Indian Forest Service Exam Cut-off

Cutoff is the minimum qualifying standards or marks required. Cut off marks on the basis of GS Paper-I only as GS Paper-II is a qualifying paper with a minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.

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IFS 2019 Cutoff

Category Prelims (Out of 200) Written Exam (Out of 1400) Final Stage (Out of 1700)
General 116.00 686 918
EWS 112.66  615  839 
OBC 114.66  661  876 
SC 101.34  609  832 
ST 101.34  598  849 
PwBD-2 74.66  482  794 

In prelims, the cut off marks on the basis of GS Paper-I only. However, GS Paper-II was of qualifying nature with 33% marks. In written exam, the cutoff is subject to minimum 5% marks in each paper.

Tie

Wherever two or more candidates have secured equal aggregate marks in Indian Forest Service Examination, the tie has been resolved in accordance with the principles approved by the Commission, viz.

  1. Candidate with more marks in compulsory papers and the Personality Test put together is to be ranked higher.
  2. In case the marks at (i) above are also equal, the candidate who is senior in age is to be ranked higher.

Cutoff for IFS 2018

1. Minimum qualifying standards or marks approved at the Written Part of the Indian Forest Service Examination 2018:

S. No. Category Marks out of 1400
1. General 669
2. OBC 596
3. SC 595
4. ST 587
5. PwBD-2 541
6. PwBD-3 447

Subject to a minimum 5% marks in each paper.

2. Marks secured by the last finally recommended candidate of Indian Forest Service Examination 2018:

S. No. Category Marks out of 1700
1. General 904
2. OBC 858
3. SC 798
4. ST 815
5. PwBD-2 787
6. PwBD-3 693