Union Bank PO Cut Off: Previous Year Marks and Trend

The Union Bank PO cut off comes from the IBPS PO/MT process, because Union Bank of India recruits Probationary Officers through the IBPS Common Recruitment Process. IBPS releases cut-offs for each stage, namely Prelims, Mains and the final allotment, and the numbers apply to all participating banks together unless a bank-wise list is published.

This page shows the cut-off figures reported for recent cycles, explains what moves them and helps you set a target. The figures below are taken from third-party summaries of IBPS releases, so match them with the official IBPS PDFs before using them. They are previous-year benchmarks, and no cut-off for the 2026 cycle is official until IBPS publishes it.

Table of Contents

• Previous Prelims cut-off

• Previous Mains cut-off

• Final cut-off

• What affects the cut-off

• How to set your target

Previous Prelims cut-off

The Prelims is qualifying, with sectional cut-offs along with an overall cut-off. The overall cut-offs reported for General candidates were close to 49 out of 100 in the last two cycles.

Previous Mains cut-off

The Mains cut-off is out of 225 marks, which includes the descriptive paper. A reliable official figure for the 2025 Mains was not available in the sources we checked, so the table shows the last cycle with a figure we could find.

The 2026 Mains pattern is reported to have more objective questions and a different descriptive test, so older Mains cut-offs are a rough guide only.

Final cut-off

The final cut-off is the minimum normalised score out of 100, combining Mains (80 percent) and interview (20 percent). It is category-wise and is released with the provisional allotment. For the 2025-26 cycle, third-party summaries report the following minimum scores.

We did not find a bank-wise cut-off for Union Bank of India. Where IBPS publishes bank-wise allotment lists, the last-allotted score for each bank can differ from the category minimum. Cut-offs change every year with difficulty, vacancies and the number of applicants, so treat last year's figures as a benchmark only and aim for a clear margin above them rather than a bare pass.

What affects the cut-off

• Paper difficulty: a harder paper lowers the marks needed to qualify.

• Vacancies: more posts mean a wider merit list and often a lower cut-off.

• Number of applicants: a larger pool raises competition at the top end.

• Normalisation: marks from different shifts are adjusted, so raw scores and final scores can differ.

• Bank preference: allotment depends on your rank, category and the banks you choose.

How to set your target

1. Prelims: aim to clear each section comfortably, not just the total. A target around 10 or more marks above the previous General cut-off gives a safe margin.

2. Mains: build a target from your section strengths and keep extra marks for the descriptive paper.

3. Interview: prepare early, because it carries 20 percent weightage and a minimum qualifying score.

4. Benchmark with mocks: track accuracy, attempts and sectional scores across at least 10 full-length papers.

Official figures are on the IBPS website.