BPSC Screening Test study plan
BPSC Screening Test · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.