BSSC CGL study guide
BSSC CGL · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) is a state body created under Bihar State Act No. 7/2002 to recruit candidates for non-gazetted Class III and Class IV posts carrying pay scales below ₹6,500–10,500. The Combined Graduate Level (CGL) examination is the graduate-entry route into that recruitment stream, aimed at candidates who hold a bachelor's degree and want clerical, assistant and equivalent state-government positions in Bihar. The commission's own site describes a body headed by a chairman (an IAS or IPS officer at secretary level) with four government-nominated members, plus an administrative wing of Bihar Administrative Service officers. Topics on this exam: General Studies, General Science, Mathematics, and Mental Ability / Reasoning. The BSSC CGL study guide has 4 sections and about 1,271 words.
01General Studies for BSSC CGL
The General Studies section of BSSC CGL is a composite static-plus-current paper. It tests Bihar-specific history, geography, polity and culture alongside Indian polity, geography, economy and general awareness. Questions are mostly direct and factual, so exact names, years and constitutional figures decide the mark. Bihar history: Magadha's early capitals (Rajgir/Rajagriha, later Pataliputra), Nalanda and Vikramshila universities, the 1857 revolt in Bihar led by Babu Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur, Champaran Satyagraha (1917), Bihar Diwas on 22 March 1912 when Bihar was separated from Bengal.
326 words, about 2 min02General Science for BSSC CGL
General Science in BSSC CGL is set at NCERT Class 6–10 level. It covers physics, chemistry and biology, often through one-line factual questions on units, laws, human body systems, deficiency diseases and common chemical formulas. The paper rewards precise recall more than deep derivation. Physics: SI units (force in newton, work in joule, power in watt); speed = distance ÷ time; Newton's three laws; reflection and refraction; Ohm's law, V = IR.
321 words, about 2 min03Mathematics for BSSC CGL
The Mathematics section of BSSC CGL is arithmetic-heavy, with algebra, geometry and mensuration. Most questions test percentage, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, ratio, time and work, averages and area-volume formulas. Speed with standard shortcuts matters because the paper is time-bound. Percentage: x% of N = (x ÷ 100) × N.
305 words, about 2 min04Mental Ability and Reasoning for BSSC CGL
Mental Ability and Reasoning in BSSC CGL tests verbal and non-verbal reasoning through series, coding-decoding, blood relations, direction sense, analogy, classification, syllogism and figure-based questions. The section rewards pattern recognition and clean diagramming rather than calculation. Letter positions: A = 1 through Z = 26; reverse positions run Z = 1 through A = 26. Coding questions often use position sums or shifts.
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