UPSC EPFO Previous Year Cut Off 2023| Know The Cut-Off Trend

UPSC EPFO Previous Year Cut Off: Union Public Service Commission has released the short notice for the EPFO 2023 recruitment. Candidates can apply online from the 25th of February on the official website of UPSC. UPSC EPFO notification 2023 has been released for the 577 vacant posts of the Enforcement Officer/Account Officer and Assistant Provident Fund Customer.

Candidates aspiring to apply for the UPSC EPFO vacancies must have detailed information regarding the cut-off trend. An idea of the previous year’s cut-off helps candidates in creating an effective preparation strategy. In this blog, we will provide you with information regarding the UPSC EPFO Previous year cut-off.

Factors Affecting Cut-Off

While the Cut-Off is officially set and released as per the scheme of the Union Public Service Commission. There are various factors that affect the cut-off of the examination. To give a better understanding to aspiring candidates, we have mentioned below some of the major factors that affect the cut-off. They are as follows:

• Number of Vacancies
• Number of Applicants
• Difficulty of Examination
• The ratio of vacancies and applicants
• Highest Marks scored by the candidates

UPSC EPFO Previous Year Cut Off

We will provide you with the overall analysis of the previous year’s cut-off and the separate cut-off for each year. This is very important for the candidates aspiring to become an EO/AO or APFC.

UPSC EPFO Previous Year Cut Off for 2021, 2018, and 2017

Here, we have provided the overall analysis of the previous year’s cut-off of 2021, 2018, and 2017 in the table mentioned below.

Category	2021 (Out of 300)	2018 (Out of 300)	2017 (Out of 100)
UR	187.39	160	49.50
OBC	173.12	142	44.50
SC	160.51	128.50	42.50
ST	156.30	133	43.50

UPSC EPFO 2021 Written Test Cut-Off

Category	Cut-Off marks (300)
UR	187.39
OBC	173.12
SC	160.51
ST	156.30
EWS	171.43
PH-HI	101.67
PH-OH	154.61

UPSC EPFO 2021 Interview Cut-Off

Category	Interview (100)
UR	50
OBC	45
SC	40
ST	40
EWS	50
PH-HI	40
PH-OH	40

UPSC EPFO 2021 Final Cut Off 

Candidates can check the bar graph for the category-wise cut-off trends.

Category	Final Selection (Out of 400)
UR	259.33
OBC	244.51
SC	234.39
ST	231.87
EWS	246.08
PH-HI	169.28
PH-OH	242.99

UPSC EPFO 2018: Written Test

Category	Written Test  (Total 300 marks)
General	160
OBC	142
SC	128.50
ST	133

UPSC EPFO 2018: Interview

Category	Interview (Total 100 marks)
General	50
OBC	45
SC	40
ST	40

UPSC EPFO 2018: Final Cut Off

UPSC EPFO 2018 Final Cut-off was released after the personal interview. Final marks are released on the basis of marks obtained by the candidates in the written examination and the personal interview.

Category	Final Cut Off (Out of 400)
General	237.50
OBC	219.72
SC	194.25
ST	228.58

UPSC EPFO 2017 Written Test Cut Off

UPSC EPFO 2017 Written test was conducted for 100 marks. We have mentioned below the cut-off marks out of the 100 marks.

Category	Written Test  (Total 100 marks)
General	49.50
OBC	44.50
SC	42.50
ST	43.50
PH (OH)	30.00
PH (HI)	30.00

UPSC EPFO 2017 Interview Cut Off

Category	Interview (Total 100 marks)
General	50
OBC	45
SC	40
ST	40
PH (OH)	—
PH (HI)	—

UPSC EPFO 2017 Final Cut-Off

This is the final cut-off for the UPSC EPFO 2017 released on the basis of the marks obtained by the candidates in the written test and personal interview.

Category	Final Cut Off (Out of 200 marks)
General	110.83
OBC	103.78
SC	102.23
ST	103.06
PH (OH)	88.11
PH (HI)	93.61

UPSC EPFO Category-wise Topper Marks

These are the final marks of the category-wise toppers of the UPSC EPFO 2017. 

Category	Highest marks
General	132.78
OBC	127.78
SC	120.56
ST	118.61
PH (OH)	118.28
PH (HI)	103.28

We hope this blog gave you a better understanding of the cut-off trends for the examination. We wish you all the best for the examination. To read more such blogs, visit the Oliveboard website!

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