BSSC Office Attendant Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility
181 topics across 6 subjects. Every question carries a written explanation.
Office Attendant (Karyalaya Parichari) and Attendant (Special) are Level 1 posts in Bihar government offices, the state's Group D jobs. BSSC recruits them through Advertisement 06/25, the Office Attendant/Attendant (Special) Combined Competitive Exam, published on 4 August 2025.
The advertisement opened with 3,727 posts in 53 departments and collectorates. Two corrigenda raised it to 5,131. The biggest single block is 1,138 posts in the Animal Husbandry Directorate; the Building Construction Department adds 500 gardener (mali) posts and the Sugarcane Industries Department 176 Kamdar posts. Applications closed on 24 November 2025 and no exam date was out by mid-October 2026.
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BSSC Office Attendant Details
Exam Pattern
A written test is held if more than 40,000 people apply.
| Part | Weight in the advertisement |
|---|---|
| General arithmetic | 30 |
| General knowledge | 40 |
| General Hindi | 30 |
100 objective questions, 2 hours, 4 marks for each right answer and 1 off for each wrong one. Arithmetic and GK are printed in Hindi and English; the Hindi section is in Hindi only. Candidates with a disability get 20 extra minutes an hour.
Qualifying marks:
| Category | Minimum |
|---|---|
| Unreserved | 40 per cent |
| BC | 36.5 per cent |
| EBC | 34 per cent |
| SC, ST, women, candidates with disability | 32 per cent |
Syllabus
Arithmetic: LCM and HCF, real, rational and irrational numbers, square and cube roots, percentage, profit and loss, discount, simple and compound interest, time and distance, ratio and proportion.
General knowledge: resources (forests, water, agriculture, minerals, energy), industry, the national economy, map reading; federalism, democracy and diversity, political parties; money and credit, globalisation; Indian history, freedom movement, panchayati raj, Bihar in the national movement; Class 10 science (light, electricity, magnetism, acids and bases, metals, carbon compounds, life processes, heredity, environment); current events.
Hindi: grammar from noun and pronoun to sandhi, samas, idioms, synonyms and antonyms, sentence correction, tatsam and tadbhav, prefixes and suffixes, plus questions on the prose and poetry in the Class 10 textbook.
Eligibility Criteria
Matric (Class 10) or equivalent, passed by the last date of application. Age on 1 August 2025: minimum 18.
| Category | Upper age limit |
|---|---|
| Unreserved men | 37 |
| BC and EBC (men and women) | 40 |
| Unreserved women | 40 |
| SC and ST (men and women) | 42 |
| Candidates with disability | 10 years over their category limit |
The 35 per cent seats for women, and caste reservation, go only to Bihar domicile holders.
Selection Process
The written test shortlists five times the vacancies in each category for the main exam, which has its own advertisement. Merit ties are broken by age, older first.
Salary
Pay Level 1 of the state pay matrix, with allowances as per Bihar government rules.
How to Apply
Online only. The advertisement printed fees of ₹540 and ₹135, but the state cut the exam fee to ₹100 for every candidate. BSSC confirmed this for 06/25 in a corrigendum dated 25 August 2025.
Important Dates
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Advertisement 06/25 | 4 Aug 2025 |
| Online form opens | 25 Aug 2025 |
| Original last date | 26 Sep 2025 |
| Fee last date (final) | 21 Nov 2025 |
| Form last date (final) | 24 Nov 2025 |
| Written exam | Not announced as of Oct 2026 |
Result
A separate, older recruitment is finished: Advertisement 02/2022 of the Science, Technology and Technical Education Department, run by BSSC, held its main exam on 26 May 2026 and published the final result on 1 August 2026, filling all 238 Office Attendant posts.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Office Attendant posts are there?
5,131 in Advertisement 06/25 after the November 2025 corrigendum.
What qualification do I need?
Matric pass.
Is there negative marking?
Yes, one mark per wrong answer.
Is this the same as BSSC Group D?
Yes. Office Attendant and Attendant (Special) are the Level 1, Group D posts.
When is the exam?
Not announced by October 2026.
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