BPSC 70th Notification 2024: Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus, Pattern
BPSC conducts the state level civil sevices examination each year for recruitment of suitable candidates in the BPSC services. The BPSC 70th notification is soon going to be released by the authorities. Get more details on the BPSC exam on this page here.
Age Limit for BPSC Exam
The minimum age limit for the 70th BPSC exam is 20 years. However, this age limit varies for each post. Besides this, the Commission has given age relaxation to the candidates who belong to the reserved categories. Check the upper age limit to apply for the 70th BPSC exam below here.
- General Male: 37 Years
- General Female/OBC(Male/Female): 40 years
- SC/ST (Male/Female) - 42 years
BPSC Selection Process
Candidates who want to get through the Bihar Civil Services have to appear for these three successive stages:
BPSC Prelims Exam: The Prelims exam is objective and qualifying in nature.
BPSC Mains Exam: The mains exam is descriptive in nature. Its marks will be used to determine the merit list of the candidates.
BPSC Interview: The interview is verbal. The marks scored by the candidates in Mains and Interiview will be used to determine the merit list of the candidates.
BPSC Exam Pattern: Prelims & Mains
For any candidate aspiring to crack the BPSC exam 2024, it is important to be aware of the Prelims and Mains exam pattern. We have described the BPSC exam pattern for Pre and Mains in the table below. Know about the new BPSC exam pattern
BPSC Prelims Exam Pattern
BPSC Prelims exam consists of a single paper which is the General Studies or GS paper. This has only objective type of questions based to test a candidate’s General Knowledge.
- BPSC Prelims exam is qualifying in nature; marks obtained in this stage are not counted for the final merit list.
- The questions will be asked in an objective multiple-choice format
- The paper will be of total 150 marks
- The duration of exam is 2 hours
- Language of the question paper will be bilingual - Hindi and English
| BPSC Prelims Exam Pattern | ||
| Subject | Total Marks | Time Duration |
| General Studies | 150 | 2 hours |
BPSC Mains Exam Pattern
The BPSC Mains exam is conventional in nature. It has 4 papers where General Hindi paper is qualifying in nature. The final merit list will be prepared on the basis of scores obtained out of 900 marks of GS Paper 1, GS Paper 2 and Optional Paper. There is a list of 34 optional subjects from which candidates can choose a subject for the BPSC Mains exam
| BPSC Mains Exam Pattern | ||
| Paper | Total Marks | Duration |
| General Hindi (Qualifying) | 100 | 3 hrs |
| General Studies Paper-1 | 300 | 3 hrs |
| General Studies Paper-2 | 300 | 3 hrs |
| Optional Paper | 300 | 3 hrs |
| Total Marks | 1000 | - |
BPSC Syllabus 2024 - Prelims & Mains Syllabus
Go through the detailed BPSC Syllabus of Prelims and Mains exam below and start your preparations accordingly for the upcoming exam. The syllabus given below is based on the official notification of the BPSC. Also, Download PDF BPSC Syllabus in Hindi from the link shared below:
BPSC Prelims Syllabus
| General Science |
| Current Affairs - International & National 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 & Reasoning |
BPSC Mains Syllabus
| General Hindi (Qualifying) | Hindi Essay: 30 Marks Grammar: 30 Marks Syntax: 25 Marks Summarisation: 15 Marks |
| GS Paper 1
| Indian Modern History Indian culture Bihar's role in Indian freedom struggle Santhal Uprising in Bihar Birsa movement Champaran Satyagrah Quit India Movement Mauryan and Pal art Patna Qulam painting Roles of Gandhi, Tagore and Nehru Current Affairs National & International importance Statistical analysis, graphs and diagrams |
| GS Paper 2 | Indian Polity Indian economy and Indian Geography Role and impact of science and technology |
| Optional Paper | Candidates can choose the optional subject from these 34 subjects: Agriculture Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science Anthropology Botany Chemistry Civil Engineering Commerce & Accountancy Economics Electrical Engineering Geography Geology History Labour and Social Welfare Law Management Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Philosophy Physics Political Science & International Relations Psychology Public Administration Sociology Statistics Zoology Hindi Language and Literature English Language and Literature Urdu Language and Literature Bangla Language and Literature Sanskrit Language and Literature Persian Language and Literature Arabic Language and Literature Pali Language and Literature Maithili Language and Literature |
BPSC Interview
Candidates who are able to qualify the BPSC Mains exam will be shortlisted for the Interview Round. It is mandatory for the candidates to appear for the interview as the final result is published based on the marks scored by you in the interview and mains exam. The Interview is of total 120 marks. Candidates who are able to qualify the interview round get shortlisted for the final merit list.
BPSC Cut Off Marks: Prelims & Mains
In order to get shortlisted for Interview round, candidates need to obtain cut off marks in prelims as well as mains exam of BPSC CCE. The Cut off marks are different for prelims and mains exams. The previous year cut off marks gives you an idea of the marks that one needs to score in the exam to be able to get qualified for the next stage.
66th BPSC Prelims Cutoff 2020
| Category | Cut-off Marks |
| Unreserved | 108 |
| Unreserved (Female) | 100 |
| EWS | 103 |
| EWS (Female) | 95 |
| SC | 95 |
| SC (Female) | 84 |
| ST | 98 |
| EBC | 102 |
| EBC (Female) | 93 |
| BC | 104 |
| BC (Female) | 97 |
| BCL | 95 |
| Disabled (VI) | 89 |
| Disabled (DD) | 81 |
| Disabled (OH) | 95 |
| Disabled (MD) | 61 |
| Grandchild of Ex-Freedom Fighter | 97 |
BPSC 65th Prelims Cut Off 2019-20
| Category | Cut Off |
| GEN | 97 |
| GEN (F) | 91 |
| EWS | 92 |
| EWS (F) | 87 |
| SC | 89 |
| SC (F) | 79 |
| ST | 89 |
| ST (F) | 89 |
| EBC | 92 |
| EBC (F) | 876 |
| BC | 94 |
| BC (F) | 88 |
| BCL | 86 |
| PwD-VH/VI | 82 |
| PwD-DD | 81 |
| PwD-OH | 89 |
| PwD-MD | 53 |
| Grandchildren of Freedom Fighters | 88 |
Note: Here 'F' stands for Female
70th BPSC Admit Card 2024
BPSC shall release the 70th BPSC admit card 2024 on its website few days before the exam date. Candidates can download the call letter online by following the steps that are given below.
Step 1: Visit @ onlinebpsc.bihar.gov.in
Step 2: Click on "BPSC 70th Admit Card 2024" link
Step 3: Fill Registration Number & Password
Step 4: Download the admit card and take its printout.
70th BPSC Answer Key 2024
BPSC will release the 70th BPSC answer key 2024 on its website after the completion of the Prelims exam. The BPSC answer key helps a candidate to calculate marks that they will get in the exam. In addition to this, it also helps one to challenge the official answer key and know the correct answers to all questions.
70th BPSC Result 2024
The 70th BPSC result 2024 will be released stage wise, i.e. the Commission will initially release Prelims result followed by Maind and lastly a final result. The BPSC final result will be based on the marks scored by candidates in Mains and Interview.