UPSC CSE Prelims Result 2025: How many marks are required to pass UPSC Prelims? Know passing marks..
UPSC CSE Prelims Result 2025: The Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) is going to release the results of the Civil Services Preliminary Examination (CSE Prelims) 2025 soon. Candidates who appeared in this exam will be able to check their UPSC CSE Prelims Result 2025 by visiting the official website upsc.gov.in.
To check the result, candidates have to enter important information like their roll number, and date of birth. Along with the result, the commission will also declare the category-wise cutoff.
UPSC CSE Prelims Exam: Preliminary exam was held on 25 May
The UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam was conducted on 25 May 2025. It is expected that the UPSC Prelims Result will be declared in mid-June 2025, i.e. before June 15. You can check all the latest updates related to UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 on the official website of the Union Public Services Commission upsc.gov.in.
UPSC Prelims Result: When did the UPSC prelims result come in the last 5 years?
Year Prelims Exam Date Result Release Date Duration (in days)
2025 25 May 2025 Likely to be released soon --
2024 16 June 2024 1 July 2024 15 days
2023 28 May 2023 12 June 2023 15 days
2022 5 June 2022 22 June 2022 17 days
2021 10 October 2021 29 October 2021 19 days
2020 4 October 2020 23 October 2020 19 days
How many marks are required to pass UPSC prelims?
UPSC Prelims exam is conducted in two papers:
Paper I – General Studies (GS Paper I)
Paper II – Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT)
Paper I (GS Paper I) – Important for merit determination
The first paper of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam (Prelims) 2025 i.e. General Studies Paper I consists of a total of 100 questions, for which a maximum of 200 marks are prescribed. 2 marks are given for every correct answer, while there is a negative marking of 0.66 marks for the wrong answer. There is no fixed limit of passing marks, as it depends on the cutoff score of each year. If we look at the trend of previous years, the cutoff score for the General category has been around 88 to 95 marks.
Paper II (CSAT) – Qualifying only
The second paper of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam (Prelims) 2025 i.e. CSAT consists of a total of 80 questions, for which a maximum of 200 marks are set. 2.5 marks are given for every correct answer, while there is a negative marking of 0.83 marks for every wrong answer. To pass this paper, it is mandatory to get at least 33% marks i.e. 66 marks. It is worth noting that CSAT is only a qualifying paper, so its marks are not added to the merit list or cutoff score. But if the candidates do not pass this paper, they are not allowed to appear in the Mains exam.
How is the UPSC Prelims cutoff decided?
UPSC takes into account several factors to decide the prelims cutoff every year:
Number of candidates
Number of vacancies (979 vacancies in 2025)
Difficulty level of the exam
Although the total marks in prelims are 400 (GS + CSAT), eligibility for the mains exam is based only on the score of GS Paper I. Therefore, candidates must score high in the General Studies paper and at least pass the CSAT.
Where and how to check the result?
First of all, go to the official website upsc.gov.in.
Click on the UPSC CSE Prelims Result 2025 link on the homepage.
Enter your roll number and other details.
The result will appear on the screen, download, and take a print.
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