 8, 2025. Shiksha.com captured the students' reaction after the IES 2025 Prelims exam. All the candidates who appeared in the exam mentioned the difficulty level of the questions. The candidates also shared the IES expected cutoff 2025. It is mentioned via table below for the General Category:

The Union Public Service Commission will release the IES result PDF on its official website only. The Commission will mention the names and the roll numbers of the qualified candidates in the result pdf. The candidates will be able to download the UPSC IES 2025 result pdf in the following manner:

• Visit the official website of UPSC
• Go to the What's new section on the right-hand side
• Click on the UPSC ESE (IES) final result 2025 link
• The UPSC ESE (IES) final Result 2025 PDF will appear on the screen
• Download the UPSC ESE (IES) 2025 final Result PDF for future reference

The Union Public Service Commission will mention the names and the roll number of the qualified candidates in the IES 2025 result PDF. The Commission will release two separate IES result PDFs. One result pdf mentions the roll numbers of the qualified candidates and the other pdf mentions the names of the qualified candidates.

These candidates are called for the IES main exam. The Commission also mentions the date of the exam in the result pdf.

The Union Public Service Commission will conduct the IES 2025 Prelims exam offline on June 8, 2025. The Commission will release the official IES 2025 prelims answer key online after the declaration of the final result. It is a set practice of the Commission that it releases the official answer key after the declaration of the final result to avoid any delay in the selection process due to litigation. 

There are various coaching institutes that release the IES prelims answer key but we cannot comment on the reliability and authenticity of their answers.