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Bihar Public Service Commission · Combined Competitive Examination (Prelims)

BPSC Prelims previous-year questions, year-wise and topic-wise

Every BPSC Prelims paper from 2004–2025 as a timed test with the official marking, plus a topic-wise bank of 2,570 questions that BPSC has asked, sorted into 12 topics and their sub-topics.

16year-wise papers
2,400questions in those papers
2,570topic-wise PYQs
12topics
Year-wise papersTopic-wise testsFree sample tests

Year-wise papers

16 General Studies papers, from the 46th to the 71st CCE. Each paper opens as a full timed test (120 minutes) with that paper’s marking, followed by a question-by-question analysis.

YearPapersAccess
202571st CCE Prelims · 150 Qs
70th CCE Prelims (re-exam) · 150 Qs		Destiny Pass
202470th CCE Prelims · 150 QsDestiny Pass
202369th CCE Prelims · 150 Qs
68th CCE Prelims · 150 Qs		Destiny Pass
202267th CCE Prelims (re-exam) · 150 QsDestiny Pass
202066th CCE Prelims · 150 QsDestiny Pass
201965th CCE Prelims · 150 QsDestiny Pass
201864th CCE Prelims · 150 Qs
63rd CCE Prelims · 150 Qs		Destiny Pass
201760th–62nd CCE Prelims · 150 QsDestiny Pass
201556th–59th CCE Prelims · 150 QsDestiny Pass
201153rd–55th CCE Prelims · 150 QsDestiny Pass
200848th–52nd CCE Prelims · 150 QsDestiny Pass
200547th CCE Prelims · 150 QsDestiny Pass
200446th CCE Prelims · 150 QsDestiny Pass

Topic-wise PYQs

2,570 questions asked in BPSC Prelims, grouped into 12 topics. Inside the app you practise them sub-topic by sub-topic, so a weak area can be revised on its own.

Science & Tech and Basic Science597 PYQs · 8 sub-topicsModern History483 PYQs · 7 sub-topicsIndian Polity & Governance312 PYQs · 9 sub-topicsIndian Economy286 PYQs · 15 sub-topicsIndian Geography245 PYQs · 7 sub-topicsAncient History159 PYQs · 5 sub-topicsWorld Geography157 PYQs · 6 sub-topicsBihar Special137 PYQs · 7 sub-topicsMedieval History93 PYQs · 5 sub-topicsEnvironment, Ecology & Disaster Management57 PYQs · 5 sub-topicsArt & Culture28 PYQs · 4 sub-topicsCurrent Affairs & Miscellaneous16 PYQs · 2 sub-topics

All BPSC topics and sub-topics with question counts

Marking scheme used in the tests

PaperQuestionsMarksTimeCorrectWrong
General Studies150150120 min+1−0.33

Negative marking (one third of a mark) applies from the 70th CCE (2024). Papers before the 70th are marked as they were held, with no negative marking. Topic-wise tests use the same marking, and their time is set in proportion to the number of questions.

Free sample tests

These tests are free with a free sign-in (mobile number and one-time password). Every other BPSC test is part of the Destiny Pass.

Sample question from the free 71st CCE Prelims (2025)

In the following question, out of four words given below, three are alike in some manner and fourth word is different. Find the different one.

  1. (a) MICROSCOPE
  2. (b) TELESCOPE
  3. (c) STETHOSCOPE
  4. (d) PERISCOPE

Attempt the free paper to see the answer and the explanation.

Also on Sovereign IAS: UPSC Prelims PYQs · UPPSC Prelims PYQs.