UPSC Final Cut-Off Over the Years
Official category-wise final merit cut-off marks (out of 2025) from 2020 to 2025 — Mains plus Interview combined for the service allocation list.
Official cut-offs (2020–2025)
Final cut-off uses 2025 marks — 1750 from Mains and 275 from the personality test. It is the aggregate of the last candidate recommended in each category for that year.
| Year | Gen | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwBD 1 | PwBD 2 | PwBD 3 | PwBD 4 | PwBD 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 963 | 926 | 931 | 905 | 902 | 917 | 944 | 804 | — | 631 |
| 2024 | 947 | 917 | 910 | 880 | 884 | 876 | 913 | 701 | — | 461 |
| 2023 | 953 | 923 | 919 | 890 | 891 | 894 | 930 | 756 | 589 | — |
| 2022 | 960 | 926 | 923 | 893 | 900 | 879 | 913 | 632 | 590 | — |
| 2021 | 953 | 916 | 910 | 886 | 883 | 892 | 932 | 689 | 701 | — |
| 2020 | 944 | 894 | 907 | 875 | 876 | 867 | 910 | 675 | 465 | — |
UPSC publishes these figures after the final result. Figures align with official cut-off notifications (2020–2025 cycle).
Trend: General, OBC, SC, ST & EWS
Key findings
- Final merit is out of 2025 marks (1750 Mains + 275 Interview). General cut-offs ran from 944 (2020) to 963 (2025) across six cycles (2020–2025).
- 2025 General final cut-off rose to 963 (+16 vs 2020) as Mains and Interview aggregates moved up together.
- 2025 still recorded the highest General final cut-off in the window (963).
- The General–ST gap widened at the final stage in 2025: 61 marks (963 vs 902), reflecting interview variability on top of written scores.
- EWS and OBC final cut-offs typically sat within ~30–40 marks of General — 32 marks apart in 2025 (963 vs 931).