APSC Prelims Exam 2016, 2015 & 2014 Cutoff Marks
& Previous Years Minimum Qualifying Score
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” – Tony Robbins
It’s an essential part of a successful strategy for any task and if the challenge is a competitive exam like APSC Combined Competitive Exam, then knowing the passing parameters i.e. Cutoff Marks for APSC Prelims & Mains Exam is a very basic enquiry.
Here we discuss about the Cutoff Marks i.e. the minimum score needed to clear the APSC CC Prelims Exam 2016 and qualify for appearing for APSC CC Mains Exam 2016.
Though cutoff marks for any exam can very every year, but analyzing previous years minimum score line can provide us a very good idea of what it is going to be for the current year’s APSC CC Prelims Exam 2016 Cutoff marks.
APSC Prelims 2018 Cutoff Marks & Qualifying Scores (Expected)
APSC CC Prelims Exam 2016 (Expected) Cutoff Marks / Qualifying Marks
These marks are out of total of 400 marks of (1) GS paper of 200 marks and (2) optional paper of 200 marks.
Based on the nature of questions in the GS Paper and the valuable views expressed by numerous candidates, most of the peoples are expecting lower Cut-off marks than the previous year i.e. 2015.
Some of the significant factors that might influence the Cut-off of the Prelim Exams, are
- FREE Coaching provided by Assam Govt
- No. of vacancies are almost double of the previous year
- In GS Paper, too many Qs from History
- In GS Paper, comparatively less Qs from Assam related topics
- In GS Paper, Current Affairs including Govt Schemes also asked in less no.
- Candidates are getting smarter mainly due to internet, mobile, Facebook and Whatsapp (REALLY!!!! )
Adhikary Education conducted Free and Paid Test Series for GS Paper
The category-wise Cut-off for 2014, 2015 & 2016 are as follows
| Category |
Year 2014
(Male/Female)
|
Year 2015
(Male/Female) |
Year 2016 |
| General (Open) |
268/264 | 284/282 | 263 Female – 257 HI/OH/VI – 278/264/279 |
| Other Backward Classes (OBC)/MOBC | 238/238 | 250/250 | 242
Female – 240 |
| Scheduled Class (SC) |
240/240 | 244/240 | 217 Female – 218 |
| Scheduled Tribe (Plains) | 238/238 | 240/240 | 228 Female – 228VI -251 |
| Scheduled Tribe (Hills) | 234/234 | 226/226 | 206 Female – 206Female – HI – 232 |
| VI | 204 | 166 | |
| OH | 218 | 181 | |
| HI | 185 |