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BPSC 68th Notification 2023 Out, Check BPSC New Exam Pattern and Syllabus

BPSC 68th Notification 2023: On June 13th, the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) made an important announcement regarding the 69th BPSC Exam Date. As per the official notice released on their website, the BPSC Prelims Exam is now scheduled to take place on September 30th. This BPSC Exam Date announcement brings clarity and sets a definite date for aspiring candidates to prepare and plan their exam strategy accordingly.

69th BPSC Exam Date Notice

The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) released the exam date for the 69th BPSC Exam Date on June 13th. According to the official notice, the BPSC Prelims Exam will take place on September 30th (Saturday). To ensure the smooth conduct of the examination, district-level officer exam coordinators have been appointed.

BPSC Exam Date

68th BPSC 2023 Notification PDF

The official notification for the 68th BPSC 2023 was released by BPSC on the official website. The BPSC examination is conducted to fill various administrative posts in the state of Bihar. Candidates can check the official notification published on the website@bpsc.bih.nic.in for 68th BPSC 2023 from the link given below.

68th BPSC Notification PDF Download

Candidates can check Adda247 mahapack for BPSC for comprehensive coverage of syllabus for 68th BPSC Exam 2023.

BPSC 68th CCE 2023 Details

Bihar Public Service Commission conducts the BPSC CCE every year to recruit officers in the bureaucratic structure of Bihar. BPSC is looking to recruit a total of 324 officers in Bureaucracy of Bihar through BPSC Recruitment Drive 2023. Candidates can check the details regarding 68th BPSC CCE 2023 from the table given below.

68th BPSC 2023 Details
Notification Released
Online Application Form Availability 25th November 2022 till 20th December 2022
Online Application Form Availability Extended on 05-01-2023 Extended Till 10-01-2023
BPSC 68th CCE  2023 Stages Prelims, Mains and Interview
BPSC 68TH CCE 2023 Vacancy 281 Posts
BPSC 68TH CCE 2023 Additional Vacancy Added on 05-01-2023 43 Posts i.e. Total 281+43 =324 Posts

68th BPSC 2023 New Added Vacancy

Bihar Public Service Commission(BPSC) released a notification regarding addition of 43 vacancies to the 68th BPSC 2023 Exam. Candidates can check and read the notification on the official website – bpsc.bih.nic.in or click on the direct link given below to get the details about further process. As per the official notification, a few posts have been added in the Disaster Management department which increases the total number of vacancies to 324 which will be filled through BPSC 68th CCE.

Check the Official Notification regarding addition of 43 vacancies to the 68th BPSC 2023 Exam:

BPSC 68th New Vacancies

Last Date To Apply For 68th BPSC Extended To 10th January 2023

The BPSC extended the deadline to apply for the competitive examination. Earlier, the last date for application submission was December 30, 2022 which was extended till January 10, 2023 with an additional fees.

 

68th BPSC Mains Exam Date 2023

68th BPSC Prelims 2023 was held on 12th February, 2023. Candidates should start focusing on 68th BPSC Mains exam from now on and should focus on practicing more and more questions. BPSC released the official calendar earlier and announced the 68TH BPSC Mains exam 2023 Exam date in the same as well.

BPSC 68th CCE 2023 Schedule
BPSC 68th CCE 2023 Notification Released on 18th November 2022
BPSC 68th CCE  2023 Form Date 2023 25th November 2022
BPSC 68th CCE 2023 Application Last Date 20th December 2022
BPSC 68th CCE Prelims Date 12th February, 2023
BPSC 68th CCE 2023 Mains Exam Date 12th May, 2023

Check: BPSC 68th Exam Date 2023

68th BPSC 2023 Eligibility Criteria

The candidates must fulfil the criteria of being a graduate from any government-recognized university or UGC-approved university. Candidates in their final year of graduation are also eligible to apply for BPSC though their graduation result should be declared before the final exam of BPSC.

