Hello Aspirant,
Actually both the general rank and category rank are needed in UPSEE counselling. The general rank means All India Rank is needed for the seat allocation method and for each category candidates there are some percentage of seats reserved for them. So after filling up all the general category seats then the seats of reserved category candidates are allotted according to their category rank.
Hope this helps:)
All the best!!!
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