UPSC 2021 Expected Cut-off for SC, ST, OBC, General, EWS categories is discussed in the article below. The UPSC Prelims Result 2021 has been declared on upsc.gov.in. Check here the UPSC Prelims category-wise official cut off of 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and other years. The candidates who appeared for UPSC Prelims 2021 can get an idea of the marks they need to score to qualify for the exam through this article.
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UPSC Prelims result in 2021 would expectedly be declared within 2 months of the exam being conducted and the aspirants would get more than a month to prepare for UPSC Mains exam 2021.
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Here's what experts have to say about the UPSC Cut off marks 2021. Also, it would be explained below how UPSC calculates the marks and gives ranking to the successful applicants. These applicants become the future IAS, IPS, IRS, IFS, IRTS etc of India.
UPSC Prelims 2021 Cut-off: UPSC Civil Services Cut-off marks
UPSC CSE Exam is conducted every year in three parts. The Preliminary exam has two papers that are Paper 1 of GS and CSAT. The candidates who are appearing for the exams must know that the score depends on the factors like:
- Difficulty level of the questions in the exam
- Qualification exam passing
- Number of seats available
Any candidate who prepares for the exam tries to give it his fullest but many times it is just not enough effort by him as others are making more efforts to succeed. Tina Dabi, the well known IAS officer said that one needs to make efforts thinking of oneself as a topper of the exam. Only then the effort would be fruitful.
Take a look at the expected cut off this year by the experts:
| Categories |
UPSC (CSE) Prelims Cut off 2021( Expected) |
| General |
100.44 ± 5 |
| EWS |
90 ± 5 |
| OBC |
98.22 ± 5 |
| SC |
84.88 ± 5 |
| ST |
83.11 ± 5 |
| PwBD-1 |
71.34 ± 5 |
| PwBD-2 |
53.11 ± 5 |
| PwBD-3 |
40.22 ± 5 |
| PwBD-5 |
53.34 ± 5 |
The Prelims exam consists of CSAT which is qualifying in nature and the students who cannot clear 33% of that paper are not even judged by the commission for Paper 1. So the aspirants must pay special attention to CSAT as well.
The combined marks of Mains and Interview or Personality Test make the total score of the candidate. Depending on the final score the candidates ranking is done.
UPSC Prelims 2021 Cut-off(Expected): Comparative study of previous year preliminary exam scores
The comparative study below provides a look into the marking and the performance of the aspirants in three years. The above expected cut off calculation is done by the experts based on the previous years cut offs only.
| Categories |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
| General |
98 |
98 |
105.34 |
| EWS |
90 |
-- |
- |
| OBC |
95.34 |
96.66 |
102.66 |
| SC |
82 |
84 |
88.66 |
| ST |
77.34 |
83.34 |
88.66 |
| PwBD-1 /PH1 |
55.34 |
73.34 |
85.34 |
| PwBD-2 / PH2 |
44.66 |
53.34 |
61.34 |
| PwBD-3 / PH3 |
40.66 |
40 |
40 |
| PwBD-5 |
61.34 |
45.34 |
- |
The aspirants must know that their final results make the preliminary exam a qualifying exam. The UPSC Prelims is an objective exam while the UPSC CSE Mains is a subjective exam. The candidates who are to appear this year can take a look at revision topics for Polity by clicking the link here.
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