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BPSC (Bihar PCS)

Cycle 2025

OFFICIAL PARTIAL

DRAFT — unverified

Unverified — pending official notification check.

Pattern from commission website and official notifications.

Exam pattern

1.Preliminary Examination

OFFICIAL PARTIAL

Main Session

Sections & timing

SectionTimingQuestionsMarks / QNegativeNature
General StudiesNot timed separately1501−0.333Scored
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Timing & navigation rules

  • One 2 hr overall timer for the whole paper. No sectional locks — the section split is indicative only.
  • You can move freely between sections and questions at any time.
  • The timer cannot be paused once started.

2.Main Examination

OFFICIAL PARTIAL

Hindi 100 (qual) + GS-I/II/Essay 300 each = 900. Interview 120.

Notes from the official source

Preliminary Examination · General Studies · Main Session — qualifying criteria

Screening only.

Main Examination — note

Hindi 100 (qual) + GS-I/II/Essay 300 each = 900. Interview 120.

Official syllabus

Source: Official BPSC CCE notification, Bihar Public Service Commission website · official document

Prelims

General Studies (150 marks, objective, qualifying)

  • General Science
  • Current Affairs - events of national and international importance
  • Indian History
  • History of Bihar
  • Indian Geography
  • Geography of Bihar
  • General Geography
  • Indian Polity
  • Indian Economy and Bihar's economy
  • Indian Freedom Movements
  • General Mental Ability and Reasoning
Mains

General Hindi (100 marks, qualifying)

  • Hindi Essay: 30 marks
  • Grammar: 30 marks
  • Syntax: 25 marks
  • Summarisation: 15 marks

General Studies Paper I (300 marks, descriptive)

  • Indian culture
  • Modern history of India from the middle of the 19th century, especially in Bihar
  • Bihar's role in the Indian freedom struggle (Santhal uprising, Birsa movement, Champaran Satyagraha, Quit India movement)
  • Mauryan and Pala art, Patna Kalam painting
  • Roles of Gandhi, Tagore and Nehru
  • Contemporary events of national and international importance
  • Statistical analysis, graphs and diagrams

General Studies Paper II (300 marks, descriptive)

  • Indian and Bihar polity
  • Indian and Bihar economy
  • Indian and Bihar geography
  • Role and impact of science and technology in the development of India and Bihar

Optional Subject (300 marks, descriptive - one subject from the notified list of 34)

  • Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Anthropology, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Commerce and Accountancy, Economics, Electrical Engineering, Geography, Geology, History, Labour and Social Welfare, Law, Management, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science and International Relations, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology
  • Hindi, English, Urdu, Bangla, Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Pali and Maithili Language and Literature
Interview

Prelims is a single objective paper of 150 marks and is qualifying in nature (marks not added to merit). Negative marking of 1/3 per wrong answer applies in Prelims. Mains is 900 marks (GS I, GS II and one optional paper of 300 each; General Hindi is qualifying only). Interview is 120 marks. Candidates selected for Mains are about 10 times the notified vacancies.

Previous cutoffs

Source: Official BPSC cutoff notices published with the CCE results on bpsc.bih.nic.in (figures as reported in the official result PDFs)

68th BPSC· Prelims

BC
87.75
EBC
86.5
EWS
87.25
General
91
SC
79.25
ST
74

70th BPSC· Prelims

BC
84.67
EBC
82
EWS
83
General
91
SC
70.33
ST
65.33

72nd BPSC· Prelims

BC
84
EBC
81
EWS
82.33
General
88
SC
72
ST
71.33

Cutoffs are out of 150 marks (single GS paper, Combined Competitive Examination posts). 68th and 70th CCE figures are consistently reported as BPSC's official result PDFs. The 72nd CCE figures (prelims held July 26, 2026) come from a single reporting source - verify against bpsc.bih.nic.in before use. Gaps: 69th and 71st CCE category-wise prelims cutoffs were not found; BPSC also publishes separate cutoffs for female, disabled and freedom-fighter-ward categories, which are not listed here.

Sources

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