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UPSC Cut Off 2017: Prelims, Mains and Final, Category-wise

Official UPSC CSE 2017 cut-offs for every category, with the change from 2016.

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CSE 2017 · General category

Prelims cut-off
105.34out of 200 · ▼ −10.66 vs 2016
Mains cut-off
809out of 1,750 · ▲ +22 vs 2016
Final cut-off
1006out of 2,025 · ▲ +18 vs 2016
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990candidates selected

Every category is in the table below.

On this page4 sections
  1. CSE 2017 cut-off marks, every category
  2. How 2017 compares with 2016
  3. The numbers behind CSE 2017
  4. How to read these cut-offs

These are the official cut-off marks for the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2017: the lowest marks with which candidates in each category moved on to the next stage, as published by UPSC after the final result.

CSE 2017 cut-off marks, every category

UPSC CSE 2017 cut-off marks

From UPSC's cut-off notice for CSE 2017

UPSC CSE 2017 cut-off marks by category for prelims, mains and final.
Category Prelimsout of 200Mainsout of 1,750Finalout of 2,025
General 105.34▼ −10.66809▲ +221006▲ +18
OBC 102.66▼ −8.00770▲ +25968▲ +17
SC 88.66▼ −10.68756▲ +17944▲ +7
ST 88.66▼ −7.34749▲ +19939▲ +19
PwBD-1 85.34▲ +10.00734▲ +21923▼ −4
PwBD-2 61.34▼ −11.32745▲ +5948▼ −3
PwBD-3 40.00 0578▲ +33830▲ +13

▲▼ is the change from CSE 2016. Prelims: GS Paper I. Mains: written papers only. Final: written plus the personality test. UPSC's notice for this year printed the disability categories as PH-1 to PH-3; they are shown as PwBD-1 to PwBD-3.

How 2017 compares with 2016

Prelims. General 105.34 (down 10.66), OBC 102.66 (down 8.00), SC 88.66 (down 10.68), ST 88.66 (down 7.34). The biggest move was SC, down 10.68 marks.

Mains. General 809 (up 22), OBC 770 (up 25), SC 756 (up 17), ST 749 (up 19). The biggest move was OBC, up 25 marks.

Final. General 1006 (up 18), OBC 968 (up 17), SC 944 (up 7), ST 939 (up 19). The biggest move was ST, up 19 marks.

The numbers behind CSE 2017

CSE 2017: from application to selection

Official figures for CSE 2017, from the documents under Sources

  1. 9,57,590 Applied
  2. 4,56,625 Appeared in prelims 47.7% of the step before
  3. 13,366 Qualified for mains 2.9% of the step before
  4. 2,568 Qualified for interview 19.2% of the step before
  5. 990 Recommended 38.6% of the step before

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.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from these official documents. If you spot a difference, the official document is right; tell us and we'll fix the page.

  1. UPSC: Civil Services Examination, 2017 – cut-off marks
  2. PIB: CSE 2017 final result

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