Bihar Vidhan Sabha Junior Clerk Syllabus, Exam Pattern

An OMR prelim and then a computer typing test. The prelim has 100 questions for 400 marks in two hours, with 4 marks per right answer and 1 mark off per wrong one.

The typing test is 30 words a minute in both Hindi and English, 10 minutes each, with 1.5 per cent mistakes forgiven. It was taken on a computer. Qualifying prelim marks: 40 per cent unreserved, 36.5 BC, 34 EBC, 32 SC, ST, women and disability.

Matric level. General Studies covers current events, Bihar and India (history, culture, geography, economy, agriculture, Constitution, Panchayati Raj, freedom movement). General Science is physics, chemistry and biology; mathematics is the number system, percentage, ratio, average, interest, profit and loss. Reasoning covers analogy, classification, series, coding-decoding, and visual memory.

• Intermediate or equivalent from a recognised board, any subject.
• Age on 01.08.2023: 18 minimum; 37 maximum for unreserved men, 40 for unreserved women, BC and EBC, 42 for SC and ST. Government servants get 5 years extra, disability 10, and ex-servicemen their service plus 3.
• Indian citizen; reservation only for Bihar domicile holders.

About ten times the vacancies, by category, were called for the typing test on the basis of prelim marks. The merit list comes from the prelim marks of those who pass typing,.

Level 2, Rs 19,900 to 63,200 a month plus allowances.

Applied online on the Secretariat portal. Fee ₹600 for unreserved, BC, EBC and EWS men from Bihar and all outside candidates; ₹150 for Bihar SC, ST, women and 40 per cent disability. Fee deadline was 17 February 2024.

No Junior Clerk cut-off table appears in the 24 October 2025 cut-off notice, although the notice names this advertisement. Result and verification notices are on the Recruitment Notice page.

Typing is the gate here, so reach 30 words a minute in Hindi and English early and learn to type on a computer, not a phone. For the prelim, Class 10 arithmetic and Bihar general knowledge cover nearly all of it.

• Recruitment Advertisement page
• Recruitment Notice page
• Advertisement 02/2024 (PDF)

How many Junior Clerk posts were there?

19 in Advertisement 02/2024, 5 of them for women.

What typing speed is needed?

30 words a minute in Hindi and 30 in English, tested for 10 minutes each on a computer.

What is the qualification?

Intermediate or equivalent.

What is the pay?

Level 2, Rs 19,900 to 63,200.