UPSC administered the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) Prelims 2025 examination on May 25, 2025, in offline mode. Know the expected date of result release.
Saloni Kumari | Jun 6, 2025 |
UPSC CSE Prelims Result 2025: UPSC CSE Prelims Result 2025 to be Released Soon at upsc.gov.in
UPSC CSE Prelims Result 2025: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) administered the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) Prelims 2025 examination on May 25, 2025, in offline mode, across numerous exam centres. The UPSC CSE Prelims examination is conducted every year to place candidates at various All India Services and Central Civil Services posts, The Prelims is the combined exam for both. This year, a total of 979 vacancies are available to fill positions of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Postal Service (Group A), Indian Railway Protection Force Service (Group A), etc. According to the UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 marking scheme, candidates will be awarded full marks for a correct answer, and 1/3 of the mark will be deducted for an incorrect response.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is anticipated to release the Civil Services Examination (CSE) Preliminary Result 2025 by mid-June. The candidates who this year appeared for the UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 examination will be able to access their results once they are released. Candidates must secure a minimum of 33% marks in the CSAT paper and also score above the cut-off marks for the General Studies Paper I to clear the UPSC examination. The UPSC CSE Mains 2025 examination is scheduled to be administered on August 22, 2025, by the commission. There is no merit list available for the UPSC prelims exam.
The UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 examination included two objective-type papers (MCQs), each held for the duration of two hours. Each paper was of 200 marks weightage.
The expected cut-off for the UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 examination is as follows:
| Category | UPSC 2025 Prelims Expected Cutoff |
| General | 86+5 |
| EWS | 85+5 |
| OBC | 83+5 |
| SC | 74+5 |
| ST | 70+5 |
The table below includes the cut-off for UPSC CSE Prelims 2024:
| Category | IAS Prelims Cut off 2024 |
| General | 87.98 |
| EWS | 85.92 |
| OBC | 87.28 |
| SC | 79.03 |
| ST | 74.23 |
| PwBD1 | 69.42 |
| PwBD2 | 65.3 |
The UPSC CSE Prelims Result 2025 will be made using the below marking scheme:
| Paper | Number of Questions | Marks Assigned for Correct Answer | Negative Marking |
| General Studies Paper 1 | 100 | 2 | 0.66 |
| General Studies Paper 1 (CSAT) | 80 | 2.5 | 0.83 |
The steps below can be followed to download the UPSC CSE Prelims Result 2025:
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