Institute of Banking and Personnel (IBPS) declares IBPS Clerk recruitment cut off after the completion of each selection stage. The authority will publish the official notification in September 2021 with the release schedule of IBPS Clerk cut off for Prelims & Mains. Candidates can check the IBPS Clerk cutoff 2021 and the scorecard by visiting its official web portal. 

IBPS Clerk cut off is basically the minimum marks or score that applicants must obtain to qualify the Prelims and Mains exam. IBPS will release the state and category-wise cut off list for Prelims and Mains exam. Candidates who score higher than IBPS Clerk Prelims cut off will get shortlisted for IBPS Mains exam. Applicants have to qualify both IBPS Clerk sectional and overall cut off scores to get shortlisted for the final selection rounds.

Read this article to check the details of the expected IBPS Clerk cut off 2022 with the statistics of previous years for both IBPS Clerk Preliminary and Mains exam.

Factors that Determine IBPS Clerk Cutoff 2022

Candidates must be aware of the parameters that influence IBPS Clerk cut off:

1. Number of applicants appearing for the exam
2. Number of available seats or vacancies
3. Previous years’ cut off trends
4. Difficulty level of the exam
5. Marking scheme
6. Reservation criteria

How to download  IBPS Clerk Cutoff 2022?

To check IBPS Clerk cut off 2022 for prelims and mains exam, follow the below given instructions:

1. Visit the website of IBPS, i.e., www.ibps.in
2. Click on the link ‘IBPS Scorecard’
3. Provide registration number and date of birth in the specified boxes
4. You will get the IBPS clerk scorecard on the screen
5. Category- and state-wise cut off will also be displayed
6. Take the printout of your IBPS scorecard and cutoff for further reference

IBPS Clerk Cut off – Normalization Process

IBPS evaluates or decides the cut off score as per the normalization process. In this process, equi-percentile technique is used to normalize the candidates’ marks in various sessions. For evaluation of IBPS cut off, the authority considers the marks of the candidates up to two decimal points. The  IBPS Clerk cut off lists are published separately for IBPS Clerk Preliminary and Mains exams. 

Read More :- IBPS Clerk Result – Prelims and Mains Result, Scorecard, Normalisation

How IBPS Clerk Cutoff Marks are Applied?

The authority publishes sectional and overall IBPS Clerk cut off on its website. In order to qualify the exam, it is mandatory for candidates to score higher marks than IBPS Clerk cut off in every section and overall. To get clarity on how IBPS Clerk 2020 cut off will be applied, applicants must go through the below given details:

• The authority decides the overall cut off of IBPS Clerk on the grounds of the total score
• To decide section-wise cut off marks, the authority takes total marks for each section into consideration

IBPS Clerk Cut Off for 2021-2022 Recruitment

Candidates cannot overlook the fact that they need to score equal to or higher than both sectional and overall cut off to get selected for IBPS Clerk recruitment. Experts have analyzed the trends of previous years’ cut off and evaluated the anticipated statistics for the year 2021-2022. Candidates should go through the below given tables that contain both section-wise and overall (state-wise) cut off for 2021-2022. 

IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut-Off 2020-21 (General)

State Name	Cut Off
Andhra Pradesh	78
Bihar	71.25
Delhi	77
Gujarat	72
Goa	53.75
Himachal Pradesh	72
J & K	77.5
Jharkhand	75.75
Kerala	77.25
Madhya Pradesh	77.75
Maharashtra	69.75
Odisha	75
Punjab	75.25
Rajasthan	78.25
Karnataka	65.75
Telangana	74.25
Tripura	59.25 (OBC)
Uttar Pradesh	73.5
Uttarakhand	78.50
West Bengal	61.50
Tamil Nadu	71 (OBC)

IBPS Clerk expected cut off 2020

Category	IBPS Clerk expected cut off
General	128-130
OBC	130-135
SC	145-150
ST	140-145

Previous Years’ Trends for IBPS Clerk Cut Off

Candidates will get clarity on IBPS Clerk 2022 cut off if they know the statistics of past few years. The category-wise sectional and overall (state-wise) cut off data for IBPS Clerk Prelims and Mains exam for the years 2019, 2018, 2017 is stated in below given tables:

Section-wise IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut Off 2019

Sections	Maximum marks	Cut off for General category	Cut off for SC, ST and OBC category
English Language	30	8.25	4.75
Quantitative Aptitude	35	7.75	3.5
Reasoning Ability	35	7.5	2.75

State-wise IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut Off (General Category) 2019

