IAS exam Cutoff percentage

What are the minimum Cutoff marks required to crack IAS Prelim Exam???????

Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative civil service exam which is conducted by Union Government, State governments

Cut off Marks for IAS Exam Prelim

The cut off of the IAS Exam Prelim exams is expected to be high and the cut off marks could increase five to seven marks more than the previous years.

Last year the cut off mark was ---
Over 209 for open category candidates and
194 marks for OBC.
184 for the SC & ST candidates

IAS Prelims Syllabus

IAS prelims have following two parts, each part consist of 200 marks
General Studies Paper I: 100 questions
General Studies Paper II: 80 questions

Syllabus for Paper I

History of India and Indian national movement
Indian and World Geography
Indian Polity and Economic
General Science
Current events of national and international

Syllabus for Paper II
Communication skills
Logical reasoning & analytical ability
Decision making & problem solving
Basic numeracy
English language comprehension skills

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UPSC Civil Services Exam cut off:

General Candidates – under 220
OBC Candidates – under 205
SC Candidates – under 195
ST Candidates – under 185

UPSC Civil Services Exam selection is based on following:

The written examination will consist of the following papers:

Paper A - Modern Indian language 300 Marks - Qualifying nature - Marks not counted - Passing mandatory-

(i) Comprehension of given passages.

(ii) Precis Writing

(iii) Usage and Vocabulary.

(iv) Short Essay

(v) Translation from English to the Indian language and vice-versa


The pattern of questions would be broadly as follows:-

(i) Comprehension of given passages

(ii) Precis Writing

(iii) Usage and Vocabulary

(iv) Short Essay

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