UPSC ESE (Engineering Services) Cutoff Marks
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.
Cutoff for ESE 2018 Exam
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 | 207 | 194 | 169 | 188 | 114 | 87 |
| Mechanical | 256 | 255 | 220 | 223 | 138 | 98 |
| Electrical | 230 | 218 | 190 | 191 | 127 | 71 |
| E & T | 213 | 206 | 173 | 155 | 125 | - |
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 | 546 | 502 | 467 | 513 | 308 | 161 |
| Mechanical | 611 | 611 | 542 | 564 | 374 | 288 |
| Electrical | 541 | 488 | 452 | 481 | 303 | - |
| E & T | 504 | 476 | 405 | 403 | 301 | - |
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 | 710 | 679 | 609 | 671 | 476 | 425 |
| Mechanical | 767 | 782 | 699 | 699 | 505 | 551 |
| Electrical | 711 | 691 | 603 | 624 | 473 | - |
| E & T | 660 | 648 | 567 | 524 | 429 | - |