- On 7th August 2016, UPSC had conducted preliminary exam for civil services aka CSAT.
- 16th September 2016, they’ve declared result= within 40 days. Seems a new record for UPSC!
- Total ~15,500 candidates qualified for Mains-2016 against 1,079 final vacancies. (15,445 to be precise.)
- To check your result:
- Official UPSC: Civil services Result Link | Forest Service Result Link
- Alternate Filserver Link (if UPSC website unresponsive, I’ve uploaded same files here)
- Those who cleared prelims, need to fillup a new form online before mains. It’s called “Detailed Application form” (DAF).
- DAF will be available from 7th October to 20th October 6PM.
- Civil Service Mains to start from 3rd December 2016.
- Those who qualified – congratulations.
- Those who did not qualify- this is not the end of the world: Look at the right hand green box for the upcoming exams and for next year prelims, rectify for the lacunas in your strategy.
Cutoff marks not declared, YET
Unlike RAS prelims, UPSC has not revealed cutoffs marks of Prelim-2016 immediately after declaration of result.
Anyways, here are the cut-off marks in last prelims 2015:
| Exam | General | OBC | SC | ST | PH-1 | PH-2 | PH-3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS(Prel.) 2015 | 107.34 | 106.00 | 94.00 | 91.34 | 90.66 | 76.66 | 40.00 |
| CS(Main) 2015# | 676 | 630 | 622 | 617 | 580 | 627 | 504 |
| CS(Final) 2015 | 877 | 834 | 810 | 801 | 802 | 830 | 697 |
# 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.

what is the cut off for sc category?
Congratulations to all☺☺☺?
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Indebted to you sir …your videos on geo economy and history rocked… please start video sharing for mains..
15,500 selected for 1079 posts, last year 15008 selected for 1179 posts, am I missing the logic?
may be for the last cut off digit (rounded to nearest one- third) itself they had 500 odd guys and they didnt want to leave them out.
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the no of candidates selected for mains is always 12-13 times the vacancies..the final vacancies filled up by DoPT is always higher than those declared in the notification as new vacancies from various departments gets finalised later..so the actual vacancies this year should be around 1200..that is the reason the have selected more candidates
Aspirant babu aapko sab pata. h…kaun sa sal sir?
Congrats
Gen – 115 marks – not selected
badluck buddy..u must have been on the border
thank u very much sir, a lot of credit goes to you for this
mains me apse bahut umid hai………waiting for your lectures eagerly
Mine 125.33 General
Thank You Mrunal Sir for your lectures and Motivation so that a guy from remote area in Jharkhand will be able to write mains.
130 ST into the mains
Thank you very much mrunal sir….your video series is very much helpful for clearing upsc pre
142 Obc.. cleared both CSP and IFoS prelims..
Guys, please do not get into cut off discussion as that’s a sheer waste of time. Even mrunal sir does not entertain it
i scored 135 sir…thanks to you and rajtanil madam…i got through first ladder
General 119..in
Gen 108..out..more focussed approach required..
CLEARED PRE. EXPECTED 114-117 ACCORDING TO SHANKAR IAS AND MRUNAL BHAI’S KEYS. OBC CAT.
as usual this is 2nd consecutive failed attempt … no issues 2017 here we come … congratulations guys for mains and goodluck.. Mrunal sir this year too we need you please help us out … you are great .. this time i think i missed by margin anyways fight is on ..
127 in obc category thanks mate for everything
how did u prepared this time can u provide us with the details of books materials and how did u covered the current affairs ? it ll be very helpful
guruji.. pichhli baar ki tarah is baar bhi aapne naiyya paar lagwa di pre ki…mains ki bhi jabrdast taiyyari karwa dijiye apni khud ke jaadooi style m..mujhe aapka padhaya hi smjh aata hai.. dhanvyavad guruji..
Have no idea what went wrong ..will give everything next time..thanks a ton mrunal sir.
136.18 obc thnx a ton mrunal Patel for ur immense contributuion…always bow to ur style of making things simpler thnx..
138 , in , both in cse and ifs
brother i have started preparation now can u give me some tips thanks in advance
not through..i was expecting 106 general
Cleared upsc civil pre.
Thanks mrunal sir.
your economy lecture are so great that i cant resist from them.
please tell me ,if you would provide economy lecture for mains this time also?
thanks
cleared CSP prelims,
expected marks (123.66) < From Shankar IAS' key)
Guessing Forest Service cut off be Around 125 & Civil Services cut off be Around 110.
P.s.- I've cleared the Prelims third time in a row, but getting failed to secure berth for Interviews,…so help needed to make it this time finally.
Anybody help,is me pass or not? my roll number : 0717449
congrates u have cleared the prelims all the best for mains
Congrats Bro. You qualified CSE (P)
Congratulations
You have passed. Congrats!!
Qualified. :)
U HAVE CLEARED
You have cleared exam.congrats.
Pass hai bhai tu..
Anubhav
pass
qualified
Tried … 2nd time…. General category…. expecting 90 … understood the complexity of exam… got disheartened during preparation…. no proper commitment… UPSC wont be mercy at me if i cant get above 130 …sp this time changing my gear… need to make necessary changes in my strategy … MRUNAL sir thank you for your contribution..
Expected cut off for general anybody…
cleared prelims …it was not possible without mrunal.org support …..this will be my first mains …plz guide us in mains preparation also