Cut Off Marks for Prelims Exams

The following marks were when there was no negative marking. Now with the system of -ve marking for the IAS exams the cut-off has gone down further. So the trick is not to guess unecessarily and reduce your marks. Concentrate on the correct answers and make no guesses. That should take you far.

Toppers Marks - Civil Service Mains Examination 2003

Subject	Maximum Marks	1stRank1	3rdRank2	6thRank3	7thRank4
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	1stRank1	3rdRank2	6thRank3	7thRank4
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