BPSC Exam Pattern 2022 is notified to you by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) in its official notification. BPSC has released the 68th BPSC notification, thus, candidates in large numbers will be applying for the exam. To clear the BPSC exam, you must ensure that you have known about the latest BPSC exam pattern. BPSC exam pattern is divided into Prelims, Mains and Interview. This year, BPSC has made slight changes in the BPSC exam pattern for Prelims. There is an introduction of negative marking in the Prelims paper.
A clear understanding of the BPSC exam pattern for both Prelims and Mains will help you prepare for the exam in a more systematic manner. Below mentioned is the latest exam pattern of all stages along with the marking scheme and selection process.
BPSC Exam Pattern 2022 is segregated into Prelims and Mains. Later on, an interview is conducted for the candidates who qualify the Mains. BPSC Prelims exam is objective in nature while Mains is descriptive in nature. As per the latest BPSC 2022 notification, there is an introduction of negative marking in Prelims exam. Both Prelims and Mains shall be held in offline mode.
To give you a good knowledge about the BPSC exam pattern, the Prelims is for 150 marks and is used to weed out candidates for the next stage and is qualifying in nature. While BPSC Mains exam pattern consists of four papers that are descriptive in nature. Below you can check out the detailed BPSC exam pattern along with the marking scheme. This shall set a strategic approach for you in the exam to attempt the paper.
To help you in understanding and get familiar with the BPSC exam pattern, we have provided to you the latest exam pattern for the BPSC exam. Click on the link that is given below to download BPSC exam pattern PDF for Prelims and Mains.
The BPSC exam pattern informs you of the marking scheme for each paper for the Prelims and Mains exam. This will in turn help you to plan a strategy for BPSC exam preparation.
Here is an overview of BPSC exam pattern for Prelims and Mains exam. This shall give you detailed knowledge about the paper pattern with the marking scheme.
BPSC Exam Pattern for Prelims | |
Name of Exam | Bihar Combined Preliminary Competitive Exam |
Conducting Body | Bihar Public Service Commission ( BPSC ) |
No of Papers | 1 having General Studies paper |
Total Marks | 150 Marks |
Negative Marking | Yes |
Duration | 2 hours |
BPSC Syllabus | General Science Events of national and international importance History of Bihar and Indian History Geography(mainly 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 Exam Pattern for Mains | |
Name of Exam | Combined Competitive Exam (Mains) |
Conducting Body | Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) |
No of Papers | Four Papers (4) General Hindi – Qualifying Paper (100 marks) General Studies 1 (300 marks) General Studies 2 (300 marks) Optional Subject (300 marks) |
Duration | 3 hours for each paper |
BPSC Prelims is the first stage of BPSC exam and is objective in nature. All the candidates who apply successfully for the 68th BPSC exam shall be called to appear for the Prelims. BPSC Prelims is a screening test.
Paper | Duration | No. of Questions | Total Marks |
General Studies | 2 hrs | 150 | 150 |
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BPSC Main exam consists of four papers i.e. General Hindi, General Studies Paper-1, General Studies Paper-2 and Optional Paper. General Hindi Paper is qualifying in nature (30 % Marks required), Its marks will not be considered in the calculation of merit list. All the papers are descriptive in nature. Here is BPSC Mains exam pattern in the table given below,
S No | Paper | Total Marks | Duration |
1. | General Hindi | 100 | 3 hrs |
2. | General Studies Paper-1 | 300 | 3 hrs |
3. | General Studies Paper-2 | 300 | 3 hrs |
4. | Optional Paper | 300 | 3 hrs |
| Total Marks | 1000 | - | |
Check the BPSC Optional Paper Subject List below. There are total 34 subjects and the candidate can choose one. It is advised that the candidates choose that subject whose knowledge is easier to grasp.
| S.No. | Subject |
| 1 | Agriculture |
| 2 | Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science |
| 3 | Anthropology |
| 4 | Botany |
| 5 | Chemistry |
| 6 | Civil Engineering |
| 7 | Commerce & Accountancy |
| 8 | Economics |
| 9 | Electrical Engineering |
| 10 | Geography |
| 11 | Geology |
| 12 | History |
| 13 | Labour and Social Welfare |
| 14 | Law |
| 15 | Management |
| 16 | Mathematics |
| 17 | Mechanical Engineering |
| 18 | Philosophy |
| 19 | Physics |
| 20 | Political Science And International Relations |
| 21 | Psychology |
| 22 | Public Administration |
| 23 | Sociology |
| 24 | Statistics |
| 25 | Zoology |
| 26 | Hindi Language & Literature |
| 27 | English Language & Literature |
| 28 | Urdu Language & Literature |
| 29 | Bangla Language & Literature |
| 30 | Sanskrit Language & Literature |
| 31 | Persian Language & Literature |
| 32 | Arabic Language & Literature |
| 33 | Pali Language & Literature |
| 34 | Maithili Language & Literature |
The last stage of the BPSC exam pattern is the interview or personality test. The BPSC interview is down only for those candidates who have qualified the BPSC Mains Exam. The Commission appoints a Board to interview the candidates. The BPSC Interview consists of 120 marks. The purpose of the interview is for a panel of competent and neutral observers to assess the candidate's personal suitability for a career in the state services.
The final merit list is calculated on the basis of the marks obtained by you in BPSC Mains an Interview, i.e. out of 1020 marks.
BPSC Exam Pattern 2022 consists of two major stages, Prelims and Mains exam. An interview is also conducted for those who qualify the interview. BPSC Prelims exam pattern is objective in nature consisting of General Studies paper. On the other hand, the Mains exam pattern consists of 4 papers that are descriptive in nature. Both the papers are held in offline mode only.
BPSC Prelims exam pattern 2022 has a single paper known as the General Studies paper that is held in offline mode. The BPSC GS paper has 150 objective questions for 150 marks. In addition to this, there is no negative marking in this paper. You can check out the important topics covered in it by going through the BPSC syllabus.
Yes, BPSC has introduced negative marking in BPSC Prelims exam as per the 68th BPSC notification. There is a negative marking of 0.25 in BPSC GS paper while 1 mark will be awarded for every correct answer key.
BPSC Mains exam pattern consists of 4 papers that are descriptive in nature. Out of the four papers, one paper is the General Hindi paper that is qualifying in nature. Further, there are two General Studies paper and one optional paper. The total marks for BPSC Mains is 900 marks excluding the General Hindi paper.
You can download BPSC exam pattern from the official BPSC notification. Alternatively, you can also check the exam pattern for Prelims and Mains exam by clicking on the link below.
There are 34 optional subjects for BPSC Optional Papers. Candidates must select that subject in which they have a keen interest. However, here are some of the most opted subjects for BPSC optional paper.
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