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ClearIAS » UPSC Exams » Minimum Qualifying Marks (Cut-offs) for Civil Services Exam 2013

Minimum Qualifying Marks (Cut-offs) for Civil Services Exam 2013

Last updated on January 23, 2016 by Alex Andrews George

UPSC declared the minimum qualifying marks for various communities for Civil Services Exam 2013. (UPSC uses the term ‘minimum qualifying mark’ instead of cut-off. This minimum qualifying mark is the mark of the last candidate (in the descending order of marks) who made it to the list, be it Mains list, Interview list or Final Rank list.)

Highlights of Official Cut-offs for UPSC Civil Services Exam 2013

It should be specifically noted that UPSC had kept separate cut-offs for individual papers in Prelims and Mains. For Prelims it was minimum of 30 marks in Paper-I and 70 marks in Paper-II. For Mains it was 10% marks in each of the seven competitive papers i.e. Essay, GS-I, GS-II, GS-III, GS-IV, Optional –I and Optional-II. This will account for minimum 25 marks for each paper out of 250.

2013 UPSC Civil Services Prelims Cut-off (Out of 400 marks)
  • General – 241 (60.25%)
  • OBC – 222
  • SC – 207
  • ST – 200
  • PH-1 – 199
  • PH-2 – 184
  • PH-3 – 163 (40.75%)
2013 UPSC Civil Services Mains Cut-off (Out of 1750 marks)
  • General – 564 (32.22%)
  • OBC – 534
  • SC – 518
  • ST – 510
  • PH-1 – 510
  • PH-2 – 502
  • PH-3 – 410 (23.42%)
2013 UPSC Civil Services Final Cut-off ie Mains + Interview (Out of 2025 marks)
  • General – 775 (38.27%)
  • OBC – 742
  • SC – 719
  • ST – 707
  • PH-1 – 725
  • PH-2 – 718
  • PH-3 – 613 (30.27%)

Analysis of UPSC Prelims Cut-off

The cut-offs were more or less on the same lines as analysed and predicted by ClearIAS.com. This year the Prelims cut-off crossed the 60% figure (241 marks out of 400). From 2011 to 2013, one can observe a sharp increase in the cut-off marks. If question paper remains the same standard, the cut-offs may increase in coming years for Preliminary Exam. Have a look at the trend of Prelims marks in last few years.

Year
Cut-off Marks
Percentage
2005
284/450
63.11
2006
282/450
62.66
2007
256/450
56.88
2008
244/450
54.22
2009
250/450
55.55
2010
248/450
55.11
2011
198/400
49.5
2012
209/400
52.25
2013
241/400
60.25

Analysis of UPSC Mains+Interview Cut-off

Though the minimum qualifying mark of UPSC Prelims increased, the mains and interview marks as we can see from below table showcased a negative trend. This too was expected, with the decrease in number of optional papers and increase in the number general studies paper. 2013 marks followed the decreasing trend of mains marks.

Cut-offs for UPSC

Low scoring in UPSC Civil Services exam can be attributed to the tougher valuation and higher standards set by UPSC. It can also be due to the scaling effect in optional paper. But mains qualifying score touching below 40 percentage level also points to the fact that the difference of mains marks between each candidate would have been very minimal. Many candidates might have scored equal marks. Unless very high marks in UPSC Civil Services Mains exam, with crowding of candidate’s marks in the range of 564-600, it would have been the interview, which played the decisive role for most of the candidates.

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The last rank candidate from General Category in Mains needed 211 (76.72%) marks to make it to the final rank list after interview (517 vacancies). This also points to the fact that with 32.22% marks in mains and 76.72% marks in interview, one can get into the final rank list. A 30 minute interview can be so crucial in your life!

Mains and Mains+Interview Marks (Total Marks) of Last Recommended Candidate in UPSC Civil Services Examination

Year
Mains Marks (out of 2000) of the last candidate 
Mains Percentage
of the last candidate (%)
Mains+Interview (out of 2300) marks of the last candidate 
Mains+Interview Percentage of the last candidate (%)
2005
986
49.3
1203
52.3
2006
975
48.75
1179
51.26
2007
1005
50.25
1210
52.6
2008
954
47.7
1161
50.47
2009
899
44.95
1127
49
2010
904
45.2
1134
49.3
2011
842
42.1
1090
47.39
2012
700
35
936
40.69
2013
564 [out of 1750]
32.22
775 [out of 2025]
38.22

PS : Cut-off marks for various communities for 2013 Civil Services Exam is available in the pdf link from UPSC server.

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  1. Pradeep says

    December 21, 2014 at 4:15 pm

    Thanks for Analysis!!

    Reply
  2. Nitish Tyagi says

    December 26, 2014 at 7:46 pm

    Please tell me the marks required for qualifying in English (mains) and selected language (mains) as those papers are of qualifying in nature.

    Regards

    Reply
  3. SATHISHA M says

    May 10, 2015 at 12:36 pm

    WHICH SUBJECT IS BEST AND EASY FOR I A S MAINS EXAM?

    Reply
  4. RAJA says

    June 30, 2015 at 2:12 pm

    how will be pass in IAS

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  5. Aditya Vishal says

    July 7, 2015 at 10:04 pm

    Is it efficient to try and score maximum in optional sub and also give greater time to it??
    PS – if talk a science sub as optional

    Reply
  6. harshitha laxmanrao says

    August 11, 2015 at 6:15 pm

    can you tell me the basic qualification \and about the selection of paper in attemting the civil servies examination

    Reply
  7. sunny says

    April 20, 2016 at 2:30 pm

    सर IPS बनने के लिए मेन में कितना नम्बर लाना होगा
    please send me reply.

    Reply
    • Prince Vishwkarma says

      July 22, 2016 at 3:29 pm

      SIR IAS officers k liye kitne marks ki jrurt hoti h includes interview

  8. Bhaskar says

    June 15, 2017 at 8:41 pm

    Hello sir ,this is bhaskar please give me answer about in mains how much score need to come to become an ias for St category

    Reply
  9. ramesh .guvva says

    July 30, 2017 at 6:03 pm

    How to become a IPS officer and give me for some tips to get this job

    Reply
  10. Akash shukla says

    September 3, 2017 at 6:05 am

    सर पासिंग मार्कस कितने होगे।

    Reply
  11. A S Ganveer says

    May 20, 2018 at 5:04 pm

    Pl provide me cutoff marks of CSP mains for sc category students from 2007 to 2012. Thank you sir.

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