The UPSC IAS prelims cut off 2026 will be released on the official website, upsc.gov.in, after the final results are released. Union Public Service Commission determines the UPSC IAS 2026 prelims cut off every year. Candidates need to make sure that they meet the UPSC prelims cut off of every stage.
The cut off marks are the minimum marks which a candidate needs to score to clear the UPSC IAS exam. The UPSC CSE prelims cut off varies based on several factors. Candidates will be able to access the UPSC IAS prelims cut off in PDF format. The UPSC IAS 2026 cut off PDF also consists of the Mains and interview cut off marks. Check the below article to know more about the UPSC IAS cut off marks 2026 -
Steps to check the UPSC CSE 2026 cut off marks -
Go to the official website, upsc.gov.in.
On the homepage, click on ‘Examination’.
Under that, click on ‘Active examination’.
And then click on UPSC Civil Services Exam, 2026.
Candidates will be able to find the UPSC CSE cut off PDF which they can download.
Also check -
UPSC IAS Prelims Cut Off 2024
Exam | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwBD-1 | PwBD-2 | PwBD-3 | PwBD-5 |
IAS Prelims | 87.98 | 85.92 | 87.28 | 79.03 | 74.23 | 69.42 | 65.30 | 40.56 | 40.56 |
Exam | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwBD-1 | PwBD-2 | PwBD-3 | PwBD-5 |
IAS Prelims | 75.41 | 68.02 | 74.75 | 59.25 | 47.82 | 40.40 | 47.13 | 40.40 | 33.68 |
The UPSC IAS prelims cut off varies every year. The UPSC IAS 2026 prelims cut off varies based on a few factors like -
Difficulty level of the exam.
Category of the candidate.
Total number of candidates appeared and
Previous year trends.
UPSC specifies the UPSC CSE qualifying marks in the official notification which will be fixed every year. As per the UPSC IAS qualifying marks 2026, candidates have to score at least 33% in the GS paper 2. The UPSC IAS 2026 qualifying marks of GS 1 is determined by the commission. The UPSC IAS qualifying marks for Mains are 25 % in ‘Indian Language’ and 25% in English.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The UPSC IAS prelims 2026 cut off date is not known yet.
The UPSC IAS Prelims cut off for General category is not released yet.
The UPSC IAS cut off for prelims, mains and the final cut off will be available in the same PDF.
The UPSC IAS prelims result 2026 will be released tentatively 30 to 40 days after conclusion of exam on the official website.
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