BPSC PT Exam on 15th October 2019

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The 65th BPSC Preliminary exam (PT) was on 15th October 2019. 70% of the total applicants attended the exam. The exam seemed to be average for the candidates. The questions were mainly from current affairs from economics, history of Bihar and Bihar from the NCERT texts. Likewise, the cut off expected will be higher than the 64th Bihar PSC PT cut off. The BPSC PT exam is a three-phased recruitment process towards various posts under the state government.

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BPSC PT Notifications

The notifications for the Combined Competitive Exam are released through the Official Website of the Bihar Public Service Commission. The notifications can be found on the home page itself. Also, the admit cards and the exam results can be downloaded from the official site. The latest BPSC PT notification was released on 04th July 2019. The admit cards for the prelims were available to download from 5th October 2019. And the preliminary exam was on 15th October.

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Qualifications

The applicant should be a graduate or have an equivalent degree in any stream from a government recognized university.

The minimum age limit for the applicant is between 21-23 years. Maximum of 37 years for general category male candidates. For general category Females and OBC (Male/Female) – 40 years. And for SC / ST(Male/Female) – 42 years.

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BPSC PT Exam Salary

Rs. 9,300 – 34,800/- + Grade Pay of Rs. 5400/-, 4800/-, 4200/- under Level 7,9 and,11.

BPSC PT Exam 2019 Vacancy

Name of Post	Total Vacancy
Sub Divisional Officer (अनु मंडल पदाधिकारी)	30
Rural Development Officer (ग्रामीण विकास अधिकारी)	110
Deputy Superintendent of Police (पुलिस उपाधीक्षक)	62
Block Panchayat Officer (ब्लॉक पंचायत अधिकारी)	14
Labour Enforcement Officer (श्रम प्रवर्तन अधिकारी)	20
District Sanapark Officer (जिला संपर्क अधिकारी)	11
Food and Consumer Inspector (खाद्य और उपभोक्ता निरीक्षक)	19
Bihar Education Service (बिहार शिक्षा सेवा)	72
SC/ ST Welfare Department (अनुसूचित जाति /अनुसूचित जनजाति कल्याण विभाग)	18
Election Department (निर्वाचन विभाग अधिकारी)	46
Other (अन्य)	32
Total Vacancy	434

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BPSC PT Exam Pattern

The candidate recruitment procedure consists of three phases:

Preliminary Exam
Mains Exam
Personality Test/Personal Interview

Exam	Mode	Marks	Duration	Number of Papers
Prelims	Objective/ Offline	150	2 Hours	One ( General Knowledge, Current Affairs)
Mains	Subjective/ Offline	900	3 Hours (for each paper)	Four
Personality Test	–	120	–	–

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Preliminary examination

It is of objective type with 150 questions and occupies a candidate for two hours. The syllabus consists of:

General Science- General understanding of science, including matters of everyday observation and experience.
Current affairs- Events of national and international importance.
History of Bihar and Indian History
Geography of India- Physical, social and economical geography of the country including the main features of Indian agricultural and natural resources.
Geography of Bihar
Indian Polity and Economy- Indian Political System, Panchayati Raj, Community Development, Planning in India and Bihar.
Changes in the economy of Bihar post-independence
Indian National Movement and the Role of Bihar
General Mental Ability questions.

Mains Examination

It is a written test and consists of

Qualifying General Hindi paper for 100 marks- One-hour.
General Studies Paper I and Paper II- 300 marks each-3 hours each.
Optional subject- 300 marks-3 hours.

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General Hindi

Essay: 30 Marks
Grammar: 30 Marks
Syntax: 25 Marks
Summarisation: 15 Marks

General Studies Paper I and Paper II

Indian Polity, Economy, and Geography
Role and impact of Science and Technology in the development of India
Indian Culture
Modern History of India- History of the country with special reference to Bihar in the middle of nineteenth century,1857 war of independence,the introduction and expansion of western and technical education, Bihar’s role in the Indian freedom struggle, the Santhal Uprising in Bihar, Birsa movement, Champaran Satyagrah, the Quit India Movement, chief features of Mauryan and Pal art, Patna Qulam painting, Roles of Gandhi, Tagore and Nehru.
Contemporary events of national and international importance
Statistical Analysis, diagrams, and graphs
All topics should add the part of Bihar state and its contribution towards the same.

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Optional Paper

Anyone subject can be chosen from the given list. The syllabus of these will be the same as that of the Three-Year Honours Paper of the respective subject under Patna University.