UPSC Civil Services Mains-2016
Civil Services Examination, 2016 – minimum qualifying marks
In the Civil Services Examination 2016, the minimum qualifying standards/marks secured by the last recommended candidate in various categories at various stages are as under:-
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Exam
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General
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OBC
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SC
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ST
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PH‐1
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PH‐2
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PH‐3
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CS(Main)#
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787
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745
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739
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730
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713
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740
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545
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CS(Final)
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988
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951
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937
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920
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927
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951
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817
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*Cut off marks on the basis of GS Paper-I only. However, GS Paper-II was qualifying with 33% marks (Rule-15 of Civil Services Examination, 2016)
# 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.
