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BSSC Exam Pattern, Eligibility, Important Dates, Cut Off

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The Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC), based at the Veterinary College campus in Patna, recruits for non-gazetted Bihar government posts. Departments send their vacancies through the General Administration Department, and the commission bundles them into combined exams by qualification: Matric, Intermediate and graduate. It also runs smaller exams for single posts such as stenographer, field assistant or statistical officer.

2025 was a heavy year. Eight advertisements came out, and three of the combined exams together cover more than 33,000 posts. Most of those exams had not been held by mid-October 2026. In 2026 the commission invited tenders for an agency to run end-to-end computer-based tests.

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BSSC Details

Exam Pattern

If an exam draws more than 40,000 applications, BSSC holds a prelim and calls five candidates per vacancy, category by category, to the mains. Most papers are 150 objective questions with 4 marks for a right answer and 1 deducted for a wrong one. The graduate and inter level prelims allow candidates to carry one school textbook per section.

Minimum marks to qualify, under the state resolution of 2007:

CategoryMinimum
Unreserved40 per cent
BC36.5 per cent
EBC34 per cent
SC, ST, women, candidates with disability32 per cent
Eligibility Criteria

Rules shared by almost every BSSC advertisement:

  • Indian citizens can apply. Caste reservation and the 35 per cent quota for women apply only to permanent residents of Bihar.
  • Upper age is counted on 1 August of the advertisement year. The base limits are below; the minimum is 18, or 21 for graduate posts.
CategoryUpper age limit
Unreserved men37
BC and EBC (men and women)40
Unreserved women40
SC and ST (men and women)42
Candidates with disability10 years over their category limit
How to Apply

All applications are online, through links on the commission's notice board. From August 2025 the exam fee is ₹100 for every candidate. Advertisements before that charged ₹540, or ₹135 for Bihar SC and ST candidates, candidates with disability and Bihar women.

Participating Institutes

Recent advertisements, with their state in October 2026:

AdvtExamPostsStatus
01/25Sub Statistical Officer682Exam pending
02/25Welfare Organiser and LDC (ex-servicemen)56Final result 2 Apr 2026
03/25Field Assistant201Prelim result Jan 2026; mains pending
04/25Laboratory Assistant143Exam pending
05/254th Graduate Level (CGL)1,883Exam pending
06/25Office Attendant5,131Exam pending
07/25Stenographer Grade III531Exam pending
08/25Sports Trainer-Applications closed
02/23(A)Second Inter Level26,426Exam pending
Important Dates

BSSC has no fixed calendar. Advertisements appear when departmental vacancies arrive; in 2025 the first came in March and the big combined exams in August and September. Exam dates, admit cards and results are all posted on the notice board.

Cut Off

BSSC usually publishes cut-offs as the rank of the last selected candidate in each category, post by post. Some prelim results also print the cut-off marks. The 3rd CGL cut-off ranks are a good example.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the BSSC website?

bssc.bihar.gov.in. Everything is posted on its notice board.

What is the BSSC exam fee now?

₹100 for every candidate, for advertisements from August 2025.

Can candidates from other states apply?

Yes, but only as unreserved candidates.

Is there negative marking?

Yes in the usual 150-question papers: 1 mark off per wrong answer.

Does BSSC publish answer keys?

Yes. Question papers and model answers go up on the notice board after each exam, with a window for objections.

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