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BPSC TRE 4.0 Syllabus 2026 — Prelims + Mains, Every Topic

Syllabus

BPSC TRE 4.0 now has two stages. The preliminary exam is one General Studies paper — 150 questions, 150 marks, two hours, with one-third of a mark cut for a wrong answer AND for a question left completely unmarked. The Main exam is a 150-mark paper in parts, and its 80-mark subject paper is where the recruitment is decided.

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What changed in TRE 4.0 — and why a blank answer now costs you marks ↑

If you sat TRE 1.0, 2.0 or 3.0, do not carry the old rules into this one. Advertisement No. 14/2026 puts a Preliminary examination in front of the Main examination for the first time, and candidates who clear the prelims must submit a fresh, separate application for the Main.

The second change is in how the answer sheet is marked, and it is the one most likely to cost a well-prepared candidate. Every question carries five options, A to E. Option E means 'I am not answering this'. A wrong answer loses one-third of a mark — and so does leaving a question completely untouched. There is no free skip in this exam: if you do not want to answer, you must still mark E.

Below, from that same advertisement: the prelims structure and its full syllabus, the Main exam for all four class levels with their subject options, the qualifying marks, the merit-list rules, the level-wise break-up of the 32,388 posts, age, fee and dates. And at the end, the list of what the advertisement does NOT contain — because what the document does not say, we will not invent.

As the advertisement states itWhat it means for you
Advertisement No. 14/2026 (विज्ञापन संख्या 14/2026, दिनांक 18.08.2026)The advertisement this page is built from — issued by the Bihar Public Service Commission, 15 Nehru Path (Bailey Road), Patna 800001, and signed by its Examination Controller.
TRE-4.0 (चतुर्थ चरण विद्यालय अध्यापक भर्ती परीक्षा)The fourth round of Bihar's school-teacher recruitment. The Commission conducts the exam; the posts themselves sit under the Education Department, Government of Bihar.
32,388 vacancies (कुल 32,388 रिक्त पद)The total advertised across all four class levels. The document's own note adds that this number can rise or fall if the requisitioning department amends its requisition — so it is the number advertised on 18 August 2026, not a fixed quota.
Selection Process — Preliminary Examination and Main Examination (चयन प्रक्रिया — प्रारम्भिक परीक्षा एवं मुख्य परीक्षा)Selection runs in two stages, and this is the change that separates TRE 4.0 from every earlier TRE. You must clear the prelims to reach the Main — and you apply for the Main separately, in a fresh application.
Debarred from the Main Examination if the Preliminary and Main applications differ (प्रारम्भिक एवं मुख्य परीक्षा के आवेदन में भिन्नता होने पर मुख्य परीक्षा से वंचित)If the information in your prelims application and your Main application differs, the advertisement allows the Commission to keep you out of the Main exam. Keep a printed copy of the first form and copy from it, field by field, when the second one opens.
a screening test only (प्रारम्भिक परीक्षा महज जाँच परीक्षा होगी)The advertisement calls the prelims a screening test. Read alongside the merit-list rules further down — which build the ranking from Main marks — it decides who sits the Main.
no interview (साक्षात्कार — इसमें साक्षात्कार नहीं लिया जायेगा)There is no interview anywhere in this recruitment. Everything is decided on written marks plus the guest-teacher experience weightage described further down.
no re-evaluation (उक्त विज्ञापन हेतु पुनर्मूल्यांकन का प्रावधान नहीं है)No re-evaluation of answer scripts is offered for this advertisement. Whatever the machine reads off your answer sheet is final, which is one more reason to be careful with option E.
maximum five attempts (अधिकतम 05 (पाँच) बार परीक्षा में भाग)A candidate may sit this examination a maximum of five times, under the 2024 amendment to the Bihar school-teacher appointment rules.
up to 38 district choices (जिला चयन हेतु अधिकतम 38 जिलों का विकल्प)Appointment is recommended subject-wise and district-wise. You give up to 38 district preferences in the online form, and your result is published only for the districts you actually chose. The advertisement's own example: a candidate who fills ten districts can claim nothing outside those ten.
आधिकारिक वेबसाईट — www.bpsc.bihar.gov.inEverything about this advertisement is published there. The document states that separate publication in newspapers will not be required — so the website is the only place to watch.

Preliminary exam — its structure and its marking, as the advertisement sets them out ↑

The preliminary exam is the same for every candidate, whatever level they applied for — no subject paper, only General Studies. Nine things about it are stated plainly in the advertisement, and they are set out one by one below.

As the advertisement states itWhat it means for you
General Studies (विषय — सामान्य अध्ययन)One paper only, General Studies. There is no subject paper at the prelims stage, whichever class level you have applied for — a Physics candidate and a Hindi candidate sit the same paper.
objective, multiple choice (सभी प्रश्न वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रकृति के बहुविकल्पीय)Every question is objective and multiple choice. Nothing is written in your own words at this stage.
total 150 marks (कुल अंक 150)The paper is worth 150 marks in total.
one mark per question (प्रत्येक प्रश्न एक अंक का)Every question carries one mark — so 150 marks means 150 questions, and no question is worth more than another. There is no 'high-value section' to chase.
duration two hours (परीक्षा की अवधि दो घंटे)Two hours for 150 questions — about 48 seconds a question. That number, not the topic list, is the real constraint on how you should practise.
नकारात्मक अंकन — प्रत्येक गलत उत्तर के लिए 1/3 (एक तिहाई) Negative MarkingOne-third of a mark is deducted for each wrong answer, so three wrong answers cancel one correct one. In TRE 1.0 to 3.0 a blind guess cost nothing; here it costs.
A, B, C, D, E (प्रत्येक प्रश्न के लिए पाँच विकल्प)Five bubbles per question, not four. The answer you believe is correct is one of A, B, C or D.
यदि उत्तर नहीं देना चाहते हैं, तो विकल्प (E) का चयन करना अनिवार्य होगाE is the 'I am not answering this' bubble, and marking it is compulsory when you skip. This is the single rule a candidate trained on older papers is most likely to get wrong.
पाँचों विकल्प में से किसी का भी चयन नहीं करने पर प्रत्येक अनुत्तरित (Unanswered) प्रश्न पर 1/3 अंक की कटौतीLeaving all five bubbles blank is punished exactly like a wrong answer — one-third of a mark gone. There is no free skip in this exam. A blank row is not a neutral row, so practise filling E until it is a reflex.

Preliminary exam syllabus — the ten areas the advertisement names ↑

The advertisement gives the prelims syllabus as one sentence rather than a chapter list. Below, that sentence is broken into the areas it names, in the order it names them, with a plain-language note on each from us. Nothing has been added: if a topic you expect is not in this table, the advertisement does not name it.

As the advertisement states itWhat it means for you
General Science (सामान्य विज्ञान)General science. The advertisement fixes no standard for the prelims, so treat it as the everyday school-level physics, chemistry and biology a teacher is expected to know.
current events (राष्ट्रीय तथा अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय महत्व की समसामयिक घटनाएं)Current events of national and international importance. This is the one area that rewards a daily habit rather than a last-month sprint.
History of India (भारत का इतिहास)The history of India. It is named without any period restriction, so ancient, medieval and modern all stay open — the advertisement narrows nothing here.
main features of Bihar's history (बिहार के इतिहास की प्रमुख विशेषताएं)The main features of Bihar's own history. This is a separate item from Indian history, not a sub-heading under it — and it is where a Bihar recruitment differs most from a national one. A national-level book will not carry it for you.
General Geography (सामान्य भूगोल)General geography, with no stated boundary between physical, human and world geography.
Bihar's regions and rivers (बिहार के प्रमुख भौगोलिक प्रभाग तथा यहाँ की महत्वपूर्ण नदियां)Bihar's major geographical divisions and its important rivers. The rivers are named as a specific item of their own, so learn them by name, course and district rather than glancing at a general map.
Indian polity and economy (भारत की राज्य व्यवस्था और आर्थिक व्यवस्था)The polity and the economy of India — the constitutional machinery on one side, the economic structure on the other. Two large subjects placed in one line of the syllabus.
changes in Bihar's economy since 1947 (आजादी के पश्चात् बिहार की अर्थ-व्यवस्था के प्रमुख परिवर्तन)The major changes in Bihar's economy since independence. Bihar-specific again, and phrased as change over time — so expect questions about shifts and turning points more than about single figures.
national movement and Bihar's role (भारत का राष्ट्रीय आन्दोलन तथा इसमें बिहार का योगदान)India's national movement, and Bihar's contribution to it. The second half is again the part a national book will not cover — Champaran, the 1942 movement in Bihar, and the state's own leaders in the freedom struggle.
general mental ability (सामान्य मानसिक योग्यता)General mental ability — the last item in the sentence, and the only one that is not a knowledge subject. It is practised, not read, and with 48 seconds a question it is where practice converts directly into marks.

At a glance

Post NamePrimary Teacher, TGT (Class 9-10), PGT (Class 11-12)
Mode of ExamOffline
Selection ProcessWritten Examination, Document Verification
Official Websitebpsc.bihar.gov.in
StateBihar

Minimum qualifying marks — the same percentages at both stages ↑

The advertisement fixes the same category-wise minimum for the prelims and for the Main, citing Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department resolution 2374 dated 16.07.2007 and General Administration Department resolution 962 dated 22.01.2021.

As the advertisement states itWhat it means for you
General Category — 40 (forty) per cent (सामान्य श्रेणी — 40 (चालीस) प्रतिशत)General category candidates must reach at least 40%.
Backward Class — 36.5 (thirty-six and a half) per cent (पिछड़ा वर्ग — 36.5 (साढ़े छत्तीस) प्रतिशत)Backward Class: 36.5%.
Extremely Backward Class — 34 (thirty-four) per cent (अत्यन्त पिछड़ा वर्ग — 34 (चौंतीस) प्रतिशत)Extremely Backward Class: 34%.
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe / Women and Persons with Disabilities — 32 (thirty-two) per cent (अनुसूचित जाति / अनुसूचित जनजाति / महिला एवं दिव्यांग — 32 (बत्तीस) प्रतिशत)Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, women and candidates with disabilities: 32% — the lowest bar in the table. Read the next row before you assume it applies to you.
Letter No. 10771, dated 17.06.2026 — 32 per cent admissible only to candidates who are permanent residents of Bihar State (पत्रांक-10771, दिनांक-17.06.2026 — 32 प्रतिशत मात्र बिहार राज्य के मूल निवासी अभ्यर्थियों को ही देय)This is the condition most easily missed. Along with the 35% horizontal reservation for women and the 4% for candidates with disabilities, that 32% minimum is available only to candidates who are original residents of Bihar. A woman candidate from outside Bihar is held to the general-category figure.
v (बिहार राज्य विद्यालय अध्यापक नियमावली, 2023 की कंडिका-7)The clause under which the Commission keeps the discretion to fix qualifying marks for the examination. Treat the percentages above as the stated floor, not as a forecast of the cut-off.

Main exam — the four papers, their parts, and the document's own contradiction on duration ↑

The Main exam has a separate paper for each class level. All four carry 150 questions and 150 marks, but they are not built the same way: Paper 1 has two parts, the other three have three. The first table below lists the four papers; the second lists the parts that Papers 2, 3 and 4 share.

The Main exam paperHow it is built
Paper 1 — Primary School (Classes 1 to 5): Language (Qualifying) and General Studies (पत्र 1 — प्राथमिक विद्यालय (कक्षा 1 से 5): भाषा (अर्हता) एवं सामान्य अध्ययन)The primary-school paper — 150 questions, 150 marks, and the only one of the four in TWO parts: Part-I 30 questions, Part-II 120. There is no separate subject paper at this level; General Studies is the whole of Part-II.
Paper 2 — Middle School (Classes 6-8): Language (Qualifying), General Studies and Subject (पत्र 2 — मध्य विद्यालय (वर्ग 6-8): भाषा (अर्हता), सामान्य अध्ययन एवं विषय)The middle-school paper — 150 questions, 150 marks, in three parts: Part-I 30, Part-II 40, Part-III 80. Part-III is the subject you choose.
Paper 3 — Secondary School (Classes 9 to 10) and Special School Teacher (Classes 9 to 10) (पत्र 3 — माध्यमिक विद्यालय (वर्ग 9 से 10) एवं विशेष विद्यालय अध्यापक (वर्ग 9 से 10))The secondary-school paper, and the same paper serves the special-school teacher posts for classes 9-10. Three parts: 30 + 40 + 80.
Paper 4 — Higher Secondary School (Classes 11-12) (पत्र 4 — उच्च माध्यमिक विद्यालय (वर्ग 11-12))The higher-secondary paper. Three parts, 30 + 40 + 80, and the widest subject list of the four — 31 subjects to choose one from.
The part, as printedWhat it means
भाग-I — भाषा (अर्हता), 30 प्रश्न, 30 अंकThirty questions of language, and the advertisement marks this part qualifying. Its marks do not add to your merit-list total — they are used only to break a tie.
भाग-I की सामग्री — अंग्रेजी एवं हिन्दी/उर्दू/बांग्ला भाषा का व्यावहारिक ज्ञानEnglish, plus one of Hindi, Urdu or Bangla. 'Practical knowledge' is the advertisement's own phrase — this part is about usage, not literature.
भाग-I में अर्हतांक कम से कम 30 प्रतिशत अनिवार्यYou must score at least 30% in this part. Fail it and the rest of the paper cannot rescue you, however well you did in your own subject — which is why 'qualifying' does not mean 'ignorable'.
भाग-II — सामान्य अध्ययन, 40 प्रश्न, 40 अंकForty questions of General Studies in Papers 2, 3 and 4. In Paper 1, the primary-school paper, this same part is 120 questions instead.
भाग-III — विषय पत्र, 80 प्रश्न, 80 अंकEighty questions on the single subject you chose. Two-thirds of the marks that actually count sit here — which is why your subject choice matters more than anything else on this page.
Total — 150 questions, 150 marks (कुल — 150 प्रश्न, 150 अंक)One mark per question, all objective, five options A to E, one-third negative for a wrong answer and one-third for a question left completely unmarked. The Main uses the same answer-sheet rules as the prelims.
Duration of Examination — 02:30 hours (table, pages 14-15) versus 2 hours (text, page 16) (परीक्षा की अवधि — 02:30 घंटे (तालिका, पृष्ठ 14-15) बनाम 2 घंटे (पाठ, पृष्ठ 16))The advertisement states the Main exam duration twice and the two statements disagree: the paper table on pages 14-15 gives 02:30 hours for all four papers, while the text on page 16 says the Main exam will be of 2 hours. We are not quietly choosing one for you. Prepare against the tighter figure and confirm the duration on your admit card.

Paper 1 — primary school (Class 1-5): the eight subjects inside Part-II ↑

This is the only one of the four papers with two parts instead of three — Part-I 30 questions, Part-II 120. Eight subjects are named inside that Part-II, three more than the General Studies part of the other three papers carries. The three that appear here and nowhere else are marked in the table.

Named inside Part-IIWhat it means
elementary mathematics (प्राथमिक गणित)Elementary mathematics — the arithmetic of a primary classroom, not competitive-exam quantitative aptitude.
mental ability testing (मानसिक क्षमता परीक्षण)Mental ability testing. Note carefully: this item appears in Paper 1 only — the General Studies part of Papers 2, 3 and 4 does not name it.
general awareness (सामान्य जागरूकता)General awareness — the one General Studies item common to all four papers.
general science (सामान्य विज्ञान)General science, at the level set by your post's minimum qualification.
social science (सामाजिक विज्ञान)Social science. Like mental ability, this is named in Paper 1's General Studies and in none of the other three.
Indian national movement (भारतीय राष्ट्रीय आंदोलन)The Indian national movement — named in the General Studies part of all four papers.
geography (भूगोल)Geography — also common to all four papers.
environment (पर्यावरण)Environment. The third item unique to Paper 1: the General Studies list of the other three papers ends at geography.
उपरोक्त विषय पत्रों के पाठ्यक्रम SCERT/NCERT से सम्बन्धित होंगेThe syllabus follows SCERT and NCERT. That makes the state and national school textbooks the primary source — every coaching note is a second-hand copy of them.
The level shall be in the light of the minimum qualification prescribed for the candidate (स्तर उम्मीदवार हेतु निर्धारित न्यूनतम अहर्ता के आलोक में होगा)The difficulty is pegged to the minimum qualification prescribed for the post you applied for — not to the highest degree you happen to hold.

Paper 2 — middle school (Class 6-8): the Part-II areas and the six Part-III subject options ↑

From here the paper comes in three parts. The General Studies part is smaller than Paper 1's — five areas, not eight. In Part-III you choose one of six subjects, and each option below carries its own vacancy count at this level, so that the choice and its size are in front of you together.

Named inside Part-II (General Studies)What it means
elementary mathematics (प्राथमिक गणित)Elementary mathematics.
general awareness (सामान्य जागरूकता)General awareness.
general science (सामान्य विज्ञान)General science.
Indian national movement (भारतीय राष्ट्रीय आंदोलन)The Indian national movement.
geography (भूगोल)Geography. The list stops here — mental ability, social science and environment are named for Paper 1 only.
Part-III subject optionWhat it means, and posts at this level
Mathematics and Science (गणित एवं विज्ञान)Mathematics and Science taken together as one paper — they are not separate options at this level. It is also the largest block at class 6-8: 2,188 of the 8,563 posts.
Social Science (सामाजिक विज्ञान)Social Science — the only option at this level with an internal Section-I / Section-II choice; the pairing rule is set out further down. 1,190 posts.
Hindi (हिन्दी)Hindi. 1,096 posts.
Urdu (उर्दू)Urdu. 935 posts.
Sanskrit (संस्कृत)Sanskrit. 1,225 posts.
English (अंग्रेजी)English. 1,929 posts — the largest single-language block at class 6-8.

Paper 3 — secondary (Class 9-10) and special school: the fifteen Part-III subject options ↑

This same paper serves the special-school teacher posts for classes 9-10. Part-III offers fifteen subject options — but note that six of them carry no vacancy figure in this advertisement's tables, because their supplementary requisition is still awaited. The subject can be chosen; the posts have not yet been notified.

About Part-IIWhat it means
भाग-II — प्रश्न माध्यमिक विद्यालय के पाठ्यक्रम से संबंधित होंगेThe General Studies questions here are drawn from the secondary-school curriculum, covering the same five areas listed for Paper 2 — elementary mathematics, general awareness, general science, the Indian national movement and geography.
Level — in the light of the minimum qualification prescribed for the candidate (स्तर — उम्मीदवार हेतु निर्धारित न्यूनतम अहर्ता के आलोक में)As everywhere else in this advertisement, the level is set by the post's minimum qualification.
Part-III subject optionWhat it means, and posts at this level
Hindi (हिन्दी)Hindi. 361 posts advertised at class 9-10.
Urdu (उर्दू)Urdu. 660 posts.
Sanskrit (संस्कृत)Sanskrit. 322 posts.
English (अंग्रेजी)English. 696 posts.
Science (विज्ञान)Science as a single subject here — it is not split into physics, chemistry and biology the way it is at class 11-12. 463 posts.
Mathematics (गणित)Mathematics. 570 posts.
Physical Science (शारीरिक विज्ञान)The physical-education stream, with its own qualification route — a physical education degree, or graduation plus recognised sporting representation or an NCC 'C' certificate. 47 posts.
Music (संगीत)Music. The vacancy table shows just 2 posts at this level — the smallest block anywhere in this advertisement.
Social Science (सामाजिक विज्ञान)Social Science, with the same Section-I / Section-II pairing rule described further down. 756 posts, the largest block at class 9-10.
Bangla (बांग्ला)Bangla. Listed as a subject you may choose, but this advertisement carries no vacancy figure for it — see the supplementary-requisition note below.
Fine Arts (ललितकला)Fine Arts. Same position as Bangla: an available subject, vacancies not yet notified.
Dance (नृत्य)Dance. Vacancies not yet notified.
Maithili (मैथिली)Maithili. Vacancies not yet notified.
Arabic (अरबी)Arabic. Vacancies not yet notified.
Persian (फारसी)Persian. Vacancies not yet notified.

Paper 4 — higher secondary (Class 11-12): the thirty-one Part-III subject options ↑

This is the largest level — 16,101 posts, very nearly half of the whole recruitment — and it has the longest subject list. The advertisement names thirty-one subjects, of which you choose one.

One thing only visible when the two lists are laid side by side: twenty-two of the thirty-one have a post count in the vacancy table and nine do not. Those nine are exactly the ones the note on page 4 sets aside for a supplementary requisition — Bangla, Bhojpuri, Magahi, Maithili, Pali, Prakrit, Arabic, Persian and Agriculture. 22 plus 9 is 31, so the two lists reconcile.

Part-III subject optionPosts at this level
Hindi (हिन्दी)739 posts.
English (अंग्रेजी)1,321 posts.
Sanskrit (संस्कृत)746 posts.
Urdu (उर्दू)877 posts.
Mathematics (गणित)657 posts.
Physics (भौतिकी)1,758 posts. The vacancy table prints this subject as भौतिकी शास्त्र; the subject-choice list prints it as भौतिकी. Same subject, two spellings in one document.
Chemistry (रसायन शास्त्र)3,695 posts — the single largest subject block in the entire advertisement.
Botany (वनस्पति विज्ञान)1,078 posts.
Zoology (जन्तु विज्ञान)449 posts.
History (इतिहास)608 posts. At class 11-12, unlike class 6-8 and 9-10, History is a subject paper in its own right — there is no Section-I / Section-II pairing here.
Political Science (राजनीति शास्त्र)665 posts.
Geography (भूगोल)176 posts.
Economics (अर्थशास्त्र)138 posts.
Sociology (समाज शास्त्र)266 posts.
Psychology (मनोविज्ञान)1,030 posts.
Home Science (गृह विज्ञान)418 posts.
Music (संगीत)736 posts — against just 2 at class 9-10. If Music is your subject, this is where the posts are.
Philosophy (दर्शन शास्त्र)80 posts.
Computer Science (कम्प्यूटर साईंस)407 posts. This is the one subject where the advertisement waives the B.Ed requirement — its note says B.Ed is not compulsory for Computer Science candidates.
Business Studies (व्यवसायिक अध्ययन)133 posts.
Entrepreneurship / EPS (उद्यमशीलता)58 posts.
Accountancy (लेखा)66 posts. The vacancy table calls it लेखाशास्त्र; the subject-choice list calls it लेखा.
Bangla (बांग्ला)Listed as choosable; no vacancy figure in this advertisement — supplementary requisition pending.
Bhojpuri (भोजपुरी)Choosable; vacancies pending the supplementary requisition.
Magahi (मगही)Choosable; vacancies pending the supplementary requisition.
Maithili (मैथिली)Choosable; vacancies pending the supplementary requisition.
Pali (पाली)Choosable; vacancies pending the supplementary requisition.
Prakrit (प्राकृत)Choosable; vacancies pending the supplementary requisition.
Arabic (अरबी)Choosable; vacancies pending the supplementary requisition.
Persian (फारसी)Choosable; vacancies pending the supplementary requisition.
Agriculture (कृषि)Choosable; vacancies pending the supplementary requisition. Its qualification route is separate — graduation in agriculture or horticulture plus a post-graduate qualification in one of agronomy, plant breeding and genetics, entomology, plant pathology, seed science and technology, soil science or horticulture.

Social Science candidates — the Section-I / Section-II pairing rule ↑

Social Science is the one subject that makes you choose again inside itself — and the choice runs one way only: what you pick in the first section decides what is left available in the second.

The rule, as printedWhat it means
Section-I में इतिहास का चयन — तब Section-II में भूगोल / अर्थशास्त्र / राजनीति शास्त्र में से एकTake History in Section-I and you then pick exactly one of Geography, Economics or Political Science in Section-II.
Section-I में भूगोल का चयन — तब Section-II में अर्थशास्त्र / राजनीति शास्त्र में से एकTake Geography in Section-I and your Section-II choice narrows to two — Economics or Political Science. History is not available to you as the second subject.
This rule applies to Social Science candidates of both Classes 6-8 and Classes 9-10 (यह नियम वर्ग 6-8 एवं वर्ग 9-10, दोनों के सामाजिक विज्ञान अभ्यर्थियों पर लागू)The advertisement prints this rule twice in identical terms — once under the middle-school paper and once under the secondary paper. It does not appear for class 11-12, where History, Geography, Economics and Political Science are separate subject papers.
At graduation level any two subjects out of History, Geography, Economics and Political Science, of which one must compulsorily be History or Geography (स्नातक स्तर पर इतिहास, भूगोल, अर्थशास्त्र एवं राजनीतिशास्त्र में से कोई दो विषय, जिनमें एक इतिहास या भूगोल अनिवार्य)For the class 9-10 Social Science post the degree requirement mirrors the exam rule: two of History, Geography, Economics and Political Science, one of which must be History or Geography. Your exam pairing has to sit inside what your degree already covers.

How the merit list is built, and what breaks a tie ↑

This is the section that decides which part of your effort actually counts. The small point most candidates miss: the language Part-I does not add to your total, yet it is what settles a tie.

As the advertisement states itWhat it means for you
वर्ग 1 से 5 — मुख्य परीक्षा के प्राप्तांक (भाग-II) के आधार पर मेधा सूचीFor primary-school posts the provisional merit list is built from Part-II marks alone. Part-I language does not add to your score.
वर्ग 6-8, 9-10, विशेष विद्यालय (9-10) एवं 11-12 — कुल प्राप्तांक (भाग-II एवं III)For every other level the merit list uses Part-II plus Part-III together — General Studies and your subject. Part-I still does not add to the total.
पहला टाई-ब्रेकर — चयनित विषय (भाग-III) का प्राप्तांकEqual totals are separated first by the subject-paper score, so two candidates on the same total are ranked by who knew their own subject better. For class 1-5, where there is no Part-III, the first tie-breaker is Part-I instead.
दूसरा टाई-ब्रेकर — भाषा (अर्हता) (भाग-I) का प्राप्तांकStill level, and the qualifying language part finally counts. That is the one reason not to treat Part-I as a paper merely to survive.
Third tie-breaker — Age (तीसरा टाई-ब्रेकर — उम्र)Age comes next. The advertisement does not say which way it runs, so do not assume it favours the older or the younger candidate — we are not filling that gap for you.
Final tie-breaker — Name in alphabetical order of the Devanagari script (अंतिम टाई-ब्रेकर — देवनागरी लिपि में वर्णमाला के अनुसार नाम)If age is identical too, preference goes by the candidate's name in Devanagari alphabetical order.
Guest teachers get weightage of 05 marks for each year of service, maximum 25 marks (अतिथि शिक्षकों को प्रत्येक वर्ष की सेवा अवधि के लिए 05 अंक, अधिकतम 25 अंक अधिभार)Guest teachers who hold the prescribed qualification get 5 marks of weightage per year served, capped at 25. The advertisement makes this conditional on the outcome of LPA No. 593/2024, and requires an experience certificate issued by the District Education Officer plus the appointment letter.
Weightage marks will be added only after securing the minimum qualifying marks in both stages (अधिभार अंक दोनों चरणों में न्यूनतम अर्हतांक प्राप्त करने के पश्चात् ही जोड़ा जायेगा)The weightage is added only after you have already cleared the minimum qualifying marks in both the prelims and the Main. It cannot lift you over the qualifying bar — it only improves your rank once you are past it.
Number of candidates to be selected for the Main Examination — two and a half times to ten times the total notified vacancies (मुख्य परीक्षा के लिए चुने जाने वाले उम्मीदवारों की संख्या — कुल संसूचित रिक्तियों की ढ़ाई गुनी से दस गुनी)Between 2.5 and 10 times the advertised vacancies are called for the Main, on prelims marks plus weightage — and every candidate sitting exactly on the category-wise cut-off is taken in.
Candidates may select only that one subject in which they have passed the Teacher Eligibility Test (अभ्यर्थी उसी एक विषय का चयन कर सकते हैं जिसमें उन्होंने शिक्षक पात्रता परीक्षा उत्तीर्ण की है)You may choose only the subject in which you passed the teacher eligibility test — and if you passed in more than one, you still choose only one of them.
After publication of the provisional result, no supplementary result will be published (औपबंधिक परीक्षाफल प्रकाशन के पश्चात् पूरक परीक्षाफल प्रकाशित नहीं किया जायेगा)No supplementary result will be published after the provisional result. There is no second list to wait for.

The 32,388 posts, level by level, with the pay for each ↑

The four levels add to exactly 32,388 — 3,847 + 8,563 + 3,877 + 16,101 — and inside each level the subject-wise posts add up to that level's own total. The figures below are written only after that check passed.

The level, as printedPosts, pay and the subject split
(a) Primary School basic cadre, Classes 1-5 — total 3,847 posts ((क) प्राथमिक विद्यालय के मूल कोटि वर्ग 1-5 — कुल 3,847 पद)Primary teacher, classes 1 to 5. Pay: initial pay progression ₹25,000 plus other allowances fixed by the state government. Subject split: General 3,065, Urdu 757, Bangla 25.
(b) Middle School (Classes 6-8) — total 8,563 posts ((ख) मध्य विद्यालय (वर्ग 6-8) — कुल 8,563 पद)Middle school, classes 6 to 8, graduate cadre. Pay: initial pay progression ₹28,000 plus other allowances. Subject split: Mathematics & Science 2,188, English 1,929, Sanskrit 1,225, Social Science 1,190, Hindi 1,096, Urdu 935.
(c) Secondary School (Classes 9-10) — total 3,877 posts ((ग) माध्यमिक विद्यालय (वर्ग 9-10) — कुल 3,877 पद)Secondary school, classes 9 to 10. Pay: basic pay ₹31,000 a month plus other admissible allowances. Subject split: Social Science 756, English 696, Urdu 660, Mathematics 570, Science 463, Hindi 361, Sanskrit 322, Physical Science 47, Music 2.
(d) Higher Secondary School (Classes 11-12) — total 16,101 posts ((घ) उच्च माध्यमिक विद्यालय (वर्ग 11-12) — कुल 16,101 पद)Higher secondary, classes 11 to 12 — very nearly half of the whole recruitment. Pay: basic pay ₹32,000 a month plus other admissible allowances. Its twenty-two subject blocks are in the next table.
Class 11-12 subjectPosts
Chemistry (रसायन शास्त्र)3,695
Physics (भौतिकी शास्त्र)1,758
English (अंग्रेजी)1,321
Botany (वनस्पति विज्ञान)1,078
Psychology (मनोविज्ञान)1,030
Urdu (उर्दू)877
Sanskrit (संस्कृत)746
Hindi (हिन्दी)739
Music (संगीत)736
Political Science (राजनीति शास्त्र)665
Mathematics (गणित)657
History (इतिहास)608
Zoology (जन्तु विज्ञान)449
Home Science (गृह विज्ञान)418
Computer Science (कम्प्यूटर विज्ञान)407
Sociology (समाज शास्त्र)266
Geography (भूगोल)176
Economics (अर्थशास्त्र)138
Business Studies (व्यवसायिक अध्ययन)133
Philosophy (दर्शन शास्त्र)80
Accountancy (लेखाशास्त्र)66
Entrepreneurship (उद्यमशीलता)58
The advertisement's noteWhat it means
नोट (i) — अधियाचना में संशोधन होने पर प्रकाशित रिक्तियों की संख्या घट-बढ़ सकती हैThe count can move up or down if the requisitioning department amends its requisition. 32,388 is the number advertised on 18 August 2026, not a guaranteed figure.
नोट (ii) — विभागीय पत्रांक-905, दिनांक-15.08.2026 — पूरक अधियाचनाA supplementary requisition is awaited for class 9-10 Bangla, Fine Arts, Dance, Maithili, special-school teacher, Arabic and Persian; and for class 11-12 Bangla, Bhojpuri, Magahi, Maithili, Pali, Prakrit, Arabic, Persian and Agriculture. Those vacancies will be notified after the General Administration Department passes it on. This is exactly why those subjects appear in the exam's subject list but carry no post count in the vacancy tables.
नोट (iii) — अभ्यर्थियों की संख्या के अनुरूप परीक्षा एक से अधिक चरणों मेंThe examination may be conducted in more than one phase depending on how many candidates apply. With 32,388 posts on offer, plan for the possibility of a multi-shift exam.

Who can apply — the eligibility test and qualification for each level ↑

Each level has its own teacher eligibility test, and its own academic and training qualification alongside. The advertisement lists several alternative routes per level; below is the main condition and the principal alternatives with it. For your exact case, read pages 5 to 11 of the original advertisement.

As the advertisement states itWhat it means for you
Must be a citizen of India (भारत का नागरिक हो)You must be a citizen of India.
वर्ग 1 से 5 — CTET Paper-I अथवा BTET Paper-I उत्तीर्णPlus higher secondary with at least 50% and a two-year diploma in elementary education — or one of the alternatives the advertisement lists: 45% with a diploma under the 2002 NCTE regulations, a four-year B.El.Ed, a two-year diploma in special education, or graduation with the two-year elementary diploma.
वर्ग 6 से 8 — CTET Paper-II अथवा BTET Paper-II उत्तीर्णPlus graduation with a two-year elementary diploma, or 50% at graduation or post-graduation with a B.Ed, or one of the other routes listed. Subject conditions matter here: a language teacher must have read that language as Honours or Subsidiary at degree level; a Mathematics & Science candidate needs two of mathematics, statistics, physics, chemistry and biology; a Social Science candidate needs two of history, geography, political science, philosophy, economics, commerce, psychology, sociology and home science.
वर्ग 9 से 10 एवं विशेष विद्यालय अध्यापक (वर्ग 9 से 10) — STET Paper-I उत्तीर्णPlus at least 50% in the specified subject at graduation or post-graduation with a B.Ed, or 45% with a B.Ed under the 2002 and 2007 NCTE regulations, or a four-year B.A.Ed / B.Sc.Ed. Special-school teachers additionally need a B.Ed in special education recognised by the Rehabilitation Council of India with a valid CRR number, and six months of cross-disability teaching training.
वर्ग 11 से 12 — STET Paper-II उत्तीर्णPlus at least 50% post-graduation in the specified subject with a B.Ed, or 45% post-graduation with a B.Ed under the 2002 and 2007 regulations, or 55% post-graduation with a three-year integrated B.Ed-M.Ed. Computer Science is the exception — the advertisement states that B.Ed is not compulsory for Computer Science candidates.
Teachers appointed and working before the year 2012, who have passed the Competency Test (वर्ष 2012 से पूर्व नियुक्त एवं कार्यरत शिक्षक, जो दक्षता परीक्षा उत्तीर्ण होंगे)Teachers appointed and serving before 2012 who have passed the competency test are not required to have cleared a teacher eligibility test.
माध्यमिक शिक्षक पात्रता परीक्षा (STET, 2026) में सम्मिलित होने वाले अभ्यर्थीCandidates who hold the academic qualification, have completed teacher training and are appearing in STET 2026 may apply — but they must pass STET 2026 before the preliminary exam. The advertisement is blunt about the consequence: no prelims admit card will be issued to a candidate who has not passed it. A self-declaration in the Commission's prescribed format is required at the time of application.
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe / Extremely Backward Class / Backward Class and Persons with Disabilities — relaxation of 05 per cent in the prescribed minimum qualifying marks (अनुसूचित जाति / जनजाति / अत्यन्त पिछड़ा वर्ग / पिछड़ा वर्ग एवं दिव्यांग — न्यूनतम निर्धारित अर्हतांक में 05 प्रतिशत की छूट)Five percentage points of relaxation in the minimum marks required of the educational qualification itself, at every level. This is separate from the exam's qualifying marks.
Notification Memo No. 2128, dated 05.08.2025 — 40% of the total vacant posts (अधिसूचना ज्ञापांक-2128, दिनांक-05.08.2025 — कुल रिक्त पदों का 40% पद)Forty per cent of all posts are to be filled by candidates who passed matriculation or intermediate from an institution located inside Bihar — passing from undivided Bihar counts as Bihar for this purpose. If enough such candidates are not available against that 40%, the balance goes to the eligible candidates of the remaining 60%.

