BPSC Mains Exam Process

Mains Exam Process

• For the successful candidates in the preliminary examination, the main examination is organized in Patna at various centers fixed by the commission.
• The main exam is descriptive in nature. In this, the answers to the questions have to be written in the answer-book given by the commission.
• The question paper of the main examination is divided into two parts (compulsory and optional).
• Compulsory Subjects- General Hindi, General Studies First Paper, General Studies Second Paper and Essay Paper are included.
• Optional Subject – During the release by the candidate, one optional subject is selected from the subjects given in it. The standard of optional subjects in the main examination will be almost the same as that of the three year honors examination of Patna University. The optional paper will be MCQ based and of Qualifying nature.
• The choice of optional subjects once made in the Main Examination will be final and will not be changed in any case.

What is the change in the mains exam?

• The main examination will have a total of 900 marks (except the qualifying general Hindi paper and optional paper).

• From the point of view of the main examination, there has been a partial modification in the previous examination structure, which is as follows-

• There will be a question paper of 100 marks in General Hindi. Which will be descriptive in nature. It will be qualifying and mandatory to get 30% marks.
• Candidates who do not obtain at least 30% marks in the written examination of General Hindi subject will not be considered qualified.
• The marks obtained in General Hindi subject are only for qualifying, these marks are not added to the merit list.
• The detailed description of the syllabus of General Hindi subject is given in the course title under the release.

• Earlier, both the papers of General Studies (1st paper and second paper) had a total of 200-200 marks, which was to be completed on the same day on the date fixed by the commission in two shifts in a time duration of three hours each.
• According to the latest release, both the papers of General Studies (1st paper and second paper) will carry 300-300 marks, and will be completed on the same day on the date fixed by the commission in two shifts of three hours duration.
• The marks obtained in these papers will be added to the merit list as before.

• The essay paper will carry 300 marks and the marks obtained in this paper will be added to the merit list .

• The Optional Paper is of 100 marks and is qualifying in nature. The questions will be MCQ based.
• It will be mandatory to obtain minimum qualifying marks of 40% for general candidates, 36.5% for Backward classes, 34% for Extremely Backward classes and 32% for SC/ST, Women and Disabled candidates.
• These marks are not added to the merit list.

• The merit list will be prepared on the basis of the sum of the marks obtained in General Studies and Essay Paper ; the successful candidates will be invited for an interview before the commission.
• All the above subjects can be answered by the candidate in any one language in Hindi (Devanagari), English or Urdu script. Answers in other languages will not be allowed.
• In the order of answering, only technical words, phrases, excerpts can be given English version along with the selected language.
• The candidate will have to write his/her own answer to the question paper in his/her own hand. Under no circumstances, the help of any other person will be allowed for this.
• Credit will be given to the answers that are organized, subtle and with powerful expression in the least number of words in all the subjects of the examination.
• If the candidate wishes, he can use a simple calculator to solve the questions of statistical analysis, drawing and illustration in the first paper of general studies in the main examination (use of calculator is prohibited in the preliminary examination).
• Any candidate can get the correctness of the sum of the scores checked by depositing it in the form of Indian Postal Order (IPO) at the rate of Rs.5 per subject within 60 days from the date of declaration of the final result of the main examination.