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Use this free UPSC CMS Score Calculator to estimate your score from the official marking scheme (+2.08 / −0.69 per question). Enter your correct, incorrect, and unattempted answers to instantly see your raw score, percentage, accuracy, and a performance verdict.
Estimate your UPSC CMS score using the official marking: +2.08 / −0.69 per question (250 marks for 120 questions per paper, one-third negative marking). Enter your attempted answers to see your projected score and performance level.
120 for one paper, 240 for both.
Expected unattempted: 120 (based on total - correct - incorrect)
Enter the total number of questions, your correct answers, incorrect answers, and unattempted questions. Click Calculate Score Breakdown to instantly see your raw score, percentage, accuracy, and a performance label. Use 120 questions for one paper or 240 for both.
UPSC CMS deducts one-third of a question's marks for every wrong answer. Three wrong guesses cancel one correct answer. Use this calculator to see how much guessing changes your result and to estimate your standing against recent cut-offs.
Each UPSC CMS paper carries 250 marks for 120 questions, so a correct answer earns about 2.08 marks. A wrong answer costs one-third of that (about 0.69 marks). Unattempted questions carry zero marks.
Score = (Correct answers × 2.08) − (Incorrect answers × 0.69). Unattempted questions do not affect the score. The maximum is 250 per paper and 500 for both papers; the 100-mark Personality Test is added for the final merit (600 in all).
Yes. One-third of the marks assigned to a question (about 0.69 marks) is deducted for each wrong answer. There is no penalty for leaving a question blank, so it is advisable to attempt only those questions you are reasonably confident about.
Cut-offs vary each year with paper difficulty and vacancies. In recent years the General-category written cutoff has been roughly 280-310 out of 500 (see our cutoff pages and verify on upsc.gov.in).