BPSC 72nd CCE Answer Key 2026: Option E, ₹250 Objection Rule

There is no 72nd CCE answer key yet because the Prelims has not been held: on 12 October 2026 BPSC postponed the paper fixed for 25 October 2026 and has not announced a new date. When the exam happens, expect the 71st-cycle pattern: provisional answers on bpsc.bihar.gov.in, objections only through your online dashboard at ₹250 per question, then final answers and your own OMR sheet.

How is the 72nd CCE Prelims marked?

The 72nd CCE advertisement changes how you score yourself against the key:

• One objective General Studies paper of 150 marks and two hours.
• Every question has five options, A to E. Option E means "Not Attempted", and you must mark it if you skip a question.
• A wrong answer costs one third (1/3) of a mark. A question with none of the five options marked also costs 1/3, under the option-E notice BPSC issued for its MCQ exams.
• The Prelims is only a screening test. Ten times the total vacancies go to the Mains, and everyone on the cut-off mark is included.
• Minimum qualifying marks: 40% for general, 36.5% for BC, 34% for EBC, and 32% for SC/ST, women and disabled candidates.

To estimate your score, count your correct answers, then subtract 1/3 for each wrong answer and 1/3 for each question left fully blank. Questions marked E cost nothing.

How do objections work for the BPSC CCE?

From the 71st CCE objection notice:

• Provisional answers to the General Studies questions went up on 19 September 2025, for the exam held on 13 September 2025.
• Objections were uploaded on the dashboard after logging in with Username and Password, from 21 to 27 September 2025, with authentic evidence or source.
• The fee was ₹250 per question objected to.
• Objections sent late or by any other route were not considered.

What happens after the provisional key?

In the 71st cycle, final model answers were posted on bpsc.bihar.gov.in from 31 October 2025 (notice). The same day, candidates could download their own OMR sheet from the dashboard until 8 November 2025 and report errors to [email protected] by that date. BPSC said it would not supply a copy to anyone who missed the window. The Prelims result followed on 18 November 2025 with category-wise cut-offs printed on it, and marksheets were promised under "View Marksheet" on the website.

The Mains is descriptive, so it has no answer key. Instead, BPSC lets candidates view their unevaluated answer booklets. For the 71st Mains this ran from 24 to 29 August 2026 using Roll No, Application No and an OTP, with errors reported by email by 29 August 2026.

BPSC CCE answer key in past cycles