Civil Services Examination, 2017 – minimum qualifying marks
In the Civil Services Examination 2017, the minimum qualifying standards/marks secured by the last recommended candidate in various categories at various stages are as under:-
| Exam | General | OBC | SC | ST | PH1 | PH2 | PH3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS (Prelims) | 105.34 | 102.66 | 88.66 | 88.66 | 85.34 | 61.34 | 40.00 |
| CS (Mains) | 809 | 770 | 756 | 749 | 734 | 745 | 578 |
| CS (Final) | 1006 | 968 | 944 | 939 | 923 | 948 | 830 |
*Cut off marks on the basis of GS Paper-I only. GS Paper-II was of qualifying nature with 33% marks as per Rule-15 of Civil Services Examination, 2017.
# 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.