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ClearIAS » UPSC Exams » Expected Cut Off Marks of UPSC Prelims 2018 – Did You Get That ‘Extra Edge’?

Expected Cut Off Marks of UPSC Prelims 2018 – Did You Get That ‘Extra Edge’?

Last updated on June 10, 2019 by Alex Andrews George

UPSC Prelims 2018 Cut off Marks AnalysisUPSC has conducted Civil Services Preliminary Exams 2018 GS Paper 1 from 9.30 AM – 11.30 AM on June 03, 2018. The overall feedback is that the exam was one of the toughest in the last 7 years. Do you want to know our view on the expected cut off marks of UPSC Prelims 2018?

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Expected Cut Off Marks of UPSC Prelims 2018

UPSC Cut off marks vs ClearIAS Marks of Re-Take Exam

ClearIAS, like we did in previous years, has come up with a rank list which helps you to analyse the all-India trend of marks in UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2018. This rank-list and related performance reports will help many aspirants to have a realistic idea about the expected cut off marks of UPSC Prelims 2018.

This rank list gets updated every time a new user takes the test UPSC CSE Prelims 2018 Official Question Paper Re-take Test (108PT). Scroll down to find the name of the toppers and percentage of aspirants who scored a particular mark. Note: Please ignore the extra high marks if you notice at the top (somebody will always try to inflate their marks).

Update: After emailing the latest trends to all our email subscribers, we have deleted the records of the re-take exam before the launch of ClearIAS Prelims Test Series 2019. Check your email for more details.

The top 15 percentile candidates have a high chance of clearing prelims!

In 2015, 2016 and 2017, the cut-off percentile happened to be the mark of the candidates around the 85th percentile range. (despite the fact that UPSC will select only the top 3% candidates, this value has turned out as roughly around top 15-20% with respect to internet population)

However, this may not be the case in 2018 as the vacancies are so low (792), when compared to the 1000+ in the previous years.

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We expect the cut-off score of UPSC Prelims 2018 to be significantly lower!

Our cut off estimations are based on ClearIAS rank-list of UPSC Prelims 2018 Re-Take, and it’s comparison with previous year trends (2015, 2016, and 2017).

Though we leave the cut-off analysis to candidates themselves, we usually see the top 15 percentile candidates as having a high probability of clearing prelims. (if the number of entries is more than 2000)

Analyzing this year trend so far, we won’t be surprised if the cut-off score for Prelims 2018 comes down to significantly. Note: The last year cut-off score was 105/200.

You need more entries to come up with a more accurate statistical analysis. The above data is based on ClearIAS answer key. Share with your friends the ClearIAS answer key and rank-list, and ask them to take the re-take test for detailed analysis.

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Expected Cut off Marks of UPSC Prelims 2018
Here is the link of ClearIAS Answer Key of UPSC Prelims 2018. The same key can be used for all versions A, B, C, and D.

Those who are at the top…

Considering our sample size and internet population, we consider the top 15% candidates in ClearIAS mock test platform when the total entries touch 2000+ to have high chance to clear Prelims 2018. You may remain hopeful for a mains call and start working on GS Topics as well as Optional Subject.

Those who are at the bottom…

Those who are at the bottom of the graph may start preparing for UPSC CSE 2019. There is nothing to feel bad. Most of today’s toppers were unsuccessful yesterday.

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  1. Poonam says

    June 4, 2018 at 1:56 pm

    Is there any age relaxation in upsc for girls who are divorce

    Reply
    • Goutham U says

      June 4, 2018 at 2:38 pm

      Unfortunately NO.. UPSC doesn’t respond to social problems of India.

    • Roopam Raj says

      June 12, 2018 at 10:18 pm

      But why UPSC doesn’t respond to social problems of India …. Sir this examination is for society of India and for citizen of India … Then why it is ignored….there is age relaxation for obc/st/sc….. Then why not for women of India who faces so many problems Only because of social structure of India which we are struggling to overcome till date …

    • D zedd says

      June 15, 2018 at 4:18 pm

      Sir is not a member of UPSC and they can’t the rule according to all social problems

    • Abu says

      July 13, 2018 at 8:56 am

      Then some upsc addicted people may marry to get divorce

  2. Salman khan says

    June 4, 2018 at 4:59 pm

    Dear sir, the candidates who were part of the clearias 2018 series, what concession will they get in 2019 series?

