This year BPSC release official notification for the 64th CCE 2018. This recruitment examination is conducted to filling various posts in departments/ministries under the Bihar government. This recruitment exam also known as Bihar Provincial Civil Service (PCS) Exam or Bihar Civil Services Exam, it’s highly competitive recruitment examination. There are 2 modes of recruitment examination prelims and main. In this article we are share you complete information such as important date, exam pattern and syllabus, selection process etc.
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Name of the Exam | Bihar Civil Services Exam/BPSC Combined Competitive Examination |
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Name of the Organizing Body | Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) |
Official Website | http://bpsc.bih.nic.in |
Job Location | Bihar |
Mode of Application | Online |
Number of vacancies | 1465 [1255 (initial) + 140 (increased) + 70 (increased)] |
BPSC Exam Important Date: The Bihar public service commission notification only release for prelims examination. The other important dates release soon. Candidates prefer official website of BPSC for latest information. Our website is not responsible for any mistake.
Exam Events | Important Dates |
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Notification released | 2nd August 2018 |
Registration started | 3rd August 2018 |
Registration closed | 30th August 2018 |
Online payment process started | 4th August 2018 (after 11:00 AM) |
Last date of online application fee payment | 3rd September 2018 |
Last date of online application submission | 10th September 2018 |
There are 3 modes of selection, prelims, main, interviews.
BPSC Prelims Exam Pattern: The prelims exam is conducted through offline mode, 120 minutes 150 marks multiple choice question papers.
BPSE Main Exam Pattern: The BPSC main exam consists of 4 papers as follows:
Subject Code | Subjects | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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1 | Hindi | 100 | 3 hours |
2 | General Studies (Paper I) | 300 | 3 hours |
3 | General Studies (Paper II) | 300 | 3 hours |
4 | Optional Subject* | 300 | 3 hours |
Candidate requires scoring 30% minimum mark in Hindi, however; these marks will not be considered while preparing the final merit list.
For the optional subject, candidates are required to select one subject from the list of available subjects for the Main examination. Here is the list of subjects:
List of Optional Subjects
Subject Code | Subject Name |
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4 | Agriculture |
5 | Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science |
6 | Anthropology |
7 | Botany |
8 | Chemistry |
9 | Civil Engineering |
10 | Commerce & Accountancy |
11 | Economics |
12 | Electrical Engineering |
13 | Geography |
14 | Geology |
15 | History |
16 | Labour and Social Welfare |
17 | Law |
18 | Management |
19 | Mathematics |
20 | Mechanical Engineering |
21 | Philosophy |
22 | Physics |
23 | Political Science and International Relations |
24 | Psychology |
25 | Public Administration |
26 | Sociology |
27 | Statistics |
28 | Zoology |
29 | Hindi Language & Literature |
30 | English Language & Literature |
31 | Urdu Language & Literature |
32 | Bangla Language & Literature |
33 | Sanskrit Language & Literature |
34 | Persian Language & Literature |
35 | Arabic Language & Literature |
36 | Pali Language & Literature |
37 | Maithili Language & Literature |
BPSC Interview: The list of candidates who qualify the Main examination is published on the official website. These candidates are called for the interview round. The final merit list is prepared after considering the marks of main exam and interview round.
BPSC Preliminary Exam Syllabus: BPSC CCE Preliminary exam syllabus includes topics such as
- Current Events of National and International importance
- General Science
- History of India and salient features of history of Bihar, General geography and geographical division of Bihar and its major river systems
- Indian Polity and Economy
- Major changes in the economy of Bihar post-independence
- Indian National Movement and contribution of Bihar
- Questions from General Mental Ability.
BPSC Main Exam Syllabus
- Hindi – The paper will comprise of questions on essay writing (30 marks), grammar (30 marks), sentence syntax (25 marks), and précis-writing/summary (15 marks). Questions will be of the Secondary Level of Bihar School Examination Board.
- General Studies (Paper I) – Current events of national and international importance, the modern history of India and Indian culture, and statistical analysis, graphs & diagrams
- General Studies (Paper II) – Indian Polity, India Economy and Geography of India, and the role and impact of science and technology in the development of India.
- Optional Subject – Candidates have to select from one of the optional subjects for this paper. The detailed syllabus for each subject is available on the official website.