Cut Off Marks
Cut-off marks by year and category, taken from commission result notices. These pages exist because the cut-off, not the vacancy count, tells you what the competition actually looks like.
Guides
- Cut-off marks 2026 — the competition numbers behind them
Applicants per vacancy, 2026 cycle
- Why your raw score is not your final score
Why vacancy count does not predict the cut-off
Candidates routinely assume a year with more seats means a lower cut-off. It often does not, because applicant numbers move too, and usually faster. A cycle with a large vacancy count and a very large applicant pool can close higher than a cycle with fewer seats and fewer applicants.
The figure to watch alongside the cut-off is the application count. SSC CGL 2026 drew roughly 28.5 lakh applications against 10,731 revised posts, and the vacancy count was cut by about 12 per cent after the notification. Both of those push the cut-off up.
Category cut-offs are not a ranking
A lower cut-off in a reserved category does not mean an easier exam. It reflects the number of seats reserved against the number of candidates competing for them, and in several recruitments the reserved cut-off has closed above the unreserved one.