IAS Cut-off

No, the Commission do not mention any Minimum Qualifying Marks for the General Studies Paper 1. But there is a criteria of Minimum 33 % for the General Studies Paper 2 (Aptitude) paper. 

The IAS Prelims exam is conducted offline in the pen and paper mode. There is no sectional cutoff in the IAS prelims exam because the number of questions from a section is not fixed and they vary year to year.

The Union Public Service Commission conduct the Civil Service (IAS) main (written) exam offline in pen and paper mode. This exam is a descriptive type exam where the candidates are required to breach this cutoff score to get a call for the interview phase.

The IAS prelims cutoff means the minimum marks required to clear the prelims exam in the category of the candidate. The Union Public Service Commission conduct the IAS prelims exam to filter the candidates and limit the numbers for the main (written) exam. The Commission conduct the prelims in offline mode. 

The UPSC CSE (IAS) exam result 2024-25 was released on June 11. The Commission released the final UPSC CSE (IAS) 2024 cutoff for all the categories and stages of exam. The Commission released the UPSC Cutoff 2025 for all the stages of exam as given below:

The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC CSE 2023 Cutoff on April 18, 2024. The Commission released the UPSC Civil Service Exam cutoff for all the categories and stages of the exam separately. 

After analysing the UPSC Cutoff 2023, we can say that the UPSC CSE 2023 cutoff was dipped marginally in comparison to the previous year that is 2022.

The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC Cutoff 2023 on April 18, 2024. The Commission mentioned the category-wise UPSC CSE 2023 Cutoff in the following manner: