BPSC 72nd Civil Services 2026 Exam - Application form (Released), Eligibility, Exam Dates

BPSC 71st 2025 Civil Services results for prelims will be declared on the official website. The BPSC 71st result is declared in PDF, having the roll numbers of all the qualified candidates. Applicants who qualify the prelims exam will be called for mains exam. The preliminary exam of BPSC is qualifying in nature. BPSC Civil Services exam final result will be declared on the basis of performance in mains exam and interview.

Based on the result of mains exam, candidates will be selected for personality test. The final BPSC result 2025 will be announced based on the marks secured by candidates in the mains exam and personality test. On the basis of candidate’s rank in the merit list, allotments will be done to the various posts.

According to BPSC Civil Services eligibility criteria, applicants should be graduated in any discipline from a recognized university. The maximum age limit is 37 for male while 40 for female. The minimum age limit is 20, 21 and 22 which differs as per posts and categories. Relaxation in the age limit will be provided to candidates belonging to reserved categories.

The BPSC 71st application form 2025 was released on June 2, 2025 on the official website. The application form of BPSC Civil Services was closed on June 30, 2025. Candidates check the eligibility criteria and apply for the exam. The commission has not provided a BPSC 71st 2025 application form correction window facility yet.

Steps to fill BPSC application form for prelims

Candidates first needed to register themselves from the official website. After successful registration, candidates could proceed to fill out the BPSC 71st application form. Applicants can check the steps to fill out the BPSC 71st application form 2025 from the below steps for reference purposes only.

Registration

• To apply for BPSC Civil Services, candidates had to first register for the exam by clicking ‘Online Registration’ tab.      
• Click on ‘Apply online’ in the next step
• Candidates have to enter all the required details.  
• After entering details, click on the ‘Submit’ button
• User name and password will be sent to the candidate’s registered email ID.    

Payment of examination fees

• The fee payment link is activated the next day of registration.  

• After the link was activated, candidates had to pay the requisite fees online.  

Filling out the online application form  

• Candidates have to fill in details like educational qualifications, exam centres, optional subjects etc.   

• Upload scanned images of the photograph and signature   

• Click on the ‘submit’ button to finally submit the application form   

• Download  the application form by clicking ‘download filled application’    

• Candidates should check whether the printed application form has a registration number, bar code and application number.   

How to apply for BPSC Mains exam

• If students are unable to scan and upload their documents, they can photocopy them and mail them to the Bihar Public Service Commission at Joint Secretary cum Examination Controller, Bihar Public Service Commission 15, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg (Baily Road), Patna- 800001.

• Qualified candidates of BPSC Prelims must log in to the website with the username and password and they were given during the Prelims to fill out the BPSC Mains form.

• The students must fill up the request form after payment. Most of the information presented in this form would be completed beforehand.

• The submitted form must be downloaded and printed by the students.

• It is mandatory to send the self-attested hard copies of the marksheet and certificates with the print-out of the filled application form office address of BPSC.

• Students must check the official notification on the Internet on a frequent basis after sending the hard copy of their application to the BPSC office to stay up to date on the dates of issuing Admit Cards and Exams.

The application form of BPSC Civil Services Mains Exam 2025 will be released in online mode. To appear for the mains examination, candidates had to fill the detailed application form. Candidates must have filled BPSC Civil Services application form and pay the examination fees online. BPSC Civil Services mains application form 2025 will be available in two stages - fee payment and filling the application form. The application fee of BPSC mains exam has to be paid in online mode. 

Application Fee of BPSC mains exam:

The preliminary examination as per BPSC Civil Services exam pattern consists of only one paper on General Studies. All the questions asked in this paper will be objective type. Total duration of the exam is 2 hours and carries 150 marks. For each correct answer, candidates will score 1 mark while there is no negative marks for wrong answers.

According to BPSC Civil Services exam pattern 2025, the mains exam comprises General Hindi, General Studies – I and II and optional papers. Total marks allotted for the mains exam is 900. There are total 34 optional papers, out of which candidates will have to select one paper. The personality test of BPSC Civil Services carries 120 marks.

The BPSC 71st admit card 2025 for prelims will be released on the official BPSC website - onlinebpsc.bihar.gov.in.  Candidates who filled out the application form can download the admit card. BPSC Civil Services admit card mentions the candidate's name, personal details, exam details, exam day instructions, etc. 

Applicants also need to bring one valid photo ID proof along with the admit card on exam day. In case of any discrepancy in admit card of BPSC, candidates must contact the exam conducting authorities at least one week before the commencement of the exam.

BPSC Civil Services admit card 2025 for mains exam is issued to candidates who qualify the preliminary exam by securing the qualifying as well as overall cut off prescribed by the commission and also had filled the mains application form within the allotted time frame. 

The commission will release the BPSC 71st answer key 2025 for prelims and mains. The commission will release the final answer key of the exam after the evaluation of challenges submitted by candidates against the provisional answer key. BPSC Civil Services answer key will be released online for all sets of question booklets. The answer key helps the candidates to check the correct answers of questions asked in the exam. 

Candidates can calculate their probable score based on the number of correct answers. In case of discrepancy in the answer key, candidates could submit challenge later. To submit the challenge candidates had to send the details like name, roll number and address through the post to Combined Secretary-cum-Exam Controller. 

The cut off of BPSC is the minimum qualifying marks that candidates have to score to qualify the exam and become eligible for next round of selection process. BPSC will releases cut off separately for preliminary, mains and personality test. There are two types of BPSC cut off - qualifying and overall cut off. The qualifying cut off of BPSC preliminary and mains exam will be announced by the commission in the official notification. The qualifying cut-off of preliminary exam is 40 % for general category while it is 36.5 % for OBC. 

BPSC Civil Services qualifying cut off for extremely backward class and SC/ST/women/PwD is 34 % and 32 %, respectively. Candidates will have to secure the qualifying cut off to clear the exam. Besides, qualifying cut off candidates will have to secure overall cut off to qualify for next round of selection process. Based on the cut off of preliminary exam, the examination authority will select candidates for the mains exam, however, this cut off will not be considered for the final merit list.

The cut off of BPSC is the minimum qualifying marks that candidates have to score to qualify the exam and become eligible for next round of selection process. BPSC releases cut off for preliminary, mains and personality test separately at the official website. There are two types of BPSC cut off - qualifying and overall cut off. The qualifying cut off of preliminary exam is 40 % for general category while it is 36.5 % for OBC. 

BPSC Civil Services qualifying cut off for extremely backward class and SC/ST/women/PwD is 34 % and 32 %, respectively. Candidates will have to secure the qualifying cut off to clear the exam. Besides, qualifying cut off candidates will have to secure overall cutoff to qualify for next round of selection process. Based on the cut off of preliminary exam, the examination authority will select candidates for the mains exam, however, this cut off will not be considered for the final merit list.

The qualifying cut off for Hindi paper of BPSC Civil Services main exam is 30 % i.e 30 marks. BPSC Civil Services cutoff 2025 of mains exam will determine candidates eligibility for personality test. Allotments of candidates will be done based on the final cutoff calculated based on candidate’s performance in mains exam and personality test.