UPSC Cut Off 2015: Prelims, Mains and Final, Category-wise

These are the official cut-off marks for the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2015: the lowest marks with which candidates in each category moved on to the next stage, as published by UPSC after the final result.

CSE 2015 cut-off marks, every category

The numbers behind CSE 2015

How to read these cut-offs

• Prelims is GS Paper I alone, out of 200. CSAT (GS Paper II) only has to be passed with 33% and does not add to the score.
• Mains is the total of the seven written papers that count, out of 1,750. The two language papers only have to be passed.
• Final adds the personality test (out of 275) to the written total (out of 1,750): the final is out of 2,025.

To see every year side by side, with a chart and a score checker, go to UPSC cut-off for the last ten years.