Bihar Police Constable Exam: Pattern, PET, Syllabus & Eligibility

The Central Selection Board of Constables conducts constable recruitment for Bihar Police and allied units, and its process has a structure most candidates discover too late.

Stage one is the written examination. Its only job is to shortlist: candidates scoring the qualifying percentage — around 30 per cent — move ahead, and the written marks are then set aside completely. Shortlisting for the PET has run at a multiple of the vacancies, typically around five times.

Stage two is the Physical Eligibility Test, and this is the actual examination. The race, shot put and long jump are marked out of 100, and that score alone builds the merit list. Selection then finishes with document verification and a medical check.

The strategic consequence is blunt: preparation time should mirror the marking. A candidate spending ten months on books and one month on the ground has the ratio backwards. The written paper needs enough work to clear the bar comfortably; the ground needs months of consistent training, because graded marks in a timed race cannot be crammed.

Vacancy counts, qualifying percentages and shortlisting multiples change between advertisements, so read the current CSBC advertisement for the exact numbers.

The written examination is a two-hour paper of 100 questions worth one mark each, with no negative marking, pitched at the Intermediate (Class 12) level of the Bihar School Examination Board.

The paper draws on the Class 11-12 syllabus, and the Board has described the split as language-plus-maths on one side and social science, science and GK on the other. The exact distribution varies between advertisements, so treat the table as orientation.

Because it is qualifying with no negative marking, the approach is simple: attempt everything, secure the pass percentage with a margin, and do not chase a top score that counts for nothing. NCERT or BSEB textbooks of Class 9-12 plus a current affairs layer of six months cover the ground.

Do not skip Hindi — vyakaran questions are asked properly, and English-medium candidates lose easy marks there.

Three events, 100 marks, and every mark counts toward selection.

The events are graded, not pass-fail: a faster race timing earns more of the 50 marks, a longer throw and jump earn more of their 25 each, and candidates below the minimum standard in any event are disqualified. The exact timing-to-marks and distance-to-marks slabs are printed in the advertisement — train against those slabs, not against a vague target.

Because the race carries half the total marks, running is the core of this preparation. Three to four running sessions a week over months builds the timing that decides selection; the throw and jump respond to technique work layered on basic strength.

Before the PET comes the Physical Measurement: height standards that differ by category and gender, and chest measurement for male candidates. The figures — around 165 cm for general and OBC male candidates with lower standards for other categories, and around 155 cm for female candidates — along with chest standards have been revised between advertisements, so verify them from the current one.

The educational qualification is an Intermediate (Class 12) pass or equivalent from a recognised board — graduation is not required, which keeps the applicant pool enormous.

The age band has generally started at 18 years with the upper limit varying by category and gender under Bihar government rules, and the Board applies state reservation and home-guard provisions described in each advertisement. Both the age table and the measurement standards change between advertisements, so read the current one rather than a remembered figure.

For preparation, split the months by the marking. Ground work first: build the race timing gradually — distance base, then pace — and add shot put and long jump technique. Written work second: BSEB or NCERT Class 9-12 revision across Hindi, English, maths, science and social science, plus a six-month current affairs sheet with a Bihar-specific layer, because the Board asks state GK.

Attempt strategy in the written paper is trivial — no negative marking means answer all 100 — and the real discipline is not over-investing in it once your mocks clear the bar with a margin.

Candidates preparing for Bihar Daroga should note the contrast: the Daroga written marks build merit, so the same candidate needs opposite strategies in the two Bihar exams. The physical training overlaps directly with SSC GD Constable. For the GK base, see the Crazy GkTrick course catalogue.