IBPS Clerk Cut-off 2018: Expected
Are you preparing for IBPS Clerk 2018 recruitment exam & wondering what might be “IBPS Clerk Cut-off” or “Stat-wise IBPS Clerk Cut-off 2018? Check this article and learn more.

IBPS Clerk Cut-off 2018: Wondering what might be official IBPS Clerk Cut-off 2018 or official state-wise IBPS Clerk Cut-off 2018? IBPS Clerk Prelims Result 2018 is now released at ibps.in. Now many candidates are waiting for official IBPS Clerk Prelims cut-off 2018. Category-wise & state-wise official IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut-off 2018 will be declared by Institute of Banking Personnel (IBPS) i.e., most probably in a week. Similarly, official IBPS Clerk Mains Cut-off 2018 will be announced after the announcement of IBPS Clerk Mains Result 2018. However, in this article, we can give you an idea about the final expected cut-off of IBPS Clerk 2018 recruitment exam.
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IBPS Clerk Cut-off depends on three main factors:
• Number of vacancies
• State and number of candidates appeared for the exam
• The difficulty level of questions the exam
Let’s discuss each point one by one in detail and learn about probable cut-off of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2018
Number of vacancies
The number of vacancies has decreased this year. Last year there were 7884 vacancies for IBPS Clerk Post, but this year this number is 7275. This drop in the number of jobs indicates that there will be a rise in the official IBPS Clerk Cut-off 2018. Different states have different vacancies, and this might also affect IBPS Clerk Cut-off 2018.
State and number of candidates appeared for the exam
The number of vacancies is different for different states. Also, the total number of candidates applying for IBPS Clerk Prelims from different states is also different.
So, state-wise IBPS Clerk Cut-off varies from state to state. But, change in percentage-wise IBPS Clerk Cut-off almost remains same.
For example, let’s suppose, qualifying marks of IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut-off 2018 for Uttar Pradesh state is increased by 5% then, qualifying marks for Bihar state will be around 5%, i.e. it may vary 4.5% or 5.5%.
The difficulty level of questions the exam
Cut-off of any competitive exam depends on the difficulty level of questions besides the number of vacancies (region-wise), and the number of candidates appeared for the exam.
Generally, when the difficulty level of the exam is too high, then cut-off is likely to be low, and when the difficulty level of the exam is too low, then the cut-off is expected to be high.
If we observed analysis of various exams conducted by IBPS recently (IBPS RRB Office Assistant, IBPS RRB Officer Scale I), no significant change in the difficulty level of the questions is observed.
So, it is expected that the difficulty level of the exam will be more or less remain the same, as compared to the previous year.
Now if we consider all the factors given above, then we can observe a slight variation in the official IBPS Clerk Cut-off 2018.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut-off 2018
For the reasons mentioned above, IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut-off 2018 is likely to go up, and one can observe 5% to 15% variation.
IBPS Clerk Mains Cut-off 2018
IBPS Clerk Mains Cut-off 2018 is also likely to go up, and one can observe 5% to 15% variation.
For the final result, only marks of IBPS Clerk Mains are taken into consideration. So candidates preparing for IBPS Clerk should prepare themselves for the competition accordingly.
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For your reference, here we have also provided previous year IBPS Clerk Cut-off.
