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Cut Off Marks for Prelims Exams

Optional subject	Minimum number of questions need to be correct for optional subject	Minimum number of questions need to be correct for General Studies
Geography	84-95	90+
Indian History	95-98	95
Mathematics	68	95
Political Science	90+	95+
Public Administration	84-98	90
Sociology	94-100	95

Toppers' Marks - Civil Service Mains Examination 2003

Subject	Maximum Marks	1^st Rank¹	3^rd Rank²	6^th Rank³	7^th Rank⁴
Essay	200	125	132	119	108
General Studies - Paper I	300	192	197	179	154
General Studies - Paper II	300	147	164	180	127
Optional I - Paper I	300	173	173	165	174
Optional I - Paper II	300	180	171	180	183
Optional II - Paper I	300	190	166	181	205
Optional II - Paper II	300	157	191	200	185
Interview	300	230	180	174	201
Total marks	2300	1394	1374	1338	1337

Percentage of marks obtained by Toppers:

Subject	Maximum Marks	1^st Rank¹	3^rd Rank²	6^th Rank³	7^th Rank⁴
Essay	100	62.50	66.00	59.50	54.00
General Studies - Paper I	100	64.00	65.67	59.67	51.33
General Studies - Paper II	100	49.00	54.67	60.00	42.33
Optional I - Paper I	100	57.67	57.67	55.00	58.00
Optional I - Paper II	100	60.00	57.00	60.00	61.00
Optional II - Paper I	100	63.33	55.33	60.33	68.33
Optional II - Paper II	100	52.33	63.67	66.67	61.67
Interview	100	76.67	60.00	58.00	67.00
Total marks	100	60.61	59.74	58.17	58.13

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Comments

cut off marks

Permalink Submitted by aankit on Tue, 2008-09-09 12:26.

the given cut off marks of the pre exam are too high. i think these cut off marks were ture in and before 2006 when -ive marking was not introdueced. so please give the year for the cut off marks. if possible so give the cut off marks for 2008 (PRE).
thank you

cut off marks

Permalink Submitted by iitb_ranjan on Sun, 2008-09-21 09:34.

Lets give the cut off marks post2006 cse.

Subject To choose

Permalink Submitted by bibhutiias on Wed, 2009-05-06 13:47.

I am final year engg student of Electronics and comm angg. Can anybody plz guide me which optional should i choose for IAS? Should I choose engg subject as one optional?