BPSC Cut-off: 65th to 71st Prelims, Mains and Final Cut-off by Category

The latest BPSC cut-off for the prelims is 88 out of 150 for Unreserved candidates, from the 71st Combined Competitive Examination (CCE), whose result BPSC declared on 18 November 2025. The latest final cut-off is 528 out of 1,020 (Unreserved) in the 70th CCE, declared on 20 June 2026; the Mains (written) cut-off in that exam was 445 out of 900.

Every cut-off on this page is taken from BPSC’s own result notices for the 65th to 71st CCE, listed with links at the end. The tables give the prelims, Mains and final cut-offs for every category, the trend over seven exams, and what the figures mean for anyone preparing for the 72nd prelims, whose new date BPSC has not yet announced.

Latest BPSC cut-off at a glance

The 71st CCE is the latest exam with a prelims result; its Mains was held from 25 to 30 April 2026 (except 26 April) and its result was declared on 6 November 2026 as a roll-number list, without marks. The 70th CCE is therefore the latest with Mains and final cut-offs.

BPSC prelims cut-off: 65th to 71st

The prelims is a 150-question, 150-mark General Studies paper. It only screens candidates for the Mains; its marks are not added to the final merit. The table gives the cut-off for the main categories and the number of candidates BPSC declared qualified for the Mains.

Two changes in the marking explain the decimals from the 68th onward. For the 68th, BPSC deducted 0.25 marks for every wrong answer, which is why that exam’s cut-offs move in quarter marks; from the 69th the deduction became one-third of a mark, so later cut-offs end in .33 or .67. Since then the Unreserved cut-off has stayed in a narrow band of 88 to 92. The three exams before (65th to 67th) needed 97 to 113 marks.

The 67th figures are from the re-examination: BPSC cancelled the first 67th prelims after the paper leaked. The 70th prelims was held on 13 December 2024 at 912 centres, with a re-examination on 4 January 2025 at 22 centres in Patna; 3,28,990 candidates sat the two papers together. The 71st prelims was held on 13 September 2025, and 3,16,905 candidates appeared.

BPSC Mains cut-off (written): 65th to 70th

BPSC does not print a cut-off in its Mains (written) result; it gives the written cut-off for each category in the final result notice. The written merit total is 900 marks: General Studies Paper I and Paper II (300 each) and, from the 68th CCE, the Essay (300). In the 65th to 67th, the third 300-mark paper was the optional subject, which became a 100-mark qualifying paper from the 68th. General Hindi (100 marks) is qualifying throughout and does not count.

In the 70th CCE, 20,034 candidates sat the Mains (25 to 29 April 2025) and 5,401 qualified for the interview.

BPSC final cut-off: 65th to 70th

The final merit list adds the 120-mark interview to the 900 written marks, so the final cut-off is out of 1,020. It is the total of the last candidate selected in each category.

For the 70th CCE, BPSC interviewed 5,354 of the 5,401 candidates called, between 21 January and 10 April 2026, and selected 2,009 against 2,017 vacancies; eight posts reserved for deaf or hard-of-hearing candidates stayed vacant for want of candidates.

Category-wise BPSC cut-off for each exam

Full tables from each result notice, including women, disabled and freedom-fighter categories. A dash means BPSC did not print a figure for that category.

71st BPSC cut-off

Prelims result of 18 November 2025: 13,368 candidates qualified for the Mains. The Mains result of 6 November 2026 called 3,185 candidates for the interview (out of 11,125 who appeared); BPSC will publish the Mains and final cut-off marks with the final result, as it did for the 70th.

70th BPSC cut-off

Prelims result 23 January 2025 (21,581 qualified); final result 20 June 2026.

69th BPSC cut-off

Prelims result 10 November 2023 (4,037 qualified); final result 26 November 2024.

68th BPSC cut-off

Prelims result 26 March 2023 (3,590 qualified); final result 15 January 2024.

67th BPSC cut-off

Prelims result 17 November 2022 (11,607 qualified); final result 28 October 2023.

66th BPSC cut-off

Prelims result 24 March 2021 (8,997 qualified); final result 3 August 2022.

65th BPSC cut-off

Prelims result 6 March 2020 (6,517 qualified); final result 7 October 2021.

