BPSC exam pattern
A three-stage exam: a single General Studies objective Prelims (screening only), a descriptive Mains, and a Personality Test (interview). Prelims has 150 questions for 150 marks in 2 hours with one-third negative marking; candidates are shortlisted for Mains at roughly ten times the vacancies.
Stage
Coverage
Qs
Marks
Duration
Neg.
Prelims (General Studies)
Single objective paper (screening; marks not added to merit)
150
150
120 min
1/3
Mains
Qualifying General Hindi + 2 GS papers + Essay + optional (MCQ, not counted)
Descriptive
—
3 hrs/paper
None
Interview
Personality Test
—
120
—
None
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Section weightage and every sub-topic.