BPSC 67th Exam Pattern 2022 – The Bihar Public Service Commission has released the notification for the Combined Competitive Exam on the official website bpsc.bih.nic.in. The official notification also contains the exam pattern for prelims as well as mains. The exam will be conducted in 3 stages – Preliminary, Mains & Interview. Candidates will be selected for mains stage on the basis of the marks obtained in the prelims exam. This article will provide you with all the details regarding the BPSC 67th Exam Pattern 2022.
BPSC 67th Exam Pattern 2022
BPSC conducts Civil Service Exam in three stages – prelims, mains and interview. The pattern of both the written exam i.e., prelims and mains is different. We hasve discussed the pattern for the preliminary exam first followed by mains.
Exam pattern of prelims
- Mode of exam :- Offline, in pen & paper mode
- Language of exam :- Exam will be conducted in Hindi and English language only.
- Nature of exam :- Qualifying nature.
- Type of question :- Objective Type questions.
- Level of question :- Matriculation level..
- Marks per question :- 1 marks per question.
- Negative Marking :- No negative marking
| Paper | No. of question | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Paper 1 | 150 | 150 | 2 hours |
Exam pattern of mains
- Mode of exam :- Offline, in pen & paper mode
- Language of exam :- Exam will be conducted in Hindi, Urdu and English language only.
- Number of Papers :- 4 papers.
- Type of question :- subjectiveType questions.
- Duration of exam :- 3 hours per paper.
| Paper | Duration | Maximum Marks |
| General Hindi (Qualifying ) | 3 hours | 100 |
| General Studies | 3 hours | 300 |
| General Studies | 3 hours | 300 |
| Optional | 3 hours | 300 |
| Interview | 120 | |
| Total Marks | 1020 |
BPSC 67th CCE Syllabus
Candidates can also refere the detailed syllabus of BPSC 67th CCE from below:
Syllabus for Prelims
- General Science
- Current events of national and international importance.
- History of India and salient features of the history of Bihar.
- General Geography and geographical division of Bihar and its major river systems.
- Indian Polity
- Economy and major changes in the economy of Bihar in the post independence period.
- Indian National Movement and the part played by Bihar in it.
- Questions on General Mental Ability.
Syllabus for Mains
- Paper 1 – General Hindi
- निबंध
- व्याकरण
- वाक्य विन्यास
- संक्षेपण
- Paper 2 – General Studies 1
- Modern History of India and Indian culture.
- Current events of national and international importance.
- Statistical analysis, graphs and diagrams.
- Paper 3 – General Studies 2
- Indian Polity .
- Indian economy and Geography of India .
- The role and impact of science and technology in the development of India.
- Paper 4 – Optional Paper
This is an optional paper. Candidates have the option to choose from a list of 34 subjects for this paper. The list is as below .
Candidates can download the complete pdf of syllabusf from BPSC website. To download now Click Here.
Books for BPSC CCE
There are specific books for every subject to prepare for the exam. These books are recommended by toppers & experts of the CCE. Below table contains the list of important books for every subject.
| Subject | Book name | Check Price |
| History | India’s Ancient Past by R.S Sharma | Check Price |
| A History of Mediaeval India by Satish Chandra | Check Price | |
| Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra | Check Price | |
| Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania | Check Price | |
| Geography | Historical Geography & Topography of Bihar by M.S Pandey | Check Price |
| India & World Geography by Majid Hussain | Check Price | |
| Oxford Student Atlas | Check Price | |
| Polity | Indian Polity by M. Laxmikant | Check Price |
| Economy | Class 11 & 12 NCERT | Check Price |
| Indian Economy by Shankar Ganesh | Check Price | |
| Science | Encyclopaedia for General Science by Arihant Express | Check Price |
| Aptitude | Quantitative Aptitude by RS Agarwal | Check Price |
| Bihar related books | Know Your State Bihar by Arihant Experts | Check Price |
| 7000+ Objective BIHAR Paperback – August 2021by Dr. Manish Rannjan (IAS) | Check Price | |
| Previous year paper | BPSC Solved Paper by Arihant Experts | Check Price |
About BPSC
Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) conducts Combined Competitive Exam (CCE) to fill various vacancies in different departments of the state government. It is also known as Bihar Civil Service Exam. It is a state level exam conducted every year. The minimum academic eligibility to sit in the exam is graduation. Recruitment to Bihar Administrative Service and BIhar Police Service is also done through this exam.
BPSC 67th Exam Pattern 2022 FAQs
Ans : No, CCE will be conducted in offline pen & paper mode.
Ans: Yes, you can choose Sociology or any other subjects mentioned in the list of optional papers in the notification as your optional paper.
Ans: No, General Hindi is only a qualifying paper and its marks will not be included for preparation of merit list.
Ans: All the questions asked in prelims will be of matriculate level.
