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Here’s a comprehensive guide to the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) Combined Competitive Examination (CCE):

1. Notification

• BPSC releases the CCE exam notification annually, typically early in the year, outlining the number of vacancies, eligibility, exam schedule, and application process.
• You can find updates on the BPSC official website.

2. Eligibility Criteria

• Nationality: Must be an Indian citizen.
• Age Limit: Generally between 20-37 years for unreserved male candidates. Age relaxations are applicable for reserved categories and female candidates.
• Educational Qualification:
  • A Bachelor's degree from a recognized university in any discipline.
  • Specific posts may require specialized qualifications.

3. Selection Procedure

The BPSC CCE selection process includes three stages:

• Preliminary Examination: Objective-type screening test.
• Main Examination: Descriptive-type test with multiple papers, including General Studies, Hindi, and an optional subject.
• Interview: Personality assessment and final evaluation stage.

4. Exam Pattern

• Preliminary Exam:
  • Paper: General Studies
  • Marks: 150
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • This paper is objective, and there is no negative marking.
• Main Exam:
  • General Hindi (Qualifying) – 100 marks, 3 hours
  • General Studies I – 300 marks, 3 hours
  • General Studies II – 300 marks, 3 hours
  • Optional Subject – 300 marks, 3 hours
  • Total of 900 marks in the mains (excluding the Hindi paper, which is qualifying only).
• Interview:
  • Carries 120 marks.
  • Final merit is based on marks obtained in the Main Exam (900) and Interview (120).

5. Preparation Tips

• Understand the Syllabus: Review each topic in detail, especially General Studies, which includes a broad array of subjects.
• Current Affairs: Regularly update yourself on national and state-specific current events. Newspapers, magazines, and reliable news portals can be very useful.
• Foundation in Core Subjects: Build strong foundations in Indian history, geography, polity, economy, science, and environment.
• Optional Subject Selection: Choose an optional subject that aligns with your strengths or academic background. BPSC provides a list of subjects for the optional paper in the Main Exam.
• Practice Writing: For the Main Exam, answer-writing practice is essential. Aim to improve both speed and clarity.
• Regular Mock Tests: Mock tests help with time management and accuracy, especially for the Prelims.

6. Syllabus Overview

• Preliminary Exam Syllabus: General Studies topics covering Indian History, Bihar-specific history and geography, Indian Polity, Economy, Geography, General Science, Environment, and Current Affairs.
• Main Exam Syllabus:
  • General Hindi: Only qualifying. Topics include Essay, Grammar, and Sentence Composition.
  • General Studies I: Modern History of India, Indian Culture, Current Events, Statistical Analysis, and diagrams.
  • General Studies II: Indian Polity, Indian Economy, Indian Geography, Role of Science and Technology in India, and Indian Economy.
  • Optional Subject: Choose from subjects like Public Administration, Sociology, History, Geography, etc., as per the list provided by BPSC.

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BPSC Main Examination Pattern

The candidates are called for the BPSC main exam only if they qualify in the BPSC Prelims Exam and secure the required cut-off marks as decided by the Bihar Public Service Commission. Since, the BPSC Prelims Exam is qualifying in nature so it does not matter what one scores.

The pattern of the BPSC Main Exam has been changed too. Now, the BPSC Main Exam will have a qualifying paper General Hindi. Apart from this, there will be General Studies Paper 1 and General Studies Paper 2 carrying 300 marks each. There will be an Optional Paper that the candidate has chosen earlier while filling the Application Form. The Optional Paper carries 300 marks. The list of the 34 Optional Subjects has been given in this article.

• Candidates have to qualify in General Hindi.

• Questions of General Studies are available in Hindi and English both.

• The score will be arrived at by considering the total of 900 marks in GS Paper 1, GS Paper 2 and Optional Paper.

• The candidates who are placed suitably in the merit are called for the interview.

Facts about BPSC Mains

1. The duration of each paper in Mains will be of 3 hrs
2. The questions in the Mains exam will be of descriptive-essay type
3. Candidates can write the answers in one of the following languages depending on the stated preference in the application:
   1. Hindi
   2. Urdu
   3. English
4. The minimum qualifying marks in BPSC Mains are:
   1. General Category – 40%
   2. BC – 36.5%
   3. OBC – 34%
   4. Women/SC/ST/PwD – 32%
5. Candidates who clear the Mains stage will be called for an interview. As per the BPSC Exam Pattern, the interview will be of 120 marks
6. The final merit list will be made based on the candidates’ marks in Mains and Interview.

BPSC Optional Subjects

Candidates have to select one of the following 34 optional subjects:

Interview

The candidates who qualify the BPSC Main Exam are called for the final stage of the exam i.e. Interview. The interview carries 120 marks.

The final merit list will be prepared out of 1020 marks (900 for Mains + 120 for Interview). Interview judges the personality aspect of the candidates. The members of the Interview Board want to know the administrative aptitude and decision making ability of the candidates through interview. After the interviews, comes the final BPSC result.

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