Age limits — and the two different dates your age is measured on ↑

One thing here is easy to miss on a quick read: the minimum age is measured on 1 August 2026 and the maximum age on 1 August 2024. One advertisement, two different cut-off dates. Check your date of birth against both.

As the advertisement states itWhat it means for you
Computation of minimum age limit — 01.08.2026 (न्यूनतम उम्र सीमा की गणना — 01.08.2026)Minimum age is measured on 1 August 2026.
Computation of maximum age limit — 01.08.2024 (अधिकतम उम्र सीमा की गणना — 01.08.2024)Maximum age is measured on a DIFFERENT date — 1 August 2024, under Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department letter 212 dated 23.01.2006. Two different cut-off dates in one advertisement is unusual and easy to misread, so check your date of birth against both rather than assuming one applies to everything.
Primary and Middle School — minimum age 18 years (प्राथमिक एवं मध्य विद्यालय — न्यूनतम आयु 18 वर्ष)18 years as on 1 August 2026 for classes 1-5 and 6-8.
Secondary and Higher Secondary School — minimum age 21 years (माध्यमिक एवं उच्च माध्यमिक विद्यालय — न्यूनतम आयु 21 वर्ष)21 years as on 1 August 2026 for classes 9-10 and 11-12.
Maximum — Unreserved (Male) 37 years (अधिकतम — अनारक्षित (पुरुष) 37 वर्ष)Unreserved men: 37 years.
Maximum — Unreserved Female 40 years (अधिकतम — अनारक्षित महिला 40 वर्ष)Unreserved women: 40 years.
Maximum — Backward Class / Extremely Backward Class (Male and Female) 40 years (अधिकतम — पिछड़ा वर्ग / अत्यन्त पिछड़ा वर्ग (पुरुष एवं महिला) 40 वर्ष)Backward Class and Extremely Backward Class, men and women alike: 40 years.
Maximum — Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe (Male and Female) 42 years (अधिकतम — अनुसूचित जाति / अनुसूचित जनजाति (पुरुष एवं महिला) 42 वर्ष)Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe, men and women alike: 42 years.
Maximum — Transgender 42 years (अधिकतम — ट्रांसजेन्डर 42 वर्ष)Transgender candidates: 42 years. The advertisement separately provides that transgender candidates get the benefit of backward-class reservation, and requires a Bihar domicile certificate plus a transgender certificate from the competent authority.
Relaxation of 10 years in the maximum age limit for Persons with Disabilities (दिव्यांगों को अधिकतम उम्र सीमा में 10 वर्षों की छूट)Ten years of relaxation above the maximum for candidates with disabilities, under General Administration Department resolution 962 dated 22.01.2021, with a certificate from the competent authority.
Ex-servicemen get a concession equivalent to the sum of 03 (three) years and their period of service (भूतपूर्व सैनिकों को 03 (तीन) वर्ष तथा सेवा अवधि के योग के समतुल्य रियायत)Ex-servicemen get three years plus a concession equal to their length of service — provided their actual age on the date of application is not more than 57.
Relaxation of 05 (five) years for regular government servants of the Government of Bihar (बिहार सरकार के नियमित सरकारी सेवकों को 05 (पाँच) वर्ष की छूट)Five years of relaxation for regularly appointed Bihar government servants — but only if they have not already used up five attempts, and a competent-authority certificate is compulsory. The advertisement caps such a servant at five attempts across all Commission examinations in their whole service, counted from 12.12.2022.
The age of superannuation is fixed at 60 years (वार्धक्य सेवानिवृत्ति की आयु 60 वर्ष निर्धारित है)The retirement age for the post is 60.

Fee, dates, and the application rules that actually disqualify people ↑

The application window runs from 1 September 2026 to 30 September 2026, but payment closes a day earlier, on 29 September — the two deadlines are not the same day. Below are the fee, the dates, and the conditions on which perfectly well-prepared candidates lose their application every year.

As the advertisement states itWhat it means for you
Examination Fee — 100/- (One Hundred Rupees) per candidate (परीक्षा शुल्क — 100/- (एक सौ रूपये) प्रति अभ्यर्थी)One hundred rupees, under General Administration Department resolution 15568 dated 21.08.2025.
Application for more than one class group — separate examination fee for each class group (एक से अधिक वर्ग हेतु आवेदन — प्रत्येक वर्ग के लिए अलग-अलग परीक्षा शुल्क)Applying to more than one class group — 1-5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12 — means a separate ₹100 for each group you apply to.
Charges fixed by the various banks are extra (विभिन्न बैंकों द्वारा निर्धारित चार्ज अतिरिक्त)Bank charges are added by the bank during online payment, over and above the fee.
Biometric fee 200/- (दो सौ) रूपयेAn extra two hundred rupees is charged to candidates who do NOT enter an Aadhaar number as their identity document in the online application. Entering Aadhaar — and an Aadhaar-linked mobile number — avoids it, and the advertisement warns that an OTP failure at document verification can affect your eligibility.
Date of commencement of payment — 01.09.2026 (भुगतान प्रारम्भ करने की तिथि — 01.09.2026)Payment opens on 1 September 2026.
Last date of payment — 29.09.2026 (भुगतान की अंतिम तिथि — 29.09.2026)Payment closes on 29 September 2026 — one full day before the form does. Do not leave the fee to the last day of the application window; the two deadlines are not the same day.
Date of commencement of online application — 01.09.2026 (ऑनलाइन आवेदन प्रारम्भ करने की तिथि — 01.09.2026)The online form opens on 1 September 2026.
Last date for filling the online application — 30.09.2026 (ऑनलाइन आवेदन भरने की अंतिम तिथि — 30.09.2026)The online form closes on 30 September 2026.
All required certificates must be issued on or before the last date of application, 30.09.2026 (सभी वांछित प्रमाण-पत्र आवेदन की अंतिम तिथि 30.09.2026 तक निर्गत होना आवश्यक)Every certificate — educational, training, experience, teacher-eligibility — must be dated on or before 30 September 2026. A certificate issued after that date is not accepted, and the advertisement adds that extending the form deadline does NOT extend this one.
One Time Registration (OTR) — https://bpsconline.bihar.gov.inOTR is compulsory before you can apply, and only one OTR per candidate is allowed — a second registration can get your application rejected. Candidates who registered on the old portal must complete OTR afresh on the new one.
OTR में नाम, पिता का नाम, माता का नाम, लिंग, आधार संख्या व जन्मतिथि में परिवर्तन का कोई प्रावधान नहींThose six fields cannot be corrected afterwards, by any route. Check them character by character against your matriculation certificate before you save.
After payment, candidates will not be able to remove the selected post/subject or make a new selection (भुगतान के बाद चयनित पद/विषय को हटाने अथवा नया चयन करने में सक्षम नहीं होंगे)Once you have paid, you cannot remove or add a post or subject. Changing it means cancelling the payment and starting the whole process again — and cancelled payments are not refunded.
भुगतान के पश्चात Final Application Form Submit नहीं करने पर आवेदन पूर्ण नहीं माना जाएगाPaying is not applying. If you pay and never submit the final form, your candidature does not exist for this advertisement — the advertisement says so in as many words. This mistake costs people an entire recruitment cycle.
In case of applying for more than one class group, candidates shall submit only one online application (एक से अधिक वर्ग हेतु आवेदन देने की स्थिति में एक ही ऑनलाइन आवेदन समर्पित करेंगे)Where you apply for more than one class group, the advertisement directs you to submit a single online application matching your qualification and age — while still paying the fee separately for each group.

