BPSC Exam Pattern and Detailed Syllabus 2023

To recruit various lucrative posts for Bihar state administration, BPSC (Bihar Public Service Commission) has a dominant role to play. It is considered the most promising and reputed competitive examination to that gets Rural Development Office, and District Sanpark Officers on board. On 12 February 2023, the BPSC prelims were held, of which the answer key was also released. The BPSC Mains Exam is on 12, 17 and 18 May 2023. In this blog, we will take you deep through the BPSC exam pattern, BPSC mains syllabus and other syllabi for each section. 

Latest Updates 2023

The latest updates for the BPSC Exam pattern are mentioned below.

1. BPSC Prelims Exam is of 150 marks, where 1 mark is granted for a correct answer while a negative marking is 0.25 per wrong answer.
2. BPSC Mains Exam has a total of 5 papers. Essay Paper has been added. So the papers are Essay, GS I, GS II, General Hindi, and Optional Paper.
3. The Optional Paper, along with General Hindi, come to a total of 100 marks.
4. The scoring will be done out of 900 marks.

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BPSC Exam Pattern 2023

Aspirants should know the examination pattern for BPSC to appear for the test. It is important to note that the BPSC test is being conducted in three successive stages, Preliminary, Mains as well as Interview. Let’s take a look at the BPSC exam pattern 2023:

Examination Stage	Type of Examination	Mode	Max. Marks	Total Duration
Preliminary	Objective	Offline Based	150	2 hours
Mains	Descriptive	Offline Based	900 (3 Papers of 300 marks each)	3 hours for each Paper
Personal Interview	Face to face	Offline Based	120	–

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BPSC Prelims Exam Pattern

In BPSC Prelims, there will be multiple choice questions based on objective-type nature. Check out the descriptive exam pattern below.

Subject	General Studies
Number of Questions	150
Total Marks	150
Type of Questions	MCQs
Duration	2 hours

BPSC Mains Exam Pattern

Under the Mains level of the BPSC exam pattern, there are three papers, i.e. General Hindi, General Studies (2 levels), and an optional subject. Take a look at the BPSC exam pattern for the Mains level below:

Name of Exam	Combined Competitive Exam (Mains)
Examination Conducting Body	Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)
No of Papers	Total of 4 General Hindi – Qualifying Paper General Studies 1 (300 marks) General Studies 2 (300 marks) Optional Subject (300 marks) Essay (300 Marks)
Duration	3 hours for each paper

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BPSC Exam Syllabus 2023

Certainly, keeping abreast of the BPSC syllabus will help you go way ahead. Since the BPSC exam pattern is divided into three main stages and a detailed syllabus has been prescribed for the Prelims and Mains exam. Glance through the level-wise BPSC syllabus in the following sections

BPSC Prelims Exam

General Science	Geography (mainly Geography of Bihar)
Events of national and international importance	Indian Polity and Economy
History of Bihar and Indian History	Changes in the economy of Bihar post-independence
Indian National Movement and the Role of Bihar	General Mental Ability.
Indian Political System	Panchayati Raj
Community Development	Planning in India and Bihar

BPSC Mains Exam

General Studies 1st

General Studies 2nd

Indian Culture Modern History of India (mid-19th century onwards) Contemporary events of national and international importance Statistical Analysis, diagrams, and graphs. Important personalities – Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Rabindranath Tagore Western Education and Technical Education in Bihar Role of Bihar in the Indian National Movement Santhal uprising 1857 War of Independence Champaran Satyagraha Quit India Movement 1942 Mauryan and Pal Art Patna Kalam Paintings Analysis of graphical/diagrammatical/ statistical data

Indian (and Bihar) Polity Indian (and Bihar) Economy Indian (and Bihar) Geography Role and Impact of Science and Technology in the development of India (and Bihar)

Note: The General Hindi syllabus for the BPSC Mains exam can be explored in detail at the official website.

Optional Subjects

English Language and Literature	Urdu Language and Literature	Hindi Language and Literature
Persian Language and Literature	Arabic Language and Literature	Pali Language and Literature
Maithili Language and Literature	Bangla Language and Literature	Maithili Language and Literature
Sanskrit Language and Literature	Chemistry	Sociology
Physics	Agriculture	Statistics
Botany	Zoology	Philosophy
Political Science and International Relations	Psychology	Public Administration
Labour and Social Welfare	Management	Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering	Geography	Geology
History	Law	Civil Engineering
Economics	Commerce and Accountancy	Electrical Engineering
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science	Anthropology	–

BPSC Exam 2023: Personal Interview Pattern

The exam will be consisting of 120 marks. The final merit list will be made as per the total marks of the mains (900 marks) and interview test (120 marks).

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BPSC Interview Test 

All candidates who clear the BPSC Mains Exam are then called for an interview. The interview is done by the board appointed by the Commission. The main fields upon which the questions are based are mentioned below.

• The Board will have before them the record of the candidate and the application form felled by him/ her. They will be reviewing the interests mentioned by the candidate. 
• The personal suitability of the candidate is checked by the Board in the state services. The people comprising this board are unbiased and competent.
• The personality test is also conducted to gauge if the candidate has knowledge about current affairs outside and within the state. 
• The main purpose of the interview is to explore the mental makeup and qualities as well as the analytical ability of the candidate. 

BPSC Marking Scheme

• Marks of the BPSC Prelims Paper be considered for qualifying candidates for the main exam.
• There will be no negative marking in the BPSC exam.
• BPSC Prelims is screening in nature.
• All the questions are set in English and Hindi except for those questions which are meant to test the candidate’s knowledge of English.

Points to Remember for BPSC Exam 2023

Mentioned below are the important points to be remembered regarding the BPSC exam pattern. 

• All candidates have to qualify and clear the General Hindi exam to get their General Awareness sheet checked by the Commission.
• The General Studies questions are available both in Hindi and English.
• The total 900 marks in GS Paper 1 and 2 and the optional paper will help in leading to the score. 
• The candidates who get their names in the merit section will be called for a personal interview. 
• There will be no negative markings in the descriptive question papers. 
• All the papers need to be qualified by the candidates to be called for a personal interview. 
• This round is qualifying and scoring in nature. 

Popular Books for BPSC Exam Preparation

Here is the list of popular resourceful books that you can add to the study materials to prepare for the BPSC exam pattern and syllabus.

Name of the book	Author	Link
Indian Polity	Laxmikanth	Buy Here!
History	Bipin Chandra	Buy Here!
Economy	Ramesh Singh	Buy Here!
Geography	Majid Hussain	Buy Here!
India Yearbook	Publications Division Government of India	Buy Here!
Ancient Indian History	RS Sharma	Buy Here!
Medieval India History	Satish Chandra	Buy Here!
Art and Culture	Nitin Singhania	Buy Here!
General Knowledge	Lucent	Buy Here!
Indian Economy	Shanker Ganesh	Buy Here!

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FAQs

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