Official IBPS Clerk Cut-off 2017
Sectional Cut-off of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017
Reasoning Ability: 14.50 |
Quantitative Aptitude: 13.50 |
English Language: 9.50 |
IBPS Clerk 2017 Prelims Cut-off (State-wise)
State |
Cut-off |
Uttar Pradesh |
76.25 |
Bihar |
74.75 |
Delhi |
76.75 |
Haryana |
76.00 |
West Bengal |
77.25 |
Rajasthan |
73.25 |
Gujarat |
67.00 |
Punjab |
74.00 |
Maharashtra |
64.50 |
Andhra Pradesh |
73.50 |
Madhya Pradesh |
74.25 |
Tamil Nadu |
53.00 |
Chattisgarh |
70.25 |
Uttarakhand |
78.75 |
Goa |
67.75 |
Odisha |
76.50 |
Telangana |
70.00 |
Himachal Pradesh |
75.00 |
Jharkhand |
74.25 |
Karnataka |
61.25 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
76.00 |
Kerela |
77.00 |
Assam |
70.75 |
Daman & Diu |
70.75 |
IBPS Clerk Cut-off 2017 for Mains Exam (State-wise) or Overall IBPS Clerk Cut-off 2017
State/UT |
UR |
Uttar Pradesh |
51.13 |
Andhra Pradesh |
50.78 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
46.43 |
Assam |
47.17 |
Bihar |
53.43 |
Chandigarh |
54.07 |
Chattisgarh |
50.43 |
Dadar & Nagar Haweli |
39.02 |
Daman & Diu |
45.92 |
Delhi |
53.82 |
Goa |
44.70 |
Gujarat |
47.53 |
Haryana |
52.72 |
Himachal Pradesh |
52.88 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
52.31 |
Jharkhand |
47.29 |
Karnataka |
44.56 |
Kerala |
52.32 |
Lakshadweep |
NA |
Madhya Pradesh |
48.89 |
Maharashtra |
45.95 |
Manipur |
44.21 |
Meghalaya |
39.09 |
Mizoram |
40.79 |
Nagaland |
40.45 |
Odisha |
51.22 |
Puducherry |
48.06 |
Punjab |
53.16 |
Rajasthan |
52.93 |
Sikkim |
49.67 |
Tamil Nadu |
48.49 |
Telangana |
49.97 |
Tripura |
48.86 |
Uttarakhand |
53.16 |
West Bengal |
54.47 |
Official IBPS Clerk Cut-off 2016
Sectional Cut-off of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016
Reasoning Ability (35 Marks): 10.25 |
Numerical Ability (35 Marks): 10.75 |
English Language (30 Marks): 7.75 |
IBPS Clerk 2016 Prelims Cut-off (State-wise)
State |
UR |
Delhi |
67.25 |
Uttar Pradesh |
67.75 |
Uttarakhand |
71.25 |
Rajasthan |
66.75 |
Bihar |
67.50 |
Punjab |
66.50 |
Haryana |
68.00 |
West Bengal |
70.50 |
Madhya Pradesh |
65.75 |
Chattishgarh |
63.50 |
Jharkhand |
70.75 |
Kerala |
71.00 |
Odisha |
70.75 |
Andhra Pradesh |
73.00 |
Telangana |
65.00 |
Gujarat |
- |
Himanchal Pradesh |
66.50 |
Maharashtra |
59.25 |
Assam |
71.25 |
Tamil Nadu |
58.00 |
Karnataka |
58.25 |
Meghalaya |
65.75 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
68.75 |
Tripura |
60.00 |
IBPS Clerk Cut-off 2016 for Mains Exam (State-wise) or Overall IBPS Clerk Cut-off 2016
STATE/UT |
UR |
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR |
36.97 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
39.16 |
ARUNACHAL PRADESH |
29.82 |
ASSAM |
37.32 |
BIHAR |
38.41 |
CHANDIGARH |
37.97 |
CHATTISGARH |
38.72 |
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |
33.94 |
DAMAN & DIU |
30.60 |
DELHI |
42.41 |
GOA |
23.94 |
GUJARAT |
35.94 |
HARYANA |
40.97 |
HIMACHAL PRADESH |
40.47 |
JAMMU AND KASHMIR |
40.28 |
JHARKHAND |
37.10 |
KARNATKA |
36.10 |
KERALA |
42.03 |
LAKSHWADEEP |
27.85 |
MADHYA PRADESH |
38.35 |
MAHARASHTRA |
35.47 |
MANIPUR |
33.44 |
MEGHALAYA |
37.25 |
MIZORAM |
25.66 |
NAGALAND |
38.78 |
ODISHA |
38.78 |
PUDUCHERRY |
37.38 |
PUNJAB |
40.28 |
RAJASTHAN |
36.96 |
SIKKIM |
35.19 |
TAMIL NADU |
39.88 |
TELANGANA |
38.13 |
TRIPURA |
38.78 |
UTTAR PRADESH |
39.28 |
UTTARAKHAND |
40.50 |
WEST BENGAL |
40.47 |
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