UPSC CMS Cut off 2022: Check Category wise Cut off Marks

The UPSC releases the cut off for each phase of the exam. The UPSC CMS written cut off was also released along with the final cut off. Both the cut-offs were released after the declaration of the final UPSC CMS Result 2020. The candidates can check the UPSC CMS cut off for each category below.

For Category-I Posts

The UPSC has put a minimum qualifying mark for the written examination of the CMS exam. The candidate needs to score 25% marks in each of the question paper.

For the candidate belonging to the Person with Disabilities (PwD), this minimum percentage is 10% for each paper.

For Category-II Posts

The UPSC released the CMS exam cut off 2020 for the Category-II posts separately. The written cut off is the same for the Category-II posts. The only addition is the number of vacancies in other categories. The UPSC CMS Cut off for Category-II is given below.

The condition of minimum qualifying marks is also applicable in the Category-II posts as applicable to category-I posts.

UPSC CMS Reserve List 2020

The UPSC also released the number of candidates in the consolidated reserve list for the CMS 2020 exam. The UPSC released the reserve list mentioning the number of candidates in each category. The CMS 2020 reserve list is given below

The CMS cut-off was released for all the categories along with the reserve list of candidates. The UPSC has recommended less than the vacancies. UPSC recommended 90 candidates under the EWS category for the first time. The UPSC recommended 798 candidates against 919 vacancies. There were 24 candidates were recommended under the PwB category. The details of the category-wise selection and cut off is given below.

The cut-off of any exam is dependant in three factors related to the exam. These factors are 
• Number of Vacancies
• Difficulty Level of the exam
• Number of candidates who appeared in the exam

The number of vacancies has a positive impact on the exam cut-off. It is inversely proportional to the cut-off of the exam it means higher the number of vacancies, lower the cut-off for the exam.

The difficulty level is another factor that has a crucial impact on the exam cut-off. The difficulty level of the paper is high, the cut-off will be lower. If the exam is easy, the cut-off increases.

The Number of candidates has very little impact on the exam cut-off. The relation is directly proportional to each other i.e higher the number of candidates, the higher the competition and hence the higher cut-off.

Out of the total vacancies of 919, 798 candidates were recommended in the different categories. Besides, UPSC has also released a reserve list of 194 candidates. The details about the reserve list are not known. The number of candidates recommended for each category is given below.

The above numbers include the candidates belonging to the PwB category also.
There is a deficit of 101 candidates under the General Category recommendations. The reasons are best known to UPSC.

The recent trend in the CMS cut-off shows the decline in the UPSC CMS written exam. The written exam cut off is declining year after year.

UPSC CMS written exam cut-off trend

The UPSC CMS cut-off for the written exam is declining over the years for all the categories.

UPSC CMS Written Exam Cut-off (out of 500)

UPSC CMS Final Cut-off Trends (out of 600)

*The number of vacancies in SC category in 2017 was 1 only.

All the UPSC CMS cut-off are released after the CMS result.

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