Prelims Examination Pattern
The following are the most important aspects of the BPSC exam pattern:
- Prelims examination will be conducted in offline mode and will be OMR based.
- The questions will be objective in nature and there is no negative marking in BPSC Prelims.
- The BPSC Combined Competitive Prelims Exam consists of only one paper, which is General Studies (GS).
- The BPSC Prelims exam has a total of 150 marks and lasts 2 hours.
BPSC 68th prelims Syllabus
BPSC Prelims exam has only one paper- General Studies which is an objective-type paper with a duration of 2 hours. Some of the important topics that have been listed down by BPSC for the BPSC Prelims exam are:
- General Science
- Events of national and international importance
- History of Bihar and Indian History
- Geography
- Geography of Bihar
- Indian Polity and Economy
- Changes in the economy of Bihar post-independence
- Indian National Movement and the Role of Bihar
- General Mental Ability
BPSC 68th Mains Exam Pattern
Paper | Marks | Exam Duration |
General Hindi | 100 | 3 hrs |
General Studies Paper-1 | 300 | 3 hrs |
General Studies Paper-2 | 300 | hrs |
Optional Paper | 300 | hrs |
BPSC 68th Mains Syllabus
Compulsory Paper- General Hindi
- इस पत्र में प्रश्न बिहार विद्यालय परीक्षा समिति के माध्यमिक (सेकेण्डरी) स्तर के होंगे। इस परीक्षा में सरल हिंदी में अपने भावों को स्पष्टतः एवं शुद्ध-शुद्ध रूप में व्यक्त करने की क्षमता और सहज बोध शक्ति की जाँच समझी जायेगी।
अंकों का विवरण निम्न प्रकार होगा:-
- निबन्ध – 30 अंक
- व्याकरण – 30 अंक
- वाक्य विन्यास – 25 अंक
- संक्षेपण – 15 अंक
Compulsory Paper- General Studies Paper-1
- Modern History of India and Indian Culture.
- Current events of national and international importance.
- Statistical analysis, graphs and diagrams.
Compulsory Paper- General Studies Paper-II
- Indian Polity
- Indian economy and Geography of India
- The role and impact of science and technology in the development of India
Optional Paper:
- Candidates have to select one of the following 34 optional subjects in the BPSC Mains Examination
- For optional Subjects, details refer to the official BPSC Syllabus PDF BPSC 68th CCE Syllabus