BPSC Non-Cadre Exam study plan
BPSC Non-Cadre Exam · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
General Studies (Indian Polity, History, Geography, Economy, General Science)
Build a one-page syllabus map of Domain 1 that lists all five sub-areas and the weight each carries in the exam
Read and make concise notes on Indian Polity fundamentals: Constitution-making, Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, and Directive Principles
Create a 25-item self-test on polity basics and score it, logging every wrong answer with the correct fact
Set up a weekly revision log and a mistake notebook that will be used for all eight weeks
Your checkpoint
A dated polity notes file plus a scored 25-question self-test with a mistake log
General Studies (Indian Polity, History, Geography, Economy, General Science)
Summarise the three branches of government, federal structure, and key constitutional amendments in bullet notes
Outline Indian History chronologically from the Indus Valley Civilisation through the freedom struggle in a timeline sheet
Complete 40 mixed Domain 1 practice questions and classify each error by sub-area
Recite from memory the major Articles and Schedules most frequently tested
Your checkpoint
A one-page history timeline and a 40-question practice sheet with an error breakdown by sub-area
General Studies (Indian Polity, History, Geography, Economy, General Science)
Map India's physical features, rivers, climate zones, soils, and major crops onto blank outline maps drawn by hand
Explain core economic concepts: inflation, monetary policy, budget, taxation, and types of unemployment, in your own words
Note general science basics in physics, chemistry, and biology that appear in everyday-life questions
Solve 50 Domain 1 questions under a 45-minute timer and review every miss
Your checkpoint
Three hand-drawn maps plus a timed 50-question test score recorded against Week 1 baseline
Bihar-Specific Knowledge (History, Culture, Geography, Polity, Economy, Current Affairs)
Build a Bihar fact sheet covering districts, rivers, soil belts, rainfall, and agro-climatic zones
Trace Bihar's history from ancient Magadha and the Mauryas through the 1857 uprising and the freedom movement
List Bihar's cultural markers: festivals, folk arts, cuisine, language varieties, and UNESCO or state-recognised heritage sites
Describe Bihar's administrative structure, legislature, and Panchayati Raj setup
Read one month of Bihar current affairs and condense it into 30 bullet points
Your checkpoint
A complete Bihar fact sheet with geography, history, culture, polity, and 30 current-affairs bullets
Bihar-Specific Knowledge (History, Culture, Geography, Polity, Economy, Current Affairs) & Mathematics / Quantitative Aptitude
Analyse Bihar's economy: agriculture, migration, industrial policy, and major state schemes, in a two-page summary
Drill arithmetic essentials: percentages, ratio and proportion, averages, and profit and loss, with 20 problems per topic
Memorise shortcuts for time-work, time-speed-distance, and simple and compound interest
Take a 30-question Bihar-specific test and a 30-question quantitative test in the same sitting to build stamina
Your checkpoint
Two-page Bihar economy summary plus two scored 30-question tests with corrected solutions
Mathematics / Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning and Mental Ability
Practise mensuration, data interpretation, and number series until accuracy holds above 80 percent on 40 questions
Work through reasoning sets on series, coding-decoding, blood relations, direction sense, and syllogisms
Solve seating arrangement, ranking, and clock-calendar puzzles with a fixed step-by-step method
Time yourself on a 25-question reasoning set and record completion time alongside the score
Your checkpoint
A quantitative and reasoning error tracker showing accuracy and time per question type
General English & General Hindi
Review English grammar rules for error spotting, fill-in-the-blanks, synonyms, antonyms, and idioms, with 15 practice items each
Practise one comprehension passage and one cloze test daily, noting unfamiliar vocabulary
Revise Hindi grammar: sandhi, samas, synonyms, antonyms, and common corrections, with written drills
Write short Hindi and English paragraphs to check spelling and sentence construction under time
Your checkpoint
A vocabulary and Hindi grammar notebook with 100 logged items and two timed language mini-tests
General Studies (Indian Polity, History, Geography, Economy, General Science) & Bihar-Specific Knowledge (History, Culture, Geography, Polity, Economy, Current Affairs)
Take two full-length mock tests under exam conditions and analyse section-wise accuracy and time use
Re-revise the mistake notebook and weak sub-areas flagged in Weeks 1 through 7
Condense all notes into a final one-page-per-domain revision sheet
Confirm exam-day logistics: admit card, identity documents, centre travel, and a sleep schedule
Your checkpoint
Two full-length mock scores with a written improvement plan and six final revision sheets
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 60 percent on a 40-question Domain 1 practice set, with polity and history errors each under five
Week 4: Recall the Bihar fact sheet without notes for 15 minutes, covering at least 25 correct facts across geography, history, and polity
Week 6: Reach 75 percent accuracy on both the 40-question quantitative set and the 25-question reasoning set within the target time
Week 8: Score at least 65 percent overall on both full-length mocks and show a lower error count than the Week 4 baseline in Domains 1 and 2