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Indian Forest Service (IFoS): Cut-off Marks for Prelims and Mains
The consolidated minimum qualifying standards fixed by the Commission for qualifying the candidates for Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, on the basis of CS(P) Examination, are as under:
2013
| Examination | General | OBC | SC | ST | PH2 | PH3 |
| CS(P) | 267 | 249 | 233 | 225 | 178 | 160 |
| IFS (Main) | 479 | 438 | 366 | 363 | 365 | 342 |
| IFS (Final) | 741 | 693 | 652 | 629 | 530 | 688 |
2014
| Examination | General | OBC | SC | ST | PH2 | PH3 |
| CS(P) | 237 | 232 | 208 | 204 | 130 | 134 |
| IFS (Main) | 448 | 430 | 388 | 254 | 270 | 325 |
| IFS (Final) | 720 | 664 | 611 | 585 | 535 | 580 |
2015
| Examination | General | OBC | SC | ST | PH2 | PH3 |
| CS(P) | 121.34 | 120.66 | 108.66 | 108.66 | 46.66 | 40.66 |
| IFS (Main) | 483 | 447 | 393 | 398 | 361 | 311 |
| IFS (Final) | 736 | 682 | 613 | 642 | 608 | 575 |
2016
| Examination | General | OBC | SC | ST | PH2 | PH3 |
| CS(P) | 133.34 | 130.66 | 118 | 117.34 | 47.34 | 56 |
| IFS (Main) | 580 | 485 | 493 | 435 | 393 | 400 |
| IFS (Final) | 841 | 781 | 742 | 764 | 715 | 649 |
2017
| Examination | General | OBC | SC | ST | PH2 | PH3 |
| CS(P) | 121.34 | 119.34 | 106 | 105.34 | 77.34 | 43.34 |
| IFS (Main) | 652 | 606 | 555 | 530 | 551 | 386 |
| IFS (Final) | 889 | 836 | 800 | 807 | 861 | 680 |
2018
| Examination | General | OBC | SC | ST | PwBD-1 | PwBD-2 | PwBD-3 |
| CS(P) | 112 | 110.66 | 100 | 99.34 | 76.66 | 52 | 41.34 |
| IFS (Main) | 669 | 596 | 595 | 587 | – | 541 | 447 |
| IFS (Final) | 904 | 858 | 798 | 815 | – | 787 | 693 |
2019
| Examination | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwBD-1 | PwBD-2 | PwBD-3 |
| CS(P) | 116 | 112.66 | 114.66 | 101.34 | 101.34 | – | 74.66 | 42.66 |
| IFS (Main) | 686 | 615 | 661 | 609 | 598 | – | 482 | 258 |
| IFS (Final) | 918 | 839 | 876 | 832 | 849 | No candidate | 794 | No candidate |
2020
| Examination | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwBD-1 | PwBD-2 | PwBD-3 |
| CS(P) | 110.88 | 106.12 | 109.53 | 95.24 | 93.20 | – | 65.98 | 46.94 |
| IFS (Main) | 633 | 584 | 566 | 552 | 497 | – | 459 | 429 |
| IFS (Final) | 875 | 822 | 817 | 795 | 726 | No candidate | 752 | 591 |
- IFS(Main) – Subject to a minimum 5% marks in each paper.
- From 2015: Cut off marks on the basis of GS Paper-I only. However, GS Paper-II was qualifying with 33% (66.66 marks)
- Maximum marks in IFS (Main) – 1400
- Maximum marks in IFS (Final) – 1700
