Bihar Police Driver Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility

Stage one: written exam

The category minimums:

Below the minimum, you're out. From those who clear it, five times the vacancies, category-wise, go to the physical test. The Board can reduce that ratio, and everyone on the category cut-off mark is called. If the paper runs in more than one shift, marks are normalised by the Equi-Percentile Method.

Stage two: Physical Efficiency Test

Compulsory, qualifying, no marks and no relaxation. Women must declare they're not pregnant; pregnant women can't take part.

Three attempts at each jump and throw. Miss any one minimum and you're out, with no chance at the remaining events. Transgender candidates follow the women's norms.

Stage three: Motor Vehicle Driving Efficiency Test

Out of 100, and it makes the merit list. The jeep and car are reversed into a rectangular track through the AH and BG lanes, turned about inside, and reversed out through BG and AH. If any part of the vehicle touches a pole or the boundary, you're disqualified.

Over 3 minutes or more than 5 gear changes: no marks, and you can't take the other events.

The bus or truck test has no minimum, nobody is disqualified for failing or skipping it, and its marks go straight into the merit total. So an HMV holder competes for 100 driving marks and an LMV holder for 80.

The advertisement gives the syllabus as shares of the written paper, and points to csbc.bihar.gov.in for the detail.

The paper is only a gate, so what you need from it is the category minimum and a place inside five times the vacancies. The test that ranks you is the driving test, which you practise rather than read for.

• Indian citizens only.
• Licence: an LMV or HMV driving licence issued by the competent authority at least one year before the advertisement was published. A newer licence doesn't qualify. An HMV licence also opens the 20-mark bus and truck test.
• Education: a pass in Intermediate (10+2) or equivalent, which is mandatory.

Physical standards

Men need at least 5 cm chest expansion. Women need a minimum weight of 48 kg. Transgender candidates follow the women's standards.

Age

From the date of birth on the matriculation certificate. The minimum is 20, not 18.

Anyone who has worked on contract as a Bihar Police Driver Constable gets upper age relaxation up to the period of that contract.

Reservation

• Only on a certificate from the competent State Government authority, and only if you claim it in the application.
• Caste reservation is for original residents of Bihar. The permanent address on your form counts as your residence, and a permanent residence certificate is compulsory.
• A reserved-category candidate from outside Bihar is Unreserved, and must declare that in the form, or the application is rejected automatically.
• Women, 35 per cent: under General Administration Department resolution 12575 of 9 July 2025, allowed in full only to women who are original residents of Bihar. Unfilled seats carry forward to the next recruitment year, then go to women higher in the merit list. Women can also be appointed on merit above the 35 per cent.
• Freedom fighters' dependants, 2 per cent: for grandsons, granddaughters and daughters' children of freedom fighters with a Centre-sanctioned pension (GAD letter 2526 of 18 February 2016). You need the certificate signed by the District Officer of your home district, in the form set by letter 11687 of 30 August 2016. A successor's identity certificate won't do.

A married woman's caste and Non-Creamy Layer certificates must be in her father's name and address, not her husband's. Every certificate must be held by the last date for applying (or the extended date); one issued later isn't accepted, and missing originals at verification can cancel your candidature.

1. Written exam, 100 marks, qualifying only.
2. Physical Efficiency Test, four events, qualifying only.
3. Driving Efficiency Test, 100 marks. This makes the merit list.
4. Document verification.

Details of each test are under exam pattern.

The merit formula

The advertisement's example: 95 in the driving test × 0.75 = 71.25, plus 25 for contract service = 96.25. Without the weightage, the same 95 gives 71.25.

A full year is 365 or 366 days actually completed (Bihar Police Headquarters letter P-04/04-01-58-2024/69 of 13 May 2025); part years don't count. Prove it with a Contract Employment Period Certificate from the Senior Superintendent of Police, Superintendent of Police, Commandant or equivalent of your district, battalion or unit.

Ties go to the older candidate, then the higher qualification, then English alphabetical order of the name on the tenth board certificate.

PET objections

You can object to a PET result within three days of the test. The Board decides it the day it's received.

Document verification

Educational qualification, age, driving licence and reservation claims are checked, usually on the day of the driving test. Attend in person with every original and a self-attested photocopy. There's no second chance and no extension.

After the merit list

Service is allotted on the preference you gave in the application, in merit order. If selected candidates don't join, the Director General of Police can ask for supplementary recommendation lists, which run for six months from the final result. In past cycles CSBC has also called below-the-line candidates for a waiting list.

The appointing authority is the District Senior Superintendent of Police, Superintendent of Police, Battalion Commandant, or an SP-rank officer nominated by the Director General of Police.

The advertisement gives only the level and band. Allowances follow Bihar Government rules for the post and place of posting.

Medical and character checks

Before appointment, under the Bihar Police Manual, 1978: a medical under Form 103 and character and antecedent verification under Form 101, arranged by the appointing authority. An adverse report or concealed facts make you ineligible.

The medical standard is Rule 658(iv): free from any disease, deformity or weakness that makes you unfit for duty. It checks vision, colour blindness, hearing, stammering, flat foot and knock knee. Stammering or lisping makes you ineligible.

Think hardest about your preference between District Police and Bihar Special Armed Police. It's fixed in the form and decides your posting.

