IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I Cut-Off: What IBPS Publishes, the Rules and the 2026 Vacancies

A cut-off page normally opens with a table of marks. This one cannot, and it is better to say why at the top. As of 13 November 2026 the preliminary examination of the current cycle, CRP RRBs XV, has not been held, and we could not open an official IBPS document that states the cut-off marks of the previous cycle. Our rule is that every cut-off on Pareeksha is read from the recruiting body's own notice. So this page reproduces no cut-off marks. What it does give you, all from IBPS documents, is how the cut-offs are made and the vacancy figures they depend on.

How the cut-off works under the notification

Preliminary examination

• There are two tests, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude, 40 marks each.
• You have to qualify in both tests by securing the minimum cut-off marks.
• After that, an "adequate number of candidates in each category, depending upon requirements" is shortlisted for the Main Examination. The notification does not fix a ratio for this stage.
• Prelims marks are not carried forward.

Main examination

• You have to obtain a minimum score in each test (Reasoning, Computer Knowledge, General Awareness, the language test and Quantitative Aptitude).
• The notification says that merely passing the individual tests may not be sufficient. You should also score sufficiently high on the total, in order of merit.
• Interview calls go to an adequate number of candidates in each category, not exceeding three times the declared vacancies in each State, subject to availability.
• The decision of IBPS on the number shortlisted is final.

Interview and final list

• The interview has 100 marks. The minimum qualifying marks will not be less than 40%, or 35% for SC, ST, OBC and PwBD candidates. On 100 marks that is 40 and 35 (arithmetic).
• Mains and interview are combined 80:20. You need to qualify in both and be high enough in merit for provisional allotment.
• If two candidates have the same score, the one senior in age is placed higher.

Scores

• One fourth of a question's marks is deducted for each wrong answer before any cut-off is applied.
• Where a stage runs in several sessions, the corrected scores are normalised by the equi-percentile method, and scores up to two decimals are used. The cut-off is applied to these scores, so it can be a decimal figure.
• Main Examination scores are not shared with interview candidates until the interview process is over.

Why the cut-off is a State and category matter

Three rules in the notification point the same way:

1. You apply against the vacancies of one State or UT.
2. Interview shortlisting is capped at three times the declared vacancies in each State, category by category.
3. Provisional allotment for Scale-I is restricted to the RRBs of the State opted for.

It follows (our reading) that you compete with the candidates who chose the same State and are considered under the same category, not with the whole country. A single all-India number, even an official one, would say little about your own position. The number that matters is the one for your State and category, and for this cycle it will exist only after the result.

Vacancies, CRP RRBs XV (as on 25 September 2026)

IBPS updated Annexure I three times after the notification, on 9, 15 and 25 September 2026. The table is from the latest update. IBPS states that these vacancies are indicative and anticipated as communicated by the RRBs, and that provisional allotment will be made on the actual vacancies reported.

State or UT	Regional Rural Bank	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	General	Total
Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh Grameena Bank	60	30	108	40	162	400
Arunachal Pradesh	Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank	3	0	5	1	6	15
Assam	Assam Gramin Bank	25	13	46	17	68	169
Bihar	Bihar Gramin Bank	59	30	106	39	160	394
Chhattisgarh	Chhattisgarh Gramin Bank	15	8	26	9	41	99
Gujarat	Gujarat Gramin Bank	90	45	162	60	243	600
Haryana	Haryana Gramin Bank	14	7	25	9	39	94
Himachal Pradesh	Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank	4	2	8	3	13	30
Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu and Kashmir Grameen Bank	2	3	11	6	10	32
Jharkhand	Jharkhand Gramin Bank	12	5	21	7	35	80
Karnataka	Karnataka Grameena Bank	45	22	81	30	122	300
Kerala	Kerala Grameena Bank	8	4	15	6	22	55
Madhya Pradesh	Madhya Pradesh Gramin Bank	38	19	68	25	102	252
Maharashtra	Maharashtra Gramin Bank	22	11	41	15	61	150
Manipur	Manipur Rural Bank	0	0	0	0	0	0
Meghalaya	Meghalaya Rural Bank	3	1	7	2	13	26
Mizoram	Mizoram Rural Bank	3	2	5	2	13	25
Nagaland	Nagaland Rural Bank	0	2	0	0	0	2
Odisha	Odisha Grameen Bank	56	28	101	37	153	375
Puducherry	Puducherry Grama Bank	1	2	2	0	4	9
Punjab	Punjab Gramin Bank	11	6	20	7	31	75
Rajasthan	Rajasthan Gramin Bank	33	16	59	22	120	250
Tamil Nadu	Tamil Nadu Grama Bank	13	6	24	9	38	90
Telangana	Telangana Grameena Bank	24	12	43	16	65	160
Tripura	Tripura Gramin Bank	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank	64	32	115	43	171	425
Uttarakhand	Uttarakhand Gramin Bank	11	6	20	8	30	75
West Bengal	West Bengal Gramin Bank	11	6	20	7	30	74
All (our addition)	28 banks	627	318	1,139	420	1,752	4,256

