How many marks should I score in optional papers of Mains to ensure of getting qualified for interview round?

How many marks should I score in optional papers of Mains to ensure of getting qualified for interview round
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Re: How many marks should I score in optional papers of Mains to ensure of getting qualified for interview round?
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Hi,

The cutoff marks that have been calculated on the basis of the past 5 years papers is that you need to score around 40% marks in the Mains inn order for getting qualified for the interview round.
This means,that if the paper is of 100 marks,then you need to score 40 or above marks if you want to be called for the interview!
So work hard and try to get in excess of the 40% cutoff!

Bye!