    Reply
  3. ClearIAS.com says

    June 4, 2018 at 6:12 pm

    We will be announcing the previous year student discount on ClearIAS Prelims Test Series 2019 via email soon.

    Reply
  4. Deepshankar says

    June 5, 2018 at 1:04 am

    sir are you sure the cutoff will be 90-95 because everywhere 100+ cutoff is predicted

    Reply
    • Rajkumar Yadav says

      June 5, 2018 at 9:22 pm

      ias baba also predicted 95 cut off

    • Ravi says

      June 6, 2018 at 9:53 pm

      Last year when people predicted that cut off would be 110+ , it was 105 so this year it’s been predicted as 95 so it might even be less than 90…Those who scored more than 90 can start preparing for mains.

    • shiv says

      June 9, 2018 at 9:50 pm

      I agreed

  5. Singboy says

    June 5, 2018 at 2:50 pm

    Very possible I think considering only 300000 appeared vis-a-vis 500000 last year and the tougher paper.

    Reply
    • Subbu says

      June 5, 2018 at 5:51 pm

      Hi .. No of vacancies are less by almost 300 this year, than the last year . Have u figured in this factor while predicting the cut off?

    • Nikitha says

      June 12, 2018 at 4:40 pm

      On what basis are you predicting is it possible of that much low cut off as posts are low

  6. T SharmA says

    June 5, 2018 at 5:08 pm

    Expected cutoff for PH1 category ??

    Reply
    • subbu says

      June 6, 2018 at 11:35 am

      will be around 80 i feel . If u are getting more than say 75 or so start preparing for mains. But if u r getting more than say 85 u r 100 pc there, irrespective of whatever the cutoff for general category.

    • Mukesh says

      July 25, 2018 at 3:11 pm

      Kitne bne apke?

  7. B Naga Abhishek says

    June 6, 2018 at 9:14 am

    How can anyone decide the cutoff within a day or two after the exam? And that too just by paper 1? And moreover your cutoff is more dependent on number of students who retook the same test here… which is around 3000? But there are lakhs of people writing… i dont think the cutoff would be less than 100

    Reply
  8. rahul says

    June 6, 2018 at 1:51 pm

    expected cut-off for SC category

    Reply
  9. Supertech Icon says

    June 6, 2018 at 1:52 pm

    expected cut-off for SC category

    Reply
  10. Siddhartha Singh says

    June 6, 2018 at 7:57 pm

    First of all thanks to ClearIAS team for providing quality questions throughout th year. It helped me a lot in the preparation.

    I don’t know what will be the cut off this year. I am getting 98.84 marks according to ClearIAS key, 101.5 marks as per Shankar IAS and 104.5 as per Vision IAS.

    I urge ClearIAS team to look into the answers of following questions-

    1. Lake Aral/Lake Baikal/Black Sea

    It should be only Lake Aral because Lake Baikal has not immensely dried up. It is only that warning was issued in 2016 to take appropriate measures to save Baikal otherwise It can meet the same fate in future.

    2. Opportunity cost is transferred to tax payers because govt’s wealth is actually tax collected from public.

    3. How can Coral reefs host far more number of animal phyla than tropical rainforests? Rainforests host more than 50% of animal phyla living on planet earth. Largest population is of insecta (i.e. insects) which is mostly live in Rainforests.

    So please clarify the above doubts and revise the answer key if needed.

    Reply
    • Asmita Pandey says

      June 7, 2018 at 6:06 pm

      It’s talking about animal phyla not biodiversity. Out of the total 10 animal phyla 8 are aquatic so coral reefs host more animal phyla. If we talk about biodiversity tropical rainforest is higher as it hosts around 70 percent animal species. But majority of them come under single animal phyla i.e Arthropoda

    • Siddhartha Singh says

      June 9, 2018 at 8:40 am

      Ok. Got it. Thanks

    • Aditya Kar says

      June 27, 2018 at 4:33 pm

      Opportunity cost is not actually a cost per say. So it cannot be transferred. It is an economic term. Please look at it.
      Opportunity cost is something which you let go for doing a thing.

  11. kranthi reddy says

    June 6, 2018 at 8:22 pm

    Clear is …please mention ur final cut off …very depressing to see this rank list every time

    Reply
  12. Amit birman says

    June 8, 2018 at 7:07 am

    88.28 marks in obc category. Any chances?

