Previous Year cut off of UPSC – IAS Prelims 2018 and Mains
by ExamYatra - June 05, 2021UPSC Cut off 2018 Prelims
The cutoff marks for the UPSC prelims exam 2018 is 98 for the general category. The category-wise minimum qualifying marks for prelims of IAS Exam are given in the following table.
| Category | UPSC Prelims Cutoff Marks(out of 200) |
| General | 98 |
| OBC | 96.66 |
| SC | 84 |
| ST | 83.34 |
| PwBD – 1 | 73.34 |
| PwBD – 2 | 53.34 |
| PwBD – 3 | 40 |
| PwBD – 5 | 45.34 |
A general candidate needed only 98 out of 200 marks in the GS I paper to clear the 2018 IAS prelims. If you analyse, this is lower than the cutoff marks of both the 2017 and 2016 UPSC Prelims exams.
It was 105.34 in 2017.
And, it was 116 in 2016.
UPSC Mains Cut Off 2018
The cutoff marks for the IAS mains (written) exam 2018 is 774 for the general category candidates. Take a look at the next table; it gives the mains (written) exam cut off marks in the various categories.
| Category | UPSC Mains Cut off Marks (out of 1750) |
| General | 774 |
| OBC | 732 |
| SC | 719 |
| ST | 719 |
| PwBD – 1 | 711 |
| PwBD – 2 | 696 |
| PwBD – 3 | 520 |
| PwBD – 5 | 460 |
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