BPSC CDPO Syllabus 2022 - Prelims, Mains Syllabus PDF

BPSC CDPO Syllabus 2022 - Prelims, Mains Syllabus PDF

ByShubham Verma  |  Updated on: Sep 13, 2022
Candidates can check the BPSC CDPO syllabus for Prelims and Mains exam here. Get the latest CDPO syllabus along with the list of optional subject. Also, download BPSC CDPO syllabus PDF here.

Bihar Public Service Commission rolls out BPSC CDPO Syllabus 2022 on its official website for the Child Development Project Officer post. Candidates who are planning to take the CDPO exam should be acquainted with the latest BPSC CDPO syllabus for Prelims and Mains exam along with the list of optional subjects for Mains.

CDPO syllabus for Prelims consists of General knowledge questions that are similar to BPSC exam. However, the Mains syllabus is different from Prelims as it is conventional in nature with 3 papers which are General Hindi, General Studies 1 and General Studies 2. In addition to this, there is one 1 optional paper as well. Thus, the Mains syllabus for CDPO consists of a total of 4 papers. It is important for every aspirant to have a clear knowledge of both Prelims and Mains syllabus so that they can divide their time accordingly. Here we have provided you with the BPSC CDPO syllabus along with the link to download PDF for the same.

BPSC CDPO Syllabus 2022

BPSC CDPO Syllabus 2022 is segregated into Prelims and Mains exams. the Prelims syllabus for CDPO has only one paper which is the General Knowledge while the Mains has a total of 4 papers in it. BPSC CDPO syllabus for Mains consists of General Hindi, General Studies Paper 1, General Studies Paper 2 and one optional subject. The optional paper can be chosen out of four subjects, i.e. Home Science, Sociology, and Labour, Psychology, and Social Welfare that have been specified by BPSC on the BPSC CDPO 2022 notification.

Thus, the Bihar CDPO Syllabus is as per the selection process of the examination as given below.

  • Stage 1: BPSC CDPO Preliminary Exam
  • Stage 2: BPSC CDPO Mains Exam
  • Stage 3: BPSC CDPO Interview.

Below you will find out more about BPSC CDPO syllabus (सीडीपीओ सिलेबस) for Pre and Mains along with  BPSC CDPO Syllabus PDF hereunder for your ready reference.

BPSC CDPO Syllabus - Subject Wise

Even before you begin to look at the syllabus, you must first understand the BPSC CDPO Exam Pattern in detail. The below table will give you a detailed understanding of the  BPSC CDPO Exam Pattern.

Exam

Exam Type

Subject Name

Duration

Prelims

Objective

General Knowledge

120 Minutes

Mains

Descriptive

Compulsory Subjects

General Hindi

General Studies Paper 1

General Studies Paper 2

Optional Subjects (any one to be chosen)

Psychology

Home Science

Labour and Social Welfare

Sociology


180 Minutes

180 Minutes

180 Minutes

180 Minutes






Interview

 

  

BPSC CDPO Syllabus for Prelims

The Bihar CDPO prelims exam includes one section which is the General Knowledge or General Studies.

BPSC CDPO GK & GS Syllabus: The General Knowledge Section of the BPSC CDPO Syllabus includes the following topics. 

  • National News (current).
  • Scientific observations.
  • Indian Culture.
  • International issues.
  • History of India.
  • Handicrafts.
  • Tribes.
  • National Dance.
  • Besides, Artists.
  • Geography of India.
  • Economic issues in India.
  • Tourism spots of Historical Importance
  • Countries and Capitals.
  • World organizations.
  • Famous Places in India.
  • Science and innovations.
  • Books And Author.
  • Political Science.
  • About India and its neighboring countries
  • New inventions.
  • The National Current Affairs and International Current Affairs
  • Important Dates.
  • Music and Literature.

BPSC CDPO Mains Syllabus - General Studies Syllabus

BPSC CDPO Mains syllabus consists of General Hindi, General Studies Paper 1, and General Studies Paper 2 for which the syllabus is as follows:

BPSC CDPO Syllabus for Mains - General Hindi

Any post in the state of Bihar necessitates a thorough command of the Hindi language. Any applicant who can write, read, and talk in Hindi with good grammar should find this section simple.