What moves the BPSC cut-off

• The number of seats. BPSC calls roughly ten candidates per vacancy to the Mains. The 70th CCE had 2,017 vacancies and called 21,581 candidates, the most in this period, and its prelims cut-offs for SC (70.33) and SC women (55) were the lowest since negative marking began. The 72nd CCE has 1,187 vacancies, so fewer Mains seats are likely.
• Negative marking. Every wrong answer has cost marks since the 68th, which pulled cut-offs down from the 97 to 113 range to about 88 to 92.
• The Option E rule. From May 2026 every BPSC objective paper has a fifth bubble, (E) Not attempted, and a row left blank costs one-third of a mark like a wrong answer. The 72nd will be the first CCE prelims under this rule, so careless blanks will cost marks they did not cost before. See BPSC negative marking and the Option E rule.
• Women’s reservation. Women get 35 per cent horizontal reservation within each category in Bihar, which is why every category has a separate, usually lower, women’s cut-off.
• The paper itself. A harder paper lowers every cut-off; an easier one raises it. This is the one factor nobody can know in advance.

What score to aim for in the 72nd BPSC prelims

No one can predict the 72nd cut-off, but the last four exams give a working target. The highest Unreserved cut-off since negative marking began was 91.67 (69th). Adding a margin of five to ten marks for a harder year or fewer seats gives these planning targets for net marks, after deductions:

These targets are this site’s guidance from the official figures above, not a BPSC number. Measure yourself against them with a full-length paper under exam conditions: the 72nd BPSC mock test (100 questions) and the free BPSC mock test series score you with +1, −1/3 and the (E) option, exactly as the OMR sheet is scored.

How to check your own BPSC marks

BPSC publishes each candidate’s marks shortly after a result, under the “Marksheet” (now “View Marksheet”) section of bpsc.bihar.gov.in. You log in with your roll number and date of birth, or your registration number and date of birth. The prelims and Mains result notices list only the roll numbers of qualified candidates, not their marks.

Abbreviations in BPSC cut-off tables

Frequently asked questions

What is the 71st BPSC prelims cut-off?

The 71st BPSC prelims cut-off is 88 for Unreserved, 82.33 for EWS, 84 for BC, 81 for EBC, 72 for SC and 71.33 for ST, out of 150 marks. BPSC declared the result on 18 November 2025 and 13,368 candidates qualified for the Mains.

What was the 70th BPSC final cut-off?

The 70th BPSC final cut-off was 528 out of 1,020 for Unreserved, EWS and BC candidates, 523 for EBC, 493 for SC and 508 for ST. The Mains (written) cut-off was 445 out of 900 for Unreserved. The final result was declared on 20 June 2026.

Is the BPSC prelims cut-off out of 150?

Yes. The prelims has 150 questions of one mark each. The Mains written cut-off is out of 900 and the final cut-off is out of 1,020, which adds the 120-mark interview.

When will the 71st BPSC Mains result come?

BPSC declared the 71st Mains result on 6 November 2026: 3,185 candidates qualified for the interview for the CCE posts and 207 for FAO. The cut-off marks are not in the result notice; they will be published with the final result, and this page will add them then.

Related pages

• BPSC eligibility 2026: age limit, attempts and domicile rules
• 72nd BPSC 2026: notification, vacancies and exam date
• BPSC syllabus and exam pattern 2026
• BPSC previous year question papers, 56th to 71st, with answer keys
• BPSC posts and salary: every CCE post with pay level and in-hand pay
• BPSC interview: process, 120 marks, documents and likely questions
• BPSC negative marking and the Option E rule
• Free BPSC mock test series
• Bihar history previous-year questions: 152 in one test
• BPSC essay topics from the 68th to 71st Mains

Sources

All cut-off figures were read from the BPSC result notices below (bpsc.bihar.gov.in). Checked 26 October 2026.

• 65th CCE prelims result (6 March 2020)
• 66th CCE prelims result (24 March 2021)
• 67th CCE prelims result (17 November 2022)
• 68th CCE prelims result (26 March 2023)
• 69th CCE prelims result (10 November 2023)
• 70th CCE prelims result (23 January 2025)
• 71st CCE prelims result (18 November 2025)
• 65th CCE final result with written and final cut-offs (7 October 2021)
• 66th CCE final result with written and final cut-offs (3 August 2022)
• 67th CCE final result with written and final cut-offs (28 October 2023)
• 68th CCE final result with written and final cut-offs (15 January 2024)
• 69th CCE final result with written and final cut-offs (26 November 2024)
• 70th CCE final result with written and final cut-offs (20 June 2026)
• 70th CCE Mains (written) result (16 December 2025)
• 71st CCE Mains programme (23 March 2026)
• Careers360 on the 68th CCE marking changes (22 December 2022)
• Careers360 on the 69th prelims marking scheme (6 September 2023)