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The Railway Police Force (RPF) has released the RPF SI Cut Off 2025 on 3rd March 2025 on the official website https://rpf.indianrailways.gov.in along with its result pdf. The cut off marks have been released UR, SC, ST, OBC, EWS categories, separately for male and female candidates. This year, around 15 lakh candidates appeared in the RPF SI CBT exam, out of which a total of 4527 candidates have scored equal to and more than the RPF SI Cut Off marks and are now shortlisted for the second stage of the selection process, i.e. PET PST. In this article, we have shared the RPF SI Cut Off 2025 as released officially.
RPF SI Cut Off 2025
The RPF SI Cut Off 2025 has been released by RPF at https://rpf.indianrailways.gov.in along with RPF SI Result 2025 for RPF CBT exam held on 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 12th and 13th December 2024. Through the RPF SI Recruitment 2025 exam, the Railway Police Force (RPF) aims to fill a total of 450 vacancies for Sub-Inspector posts (CEN RPF -01/2024 (S.I.). The cut-off marks are the minimum qualifying marks that are important to be obtained by the candidates to proceed to the further stage, which is the RPF SI Physical Test, to get selected for the posts of Sub-Inspector (SI) in the Railway Police Force.
RPF SI Cut Off 2025 | ||
Category | Cut Off (Male) | Cut Off (Female) |
UR | 75.96054 | 69.18114 |
SC | 68.99502 | 65.77992 |
ST | 67.27301 | 62.43095 |
OBC | 73.71054 | 70.94694 |
EWS | 72.72547 | 71.11401 |
ExSM | 53.88577 |
RPF SI Minimum Qualifying Marks
There is also a provision of minimum qualifying marks in the RPF Recruitment 2024 CBT exam. The minimum pass percentage is required in the CBT exam is 35% for UR, EWS and OBC-NCL categories and 30% for SC & ST categories.
Category | Minimum Qualifying Marks |
UR, EWS and OBC-NCL | 35% |
SC & ST | 30% |
RPF SI Previous Year Cut Off
The previous year’s data of RPF SI Cut Off have been provided to help candidates get an idea about the competition they will face during the selection of Sub-Inspector posts. Almost every year, the cut-off list remains approximately the same, few factors make a little bit of difference in the new cut-off scores.
RPF SI Cut Off 2018
Candidates who have to appear for the computer-based test (CBT) must be well aware of previous year’s cut-off for RPF SI posts. Knowing the previous year’s cut-off marks will help the candidates get an estimated idea about the upcoming cut-off list and can also help them strategize exam preparation accordingly.
RPF SI 2018 CBT Cut Off
Candidates scoring equal and more than cut off marks are declared qualified for the next phase of the selection process. Candidates can check cut off marks for the year held in the year 2018.
Groups | Categories | Male | Female |
A | UR | 94.59 | 79.38 |
OBC | 95.53 | 77.77 | |
ST | 85.59 | 60.44 | |
SC | 88.23 | 74.36 | |
B | UR | 100.76 | 87.12 |
OBC | 97.38 | 81.36 | |
ST | 85.33 | 64.22 | |
SC | 90.06 | 74.22 | |
C | UR | 94.02 | 79.43 |
OBC | 92.63 | 75.82 | |
ST | 81.45 | 62.87 | |
SC | 84.15 | 66.32 | |
D | UR | 99.95 | 87.42 |
OBC | 97.75 | 84.45 | |
ST | 87.67 | 72.49 | |
SC | 88.49 | 72.92 | |
E | UR | 74.22 | 42 |
OBC | 77.32 | 46.92 | |
ST | 62.62 | 40.81 | |
SC | 69.44 | 38.67 | |
F | UR | 76.99 | 42 |
OBC | 87.33 | 46.92 | |
ST | 65.7 | 40.81 | |
SC | 72.33 | 38.67 |
RPF SI 2018 Final Cut Off
The Railway Police Force releases a final cut-off for RPF SI posts, the authorities release the category-wise cut-off list providing scores for male and female candidates for Groups A, B, C, D, E & F. The RPF SI final Cut Off 2018 has been provided below.
Groups | Categories | Male | Female |
A | UR | 104.23 | 83.6 |
OBC | 103.41 | 80.72 | |
ST | 95.2 | 71.97 | |
SC | 92.82 | 73.78 | |
B | UR | 106.4 | 90.5 |
OBC | 103.44 | 84.33 | |
ST | 93.11 | 69.03 | |
SC | 92.29 | 71.67 | |
C | UR | 98.63 | 82.3 |
OBC | 97.22 | 79.71 | |
ST | 89.24 | 69.06 | |
SC | 89.37 | 70.48 | |
D | UR | 119.68 | 94.85 |
OBC | 115.18 | 89.87 | |
ST | 100.6 | 93.87 | |
SC | 95.41 | 79.84 | |
E | UR | 74.63 | 43.17 |
OBC | N/A | 46.56 | |
ST | 67 | 43.52 | |
SC | 69.1 | 47.62 | |
F | UR | 76.99 | N/A |
OBC | 87.33 | N/A | |
ST | 65.7 | N/A | |
SC | 72.33 | N/A |
Factors Affecting RPF SI Cut Off
Various factors have a significant impact on the RPF Sub-Inspector Cut Off 2024 which are the number of vacancies, the difficulty level of the CBT exam, the previous year’s cut-off, etc. Candidates must check below how these factors impact the category-wise cut-off list.
- Number of Vacancies:- The cut-off marks are directly impacted by the total number of vacancies announced for that particular year, the more the job openings, the lesser will be the RPF Sub-Inspector cut-off scores.
- Difficulty Level of Examination:- The more difficult the CBT exam will be, the lesser will be the cut-off and vice-versa. If the questions in the exam will be more tricky and difficult to attempt then the authorities set a lesser benchmark for the candidates.
- Previous Year’s Cut-Off:- The previous year’s cut-off trends determine the present cut-off, if there were some changes in the previous cut-offs then the current one will be affected.
- Total No. of Candidates Appearing For the Exam:- The more the number of candidates, the more the competition and ultimately the higher the cut-off for RPF SI posts.
- Highest Score:- The highest score of the candidate in the RPF SI CBT exam influences the cut-off as if a higher score is achieved by a candidate then the authorities set a high cut-off.