Exam recap
The Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB) conducted the written examination across multiple shifts on June 8, 9 and 10, 2026, statewide. Attendance came in at an estimated 75-77 percent of registered candidates, translating to roughly 20-22 lakh candidates who actually appeared.

When's the result coming
The result is expected during the last week of July 2026, to be released as a category-wise (and in some cases gender-wise) PDF merit list on the official UPPRPB website, alongside the official cut-off marks for the written exam.

Expected cut-off marks
Because estimates vary depending on the source and the analysis method used, exact predictions differ — some exam-prep platforms are projecting a General category cut-off in the 234-240 mark range for male candidates, with OBC around 228-232, EWS around 226-230, SC around 220-222 and ST around 214-218. Other estimates place the overall expected range more broadly between 130 and 195 marks depending on category. Given this spread, candidates should treat these figures as rough estimates rather than confirmed numbers, and wait for the UPPRPB's official cut-off release rather than relying solely on prediction sites.

What determines the final cut-off
A handful of factors shape where the cut-off actually lands each year: the total number of vacancies (more vacancies generally means a lower cut-off), the number of applicants (more competition pushes it higher), and overall exam difficulty (a tougher paper typically lowers the cut-off, an easier one raises it). Because the exam was conducted across multiple shifts over three days, UPPRPB will also apply a normalisation formula to adjust for any difficulty variation between different shifts, ensuring scores remain comparable across all candidates regardless of when they sat the exam. Category-wise cut-offs (General, OBC, SC, ST, EWS) and horizontal reservation cut-offs (for women and ex-servicemen) will each be published separately.

What happens after the written result
Clearing the written exam cut-off is only the first hurdle. Candidates who qualify move on to the Physical Standard Test (PST), followed by the Physical Efficiency Test (PET), then document verification and a final medical examination. Only after clearing all these stages does a candidate get included in the final selection list — the written exam cut-off simply determines who's shortlisted to attempt the physical and verification stages, not who's finally selected.

What candidates should do now
Given how tight and competitive government recruitment cut-offs have become, candidates who've cleared the written round comfortably should begin PET/PST preparation immediately rather than waiting for the official cut-off confirmation, since the gap between result declaration and physical test scheduling tends to be short. Everyone else should keep checking the official UPPRPB portal directly for the result and cut-off PDF, rather than relying on unofficial prediction sites for anything beyond a rough sense of where they stand.