    Reply
  13. Nikitha says

    June 8, 2018 at 5:29 pm

    I am getting 83 marks OBC category is der a chance of mains shall I start preparing for mains ..need a quick response

    Reply
    • Aditya says

      June 12, 2018 at 9:59 pm

      irrespective of ur score, kindly start preparing for mains, it would help u immensely…believe me

    • Nikitha says

      June 12, 2018 at 11:13 pm

      Yes but If I get some clarity and hope I can v are getting marks in different keys

    • MAHESH says

      July 9, 2018 at 8:32 am

      Maximum 70 to 80

    • Nikitha says

      July 9, 2018 at 10:52 am

      I didn’t got u..

  14. Keats says

    June 8, 2018 at 8:25 pm

    What is your prediction? I don’t understand this percentile thing. The list has only high scores. Any tentative number?

    Reply
    • Amit birman says

      June 10, 2018 at 3:55 pm

      If ur rank is under 800 in the list. U have good chance.

  15. Deepa says

    June 9, 2018 at 4:58 pm

    My DOB is 05/07/1982.Am i eligible for 2019?

    Reply
    • deepak says

      June 18, 2018 at 3:31 pm

      No

  16. shiv says

    June 9, 2018 at 9:49 pm

    93.48 marks getting any chance

    Reply
  17. rishav says

    June 11, 2018 at 11:19 am

    Good morning sir, My score is 94 in gen .have any chance to qualify pt 2018.

    Reply
  18. Anand says

    June 11, 2018 at 2:48 pm

    Sc category wat is the expected cut off???

    Reply
  19. Anand says

    June 11, 2018 at 2:50 pm

    My mark varies from 75 to 84 in different keys… so I am bit confused..

    Reply
    • MAHESH says

      July 9, 2018 at 8:35 am

      Do not follow such key only follow upsc .there is long long ago different upsc and others such keys

  20. Smriti says

    June 12, 2018 at 10:34 pm

    I am scoring 120 marks in preliminary nd a general candidate. Is there a chance of qualifying

    Reply
    • Shaik sharifunnisa says

      June 13, 2018 at 11:54 pm

      S

    • praveen says

      June 14, 2018 at 7:48 am

      really there is no chance

    • paddy says

      June 18, 2018 at 2:58 pm

      sorry..no chance to u this year..try next year

    • Jubilant says

      June 27, 2018 at 12:39 am

      Such a low score.There are no chances of you clearing this time. Prepare for next 10 years and give prelims again, then you may clear.

  21. Shareefa says

    June 13, 2018 at 11:51 pm

    This is shareefa. I am getting 118 marks for prelims in general catagery . If there is a chance for Mains.plz reply me

    Reply
    • paddy says

      June 18, 2018 at 2:58 pm

      sorry..no chance to u this year

  22. prada says

    June 14, 2018 at 8:54 pm

    Hi
    I am getting marks of 98.67 from 4 institutes and 101.33 from a couple of institutes.I qualified last year prelims with 116.00.I guess the cut off cannot be more than 95.So if anyone is having 95 and above they can start mains preparation.

    Reply
  23. Kashung says

    June 25, 2018 at 12:26 pm

    Does anyone knows abt St expected cutoff 2018? Thanks

    Reply
  24. Nageswari says

    July 11, 2018 at 8:24 pm

    Sir what s the minimum marks qualified for prelims can u reply me

    Reply
  25. REHAN KHAN says

    July 18, 2018 at 4:23 pm

    My D. O. B is 25/12/1998… am i eligible 4 cse prelims 2019?

    Reply
    • Munish Dogra says

      July 20, 2018 at 12:39 am

      Yes

  26. Kunal says

    July 22, 2018 at 11:25 pm

    Hello sir i have cleared pre 2018. Now i am starting to prepare for the mains. But i didnot understand from whr i start preparation. I have totally prepaired for prelim only till now.

    Reply
  27. Amaresh Nayak says

    November 29, 2018 at 5:26 pm

    Those who are saying they have scored more than 100 and not clearing prelims need to recheck their score. Most of the candidates don’t know how to calculate score where there is negative mark.

    Reply
    • ClearIAS.com says

      November 29, 2018 at 10:54 pm

      Hi Amaresh, what you mentioned is really a valid point. We have noticed many candidates miscalculating their makrs when they do it on paper. That’s why we use a software based approach which autocalcualtes marks, avoiding the calculation errors.

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