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BPSC Screening Test study plan

BPSC Screening Test · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

General Studies (Indian History, Polity, Geography, Economy, Science, Current Affairs)

  • Map the full General Studies syllabus into a one-page checklist covering Indian History, Polity, Geography, Economy, Science and Current Affairs, and mark each subtopic as strong, weak or unknown.

  • Build a dated timeline of Indian History from the Revolt of 1857 to 1947, writing five key events per decade with one-line significance for each.

  • Summarise the making of the Indian Constitution by listing the Constituent Assembly debates, the role of the Drafting Committee and the dates of adoption and enforcement.

  • Start a daily current-affairs log and record national and Bihar-relevant news for all seven days in your own words.

Your checkpoint

A completed one-page syllabus checklist plus a handwritten 1857-1947 timeline of at least 60 dated entries.

Week 2

General Studies (Indian History, Polity, Geography, Economy, Science, Current Affairs)

  • Explain the Preamble, the features of the Constitution and the procedure for amendment, distinguishing the three amendment routes in Article 368.

  • Compare the Fundamental Rights in Part III with the Directive Principles in Part IV, noting the landmark judgments that shaped their balance.

  • Describe the three organs of government, the federal structure and the emergency provisions, writing one paragraph each from memory.

  • Attempt 40 mixed polity questions under timed conditions and log every wrong answer with the reason it was wrong.

Your checkpoint

A 10-page handwritten polity notes set plus an error log of at least 40 attempted questions with corrections.

Week 3

General Studies (Indian History, Polity, Geography, Economy, Science, Current Affairs)

  • Sketch the physical divisions of India and Bihar, labelling major ranges, plateaus, rivers and coastlines on blank outline maps.

  • Memorise the monsoon mechanism, rainfall distribution and major soil and vegetation types, then self-test with ten recall questions.

  • Explain the Indian economy's basic structure: sectors, GDP composition, inflation types and the role of the Reserve Bank of India.

  • Read the Union Budget and Economic Survey highlights and note ten figures likely to be asked in objective form.

Your checkpoint

Five hand-drawn and labelled maps of India and Bihar plus a one-page sheet of ten key economic indicators with definitions.

Week 4

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

  • Revise Class 6-10 NCERT Science chapter summaries for physics, chemistry and biology, converting each into ten one-line facts.

  • Explain everyday science phenomena such as why the sky is blue, how a pressure cooker works and how vaccines act, in two sentences each.

  • List the major scientific discoveries, inventions and their discoverers with the year of each.

  • Take a 50-question General Science mock test and rework every incorrect item until you can justify the correct option.

Your checkpoint

A 200-fact General Science revision sheet plus a scored 50-question mock with all errors corrected.

Week 5

Mathematics / Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning and Mental Ability

  • Drill arithmetic fundamentals: percentages, ratio and proportion, averages, profit and loss, and simple and compound interest, doing 20 problems per topic.

  • Solve time-speed-distance, time-and-work and mixtures problems using shortcuts, timing each set of ten to under eight minutes.

  • Practise reasoning sets on series, analogies, coding-decoding, direction sense and blood relations, 15 questions per type.

  • Learn to solve seating arrangement and syllogism puzzles using diagrams, completing five of each within 20 minutes.

Your checkpoint

A formula and shortcut sheet for quantitative aptitude plus a timed scorecard showing accuracy above 70 percent on 100 mixed questions.

Week 6

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

  • Build a Bihar-specific fact file covering ancient Magadha, the Mauryas, the Buddhist and Jain sites, and the 1857 and 1942 movements in Bihar.

  • Note Bihar's administrative structure, districts, divisional headquarters, major rivers and irrigation projects on a single reference sheet.

  • Record Bihar's current affairs from the past six months, including schemes, appointments, awards and infrastructure projects, with dates.

  • Review the previous two weeks' error logs and reattempt every missed question without looking at the answer key.

Your checkpoint

A four-page Bihar fact file and a dated Bihar current-affairs digest of at least 50 entries.

Week 7

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

  • Consolidate Indian History and Polity revision by condensing your earlier notes into one-page revision cards per topic.

  • Revisit Geography and Economy weak spots flagged in week one and close at least 80 percent of them.

  • Revise General Science facts and take a second 50-question mock, comparing accuracy with week four.

  • Read a month's current affairs compilation and convert it into 30 objective-style questions you write yourself.

Your checkpoint

Thirty revision cards, a closed-weak-spot list with status, and a second scored science mock showing improvement.

Week 8

General Studies (Indian History, Polity, Geography, Economy, Science, Current Affairs) & Mathematics / Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning and Mental Ability & Bihar-specific General Knowledge and Current Affairs

  • Take three full-length timed mock tests of 150 questions each, simulating exam-day conditions with no breaks.

  • Analyse each mock by domain, computing accuracy and time per section, and identify the two weakest areas.

  • Revise only the revision cards, fact files and error logs, avoiding new material in the final days.

  • Prepare an exam-day plan covering time allocation per section, question-skipping rules and revision of the admit-card checklist.

Your checkpoint

Three completed full-length mocks with a written analysis sheet and a final one-page exam-day strategy note.

Milestones

Week 2: Complete the syllabus checklist and score at least 60 percent on a 40-question polity self-test, with every wrong answer logged.

Week 4: Finish the General Studies core notes for history, polity, geography and economy, and score at least 60 percent on the first 50-question science mock.

Week 6: Achieve at least 70 percent accuracy on a 100-question mixed quantitative and reasoning set within the target time, and finish the Bihar fact file.

Week 8: Score at least 65 percent overall on each of the three full-length mocks and show a measurable rise in accuracy between the first and third.