List of States	Cut Off Marks
Andhra Pradesh	66.25
Assam	63
Bihar	65
Chandigarh	71.5
Delhi	71.75
Goa	67
Gujarat	27
Haryana	68.5
Himachal Pradesh	62.25
Jammu & Kashmir	—
Jharkhand	73
Karnataka	53.25
Kerala	73.5
Madhya Pradesh	70
Maharashtra	61.5
Odisha	71.5
Punjab	66.25
Rajasthan	71.25
Tamil Nadu	57.75
Telangana	61
Uttar Pradesh	68.25
Uttarakhand	76
West Bengal	70.75

State-wise IBPS Clerk Mains Cut Off 2019

List of States	Cut off for General Category	Cut off for OBC Category
Uttar Pradesh	45.13	38.63
Delhi	49.63	42.38
Madhya Pradesh	44	41.63
Gujarat	42.25	36.13
Goa	35	32.25
Bihar	45.38	42.63
Chattisgarh	43.63	43.63
Tamil Nadu	47	46.75
Odisha	46.13	45.5
Rajasthan	47.38	44.75
Haryana	48.63	41
Andhra Pradesh	45.13	44.13
Telangana	43.88	43.38
Tripura	40.13	—
Karnataka	40.38	38.75
Kerala	49.63	47.88
Himachal Pradesh	47.13	35.88
Jammu & Kashmir	49.25	34.88
Maharashtra	42.88	41
Jharkhand	43.38	39
Assam	41.88	36.50
West Bengal	47.38	37.75
Punjab	48.88	48.88
Chandigarh	47.25	44.5
Arunachal Pradesh	41.5	—
Daman & Diu	38.13	38.13
Sikkim	42.13	39
Uttarakhand	49.88	39.63

Section-wise IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut Off 2018

Sections	Maximum marks	Cut off for General category	Cut off for SC, OBC and ST category
English Language	30	9.75	6.75
Quantitative Aptitude	35	11.75	8
Reasoning Ability	35	10.75	6.25

State-wise IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut Off (General Category) 2018

List of States	Cut off Marks
Uttar Pradesh	74
Madhya Pradesh	71.25
Delhi	71.75
Gujarat	67.75
Bihar	73.5
Tamil Nadu	57.75
Odisha	72.75
Rajasthan	73
Haryana	73
Andhra Pradesh	75.75
Telangana	58.25
Karnataka	66.25
Himachal Pradesh	73
Jharkhand	74
Maharashtra	63.25
Assam	67.25
West Bengal	73.5
Punjab	73.25
Chandigarh	66.75

Section-wise IBPS Clerk Mains Cut Off 2018

Sections	Maximum marks	Cut off for General category	Cut off for SC, OBC and ST categories
English Language	40	12.5	9.25
Quantitative Aptitude	50	15.5	12.75
Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude	60	17.75	14.5
General/Financial awareness	50	10.25	6.5

State-wise IBPS Clerk Mains Cut Off 2018

List of states	General	OBC	SC	ST	HI	OC	VI	ID
Andaman & Nicobar	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Andhra Pradesh	50.98	48.1	41.43	32.95	40.9	52.4	54.75	—
Arunachal Pradesh	40.03	—	—	32.7	—	—	—	—
Assam	49.83	44.2	43.4	38.48	—	43.53	—	—
Bihar	51.78	49.1	36.6	35.28	27.33	44.6	48.1	36.53
Chandigarh	55.18	48.38	43.63	—	—	—	—	—
Chhattisgarh	49.88	48.05	34.55	26.35	—	35.68	34.78	—
Dadara & Nagar Haveli	44.25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Daman & Diu	37.93	37.8	—	—	—	—	—	—
Delhi	55.83	50.6	44.35	38.18	32.58	48.85	59.1	39.73
Goa	48.93	48.1	39.93	—	—	31.38	—	—
Gujarat	48.45	42.3	39.83	25.38	—	23.95	23.75	31.85
Haryana	56.43	50.03	44.18	—	—	43.35	52.28	—
Himachal Pradesh	53.05	45.15	40.28	40.38	35.53	44.4	—	—
Jammu & Kashmir	54.93	44	39.35	33.43	—	—	—	—
Jharkhand	50.63	46.03	28.93	26.53	—	35.2	50.05	40.4
Karnataka	51.95	49.8	42.78	36.83	34.98	46.2	48.35	—
Kerala	53.58	51.5	39.68	28.85	—	36.03	57.3	41.25
Lakshadweep	46.45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Madhya Pradesh	51.18	47.05	37.33	27.78	33.45	37.93	49.18	—
Maharashtra	50.08	48.2	46.1	33.93	27.53	44.05	57.02	31.23
Manipur	49.05	—	—	43.53	—	—	—	—
Meghalaya	39.7	—	—	31.95	—	—	—	—
Mizoram	54.73	—	—	37.63	—	—	—	—
Nagaland	45.45	—	—	44.3	—	—	—	—
Odisha	51.28	49.78	37.9	24.68	43.28	40.75	41.3	32.78
Puducherry	51.25	51.25	41.55	—	—	—	—	—
Punjab	56.58	48.45	40.88	—	31.03	36.48	38.53	—
Rajasthan	53.18	51.23	40.88	31.75	31.9	42.4	45.7	30.63
Sikkim	45.75	45.75	—	41.53	—	—	—	—
Tamil Nadu	52.35	52.35	43.95	32.55	39.1	45	53.05	35.68
Telangana	51.75	49.5	43.53	37.23	27.98	54.2	57.45	35.3
Tripura	50.33	—	35.53	32.88	—	—	—	—
Uttar Pradesh	51.45	44.88	37.13	27.8	27.83	38.93	49.58	31.38
Uttrakhand	52.5	44.35	41.15	46.48	39.98	—	38.68	—
West Bengal	53.28	44.2	40.73	34.73	24.5	42.2	36.78	26.53

