Bihar Police SI 2023 Exam - Dates, Notification, Registration, Admit Card, Syllabus & Exam Pattern

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Bihar Police SI Application Date:26 Sep' 25 - 26 Oct' 25

Meghana Mohana KrishnanUpdated on Sep 25, 2025 03:29 PM

About Bihar Police SI 2025

Bihar Public Sub-ordinate service commission(BPSSC) has released the Bihar Police SI 2025 notification on September 23, 2025 in online mode at bpssc.bihar.gov.in. Candidates will be able to access the Bihar Police SI application form 2025 on Septemer 26, 2025. The Bihar police application last date is October 26, 2025. About 1799 Bihar Police SI vacancies have been announced this year.

Bihar Public sub-ordinate service commission conducts the Bihar Police SI exam 2025 for the recruitment of Sub Inspectors. Candidates between 20 to 40 years of age as on January 1, 2020 holding a graduation degree can apply for Bihar Police SI 2025 exam. 

The exam of Bihar Police SI 2025 is conducted for two phases - prelims and mains. Both the prelims and mains exam of Bihar Police SI 2025 is conducted in offline mode. The preliminary exam of Bihar Police SI 2025 contains 100 questions of 2 marks each. The questions in the Bihar police SI prelims exam syllabus is from general awareness and current affairs. Candidates who score less than 30% in the prelims exam do not qualify the examination. 

The Bihar police SI mains exam is conducted for two papers - Paper I and II. Paper I is conducted for General Hindi while paper II is conducted for General Studies, General Sciences, Indian History, Civics, Geography, Maths and Mental Ability. Candidates who qualify in the mains exam of Bihar Police SI have to further appear for the physical test. The final merit list is prepared by the examination authority on the basis of marks scored by the candidates in the main exam as per their category.

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Bihar Police SI 2023 Exam - Dates, Notification, Registration, Admit Card, Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Bihar Police SI 2025 Highlights

Full Exam Name
Bihar Police Sub Inspector Exam
Short Exam Name
Bihar Police SI
Conducting Body
Bihar Public Service Commission
Frequency Of Conduct
Based on Vacancy
Exam Level
State Level Exam
Languages
English +1 more
Mode Of Application
online
Application Fee
Online : 700
Mode Of Exam
offline
Mode Of Counselling
online +1 more
Exam Duration
Prelims:2 Hours +1 more
No Of Seats
1799

Bihar Police SI Important Dates

Bihar Police SI Bihar Police Sub Inspector Exam (session 2025)

The exam conducting authority determines the eligibility criteria of Bihar Police SI 2025 taking the age and educational qualification for the candidates into consideration. Candidates must fulfil the eligibility criteria of Bihar Police SI before they fill the application form. 

Bihar Police SI Eligibility Criteria 2025 - Age as on January 1, 2025

  • General category male candidates must be between 20 to 37 years of age.

  • BC and Ext. BC category male candidates must be between 20 to 40 years of age.

  • Female candidates belonging to general, backward and extremely backward category must be between 20 to 40 years of age.

  • Both male and Female candidates belonging to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe must be between 20 years to 42 years of age.

Bihar Police SI Eligibility Criteria 2025 - Educational Qualification as on January 1, 2025

Candidates must hold a graduation degree in any stream from a recognised university.

Background wave

The application form of Bihar Police SI 2025 will be released on September 26, 2025 by the examination authority in online mode at bpssc.bihar.gov.in. the Bihar Police SI application form last date is October 26, 2025. Before filling the application form of Bihar Police SI, candidates must fulfil the eligibility criteria. Along with filling the Bihar police SI application form 2025, candidates must also pay the prescribed application fee in online mode as per their category.

Application fee 

Category

Fees

General/OBC

Rs. 700

SC/ST/female

Rs. 400

Candidates can pay the Bihar police SI application fee by using net banking, debit card and credit card. 

