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.

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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  -