In the Civil Services Examination 2017, the minimum qualifying standards/marks secured by the last recommended candidate in various categories at various stages are as under:-
| Exam | CS(Prelim)* | CS(Main)# | CS(Final) |
| General | 105.34 | 809 | 1006 |
| OBC | 102.66 | 770 | 968 |
| SC | 88.66 | 756 | 944 |
| ST | 88.66 | 749 | 939 |
| PH-1 | 85.34 | 734 | 923 |
| PH-2 | 61.34 | 745 | 948 |
| PH-3 | 40.00 | 578 | 830 |
*Cut off marks on the basis of GS Paper-I only. GS Paper-II was of qualifying nature with 33% marks as per Rule-15 of Civil Services Examination, 2017.
# Subject to 10% marks in each of the seven competitive papers i.e. Essay, GS-I, GS-II, GS-III, GS-IV, Optional-I and Optional-II.