Have these ready

• Photo ID: Aadhaar, driving licence, voter ID or similar.
• Matriculation certificate and mark sheet (date of birth proof).
• Intermediate pass certificate and mark sheet.
• The driving licence, issued at least a year before the advertisement.
• Your category certificates (see eligibility).
• Transgender candidates: the District Officer's certificate in Form 3 or Form 4 under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020.
• Past contract drivers: the Contract Employment Period Certificate.

After applications close the Board publishes a list of invalid applications with reasons, and correction windows for photo, signature or gender errors. It also warns about phone calls demanding money for fraudulent assurances.

CSBC sits at 05 Harding Road, Patna 800001. It recruits constables for Bihar Police, Bihar Fire Services, the Home (Prisons) Department, Bihar Home Guards, the Prohibition Department, the Forest Department and the Transport Department. Its site is csbc.bihar.gov.in; on 12 May 2026 it announced a newly developed official website, linked from the original.

The written exam is held at centres across Bihar, listed by roll number on csbc.bihar.gov.in. The PET and driving test are at grounds and tracks notified separately, each with its own admit card. The Board often corrects centre names, changes centres and reschedules physical and driving tests by notice, so check before you travel.

For the driving test and document verification, bring every original certificate, your licence and a self-attested photocopy of each.

Only the application window is in the advertisement. Every test date comes, and changes, by separate notice.

There are three e-admit cards, one each for the written exam, the PET and the driving test, all downloaded from csbc.bihar.gov.in. Nothing is posted. The Board has published a specimen OMR sheet with the written admit card in past cycles.

If your admit card doesn't appear, check the list of invalid applications first; it gives the reason.

CSBC publishes, on csbc.bihar.gov.in: the written result shortlisting for the PET, the PET result naming those qualified for the driving test (28 April 2026 for this cycle), the final selection list, and any supplementary lists. Alongside come notices on document submission, cancellations for impersonation or unfair means, confirmation of provisional selections, joining dates and allotment of districts and units.

CSBC publishes no category-wise closing marks for this exam in advance. The written exam minimums are fixed (40, 36.5, 34 and 32 per cent by category; see exam pattern), but the five-times shortlist line and the final merit line appear only in the results.

Past written, PET and final lists are on csbc.bihar.gov.in, going back to 2018. Note that the final scale isn't the same for everyone: without HMV, the driving test is out of 80 (60 after the 0.75 multiplier), and without contract service the merit maximum is 75.

Practise on the track

The driving test is the merit list, and the advertisement publishes the track's dimensions, so mark one out and practise. Aim for under a minute with three gear changes: that's 40, against 32 with five. Across the jeep and car that's 16 marks, or 12 after the multiplier. Never touch a pole.

Get an HMV licence if you can

It's a free 20 marks on the driving scale (15 after the multiplier) that nobody else can attempt. The licence has to be a year old when the advertisement comes out, so decide early.

Treat the written paper as a gate

Clear your category minimum and get inside five times the vacancies. General knowledge and current affairs are 60 per cent of it. There's no negative marking, so answer everything.

Train for all four PET events

Miss one and you're out. Long jump catches people who've only trained the usual three.

Sort your paperwork early

Past contract drivers: get the certificate, since it's worth up to 25 marks. Married women: certificates in your father's name. Candidates from outside Bihar: tick Unreserved.

No sample papers or previous year question papers are available for this exam as of now. CSBC hasn't published any.

It does publish a specimen OMR sheet with the written exam admit card, and results from earlier driver cycles going back to 2018, on csbc.bihar.gov.in. The Advertisement No. 02/2025 itself carries the track diagram and the driving test mark tables.

• Central Selection Board of Constable (CSBC), Bihar: advertisements, application links, admit cards, results and notices
• Advertisement No. 02/2025, Driver Constables in Bihar Police and Bihar Special Armed Police
• General Administration Department resolution 12575 of 9 July 2025, on the 35 per cent reservation for women
• Other GAD instruments cited: letter 2526 of 18 February 2016 and letter 11687 of 30 August 2016 (freedom fighters' dependants), and circular 15440 of 5 December 2017 (the Form xviiiB declaration)
• The Board's other current advertisements: 01/2026 Special Branch Constable, 02/2026 Constable (Operator), 01/2025 Constables, and 03/2025 Prohibition Constable, Jail Warder and Mobile Squad Constable

Who conducts this recruitment?

The Central Selection Board of Constable (CSBC), Bihar.

How many vacancies?

4,361 under Advertisement 02/2025, at Level 3.

Does the written exam decide my rank?

No. It only gets you to the PET. Rank comes from the driving test plus any contract service weightage.

Is there negative marking?

None is prescribed.

What licence do I need?

LMV or HMV, issued at least a year before the advertisement.

Is an HMV licence worth having?

Yes. It's the only way into the 20-mark bus and truck test.

What is the minimum age?

20. The maximum runs from 25 to 30 by category.

Does the PET carry marks?

No. It's pass or fail, with no relaxation.

Can I object to the PET result?

Yes, within three days of the test.

Can I choose between district police and armed police?

You state a preference in the application, and it's honoured in merit order.

What is the fee?

₹100 for everyone, plus bank charges.

I'm a reserved-category candidate from another state. What do I do?

Declare yourself Unreserved in the form, or your application is rejected.