BTSC Pharmacist Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility

Scores are normalised across shifts, then multiplied by 0.75. That's why the 30.5625 cut-off isn't 30.5% in the paper: it's a little over 40% plus a sliver of experience.

BTSC didn't write its own syllabus for this post. Its Pharmacist syllabus is the Pharmacy Council of India's Diploma in Pharmacy syllabus under the Education Regulations, 2020 (ER-2020), all 78 pages. So the paper is set at the national D.Pharm standard, from the same document you studied.

Eleven theory courses, 825 teaching hours, 600 practical hours and 500 hours of practical training. ER-2020 cut theory courses from twelve to eleven, raised practicals from nine to ten compared with the 1991 regulations, and added Pharmacotherapeutics and Social Pharmacy.

B.Pharm and M.Pharm holders sit the same diploma-level paper.

Any Indian citizen may apply. Only permanent residents of Bihar, going by the address in the form, get reservation.

Qualification

1. 10+2 in science.
2. A Diploma in Pharmacy from a government-recognised institution, all three parts passed, with the certificate. A B.Pharm or M.Pharm doesn't replace it.
3. Bihar Pharmacy Council registration, but see below.

Clause 6(iv) originally demanded the registration certificate. On the Health Department's advice, Notice No. 1189 of 13 April 2025 deleted it, accepted a pending application to the Council as proof instead, and reopened the window for three days. Older copies of the advertisement still show the old condition.

Age on 1 August 2024

Minimum 18, date of birth as on the matriculation certificate. One relaxation only: 10 years for disability, 5 for Bihar government staff with three years' regular service, or the length of your contract service as a Pharmacist.

Reservation

SC, ST, EBC, BC, EWS and Women of Backward Classes, with 35% of each for women (where vacancies allow) and 2% for freedom fighters' grandchildren on a central pension, certified by the District Magistrate. Transgender candidates are treated as Backward Class.

BC and EBC claims need a Bihar non-creamy-layer certificate, in the father's name for women. Your category is locked once you register, and anything not claimed in the form is lost.

1. Computer based test; percentage × 0.75.
2. Category minimum (below). Miss it and nothing else counts.
3. Experience marks for those who qualify.
4. Merit list by category out of 100. Ties go to the older candidate.
5. Document verification.

These come from the Bihar resolutions of 16 July 2007 and 22 January 2021.

Experience marks

5 a year as a Pharmacist on contract, up to 25, in a Bihar government hospital or institution, or a non-private hospital under the central government, a panchayati raj body or an urban local body. Part-years: working days × 5 ÷ 365. The certificate has to follow the advertisement's Appendix-1 format, signed by the Civil Surgeon or the head of the medical college, hospital or institution. Any other format gets you nothing.

Some candidates are held back at verification. A July 2026 notice recommended more from that group, so missing the first list isn't always final.

Same level as Bihar's other diploma paramedical posts. Tutor (Nursing), by comparison, is Level 8 with grade pay ₹4,800. State allowances for Level 5 apply; the advertisement doesn't list them.

Online only at btsc.bihar.gov.in; fee by card, net banking or UPI, plus bank charges.

Pay the reduced fee without the certificate to back it and your candidature is cancelled.

Upload: matriculation certificate, 10+2 science marksheet and certificate, marksheets for all three D.Pharm parts with the certificate, caste or EWS certificate, permanent residence certificate, and the Appendix-1 experience certificate if you're claiming experience. The Council registration certificate isn't needed under Notice No. 1189, though a future advertisement could bring it back.

Posts are in the Health Department, Government of Bihar: its hospitals, primary health centres and institutions across the state.

91 posts are for persons with disabilities: 22 blindness and low vision, 23 deafness and hard of hearing, 23 locomotor (including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy), 23 autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness or multiple disability. 46 are for freedom fighters' grandchildren.

Centres and shift are on your admit card; nothing is fixed in advance or promised near home. Check btsc.bihar.gov.in for notices. Where you're posted later is up to the Health Department and has nothing to do with your exam city.

BTSC advertises when the Health Department sends a requisition; there's no yearly calendar. The last round:

It took fifteen months from advertisement to result. Dresser opened the same day, 11 March 2025. Look for the next advertisement on the Recruitments page.

Get it from Admit Card / Call Letter on the BTSC site; it shows your shift, which matters for normalisation. Scores later go up on the Score Card page, and key or result challenges go through the Objection Portal for advertisement 22/2025 in the announced window.

The result (Notice No. 1674) came out on 15 June 2026. For each category it lists vacancies, the women's 35% share, women selected, total selected and the cut-off, then what was carried forward.

• Cut-offs are out of the combined 100, not the test.
• Ties went to the older candidate; the result says so, the advertisement doesn't.
• Unfilled EWS seats went to unreserved candidates on merit, shown as EWS-UR.

A further notice in July 2026 recommended candidates who'd been on hold. Later notices appear under Important Notices.

Category minimums are under Selection Process. Closing marks from the 15 June 2026 result, out of 100:

A bare 40% gives 30 merit marks, so the last unreserved selection was 0.5625 above the floor. That's about forty-one days of contract service.

Carried forward: 643 of 767 women's posts (192 of 316 unreserved, and every reserved one: 79 EWS, 127 SC, 8 ST, 142 EBC, 95 BC; all 124 women selected came through the unreserved list); 88 of 91 disability posts (two selected for low vision, one locomotor); all 46 freedom-fighter and all 88 Women of Backward Classes posts. Operation Theatre Assistant (685 of 1,683) and X-Ray Technician (648 of 1,240) ran short the same way.

• Confirm you have a D.Pharm first. Nothing else matters without it.
• Study the ER-2020 syllabus itself. Spend extra time on Pharmacotherapeutics and Social Pharmacy, which older notes miss, and on Pharmacy Law and Ethics, which covers the Pharmacy Act, 1948.
• Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy and Community Pharmacy describe the job these posts are for.
• Get your experience certificate right. Last time six weeks of service decided the final unreserved place.
• Reserved candidates: clear your minimum. Last cycle that was enough. Unreserved candidates needed a little over 40%.
• Attempt every question you can narrow down. A wrong answer costs only a quarter, and there's no sectional clock.
• Keep checking notices. Last time the registration rule was dropped after closing, and held candidates were recommended months after the result.

No previous or model papers are available. BTSC doesn't publish them for this post, so a "BTSC Pharmacist previous paper" on sale elsewhere isn't official.

Work from the 78-page Pharmacist syllabus and Advertisement No. 22/2025 on btsc.bihar.gov.in.

• Bihar Technical Service Commission
• Advertisement No. 22/2025 (PDF, Hindi)
• Notice No. 1189, dropping the registration requirement (PDF)
• Pharmacist syllabus (PDF)
• Pharmacist result (Notice No. 1674) (PDF)
• Recruitments
• Important notices
• Admit card, score card, results, objection portal

I have a B.Pharm. Can I apply?

Only if you also have a D.Pharm.

Do I need Bihar Pharmacy Council registration?

Not under the last advertisement: Notice No. 1189 accepted a pending application instead. A future one might require it again.

Is there an interview?

No. Test (75) plus experience (up to 25).

Why is my merit score lower than my percentage?

It's multiplied by 0.75. 50% becomes 37.5.

What was the cut-off?

30.5625 out of 100 for unreserved. Every other category took everyone who qualified.

Is there negative marking?

Yes, 0.25 per wrong answer.

I'm not on the first result list. Is that final?

Not always. Held candidates were recommended in July 2026, so keep watching the notices.

Can I apply from outside Bihar?

Yes, as unreserved, paying ₹600.