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BPSC Non-Cadre Exam study plan

BPSC Non-Cadre Exam · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

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

Week 2

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

Week 3

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

Week 4

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

Week 5

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

Week 6

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

Week 7

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

Week 8

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