Bihar Combined Competitive Examination
Registration opens
7 May 2026
Registration closes
31 May 2026
Admit card release
~Nov 2026
Provisional
Estimate. BPSC postponed the 25 Oct 2026 Prelims on 12 Oct 2026 and has not announced a new date. BPSC usually releases the admit card 9-10 days before the exam, so this will move once the new schedule is published.
Exam date
~Nov 2026
Provisional
Not a confirmed date. BPSC's 72nd Combined (Prelims) was due on 25 Oct 2026, after an earlier 26 July date was postponed on 18 July. BPSC postponed the 25 Oct exam on 12 Oct 2026 (unavoidable reasons, new date to be announced later). No revised date had been announced as of 1 Nov 2026.
Application fee
₹100
Official website
https://bpsc.bih.nic.inBPSC (the Bihar Combined Competitive Examination, currently in its 72nd edition) is Bihar's state civil services exam for posts like Deputy Collector, DSP, and other Group A/B state services. Open to any Indian citizen, though reservation-category benefits require Bihar domicile. Three stages: Prelims (screening), Mains (scoring), Interview.
Mode
Prelims/Mains offline pen-and-paper; Interview in-person
Prelims is a qualifying-only screen (roughly 13-15x vacancies shortlisted); final merit combines Mains + Interview marks, ranked against category-wise vacancies across Bihar's state administrative, police, and allied services.
The exam date for BPSC 2026 has not been announced. It is provisionally expected around Nov 2026, based on previous years.
The application fee for BPSC 2026 is ₹100 for General candidates and ₹100 for SC/ST/reserved candidates. Payment charges and some categories can differ, so check the notification on the official website (https://bpsc.bih.nic.in).
Minimum age is 20-22 depending on the specific post; maximum is 37 for General-category males as of 1 Aug 2026 (higher for women and reserved categories). You need a Bachelor's degree (any discipline) from a recognized university - open to any Indian citizen, not just Bihar residents (Bihar domicile is only required to claim Bihar-specific reservation categories). The full rules, including age and category relaxations, are in the Eligibility section above.
BPSC 2026
Exam ~Nov 2026 · Provisional
