There is an individual cut-off for both the CSE Prelims examinations. For Paper 2, the cut-off is 33%. The UPSC will also come up with a minimum cut-off for the Paper 1 as well. The cut-off will be set by the commission depending on the difficulty level of the paper. Both the papers will be conducted at different timings in the offline format. There will be negative marking for wrong answers in Paper 1 and only those who obtain the minimum marks in this paper will be qualified to take up the Paper 2 of UPSC CSE exam.