BOOKS FOR BPSC EXAM| BOOK LIST FOR BPSC EXAM

BOOK LIST FOR BPSC EXAM

1. INTRODUCTION

In this article i am going to briefly guide u all about BPSC Exam and preparation strategy. BPSC Exam is conducted almost every year in the state of Bihar for selection to the post of Bihar Administrative Service (BAS), Bihar Police Service (BPS), Bihar Finance Service (BFS) and several other allied services. You can visit BPSC website also for checking notification of vacancy. BPSC also publish annual calendar of exam program.

Book list for bpsc

2. SCHEME OF EXAM

BPSC exam is conducted in three phase viz, pre mains and personality test. Preliminary test is conducted to screen the candidates for mains exam. Pre exam consist one question paper for 2 hours duration and contains 150 multiple choice questions. Earlier there was no provision of negative marking in BPSC Pre Exam but wef 68th BPSC Pre Exam, the provision of negative marking has been introduced by the BPSC for the first time. One-fourth of the total marks for a question will be deducted in case of wrong answer given by a candidate.The uniqueness in pre exam is the fact that it has 5 option to choose. After qualifying Pre exam, successful candidates are eligible to appear in mains exam which consists five papers of descriptive nature. One optional paper is to be selected by candidate from the list provided by BPSC and it will be qualifying in nature. Further it is also informed that the optional paper will be MCQ and 100 question will be asked. Out of Five question paper Two paper is general studies. The Third paper is Essay and fourth paper is Hindi which is also qualifying in nature. Each mains paper is of 300 marks aggregating to 900 marks. Those who qualify mains exam is called for personality test which consists of 120 marks.

3. SYLLABUS OF EXAM

The BPSC Prelims Exam Syllabus and Pattern is:

Name of Exam	Combined Competitive Exam (Pre)
Conducting Body	Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)
No of Papers in Pre Exam	01-General Studies (150 marks)
Duration	2 hours
BPSC Syllabus	General Science Events of national and international importance History of Bihar and Indian History Geography Geography of Bihar Indian Polity and Economy Changes in the economy of Bihar post-independence Indian National Movement and the Role of Bihar General Mental Ability

The BPSC Mains Exam Syllabus and Pattern is.

Name of Exam	Combined Competitive Exam (Mains)
Conducting Body	Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)
No of Papers	5 General Hindi- Qualifying Paper Optional-Qualifying Paper General Studies 1 (300 marks) General Studies 2 (300 marks) Essay (300 marks)
Duration	3 hours each
BPSC Syllabus	General Hindi (Secondary Level) Essay – 30 marks Grammar – 30 marks Syntax – 25 marks Precis/Summary – 15 marks The GS 1 and GS 2 BPSC syllabus are given below

The Hindi paper is only a qualifying paper with minimum passing criteria of 30 marks (out of 100). The marks in Hindi will not be counted for the overall merit.

General Studies 1	General Studies 2
Indian Culture Modern History of India Contemporary events of national and international importance Statistical Analysis, diagrams and graphs	Indian (and Bihar) Polity Indian (and Bihar) Economy Indian (and Bihar) Geography Role and impact of Science and Technology in the development of India and Bihar.

4. BOOK LIST FOR BPSC EXAM

LIST OF IMPORTANT NCERT BOOKS

CLASS-6

• History: Our Past
• Geography: The Earth Our Habitat
• Social Science: Social & Political Life I

CLASS-7

• History: Our Past – II
• Geography: Our Environment
• Social Science: Social & Political Life II

CLASS-8

• History: Our Past III
• Geography: Resource and Development
• Social Science: Social & Political Life III

CLASS-9

• History: India and the Contemporary World-I.
• Geography: Contemporary India – I.
• Political Science: Democratic Politics Part – I.
• Economics: Economics.

CLASS-10

• History: India and the Contemporary World – II.
• Geography: Contemporary India – II.
• Political Science: Democratic Politics Part – II.
• Economics: Understanding Economic Devlop.

CLASS-11

• History: Themes in World History (New Edition).
• History: Ancient India (Old).
• History: Medieval India (Old).
• Geography: Fundamentals Of Physical Geog.
• India: Physical Environment.
• Economics: Indian Economic Development.
• Sociology: Understanding Society.
• Political Science: Indian Constitution at Work.
• Indian Culture: An Introduction to Indian Art.

CLASS-12

• History: Themes in Indian History.
• History: Modern India (Old).
• Geography: Fundamentals Of Human Geog.
• India: People & Economy.
• Economics: Introductory Macroeconomics.
• Sociology: Indian Society Social Change and Development in India.
• Political Science: Contemporary World Politics.

LIST OF IMPORTANT REFERENCE BOOKS

HISTORY 

• Indian freedom struggle by Bipin Chandra.
• Arihant Publication History Magbook.
• A brief history of modern India by Rajiv Ahir: Spectrum Publication.
• Ancient India: R S Sharma.
• History of medieval India: Satish Chandra.

GEOGRAPHY

• Geography a comprehensive study: Mahesh Baranwal.
• Geography through Map- K Siddharth

POLITY

• Indian Polity M Laxmikanth. 

ECONOMICS

• Pratiyogita Darpan Economics Extra Issue.
• Mrunal Economics YouTube Lectures.

GENERAL SCIENCE

• Lucent General Science.

BIHAR SPECIAL

• Anyone of these.
• Imtiyaz Ahmad: Hindi.
• Lucent Bihar Special: Hindi.
• Prayojan Pub Bihar Special:Hindi/English.
• Crown publication:English.

CURRENT AFFAIRS

• Anyone of these.
• Civil Services Chronicle:Hindi/English.
• Dristi:Hindi/English.
• YouTube for Bihar Current Affairs. 

OBJECTIVE FOR PRACTICE

• Lucent objective General Knowledge: Hin/Eng.
• Bihar objective-Imtiyaz Ahmad.
• Ghatna Chakra- Geography, History, Polity, Science

5. CONCLUSION

I have tried my level best to provide you all the list of best possible books for BPSC Exam preparation. It is indeed my sincere request and advice to all of you to buy these suggested books in hard copy (R) hard copy only and go through. Reading reference books in soft copy/pdf is not a solution at all. I guarantee each one of you to command above mentioned books with sincerity and believe me nobody can stop you to qualify BPSC Exam with good rank.