UPSC ESE 2017 Cutoff
The cutoff is minimum qualifying standards or marks in order to qualify the next stage. There are three stages - preliminary exam, main exam and final personality test stage.
Stage I: Preliminary (Objective Type Papers)
Minimum qualifying standards or marks for admission to Mains (Stage-II), out of 500 marks, subject to candidates (General, OBC, SC and ST) having secured minimum 15% marks and PH candidates minimum 10% marks in each of the two objective papers.
Discipline | General | OBC | SC | ST | PH-1 | PH-3 |
Civil | 202 | 177 | 148 | 151 | 102 | 68 |
Mechanical | 231 | 207 | 165 | 147 | 108 | 99 |
Electrical | 257 | 241 | 210 | 208 | 169 | 73 |
E & T | 221 | 205 | 167 | 171 | 123 | - |
Stage II: Mains (Conventional Type Papers)
Minimum qualifying standards or marks out of 1100 marks (500 marks of Stage-I + 600 marks of Stage-II), subject to candidates (General, OBC, SC & ST) having secured minimum 20% marks and PH candidates minimum 10% marks in each of the two conventional papers.
Discipline | General | OBC | SC | ST | PH-1 | PH-3 |
Civil | 520 | 459 | 415 | 439 | 315 | 145 |
Mechanical | 553 | 485 | 428 | 399 | 275 | 278 |
Electrical | 618 | 562 | 511 | 530 | 367 | 268 |
E & T | 549 | 508 | 447 | 479 | 350 | - |
Stage III: Final stage after PT
Marks secured by the last recommended candidate, out of 1300 marks.
Discipline | General | OBC | SC | ST | PH-1 | PH-3 |
Civil | 691 | 650 | 564 | 578 | 437 | 311 |
Mechanical | 723 | 673 | 576 | 550 | 452 | 502 |
Electrical | 769 | 742 | 658 | 698 | 575 | 428 |
E & T | 713 | 675 | 611 | 590 | 471 | - |