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BPSC Combined Competitive Examination

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BPSC's Combined Competitive Examination recruits Bihar's administrative, police and allied officers.

At a glance
Conducted by Bihar Public Service Commission
Stages Preliminary (objective) → Main (descriptive) → interview

Official sources

Exam pattern

Prelims: one General Studies paper, 150 objective questions, 150 marks. From the 71st CCE, +1 correct and −1/3 wrong. It is only for screening. Mains: descriptive papers (general Hindi, qualifying; essay; general studies), then an interview. The notification has the details.

Syllabus

General studies as in UPSC CSE (polity, history, geography, economy, environment, science and technology, current affairs), with state-specific history, geography, economy and culture. The main exam adds essays, a language paper and GS papers. The commission's notification has the exact syllabus.

How to prepare (free, in order)

  1. Prepare the shared UPSC GS modules once. They cover most of every state PSC.
  2. Add the state's own history, geography, economy and schemes from official state sources.
  3. Solve the commission's own previous papers from its website: each commission has its own style.

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