UPSC Civil Services Exam 2025 Cut-Offs: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on March 9 released the cut-off marks for the Civil Services Examination 2025 across all three stages - prelims, mains and the final selection after the interview. The cut-offs indicate the minimum marks candidates need to clear each stage of one of India’s most competitive examinations.
Direct link to check the cut off official announcement
The commission had earlier declared the CSE 2025 final results on March 6. This year, 958 candidates have been recommended for appointment to various services including the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service and Indian Foreign Service, along with other central services.
The released data shows that the general category prelims cut-off stood at 92.66 marks, while the mains cut-off was 739 marks. The final cut-off for the general category, calculated after combining the mains written exam and personality test marks was 963 marks.
UPSC CSE Prelims Cut-Off 2025
General: 92.66
EWS: 89.34
OBC: 92.00
SC: 84.00
ST: 82.66
PwBD-1: 76.66
PwBD-2: 54.66
PwBD-3: 40.66
PwBD-5: 40.66
UPSC CSE Mains Cut-Off 2025
General: 739
EWS: 706
OBC: 717
SC: 700
ST: 694
PwBD-1: 703
PwBD-2: 708
PwBD-3: 536
PwBD-5: 451
UPSC CSE Final Cut-Off 2025
General: 963
EWS: 926
OBC: 931
SC: 905
ST: 902
PwBD-1: 917
PwBD-2: 944
PwBD-3: 804
PwBD-5: 631
UPSC Civil Services Exam 2025 Cut-Offs: Steps to check cut-off
Step 1: Visit the official website of the Union Public Service Commission at upsc.gov.in.
Step 2: On the homepage, click on the “Examinations” tab.
Step 3: Click on Active Examination and then Click on Civil Service Examination 2025
Step 4: Look for the link titled “Civil Services Examination 2025 Cut-Off Marks.”
Step 5: Click on the link to open the PDF file containing category-wise cut-off marks.
Step 6: Download and save the PDF for future reference.
UPSC Civil Services Exam 2025 Cut-Offs: Tiebreaker details
Along with the cut-offs, UPSC also clarified the tie-breaking rules used when two or more candidates obtain the same aggregate score. In such situations, preference is given to the candidate who secures higher marks in compulsory papers of the written examination, including the essay and General Studies papers, along with the personality test.
If the tie continues, candidates with higher marks in the compulsory written papers alone are ranked higher. Should the scores still remain identical, the candidate older in age is placed higher in the merit list.
UPSC has also stated that the individual marks of candidates will be uploaded on the official website within 15 days of the result declaration, which means they are expected to be available by March 20. Candidates can check the detailed cut-off list and other updates on the commission’s official website.
