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UPSC Civil Services Examination Previous Year Cut Off

Use the table for historical comparison only. Cutoffs can vary by stage, category, region and normalization method.

Cutoff trend

Only like-for-like verified stage/category/region records are connected in one series.

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YearStageCategoryRegionCutoffSource
2024FinalEWSAll India / not specified917out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2024FinalGeneralAll India / not specified947out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2024FinalOBCAll India / not specified910out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2024FinalSCAll India / not specified880out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2024FinalSTAll India / not specified884out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2024PrelimsEWSAll India / not specified85.92out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗Single secondary source; confirm against the UPSC annual report.
2024PrelimsGeneralAll India / not specified87.98out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗Single secondary source; confirm against the UPSC annual report.
2024PrelimsOBCAll India / not specified87.28out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗Single secondary source; confirm against the UPSC annual report.
2024PrelimsSCAll India / not specified79.03out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗Single secondary source; confirm against the UPSC annual report.
2024PrelimsSTAll India / not specified74.23out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗Single secondary source; confirm against the UPSC annual report.
2023FinalEWSAll India / not specified923out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2023FinalGeneralAll India / not specified953out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2023FinalOBCAll India / not specified919out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2023FinalSCAll India / not specified890out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2023FinalSTAll India / not specified891out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2023PrelimsEWSAll India / not specified68.02out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2023PrelimsGeneralAll India / not specified75.41out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2023PrelimsOBCAll India / not specified74.75out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2023PrelimsSCAll India / not specified59.25out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2023PrelimsSTAll India / not specified47.82out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2022FinalEWSAll India / not specified926out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2022FinalGeneralAll India / not specified960out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2022FinalOBCAll India / not specified923out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2022FinalSCAll India / not specified893out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2022FinalSTAll India / not specified900out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2022PrelimsEWSAll India / not specified82.83out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2022PrelimsGeneralAll India / not specified88.22out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2022PrelimsOBCAll India / not specified87.54out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2022PrelimsSCAll India / not specified74.08out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2022PrelimsSTAll India / not specified69.35out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2021FinalEWSAll India / not specified916out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2021FinalGeneralAll India / not specified953out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2021FinalOBCAll India / not specified910out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2021FinalSCAll India / not specified886out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2021FinalSTAll India / not specified883out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2021PrelimsEWSAll India / not specified80.14out of 200PW and Vajiram (agree) ↗Two sources agree.
2021PrelimsGeneralAll India / not specified87.54out of 200PW and Vajiram (agree) ↗Two sources agree.
2021PrelimsOBCAll India / not specified84.85out of 200PW ↗A second source listed 89.12 — the 2020 OBC figure, and above the 2021 General cutoff. 84.85 retained.
2021PrelimsSCAll India / not specified75.41out of 200PW and Vajiram (agree) ↗Two sources agree.
2021PrelimsSTAll India / not specified70.71out of 200PW and Vajiram (agree) ↗Two sources agree.
2020FinalEWSAll India / not specified894out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2020FinalGeneralAll India / not specified944out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2020FinalOBCAll India / not specified907out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2020FinalSCAll India / not specified875out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2020FinalSTAll India / not specified876out of 2025Vajiram & Ravi ↗
2020PrelimsEWSAll India / not specified77.55out of 200PW and Vajiram (agree) ↗Two sources agree.
2020PrelimsGeneralAll India / not specified92.51out of 200PW and Vajiram (agree) ↗Two sources agree.
2020PrelimsOBCAll India / not specified89.12out of 200PW and Vajiram (agree) ↗Two sources agree.
2020PrelimsSCAll India / not specified74.84out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗DISPUTED: a second source gives 68.71 and swaps SC/ST. Verify against the UPSC annual report before publishing.
2020PrelimsSTAll India / not specified68.71out of 200Vajiram & Ravi ↗DISPUTED: a second source gives 74.84 and swaps SC/ST. Verify against the UPSC annual report before publishing.
2019FinalEWSAll India / not specified909out of 2025ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2019FinalGeneralAll India / not specified961out of 2025ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2019FinalOBCAll India / not specified925out of 2025ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2019FinalSCAll India / not specified898out of 2025ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2019FinalSTAll India / not specified893out of 2025ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2019MainsEWSAll India / not specified696out of 1750ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2019MainsGeneralAll India / not specified751out of 1750ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced. Mains stage newly added in this batch — was not loaded for any year before.
2019MainsOBCAll India / not specified718out of 1750ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2019MainsSCAll India / not specified706out of 1750ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2019MainsSTAll India / not specified699out of 1750ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2019PrelimsEWSAll India / not specified90out of 200ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced. First year EWS reservation existed, so no prior-year comparison is possible.
2019PrelimsGeneralAll India / not specified98out of 200ClearIAS ↗ClearIAS states explicitly this is unchanged from the (verified) 2018 figure of 98.00, not a coincidental match.
2019PrelimsOBCAll India / not specified95.34out of 200ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2019PrelimsSCAll India / not specified82out of 200ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2019PrelimsSTAll India / not specified77.34out of 200ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2018FinalGeneralAll India / not specified982out of 2025ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2018FinalOBCAll India / not specified938out of 2025ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2018FinalSCAll India / not specified912out of 2025ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2018FinalSTAll India / not specified912out of 2025ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2018MainsGeneralAll India / not specified774out of 1750ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2018MainsOBCAll India / not specified732out of 1750ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2018MainsSCAll India / not specified719out of 1750ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2018MainsSTAll India / not specified719out of 1750ClearIAS ↗Single-sourced.
2018PrelimsGeneralAll India / not specified98out of 200ClearIAS and careers360.com (agree) ↗Two independent sources agree exactly.
2018PrelimsOBCAll India / not specified96.66out of 200ClearIAS and careers360.com (agree) ↗Two independent sources agree exactly.
2018PrelimsSCAll India / not specified84out of 200ClearIAS ↗MINOR DISCREPANCY: a careers360.com forum answer gives 84.4 instead. Kept ClearIAS's figure (more precise-looking, part of a fuller official-style table) but not marking verified given the mismatch.
2018PrelimsSTAll India / not specified83.34out of 200ClearIAS and careers360.com (agree) ↗Two independent sources agree exactly.