BPSC 2024 - Bihar Provincial Civil Services Exam : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

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Bihar PCS Exam 2024 - Bihar Provincial Civil Services Exam or Bihar PSC Exam or Bihar Civil Services Exam acronym as BPSC Exam is conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission for various administrative posts i.e. Revenue Officer, Supply Inspector, Block Panchayati Raj Officer, Block Welfare Officer, Rural Development Officer, Assistant Registrar Cooperation Committees & Bihar Police Service, etc. This year the total vacancies are almost near 733.

 

Bihar Provincial Civil Services Exam 2024 Important Dates

Date of Notification & Start of Online Registration

  • To be notified.

Last Date of Submission of Application Form

  • To be notified.

Date of Entrance Exam

  • To be notified.

Date of Declaration of Result

  • Yet to be announced.

 

Bihar PCS Exam 2024 Eligibility

Educational Qualification

  • Aspiring candidates should have passed a bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognised university board.

Age Limit

  • The age as of 1st August 2020 on a minimum basis should be 20 years, 21 years, 22 years and 37 years for unreserved males on a maximum basis.
  • Unreserved Women & Backward Class and Extreme Backward Class (Male & Female) - 40 years SC / ST (male & female) - 42 years.

 

Bihar PCS Exam 2024 Syllabus

The PCS exam consists of questions from the following subjects/topics.

Syllabus of Bihar PCS Preliminary Exam

Geography

General Knowledge and General Mental Ability Indian Polity and Economics Indian National Movement and Role of Bihar
Indian History and Prominent Features of Bihar History

Main Changes in Bihar Economy after Independence

Main Geographical Section of Bihar and its Main Rivers National and International Contemporary Events

 

Syllabus of Bihar PCS Mains Exam

For the Mains exam, candidates are subjected to select one option from various subjects while applying for application forms.

Subjects for Mains Exam

Agriculture

Anthropology

Arabic Language and Literature Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Botany

Labour and Social Welfare

Mathematics Management
Machinal Engineering Maithili Language and Literature

Bangla Language and Literature

Chemistry
Physics Civil Engineering

Commence and Accounting

Philosophy
Economics
Pali Language and Literature

Public Administration

Psychology
Electrical Engineering
English Language and Literature

Political Science and International Relations

Statistics
Geology History

Sanskrit Language and Literature

Sociology
Hindi Language and Literature
Law

Urdu Language and Literature

Zoology

 

Bihar PCS Exam 2024 Pattern

BPSC conducts the Combined Competitive Examination in three phases:

Preliminary

Main Interview

 

A. Preliminary Exam Pattern

  • The preliminary exam will be conducted in offline (pen and paper) mode.
  • The General Studies paper comprises Objective Type and Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with a total of 150 marks.

Here are the details of the exam:

Subjects

Type of Questions

Paper

Marks

Time

General Studies

Objective Type and Multiple Choice Questions

1 Paper

(General Studies)

150

2 Hours

B. Mains Exam (Written) Pattern

The Main exam consists of 4 papers as follows:

Subjects

Hindi General Studies (Paper-I) General Studies (Paper-II) Optional Subject
Maximum Marks 100

300

300 300
Duration
3 hours

3 hours

3 hours 3 hours

 

Interview

  • The list of candidates who qualify for the Main examination is published on the official website.
  • These candidates are called for the interview round.
  • The final merit list is prepared after considering the marks of the main exam and interview round.

 

Bihar PCS Exam 2024 Dates

The PCS exam will be held in the coming months of September or October tentatively.

 

How to Apply for Bihar PCS Exam 2024?

Prospective candidates can apply online by visiting the Bihar Public Service Commission website i.e., either http://bpsc.bih.nic.in/ or www.onlinebpsc.bihar.gov.in/ and following the instructions given there.

 

Bihar PCS Exam 2024 Fees

The exam fee for various categories is as follows.

Category

Fees

General / OBC candidates 

Rs. 600/-

ST / SC / PH candidates 

Rs. 150/-

Female Candidate of Bihar Only 

Rs. 150/-

 

Bihar PCS Exam 2024 Centres

The exam will be conducted at various selected centres in different cities of Bihar.

 

Bihar PCS Exam 2024 Contact Details

Bihar Public Service Commission
15, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg
Bailey Road, Patna – 80000
Bihar
Ph: 0612- 2235525, 2215187
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://bpsc.bih.nic.in/