SSC releases a category-wise cut off after each stage. It is not a fixed number decided in advance — it is arrived at afresh every year.
What the cut off depends on
- Number of vacancies — more vacancies push the cut off down
- Difficulty of the paper — a harder paper lowers the cut off
- Number of candidates — more candidates mean sharper competition
- Category — UR, OBC, SC, ST, EWS and PwD each have their own cut off
- Post group — within the same examination, different posts carry different cut offs (AAO and JSO have their own)
The effect of normalisation
The examination runs across multiple shifts, and each shift gets a slightly different paper. SSC therefore applies normalisation — your marks are adjusted relative to the overall performance in your shift.
In practice this means your raw marks and your final normalised marks can differ, and the cut off is always applied to normalised marks.
Previous year cut off
Cut off marks differ by year, category and post. No figures have been estimated here on purpose — a candidate who reads an incorrect cut off will misjudge their own preparation, and that cost falls entirely on them.
Please fill this table from the official cut off published on ssc.gov.in, with the year, category and post. Once filled, this page will only need one new row each year.
| Year | UR | OBC | EWS | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| to be filled from the official cut off | |||||
How to gauge your own standing
The most reliable method is to solve previous year papers under the real time limit and check your score. Solved SSC CGL papers from earlier years are available on this page — attempt them as tests, then compare your marks against that year's cut off.
