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Lakhs apply. Fractions of a mark decide.

Central government exams are won on pace and precision, not on knowing more. Every brief below carries the marking scheme, the sectional clocks and the cutoffs that actually eliminate people — plus a sample question the AI diagnoses on the spot.

7 briefs · every number sourced · unconfirmed figures shown as unknown

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IBPS Clerk

IBPS Clerk — Customer Service Associate

No interview. The mains score is 100% of the merit — and you compete only against people who picked the same state.

posts/seats · 11,403 Customer Service Associate posts across 11 public sector banks (2026)negative · 0.25 of that question's own marks per wrong answer; nothing lost on a blank

IBPS PO

IBPS Probationary Officer / Management Trainee

Prelims marks never enter the merit list. Three locked 20-minute rooms only decide whether you get to sit the exam that counts.

posts/seats · 7,365 indicative across 11 banks (2026, revised 20 July); 5,208 in 2025negative · 0.25 of that question's own marks per wrong answer — prelims and mains objective

IBPS RRB

IBPS RRB — Officer Scale I/II/III & Office Assistant

The largest banking intake of the year — and for the clerical posts the local language is not a formality but a gate.

posts/seats · 13,316 in the 2025 cycle across 28 RRBs (8,002 Office Assistant, 4,128 Scale I, 1,184 Scale II, 202 Scale III); 2026 count not yet notifiednegative · One-fourth of the marks assigned to that question, per wrong answer

IBPS SO

IBPS Specialist Officer

Six different exams wearing one name. Professional Knowledge pays double marks — and it alone decides who reaches the interview.

posts/seats · 1,035 Scale-I posts (2026, revised from 745); 949 in 2025, 2,973 in 2024negative · 0.25 marks per wrong answer in prelims and mains objective papers

RRB NTPC

RRB Non-Technical Popular Categories

1.21 crore applications for 11,558 posts — and a score that is normalised against strangers who sat a different shift.

posts/seats · 8,868 in the 2025 cycle (5,810 graduate + 3,058 undergraduate); 11,558 in 2024negative · 1/3 mark per wrong answer in both CBTs; nothing lost on a blank

SSC CGL

SSC Combined Graduate Level

Tier 1 only shortlists. Selection is 390 Tier-2 marks — and each wrong answer swings four.

posts/seats · 12,256 tentative (2026 cycle); 15,130 final (2025)negative · −0.50 per wrong in Tier 1; −1 per wrong in Tier 2 Paper-I

UPSC CSE

UPSC Civil Services Examination

Three stages over 13 months. 9.4 lakh applicants, 958 selected. Prelims marks don't count.

posts/seats · 933 notified (2026); 979 notified, 1,087 at final result (2025)negative · One-third of question marks per wrong MCQ: −0.66 in GS-I, −0.83 in CSAT. None in Mains

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