SSC CGL Tier-1 Cut Off 2016 : See the Cut off of Last 5 years

Staff Selection Commission (SSC), will soon be announcing, its 2016 Annual Examination Calendar, after which the picture will become clear on the Dates of SSC CGL 2016 Exam. But if you are a CGL 2016 aspirant, then there is no need to wait for the announcement of exam Dates and start preparing early, as it will help you in the long run.

You can also read our previous post, in which we have discussed in Detail about the SSC CGL 2016 Notification, in which you get a close the exact date of release of SSC CGL Notification. Also Don't forget to read our Detailed manual of SSC CGL 2016 Exam

In this post, we are going to discuss with you, the Expected Cut off for SSC CGL 2016 and  Cut Off for SSC CGL Exams of the Last 5 years. Knowing the cut off  score of the previous CGL Exams, will help you in getting an idea, how many minimum marks you need to score to qualify for Tier-2 Exam.

1) SSC CGL 2011 Cut Off (Tier-1) : In CGL 2011, 6.1 Lakh students have appeared in CGL Tier-1 Exam. Here is the Official cut off for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2011

• General: 86.75
• OBC: 70.25
• SC: 63.5
• ST: 63.25

2) SSC CGL 2012 (Tier-1) Cut Off:  In SSC CGL 2012, 9.67 candidates have appeared in the CGL Tier-1 Exam, an increase of over 3.5 lakh candidates from the previous year.

Here is the cut off for CGL 2012 Tier-1 Exam.

General: 82

OBC: 70

SC: 64

ST: 62

Note: In 2012, we can clearly see that the Cut Off have deceased by 4 Marks for General candidates. The reason is that over 19000 vacancies created in SSC CGL 2012


3) SSC CGL 2013 (Tier-1) Cut Off: SSC had conducted the CGL Exam 2013 in April/May, 2013 at various centers in India. A Total of  12 Lakh ( 12,12,429) candidates have appeared in the Exam. Here is the Cut off for SSC CGL 2013 (Tier-1) Exam

• General: 96
• OBC: 81.50
• SC: 75.25
• ST: 70.25

SSC CGL 2013 (Tier-1) Re-Exam: Due to some irregularities on the part of SSC, a 2013 CGL Tier-1 Re-exam, was held at several centers in India, in which approximately 5 lakh candidates have appeared.

Here is the Cut off the SSC CGL 2013 Re-Exam

• General: 102
• OBC: 85
• SC: 77
• ST: 69

4) SSC CGL 2014 Tier-1 Exam: In 2014, SSC had conducted the Tier-1 Exam in the month of Oct/Nov 2014. A total of 13 lakh (13,01, 391) candidates have appeared in the exam.

Here is the cut off for SSC CGL 2014 Tier1 Exam.

• General: 96.50
• OBC: 82
• SC: 77
• ST: 69.50

5) SSC CGL 2015 Tier-1 Cut Off: SSC had announced the CGL Tier-1 Results 2015 on 29th Sept, 2015. An approximate no. of 17 lakh candidates have appeared in this exam and only 1.66 Lakh have been declared Qualified to appear for Tier-2 Exams.

The Cut off for CGL 2015 Exam is higher, as compared to previous years. The reason is record no. of 17 lakh applicants have appeared for the exam in 2015 

Here is the cut off for SSC CGL 2015 Tier-1 Exam.

• General: 102.25
• OBC: 89.50
• SC: 80.25
• ST: 74.25

Expected Cut Off For SSC CGL-2016 Exam

In this section, you will know about the Cut Off for CGL-2016 Exam. It is expected that SSC will announce the CGL 2016 results in the month of Sept -Oct 2016.

It is expected that Not Less than 20 Lakh applicants will apear in the CGL Tier-1 Exam 2016. The reason is 2016, in the year when the Govt will implement the 7th Pay Commission in 2016, where the salaries are expected to get an increase of 25% to 30%

Here is the Expected cut off for SSC CGL-2016 Exam

• General: 111
• OBC: 98
• SC: 89
• ST: 83