UPSC IAS Cut off 2019 released; See here IAS Prelims Cut off and others

UPSC IAS cut off 2019 released. Check Here Detail

UPSC IAS cut off 2019 was released by Union Public Service Commission on August 7, 2020. UPSC release the IAS cut-off after the completion of the IAS exam process after the IAS result is declared. UPSC releases the cut off mark for all the phases of IAS exam separately. The IAS cut off is released for each category of candidates.

UPSC IAS Cut Off 2019

UPSC does not release the cut off of the IAS prelims before the completion of the exam process and the candidates who appeared in the IAS prelims 2019 are still waiting for the IAS prelims cut off 2019. The category-wise UPSC IAS cut off 2019 is as follows.

Category	IAS Prelims Cut off (Out of 200)**	IAS Main cut off (Out of 1750)	IAS Cut off (Final) (Out of 2025)
General	98.00	751	961
EWS	90.00	696	909
OBC	95.34	718	925
SC	82.00	706	989
ST	77.34	699	893
PwBD1	53.34	663	861
PwBD2	44.66	698	890
PwBD3	40.66	374	653
PwBD5	61.34	561	708

Cut-off marks are subject to changes,  as may be necessitated by the orders that may be passed by the Hon’ble  Courts in matters pending before them. Category-wise recommendations details shall also be uploaded after the conclusion of pending court cases.

EWS – Economically Weaker Section, SC – Scheduled Caste, ST – Scheduled Tribe, PwB – Person with Disabilities

**The cut off marks based on General Studies paper‐I only. However, General Studies paper‐II was of qualifying nature with 33% marks as per Rule 15 of Civil Services Examination, 2018.

#Subject to 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.

See here: UPSC Official Notice

UPSC IAS 2019 Tie-breaking Principle

Besides, the IAS cut-off, the UPSC also defined again the tie-breaking principles with the official IAS cut off notice. "Wherever two or more candidates have equal aggregate marks in IAS Exam 2019, the tie(s) have been resolved in accordance with the principles approved by the Commission".

(i) Candidate securing more marks in the Compulsory Papers and the Personality Test put together is to be ranked higher

(ii) In the case where the marks mentioned at (i) above are equal, the candidate senior in age is to be ranked higher; and

(iii) In the case where the (i) and (ii) above are same, then the candidate getting more marks in the compulsory papers is to be ranked higher.

Based on the IAS cut off 2019, UPSC has recommended the following number of candidates under each category.

Category	Vacancy	Candidates Recommended
General	397	304
EWS	83	78
OBC	251	251
SC	129	129
ST	67	67
Total	927	829

IAS cut off is based on the following factors

• Number of vacancies
• Difficulty Level of the question paper
• Number of candidates appearing in the exam

The number of vacancies and the IAS cut off have a circular relation. Higher the number of vacancies lower the exam cut off. But sometimes, higher the number of vacancies attract a higher number of applications which increase the final cutoff. But in case of IAS exam, the number of candidates appeared in the IAS prelims exam does not vary much and the IAS cut off remain almost the same with a variation of five to ten marks.

UPSC question paper has a standard and UPSC does not change that standard much( little variation is natural). This is the reason that the previous year question papers help in the IAS preparation. Because of the same standard and number of appearing candidates, the IAS cut off does not vary much.

The UPSC prepare a merit list based on the marks secured by the candidates. Based on the number of vacancies, the number of candidates is selected from the merit list. The candidates falling above the cut off mark are declared selected and the rest of the candidates try their luck next time.

See here:

UPSC IAS Vacancies

IAS Result