State-wise IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut Off 2017

States	Overall Marks (General Category)
Maharashtra	64.5
Andhra Pradesh	73.5
Madhya Pradesh	74.25
Haryana	76
Rajasthan	73.25
Daman & Diu	70.75
Delhi	76.25
West Bengal	77.25
Uttar Pradesh	76.25
Punjab	74
Gujarat	67
Bihar	74.75

State-wise IBPS Clerk Mains Cut Off 2017

States	SC	ST	OBC	UR
Andaman & Nicobar	—	—	—	—
Andhra Pradesh	40.27	31.84	48.31	50.78
Arunachal Pradesh	—	41.49	—	46.43
Assam	40.79	36.16	43.43	47.17
Bihar	38.86	37.27	50.95	53.43
Chandigarh	46.39	—	47.95	54.07
Chattisgarh	39.46	24.49	50.34	50.43
Dadra & Nagar Haweli	—	—	—	39.02
Daman & Diu	—	—	36.91	45.92
Delhi	42.58	38.03	47.81	53.82
Goa	—	24.43	44.07	44.7
Gujarat	39.95	23.68	44.04	47.53
Haryana	39.21	—	46.81	52.72
Himachal Pradesh	43.91	40.74	43.17	52.88
Jammu & Kashmir	—	35.74	42.71	52.31
Jharkhand	34.24	31.02	46.21	47.29
Karnataka	36.77	31.41	43.67	44.56
Kerala	40.68	30.85	50.52	52.32
Lakshadweep	—	—	—	—
Madhya Pradesh	36.43	26.63	45.03	48.89
Maharashtra	42.91	26.32	43.93	45.95
Manipur	45.77	41.74	62.36	44.21
Meghalaya	—	38.31	37.82	39.09
Mizoram	—	—	—	40.79
Nagaland	—	39.74	—	40.45
Odisha	37.07	31.32	50.64	51.22
Puducherry	41.27	—	47.47	48.06
Punjab	37.88	—	45.22	53.16
Rajasthan	38.28	34.7	48.17	52.93
Sikkim	—	—	47.21	49.67
Tamil Nadu	39.39	35.29	48.27	48.49
Telangana	40.18	34.17	38.72	49.97
Tripura	45.68	28.5	—	48.86
Uttar Pradesh	37.2	33.53	44.24	51.13
Uttarakhand	40.16	38.11	47.11	53.16
West Bengal	42.14	35.95	45.06	54.47

IBPS Clerk Cut Off – FAQs

✔️ When will the authority release IBPS Clerk cut off 2022?

IBPS is yet to announce the release date of IBPS Clerk cut off 2022 for both Prelims & Mains stages. It will release the overall schedule of both the stages (Prelims & Mains) with the issuance of official notification in September 2021.

✔️ Is the normalization process used for calculating IBPS Clerk 2022 cut off?

Yes, IBPS uses an equi-percentile method to normalize the IBPS Clerk recruitment exam scores of the candidates. In this method, marks up to two decimal points are taken for calculations to ensure fairness and preciseness in determining the cut off marks of IBPS Clerk exam.

✔️ Does the authority publish sectional and overall IBPS Clerk cut off?

Yes, IBPS will release both section-wise and overall state-wise cut off list for various categories of the candidates at Prelims and Mains exam levels.

✔️ On what factors does IBPS Clerk cut off depend?

IBPS clerk cut off is based on various parameters like number of test-takers, total vacancies, difficulty level of exam, past years’ trends, reservation criteria, etc.

✔️ What if I score sectional cut-off but fail to obtain the marks equal to overall cut off of IBPS Clerk exam?

It is mandatory for the candidates to qualify both sectional and overall cut off of IBPS to inch closer towards final selection under IBPS Clerk recruitment process. Scoring only section-wise cut off marks would not be enough.