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BPSC Headmaster study plan

BPSC Headmaster · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

General Studies (Indian History, Polity, Geography, Economy, and Current Affairs) & Bihar-Specific General Knowledge, Geography, History, and Culture

  • Build a dated timeline of Indian history from 1857 to 1947, writing one line of significance for each of at least 25 events

  • Map the core Articles of the Constitution (1-51A, 124, 214, 243, 356) to their subject matter in a one-page table

  • List Bihar's 38 districts with their divisions, and mark which lie in the flood-prone north Bihar plains

  • Solve 30 mixed history/polity MCQs and log every wrong answer with the correct fact in an error register

Your checkpoint

A single handwritten reference sheet: 25-event timeline plus a district-division map of Bihar, photographed and dated

Week 2

General Studies (Indian History, Polity, Geography, Economy, and Current Affairs) & Bihar-Specific General Knowledge, Geography, History, and Culture

  • Summarise each Fundamental Right and Directive Principle in one sentence and note one landmark Supreme Court case per right

  • Trace the main strands of the Bihar movement and the 1974-77 JP agitation, plus the formation of Jharkhand in 2000

  • Describe the physiographic divisions of India and Bihar (Himalaya, plains, plateau, coast) with one example of each from Bihar

  • Answer 40 assertion-reason and matching questions on polity and Bihar GK under timed conditions

Your checkpoint

A 20-question self-made quiz on Bihar history and polity, with answer key and source citation for each answer

Week 3

General Studies (Indian History, Polity, Geography, Economy, and Current Affairs) & General Science and Environmental Awareness

  • Explain the fundamental rights and duties of the citizen, the three lists of the Seventh Schedule, and the amendment procedure in your own words

  • Rank India's and Bihar's major crops, minerals, and industries by output and note the leading districts

  • Explain photosynthesis, respiration, human digestive and circulatory systems with labelled diagrams drawn from memory

  • Record 15 current-affairs items from the past month relevant to education or Bihar, with date and source

Your checkpoint

A one-page 'science + geography' cheat sheet with four hand-drawn diagrams and ten geography data points

Week 4

Educational Psychology, Child Development, and Pedagogy & School Administration, Supervision, and Educational Management

  • Define each stage of Piaget, Kohlberg, Vygotsky, and Erikson and give one classroom example per stage

  • Distinguish growth from development, and heredity from environment, with two examples each

  • Draft a one-week school timetable for a 200-student secondary school that satisfies period-load norms

  • List the duties of a headmaster under the Bihar School Examination Board and district education office framework

Your checkpoint

A written 10-mark model answer on Piaget's stages with classroom implications, completed in 12 minutes under exam conditions

Week 5

Educational Psychology, Child Development, and Pedagogy & Educational Policy, Rights, and Contemporary Issues (including RTE, NEP, and Bihar education schemes)

  • Summarise the RTE Act 2009 chapter by chapter: admission, pupil-teacher ratio, no-detention, SMC, and grievance redress

  • Compare NEP 2020's 5+3+3+4 structure with the earlier 10+2 structure and list five implementation targets for Bihar

  • Explain learning theories (behaviourism, cognitivism, constructivism) and match each to a teaching strategy

  • Name and describe five Bihar education schemes (e.g. cycle, uniform, scholarship, mid-day meal, girls' incentive) with eligibility

Your checkpoint

A two-column comparison table of RTE 2009 and NEP 2020 on ten parameters, with article or paragraph references

Week 6

Mathematics and Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning and Mental Ability

  • Solve 50 arithmetic problems on percentage, ratio, average, and time-work, keeping a per-topic accuracy log

  • Solve 30 reasoning sets on series, coding-decoding, blood relations, and syllogism without a calculator

  • Memorise the squares to 30, cubes to 15, and fraction-to-percentage conversions for common fractions

  • Complete two 30-minute mock sections and record the time taken per question type

Your checkpoint

A scored mock of 50 quantitative and reasoning questions with a topic-wise accuracy table showing improvement from the first to second attempt

Week 7

General Studies (Indian History, Polity, Geography, Economy, and Current Affairs) & Educational Policy, Rights, and Contemporary Issues (including RTE, NEP, and Bihar education schemes)

  • Revise the full polity syllabus by reciting the preamble, schedules, and key amendments from memory

  • Explain the constitutional provisions on education: Articles 21A, 45, 51A(k), and the 42nd and 86th Amendments

  • Summarise the Bihar education department's current priorities and budget headlines from the last six months

  • Write two 15-mark essays on education policy and social issues in 20 minutes each

Your checkpoint

Two timed essay answers of 250 words each, self-marked against a rubric of structure, facts, and conclusion

Week 8

General Studies (Indian History, Polity, Geography, Economy, and Current Affairs) & General Science and Environmental Awareness & Bihar-Specific General Knowledge, Geography, History, and Culture & Mathematics and Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning and Mental Ability & Educational Psychology, Child Development, and Pedagogy & School Administration, Supervision, and Educational Management & Educational Policy, Rights, and Contemporary Issues (including RTE, NEP, and Bihar education schemes)

  • Take three full-length mock tests under exam timing and review every error within 24 hours

  • Re-read the error register and convert each repeated mistake into a one-line rule

  • Revise the Bihar GK and science cheat sheets twice, once aloud

  • Rehearse the top 20 most-likely pedagogy and administration questions in spoken form

Your checkpoint

A final one-page 'last-24-hours' revision sheet distilled from the error register, with a mock-score trend line

Milestones

Week 2: Can name all 38 Bihar districts, place 30 in the correct division, and explain five key constitutional articles without notes

Week 4: Scores at least 60% on a self-made 30-question pedagogy and administration test, with Piaget and headmaster duties answered correctly

Week 6: Quantitative and reasoning mock accuracy rises above 65% with average time under 50 seconds per question

Week 8: Three full mocks completed with a rising score trend and no topic left without a revision note