The annexure prints no grand total for Officer Scale-I in the copy we read; the last row is our addition of the 28 rows, and each row's five category figures add up to its own total. The annexure also shows how many of these posts are earmarked for persons with benchmark disabilities, in four groups. We have left those columns out; read them in the official file.

Things to read from the table (arithmetic and our comments):

• Eight States hold about 70% of the posts. Gujarat (600), Uttar Pradesh (425), Andhra Pradesh (400), Bihar (394), Odisha (375), Karnataka (300), Madhya Pradesh (252) and Rajasthan (250) add up to 2,996 of 4,256.
• Category shares overall: General about 41%, OBC about 27%, SC about 15%, EWS about 10% and ST about 7%.
• Two rows are zero. Manipur and Tripura show no Scale-I vacancy, and the Prelims handout marks both States "No Vacancy for CRP RRBs XV". Nagaland shows 2, both ST.
• The interview cap follows from these numbers. Three times 600 is at most 1,800 interview calls for Gujarat across categories, and three times 9 is at most 27 for Puducherry. Small States have very few seats in every category, so a few marks can separate a call from a miss there.
• The figures can still change. They moved three times in September. Allotment uses actual reported vacancies, and a reserve list can be used for vacancies reported within one year of allotment.

What we looked for and did not find

• CRP RRBs XV (2026-27): Prelims is listed for 21 and 22 November 2026, the result for December 2026 or January 2027. No result, so no cut-off.
• CRP RRBs XIV (2025-26): the previous cycle's notice board on ibps.in listed the notification, corrigenda, application reprint links and a reserve-list allotment for Office Assistants when we checked. It did not list a cut-off notice for Officers Scale-I that we could open.
• Score cards: IBPS gives each candidate a score through a login. That is individual information, not a public document we can cite.

If IBPS publishes a cut-off notice for either cycle, this page should be updated from that notice and the "as on" date changed.

How to prepare without a cut-off number

This section is our advice.

1. Treat both Prelims tests as compulsory. The rule is a minimum in each test. Plan your mocks so that neither Reasoning nor Quantitative Aptitude is the test you "manage".
2. Measure yourself by percentile within your State and category where you can. That is how the shortlist is actually drawn. On Pareeksha everyone in a cohort sits the same fixed paper, so your percentile is a like-for-like comparison. See how fixed-paper percentile works.
3. Do not chase a published "safe score". Any figure for this cycle before the result is a guess, and figures quoted for earlier cycles are usually collected from candidates' score cards. We do not publish estimates.
4. Count accuracy, not attempts. With a 0.25 penalty and five options, four wrong answers cancel one right answer (arithmetic). A mock with 55 attempts and 50 right beats one with 65 attempts and 52 right.
5. Look at your State's row. A State with 9 or 30 posts will call far fewer candidates than one with 400. That should affect how much buffer you want, not whether you prepare.
6. Work on Mains before the Prelims result. Only Mains marks and the interview decide the final list. See the exam pattern.

You can try the format with a free 10-question mini-mock. Full Prelims-pattern mocks are Pro.

What this page does not have

• Any cut-off marks, for any cycle, stage, State or category. We could not open an official IBPS document that states them, so none is reproduced.
• Expected or "safe" scores for 2026. We do not estimate.
• The number of candidates who applied, appeared or were shortlisted. We did not find these in an IBPS document.
• The PwBD break-up of the vacancies and the vacancies for Office Assistant, Scale-II and Scale-III. They are in the official Annexure I.
• Final or actual vacancies. The figures above are indicative, as on 25 September 2026.

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