SSC CPO Expected Cut Off 2026: What could be the cut-off for CPO Tier-1? Check the expected scores..
SSC CPO Tier 1 Cut Off 2025-26: Most candidates who appeared for the SSC CPO exam are now searching for information about the cut-off marks. What will the CPO cut-off be in 2026? How many marks are required for CPO Tier 1? What is a safe score for CPO? If you are also worried about these questions, you are in the right place. Here you can check the category-wise cut-off for both male and female candidates. Experts say that this year the cut-off may be lower compared to previous years.
SSC CPO Expected Cut Off 2026: What can it be?
The CPO Tier 1 paper was of an easy-to-moderate difficulty level, but due to section-wise timing, many candidates could not complete the entire paper. In addition, the number of candidates who appeared for the exam was also low. Therefore, the expected cut-off may be as follows:
Category CPO 2026 Expected Cut-off (Female) CPO 2026 Expected Cut-off (Male)
Unreserved/General 120-124 109-113
OBC 112-116 102-106
EWS 104-108 98-102
SC 102-106 96-100
ST 95-100 90-95
Candidates scoring these marks have a higher chance of being selected. However, there might be a variation of 2-4 marks in the final result after normalization. The Staff Selection Commission will officially announce the category-wise cut-off along with the CPO Tier 1 result 2026. Candidates will be selected for CPO Tier 2 based on this.
How to calculate your score using the answer key:
This SSC CPO recruitment is for 3073 posts of Delhi Police Sub-Inspector and CAPF Sub-Inspector. Online applications for this vacancy were invited from September 26, 2025, to October 16, 2025. Following this, the written examination was conducted from December 9th to 12th, 2025. The SSC then uploaded the CPO answer key along with the question paper online on December 24th, 2025. Hopefully, you have already checked your answers. If not, you can check the answer key on the Staff Selection Commission's official website, ssc.gov.in.
To calculate your score, you need to separately note the number of correct answers. Then, note down the number of incorrect answers. Add up the marks for all the correct answers. Now, subtract the marks for the incorrect answers, considering the 0.25 negative marking for each wrong answer. You can also use the formula 'Expected Score = (C × 1) - (W × 0.25)', where C is the number of correct answers and W is the number of incorrect answers. This will give you your expected score.
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