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BPSC Combined Competitive Examination Syllabus

One general studies paper with Bihar woven through it, then two general studies papers, an essay and a qualifying optional.

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BPSC Combined Competitive Examination · checked 19 September 2026

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Checked 19 September 2026

BPSC Combined Competitive Examination: the facts that matter now

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Advertised 5 May 2026; applications 7 to 31 May; 1,187 posts after corrigenda of 6 May, 27 May and 3 September; preliminary postponed from 26 July…
72nd cycle
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Preliminary 13 September 2025, 13,368 qualified of 3,16,905; mains 25 to 29 April 2026; result due August to September 2026
71st cycle
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Final result 20 June 2026 — 2,009 recommended against 2,017 posts; unreserved cut-off 528 of 1,020
70th cycle
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Syllabus

BPSC Combined Competitive Examination — What the syllabus covers

Preliminary — general studies: General science; national and international current events; Indian history with the salient features of Bihar’s; general geography and Bihar’s geographical divisions and rivers; Indian polity and economy with the changes in Bihar’s economy since independence; the national movement and Bihar’s role; general mental ability.
Mains — General Hindi: Essay, grammar, syntax and summary at matriculation level; qualifying at 30 per cent and not counted.
Mains — general studies I: Modern Indian history and culture with Bihar’s role in the national movement and the Santhal, Birsa and Champaran movements; current events; statistical analysis, graphs and diagrams.
Mains — general studies II: Indian polity, the Indian economy and Indian geography with Bihar’s polity, economy and geography; the role and impact of science and technology in India’s development, with Bihar in view.
Mains — essay: Essays in Hindi or English on given topics, 300 marks, counted in full.
Mains — optional: One of 34 subjects as a two-hour objective paper of 100 marks that qualifies but does not count; for the child development, financial administrative and protection officer posts, a descriptive paper of 300 marks in the post’s listed subjects that replaces the essay in the count.

Where the detail is

The advertisement states the preliminary topics and the scheme; the paper-wise mains syllabus is on the commission’s syllabus page, and the general studies I and II headings above are from that scheme as it has stood across recent cycles. The essay and optional papers have no topic list beyond the subject.