The BPSC Age Limit for General Category male aspirants is:

  • Minimum Age – 20, 21 and 22 years
  • Maximum Age – 37

The upper age limit for 68th BPSC is given in the table:

Category BPSC Upper Age Limit
General Category – Male 37 years
General Category – Female 40 years
BC/OBC (Male, Female) 40 years
SC/ST (Male, Female) 42 years

The age limit and other eligibility criteria vary for different services and categories as per the official notification:

Post/Service Name Minimum Age
Deputy Superintendent of Police 20 years
District Commander 20 years
Prison & Correctional Services Inspector 22 years
State Tax Assistant Commissioner, Commerce (Tax Department Under Election Officer) 22 years
Department Under Election Officer (Election Department Planning Officer) 22 years
Planning Officer/District Planning Officer (Gazetted), Labor Resources Department 22 years
Officer, Sugarcane Industries Department 22 years
Probation Officer 21 years
Rural Development Officer 21 years
Labor Enforcement Officer 21 years
Block SC/ST Welfare Officer 21 years
Supply Inspector 21 years
State Transport Officer 21 years
Officer, Urban Development & Housing Department 21 years
  • There is no restriction on the number of attempts as long as candidates full the age criteria.
  • For government employees who have been in continuous service for at least three years:
    1. Number of Attempts: 3
    2. Relaxation in Upper Age Limit: 5 years
  • For Persons with Disability (PwD), the upper age limit is relaxed by 10 years.
  • Ex-servicemen who are not above 53 years of age, can avail BPSC age relaxation of three years plus the number of years in service.

The 68th BPSC Exam 2023 Educational Qualification:

  • A Graduate Degree from a recognized University or
  • An equivalent qualification

The Physical Eligibility Criteria is:

Bihar Police Service Minimum Height
  • General Category (Male) – 5 feet 5 inches
  • Women candidates – 5 feet 2 inches
  • SC/ST – 5 feet 3 inches

Chest

  • General category (Male) – 32 inches
  • SC/ST (Male) – 31 inches

For claiming benefits under reservation, candidates need to:

  1. Have a Bihar Domicile
  2. Mention the reservation category in the BPSC online application

The SC/ST category aspirants seeking reservation need to present the following documents:

  1. Caste Certificate
  2. Domicile

The BC/OBC aspirants seeking reservation need to present the following documents:

  1. Caste Certificate
  2. Domicile
  3. Non-Creamy Layer Certificate

68th BPSC 2023 Exam Pattern

BPSC has released the updated 68th BPSC exam pattern 2023 on its official website. The BPSC Syllabus is set by the Bihar Public Service Commission. Candidates can check the official notification from the link given below.

68th BPSC Exam pattern 2023 Official notification

The 68th BPSC Exam (Combined Competitive Exam) 2023 will be held in three stages:

  1. Prelims – 1 objective type paper for 150 marks. As per the latest 68th BPSC Exam pattern, Prelims will now have negative marking as well. For every correct answer 1 mark will be given while 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
  2. Mains – 5 descriptive papers (1 qualifying + 4 merit ranking) for 1000 marks. Optional in  68th BPSC Mains exam  will be objective and will be of 100 marks.
  3. Interview – 120 marks

Candidates can also check the 68th BPSC Exam registration date here.

68th BPSC Prelims Syllabus

The Prelims is the screening stage before the BPSC Mains. The marks in Prelims will not be taken into consideration for the final merit list.

The BPSC Prelims Exam Syllabus and Pattern is:

Name of Exam 68th BPSC Prelims Exam 2023
Conducting Body Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)
No of Papers 1 – General Studies (150 marks)
Duration 2 hours
BPSC Syllabus
  1. General Science
  2. Events of national and international importance
  3. History of Bihar and Indian History
  4. Geography
  5. Geography of Bihar
  6. Indian Polity and Economy
  7. Changes in the economy of Bihar post-independence
  8. Indian National Movement and the Role of Bihar
  9. General Mental Ability

Check: BPSC Syllabus 2023

BPSC Mains New Syllabus 2023

BPSC has released a new syllabus and question pattern for BPSC 68th Mains Exam 2023. Candidates are advised to go through the latest BPSC Syllabus in order to cope up with the new exam pattern and must prepare their strategy accordingly. We are providing the new BPSC 68th Mains Syllabus and exam pattern in this section.

