UPSC IES/ ISS Cut Off Marks 2016 Category Wise for General, OBC, SC, ST

UPSC IES/ ISS Cut Off Marks 2016- UPSC IES ISS 2016 Written Test process be done from 13th May to 15th May within three days. Candidates can check here UPSC IES ISS Cut Off marks 2016 Category wise for General, OBC, SC, ST. Expected UPSC IES Cut Off and UPSC ISS Cut Off list is available below for the candidates who are going to participate in the test.

UPSC IES/ ISS Cut Off Marks 2016:

After appearing for UPSC IES/ISS examination 2016, students are waiting for UPSC IES/ ISS Cut off Marks 2016. It is the most anticipated thing after the conduction of UPSC examination. The cut off marks serve the purpose of setting up boundaries for students, as this much should be the minimum score of their answer sheets. Cut offs are important because it tells if a student will qualify for the next level or not. Certain factors are responsible for deciding the Cut-off of UPSC IES/ISS. Those factors are –

  •  Complexity level of examination
  • Last year’s cut-off
  •  Marking trends
  •  Annual intake
  •  Seat Availability
  •  Number of students appearing
  •  Average performance
  •  Lowest and average marks in the examination

Founded in the year 1962, UPSC conducts examinations every year for filling up seats in the department of Government of India. Examinations are conducted for Engineering, Defense, Medical, Police and Administration department all over India. This year, too, UPSC will be conducting examination for the selection of IES and ISS. The examination has been scheduled on the 13th of May, 2016.

UPSC IES/ ISS Cut -off Marks 2016 will be declared officially by the Union Public Service Commission after the declaration of the result. Till now, there is no information regarding the result of UPSC IES/ISS Examination 2016, but students will be informed soon. The official website for acquiring information regarding UPSC IES Cut Off 2016 and UPSC ISS Cut Off 2016 is – www.upsc.gov.in. There are a total of 38 seats after combining the seats for IES and ISS. Thus, the competition for seats will be severe and the cut-off will rise higher.

For the convenience of students, we have provided below the Previous Year’s Cut Off for All Categories for the post of an IES –

  •  General Category – 489
  • OBC Category – 385
  • SC Category – 407
  • ST Category – 334

Previous Year’s Cut-Off for All Categories for the post of an ISS –

  •  General Category – 461
  •  OBC Category – 381
  • SC Category – 291
  • ST Category – 272

Cut-off scores are the minimum marks that should be obtained by a student in order to appear “passed” in the examination. When a student qualifies the written test, he/she has to appear for the interview round/personality test. After clearing these two hurdles, physical fitness, document verification and medical test are left.

UPSC IES Expected Cut-Off for 2016 is given below –

  • General Category – 340-350
  • OBC Category – 282-290
  • SC Category – 250-260
  • ST Category – 220-225

UPSC ISS Expected Cut-Off for 2016 is given below –

  •  General Category – 290-300
  • OBC Category – 212-220
  • SC Category – 205-210
  • ST Category – 170-180

For downloading UPSC IES/ ISS Cut-Off Marks 2016, a student will have to follow the following steps –

  •  Open the official website of UPSC – www.upsc.gov.in
  • Search for the link – exam results.
  • After selecting the link, enter your registration number.
  • Enter rest of the required details and press enter.
  • The result along with the cut-off for 2016 will appear on the screen.
  • You might download the result for future use.