UPSC releases the cut off marks for all the stages, including final cut off after the declaration of the result every year.
UPSC Preliminary Cut off analysis
UPSC prelims cut off marks are considered for General Studies I only. The General Studies II paper is only qualifying in nature, thus is not counted for merit ranking. The GS II paper requires candidates to score a minimum 33% for qualifying it.| Category | UPSC Cut off 2020 (out of 200) | UPSC Cut off 2019 (out of 200) | UPSC Cut off 2018 (out of 200) |
| General | 92.51 | 98 | 98 |
| EWS | 77.55 | 90 | |
| OBC | 89.12 | 95.34 | 96.66 |
| SC | 74.84 | 82 | 84 |
| ST | 68.71 | 77.34 | 83.34 |
| PwBD-1 | 70.06 | 53.34 | 73.34 |
| PwBD-2 | 63.94 | 44.66 | 53.34 |
| PwBD-3 | 40.82 | 54.66 | 40 |
| PwBD-4 | 42.86 | 61.34 | 45.34 |
UPSC Mains Cut off analysis
| Category | UPSC Cut off 2020 (out of 1750) | UPSC Cut off 2019 (out of 1750) | UPSC Cut off 2018 (out of 1750) |
| General | 736 | 751 | 774 |
| EWS | 687 | 696 | |
| OBC | 698 | 718 | 732 |
| SC | 680 | 706 | 719 |
| ST | 682 | 699 | 719 |
| PwBD-1 | 648 | 663 | 711 |
| PwBD-2 | 699 | 698 | 696 |
| PwBD-3 | 425 | 374 | 520 |
| PwBD-4 | 300 | 561 | 460 |
UPSC Final Cut off analysis
| Category | UPSC Cut off 2020 (out of 2025) | UPSC Cut off 2019 (out of 2025) | UPSC Cut off 2018 (out of 2025) |
| General | 944 | 961 | 982 |
| EWS | 894 | 909 | |
| OBC | 907 | 925 | 938 |
| SC | 875 | 898 | 912 |
| ST | 876 | 893 | 912 |
| PwBD-1 | 867 | 861 | 899 |
| PwBD-2 | 910 | 890 | 908 |
| PwBD-3 | 675 | 653 | 754 |
| PwBD-4 | 465 | 708 | 718 |
