IBPS PO Prelims & Mains – Previous Year Cutoff Marks – 2017, 2018 & 2019 – IBPS PO

Dear Bankersdaily Aspirants,

IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) PO exam 2020 – expected cut off marks is what everyone is thinking off as one day of IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2020 is already over and the remaining aspirants are having the exams in the forthcoming days.

It is wise to look back at the IBPS PO Prelims & Mains – Previous Year Cutoff Marks, so that these analyses will give a wider look at the present scenario and how the level of the questions impacted the cutoff in those years. (2017, 2018 & 2019).


Before diving into this, everyone needs have to a better understanding of the cutoff marks and the normalization.

  • Normalization will take place for the IBPS PO 2020 Prelims Exam and also have been a factor for the previous Year IBPS PO Prelims & Mains Exam too. (Every Year, Lakhs of aspirants appear for the IBPS PO Prelims Exam & Mains Exam and to determine the cutoff marks, normalization plays a major part as the level of the questions varies from batch to batch).
  • Sectional Cutoff Marks: In the Prelims Exam and the Mains Exam of the IBPS PO, Sectional Cutoff Marks is considered and it is released while the results are released. (An Aspirant has to get the required minimum sectional cut off marks along with the required overall cut off marks to crack the Prelims & Mains Exam of IBPS PO to go to the Interview process).
  • Overall Cutoff Marks: Overall Cutoff Marks is there for the IBPS PO Prelims & Mains Exam and these marks to determine whether the aspirant has cleared the exam (IBPS PO).

IBPS PO Prelims (Overall) – Previous Year Cutoff Marks

The Following are the individual Categorywise Cutoff marks for the IBPS PO Prelims Exam & IBPS PO Mains Exam for the years 2017, 2018 & 2019. 

IBPS PO Prelims OVERALL (2017, 2018 & 2019) – Previous Year Cutoff Marks

Category Cut off – IBPS PO Prelims (Previous Year Cutoff Marks)
2017 2018 2019
Scheduled Caste (SC) 36 49.25 59.75
Scheduled Tribe (ST) 28.5 41.75 53.5
Other Backward Classes (OBC) 42.25 55.5 46.25
General (Gen) 42.75 56.75 59.75
Hearing Impaired 15.75 16.5 21.25
Orthopaedically Challenged 28.75 42.75 44.5
Visually Impaired 23.25 38.75 52.25
Intellectual Disability 17.75 17 20.75
EWS Not Available Not Available 59.75

IBPS PO Mains OVERALL (2017, 2018 & 2019) – Previous Year Cutoff Marks

Category Cut off – IBPS PO Mains (Previous Year Cutoff Marks)
2017 2018 2019
Scheduled Caste (SC) 62.5 56.38 55.63
Scheduled Tribe (ST) 42.25 35.75 38.13
Other Backward Classes (OBC) 75.63 68.38 70.25
General (Gen) 82 74.5 71.5
Hearing Impaired 47.75 42.63 41
Orthopaedically Challenged 59.63 53.25 46.13
Visually Impaired 77.87 66.88 70.5
Intellectual Disability 55 37 45.88
EWS Not Available Not Available 65.88

IBPS PO Prelims – Subjectwise/Section Wise – Previous Year Cutoff Marks

S. No. Name of the Test Maximum Marks 2019 2018 2017
SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD General/EWS SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD General SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD General
1 English Language 30 6.5 10.5 5.5 8.75 2.75 5
2 Reasoning Ability 35 6.5 10.25 5.25 9 6.75 10
3 Quantitative Aptitude 35 5.25 8.75 4.75 7.75 4.75 7.75

IBPS PO Mains- Subjectwise/Section Wise – Previous Year Cutoff Marks (2017, 2018 & 2019)

Name of the Test Maximum Marks Cutoff Score (2019) Cutoff Score (2018) Cutoff Score (2017)
SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD General/EWS SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD General SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD General
Reasoning and Computer Aptitude 60 5.5 7.75 7.5 10.25 7.5 10.25
Banking/Economy/General Awareness 40 5 8 5 8 8.25 11.25
Data Analysis & Interpretation 60 2.5 5.25 7.5 11.25 3.25 5.75
English Language 40 10.75 14.25 2.25 4.5 10.75 14
English Language (Descriptive) 25 8.75 10 8.75 10 8.75 10

IBPS PO – Provisional Allotment Cutoff Marks – Previous Year Cutoff Marks (2017, 2018 & 2019)

Year  Category SC ST OBC UR
2017 Maximum Scores 53.2 54.74 57.18 65.58
Minimum Scores 38.56 33.73 43.02 47.04
2018 Minimum Scores 35.38 31.05 39.91 43.42
2019 Maximum Scores 47.07 50.08 50.22 48.98
Minimum Scores 36.02 33.24 40.27 40.82

Please note that , IBPS PO Prelims & Mains Exam do not have a State Wise Cutoff as the candidates who are selected in the IBPS PO will be allocated posting in any state of India as per the requirement of the Bank / IBPS. 


The vacancies of IBPS PO 2020 have been increased from 1167 to 1417 Vacancies. Many Banks have not released the vacancies for their banks due to this COVID situation.


IBPS PO 2020 – Official Notification


IBPS PO 2020 – Total Vacancies Increased


IBPS PO 2020 – Social Distancing Mode Instructions to be Followed


Aspirants can download the ADMIT CARD of the IBPS PO  Prelims 2020 CALL LETTER from the official website of IBPS or from the below this. 


Download – ADMIT CARD of IBPS PO Prelims 2020


Buy the Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability & English Language Topic Wise Tests – Online Tests from the below given links.


FAQ – IBPS PO 2020


Q1. What is the cut off marks for IBPS PO 2018?

  • The Cutoff Marks for the IBPS PO Prelims Exam For the General category it is 56.75 marks.

Q2. How is cut off marks calculated in IBPS PO?

  • IBPS has a different calculation method for the IBPS PO Exam. All the Slots that happened in the IBPS PO are taken into account along with the Difficulty level of the Questions for each batch. The Normalization process happens and the final cutoff for the Prelims & the Mains Exam cutoff marks for the IBPS PO is released

Q3. What is the salary of IBPS PO?

  • Rs 23,700. IBPS PO In-hand Salary as per 10th Bipartite Settlement