  • Filling the Blanks
  • Sentences Correction
  • Phrases and Idioms
  • Grammar
  • Synonyms & Antonyms
  • Vocabulary
  • Detection of Error.

CDPO Syllabus for General Studies Paper 1

  • Economics
  • Geography
  • Current Affairs
  • Reasoning and Mental Ability.

CDPO Syllabus for General Studies Paper 2

  • Women Development and Empowerment
  • Importance of Early Childhood Years
  • Child and Law
  • Prenatal Development
  • Development Programmes
  • Political Participation
  • Development
  • Child – Welfare, Labour and Abuse
  • Major Institutes and Schemes in the Field of ECCE

CDPO Optional Subject List

BPSC has specified four subjects that shall be optional in the BPSC CDPO syllabus for Mains exam. Candidates can choose any one of the subjects out the following subjects that have been specified below.

  1. Home Science
  2. Psychology
  3. Sociology
  4. Labour and Social Welfare

The optional subject must be chosen wisely by the candidates since you can score higher marks in it. Below you can check out the syllabus for each of the CDPO optional subjects.

BPSC CDPO Syllabus for Optional Subjects

BPSC CDPO Syllabus includes a syllabus for optional subjects. 

BPSC CDPO Sociology Syllabus 

  • Social Stratification/ Demography/ Change
  • Economy and Society
  • Industrial and Urban Society
  • Types of Society
  • Political Processes
  • Sociocultural processes
  • Basic Concepts
  • Norms and values–conformity & deviance, Law & customs
  • Society, association, community, institution, culture
  • Social Groups
  • Social structure, social action, social system
  • Socialization, assimilation, cooperation, integration, competition, accommodation, conflict, social
  • Status and role, role conflict, a role set
  • Marriage, Family, and Kinship
  • Distance, relative deprivation.
  • Weaker Sections and Minorities

BPSC CDPO Home Science Syllabus

  • Physics.
  • Environmental Studies.
  • Chemistry.
  • Biology etc.

BPSC CDPO Psychology Syllabus

  • Adjustment and Stress
  • Application of Psychology
  • Perception
  • Social Behaviour
  • Learning
  • Memory
  • Intelligence and Aptitude
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Cognition and Language
  • Methods in Psychology
  • Physiological Psychology
  • Development of human behavior
  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Motivation and Emotion
  • Personality

BPSC CDPO Labour and Social Welfare Syllabus

Labour Legislation and Labour Administration

  • Principles of Labour Legislation, kinds of Labour Legislation
  • A brief history of Labour Legislation in India
  • Provision relating to Labour in the Indian Constitution
  • Labour laws
  • International Labour Organisation – Composition – Activities – Creation of International Standards of Labour-Influence on Indian Labour Legislation.
  • Labour Administration in Bihar.

Industrial Relations and Social Welfare

  • Industrial Relations and Trade Unions with Reference to India and Bihar.
  • Social welfare and social security.

BPSC CDPO Syllabus FAQs

  • BPSC CDPO Syllabus 2022 is released by the Bihar Public Services Commission (BPSC) for the Child Development Project Officer post. CDPO syllabus is divided as Prelims, Mains and Interview. The CDPO Prelims syllabus consists of General Studies subject only. While the Mains syllabus has General Hindi, General Studies Paper 1, General Studies Paper 2 and one optional subject.

     
  • BPSC CDPO syllabus for Prelims consists of General Studies paper only for 150 marks. All the questions are objective in nature. The important topics from CDPO Prelims syllabus consist of History, Nationalism, Polity, Science, Economy, Elementary Mathematics, etc.

     
  • No, BPSC CDPO syllabus does not change every year. However, it is subject to change as per the discretion of the exam conducting authorities. We will notify to you if there is a change in the CDPO syllabus.

     
  • BPSC CDPO Mains syllabus consists of four papers in total. The papers are General Hindi, General Studies 1, General Studies 2 and one optional paper. All the papers are descriptive in nature, thus, the candidates must know the syllabus for each of the papers in the best manner that we have described here.

     
  • There are 4 BPSC CDPO optional subjects for Mains exam. The subjects consist of Psychology, Home Science, Labour and Social Welfare, Sociology. A candidate can select anyone of the subjects out of the given four.

     

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