What this advertisement does not state — and we will not invent ↑

The items below are what a reader would reasonably look for on a syllabus page, and this document does not contain them. Many websites fill them in by guesswork. We will not — a study plan built on a guessed exam pattern costs a candidate a whole year. Take these from the official source, when they are issued.

Not statedStatus
Date of the Preliminary Examination (प्रारम्भिक परीक्षा की तिथि)Not stated. The advertisement gives the application window and says nothing about when the prelims will be held.
Date of the Main Examination (मुख्य परीक्षा की तिथि)Not stated.
Subject-wise division of questions in the Preliminary Examination (प्रारम्भिक परीक्षा में विषयवार प्रश्नों का विभाजन)Not stated. The ten prelims areas are named, but the advertisement never says how many of the 150 questions come from each. Any page giving you a subject-wise question split for this prelims has invented it.
मुख्य परीक्षा के भाग-II में विषयवार प्रश्नों का विभाजनNot stated either. Part-II is 40 questions (120 in Paper 1) across the named areas, with no per-area count given anywhere in the document.
विषय पत्रों (भाग-III) का विस्तृत टॉपिक-वार पाठ्यक्रमNot in this document. For the 80-mark subject paper the advertisement says only that the syllabus relates to SCERT/NCERT and the level follows the post's minimum qualification. It prints no chapter list for Physics, History, Hindi or any other subject. So the honest preparation source is the SCERT/NCERT textbook for that class — not a topic list someone has assembled and called official.
Duration of the Main Examination — two mutually contradictory statements in the document (मुख्य परीक्षा की अवधि — दस्तावेज़ में दो परस्पर विरोधी कथन)The document contradicts itself: 02:30 hours in the paper table on pages 14-15, 2 hours in the text on page 16. We are not silently picking one. Confirm the duration on your admit card.
Whether the marks of the Preliminary Examination are added to the final merit (प्रारम्भिक परीक्षा के अंक अंतिम मेधा में जुड़ते हैं या नहीं)Not stated in so many words. The advertisement calls the prelims a screening test and builds the merit list from Main marks — but it never prints the sentence 'prelims marks will not be counted', so we do not print it either.
Number of vacancies for subjects under supplementary requisition (पूरक अधियाचना वाले विषयों की रिक्ति संख्या)Named as coming later through a supplementary requisition — class 9-10 Bangla, Fine Arts, Dance, Maithili, special school, Arabic and Persian; class 11-12 Bangla, Bhojpuri, Magahi, Maithili, Pali, Prakrit, Arabic, Persian and Agriculture. This advertisement carries no vacancy figure for them, so we give none.
Language of the question paper (प्रश्न पत्र की भाषा)Not stated. The advertisement does not say in which language, or languages, the question paper will be set.
Normalisation (सामान्यीकरण)Not stated. The advertisement allows the exam to be held in more than one phase, but says nothing about normalising scores across those phases.

How to use this page — this part is our own advice, not the document's ↑

Start by fixing your class level, because that decides your paper, your subject options and your age limit in one go. Then look at the post count against your subject in the tables above — of 16,101 higher-secondary posts, 3,695 are in Chemistry and 80 in Philosophy. That should be part of your thinking, even though the subject is tied to the eligibility test you passed.

Then work on the prelims, because it is the first door. Of its ten content areas, three are wholly about Bihar — Bihar's history, Bihar's geographical divisions and rivers, and the changes in Bihar's economy since independence — and a fourth, Bihar's contribution to the national movement, is half about Bihar. No national-level book covers that ground for you; it has to be studied separately.

Start practising the answer sheet today. Every question you are not answering needs an E. That habit takes time to build, and the exam hall is not the place to be thinking about it.

And do not treat Part-III as an afterthought. Of the 120 Main-exam marks that actually count towards your rank, 80 come from your own subject. The advertisement gives no chapter list for it — it says only SCERT/NCERT. So the root of that preparation is the school textbook for that class, and nothing else pretending to be official.

Important Links

FAQ — Your Questions, Answered

Which post is this for?

Primary Teacher, TGT (Class 9-10), PGT (Class 11-12)

In which mode is the exam held?

Offline

What is the selection process?

Written Examination, Document Verification

What is the official website for this recruitment?

bpsc.bihar.gov.in

Whose official syllabus is this?

BPSC TRE 4.0

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Every rule, figure and topic on this page is taken from BPSC's own Advertisement No. 14/2026 (TRE 4.0) — a 24-page scanned document read in full and restated here in our own words. The original: BPSC TRE 4.0 official advertisement (PDF) ↗

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