UPSC Civil Services Mains 2013 Expected Cut-offs and Experience

UPSC Civil Services Mains 2013 is over and ClearIAS.com has already shared the question papers for Essay, GS1, GS2, G3 and GS4 papers and has done detailed analysis for GS1, GS2, GS3 and GS4. This post is for those candidates who want to share their exam experience for the benefit of future aspirants. This post also shares the cut-offs for UPSC Civil Services Mains 2012 for various categories.

UPSC Civil Services Mains 2013 Cut-offs : Analyzing The trend

If we extrapolate the 2012 mains score for 2013, a top score for 2013 mains can be around 875/1750 (50%) and the cut-off score from general category can be around 615/1750 (35%). But, this might not be the case for 2013. The cut-offs can be higher or it can be lower and we are not speculating any precise score as cut-off. It is tough to predict the cut-offs for 2013 as it is based on a revised syllabus giving stress to General Studies.

Toppers’ Marks in UPSC Civil Services Exam 2012

Name	Mains Marks	Interview Marks	Total Marks
HARITHA V KUMAR	1013	180	1193
SRIRAM V	919	230	1149
STUTI CHARAN	950	198	1148
ALBY JOHN VARGHESE	935	198	1133
RUCHIKA KATYAL	905	210	1115

UPSC Civil Services Mains Cut-offs 2012 : Various Categories

Category	Mains Marks (Out of 200)		Interview Marks (Out of 300)
	Highest Marks	Lowest Marks	Highest Marks	Lowest Marks
Gen	1013	707	245	90
OBC	918	689	240	90
SC	853	660	217	100
ST	854	664	225	100

UPSC Civil Services Mains 2013 Exam Experience Sharing

UPSC 2013 mains candidates who are interested to share their exam experience for the benefit of future aspirants can do the same in the comment space below. You can site the positives and negatives of the exam pattern for 2013. Other suggestions include : Difficulties faced during exam, tips to tackle them, areas from which questions are asked, useful books and materials, number of questions attempted, expected marks and so on.