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The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) will soon release the cutoff for the PPSC PCS 2025 Preliminary Examination on their official website, ppsc.gov.in. Candidates who are going to take the exam in April 2025 should understand how the cutoff is determined. The cutoff marks are generally based on the previous year’s trends, which consider factors like the total applicants, exam level, and the total vacancies. By analyzing these trends, candidates can estimate the cutoff and prepare accordingly.
PPSC PCS Prelims Cutoff 2025
The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) will release the cutoff marks for the Punjab Civil Services (PCS) examination for 322 vacancies. The cutoff marks are the minimum required score that candidates must achieve to move to the next stage of the selection process. After the Preliminary exam, about 15 to 20 times the number of vacancies will be selected based on their scores. Candidates who score above the cutoff in the Preliminary exam will be considered qualified and will proceed to the Mains exam.
PPSC PCS Cutoff 2025: Qualifying marks
Based on the PPSC Notification 2025, the PPSC PCS Preliminary exam cut-off was set according to the number of candidates selected for the Mains exam, which was 13 times the number of vacancies. For the Mains exam, candidates selected for the Interview were not more than three times the number of vacancies. The PPSC also set the following minimum qualifying cut-off:
Category | Qualifying Marks in PPSC Mains | Qualifying marks in Individual Mains Papers |
General | 45% | 25% |
SC/ST | 40% | 25% |
After the Interview stage, the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) sets an overall minimum mark requirement for candidates.
Category | Qualifying Over-all Marks(Including Interview) |
General | 45% |
SC/ST | 40% |
PPSC PCS Prelims Previous Cutoff: Overview
The PPSC cut-off will be released along with the results on the official website. You can check the previous year’s cut-off to get an idea of what the PPSC 2025 cut-off will lie. Below are the cut-off marks for the prelim exam.
PPSC PCS Prelims Cutoff 2020-21 | |
Category | Cut Off (2020-21) |
General | 244.5 (Female=237.5) |
ESM Punjab | 160.5 (Female=137.5) |
Sportsperson Punjab | 132.5 (Female=131.5) |
Blind & Low Vision | 151 |
SC other Punjab | 216.5 |
SC ESM Punjab | 118 |
SC Sportsperson Punjab | 135.5 |
Balmiki/Mazhbi Sikh Punjab | 189.5 |
Balmiki/Mazhbi Sikh ESM Punjab | 140 |
Balmiki/Mazhbi Sikh Sportsperson Punjab | 111.5 |
BC Punjab | 243.5 (Female=207.5) |
BC ESM Punjab | 135.5 |
EWS | 205.5 (Female=195.5) |
Previous Year PPSC Cut Off – 2013
Category | Cut off |
General | 740.33 |
Ex-Servicemen | 627 |
Freedom Fighter Punjab State | 776.33 |
Sportsperson Punjab | 782.33 |
PH (Hearing) | 623.67 |
PH (Ortho) | 661.83 |
PH (Visual) | 623.67 |
SC | 712.67 |
BC | 721.00 |
Previous Year PPSC PCS Cutoff- 2015
Category | Cut off |
General | 535 |
Ex-Servicemen | 286.40 |
Freedom Fighter Punjab State | 565.50 |
Sportsperson Punjab | 470.20 |
Physically Handicapped | 520.90 |
SC | 518.80 |
BC | 500.33 |
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