BPSC Mains New Syllabus and Exam Pattern

Check: New BPSC Mains Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2023

68th BPSC Mains 2023 Syllabus

Candidates who clear the Prelims stage will be eligible for BPSC Mains. Approximately, the number of candidates selected for Mains will be equal to 10 times the total number of vacancies. The 68th BPSC Mains Exam 2023 Syllabus and Pattern is

Name of Exam 68th BPSC Mains Exam 2023
Conducting Body Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)
No of Papers 4;
  • General Hindi – Qualifying Paper
  • General Studies 1 (300 marks)
  • General Studies 2 (300 marks)
  • Optional Subject (300 marks)
Duration 3 hours each
BPSC Syllabus General Hindi (Secondary Level)
  • Essay – 30 marks
  • Grammar – 30 marks
  • Syntax – 25 marks
  • Precis/Summary – 15 marks

The GS 1 and GS 2 BPSC syllabus are given below

The Hindi paper is only a qualifying paper with minimum passing criteria of 30 marks (out of 100). The marks in Hindi will not be counted for the overall merit.

General Studies 1 General Studies 2
  • Indian Culture
  • Modern History of India
  • Contemporary events of national and international importance
  • Statistical Analysis, diagrams and graphs
  • Indian (and Bihar) Polity
  • Indian (and Bihar) Economy
  • Indian (and Bihar) Geography
  • Role and impact of Science and Technology in the development of India (and Bihar)

The 68th BPSC Mains 2023 syllabus for GS 1 will include:

  1. Modern Indian History (and Bihar) – mid 19th century onwards
  2. Important personalities – Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Rabindranath Tagore
  3. Western Education and Technical Education in Bihar
  4. Role of Bihar in the Indian National Movement
  5. Mauryan and Pal Art
  6. Patna Kalam Paintings
  7. Analysis of graphical/diagrammatical/statistical data

68th BPSC 2023 Optional Subjects

In BPSC Mains, candidates have to select one optional subject out of 34 choices. There will be only one optional subject exam for 300 marks, and the questions will be of honours Level (3-year course in Patna University) The choices are given below.

Optional Subjects in BPSC Syllabus are:

  1. English Language and Literature
  2. Urdu Language and Literature
  3. Hindi Language and Literature
  4. Persian Language and Literature
  5. Arabic Language and Literature
  6. Pali Language and Literature
  7. Maithili Language and Literature
  8. Bengali Language and Literature
  9. Sanskrit Language and Literature
  10. Chemistry
  11. Sociology
  12. Physics
  13. Agriculture
  14. Statistics
  15. Botany
  16. Zoology
  17. Philosophy
  18. Political Science and International Relations
  19. Psychology
  20. Public Administration
  21. Labour and Social Welfare
  22. Management
  23. Mathematics
  24. Mechanical Engineering
  25. Geography
  26. Geology
  27. History
  28. Law
  29. Civil Engineering
  30. Economics
  31. Commerce and Accountancy
  32. Electrical Engineering
  33. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
  34. Anthropology

BPSC 68th Prelims Result 2023

68th BPSC Prelims Result has been released by the commission on 27 March 2023. Candidates can check the BPSC Prelims Result from the official website. Additionally, we have provided a direct link to check BPSC 68th Prelims Result in this section for student’s convenience. Check BPSC 68th Prelims result from the link given below.

Check BPSC Prelims Result 2023

FAQs

What Is The Extended Last Date To Apply For 68th BPSC CCE?

Earlier, the last date for application submission was December 30, 2022 which has now been extended to January 10, 2023 with an additional fees.

What is the exam date for 68th BPSC Prelims Exam 2023?

68th BPSC Prelims Exam 2023 is scheduled to be held on 12th February.

How Many More Vacancies Are Added To 68th BPSC CCE 2023?

Bihar Public Service Commission(BPSC) has released a notification regarding addition of 43 vacancies to the 68th BPSC 2023 Exam.

What is the starting and ending date to apply for BPSC 68th Notification 2023?

The starting date to apply for BPSC 68th Notification 2023 is 25th November 2022 and the ending date is 10th January 2023(extended).

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