In order to fill the application form, candidates must have an active Email ID and mobile number. They must follow the steps given below to fill the application form of Bihar Police SI 2025.

Step 1 - Registration

Step 2 - Filling of details

Step 3 - Uploading of Documents (photograph and signature)

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Documents Required at Exam Bihar Police SI 2025

Bihar Police Sub Inspector Exam 2025

Admit card
Aadhaar card
Voter ID card
PAN card
Driving license
Employee ID card
University/College ID card

Prelims

The preliminary exam of Bihar Police SI 2025 is conducted in offline mode. The exam contains 100 objective questions of 2 marks each. Candidates will be given 2 hours in order to complete the preliminary exam of Bihar Police SI 2025. The exam is based on the questions from General Awareness and Current Affairs. For each wrong answer given by the candidates, 0.2 marks will be deducted. No marks will be deducted if the question is left unanswered.

Bihar Police SI Exam Pattern 2025 - Preliminary Examination

Sections

Total Questions

Total Marks

Duration

  • General Awareness

  • Current Awareness

100

200

2 hours

    

All those candidates who qualify in the prelims exam are eligible to appear in the mains exam of Bihar Police SI 2025.

Mains

The mains exam of Bihar Police SI 2025 is conducted for only those candidates who qualify in the prelims examination.  The mains exam of 2025 Bihar police SI is conducted for two papers - paper I and II. Bihar police SI Paper I is based on questions from general Hindi while paper II will contain questions from general studies, general sciences, Indian history, civics, geography, maths and mental ability. Candidates are allotted 2 hours for each paper. Each question carries 2 marks each while 0.2 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer given by the candidates.

Bihar Police SI Exam Pattern 2025 - mains examination

Papers 

Sections

Total Questions

Total Marks

Duration

Paper I

  • General Hindi

100

200

2 hours

Paper II 

  • General Studies

  • General Sciences

  • Indian History

  • Civics

  • Geography

  • Mathematics 

  • Mental Ability

100

200

2 hours

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Bihar Police SI 2025 Syllabus

Bihar Police SI Prelims Syllabus
Bihar Police SI Mains Syllabus

Prelims

The exam conducting authority releases the admit card of Bihar Police SI 2025 for the preliminary exam in online mode.  Candidates can download the admit card of Bihar Police SI using their registration ID and password. Only those candidates will be issued the admit card of Bihar Police SI, who successfully fill the application form. The admit card of Bihar Police SI 2025 contains the details regarding the candidates and exam like name of the candidates, dates of birth, date and time of examination, and exam centre. 

Candidates must check all the details mentioned on the admit card of Bihar Police SI 2025. A print out of the prelims admit card 2025 must be taken out by the candidates and carry it to the exam centres. Along with the admit card of 2025 Bihar Police SI, candidates must also carry one of the prescribed photo identity proofs - aadhaar card, voter ID card, driving license, PAN card passport, Employee ID card, and College/University ID card.

Mains

The Bihar police SI 2025 mains admit card will be released  on the official website. The admit card is issued to the candidates who qualify the preliminary exam of Bihar Police SI. Candidates must download the Bihar police 2025 mains admit card by using their registration number and password.

The Bihar police SI mains admit card 2025 contains the candidates name, roll number, dates and time of the mains exam, and exam centre. Candidates must carry Bihar Police mains admit card 2025 to the exam centre on the day of examination along with the prescribed photo ID proofs. It must be kept in mind that no candidates will be allowed to appear for the exam without the Bihar police SI admit card.

Prelims

The prelims result of Bihar Police SI  2025 is released in online mode at bppsc.bihar.gov.in. Candidates can check the Bihar police SI 2025 result by filling in the registration number and password. The result of Bihar Police SI 2025 will contain the marks scored by the candidates and their qualifying status. Those who score less than 30% will be referred as unqualified. Candidates as many as 20 times the number of vacancies will be shortlisted for the Bihar police SI mains exam based on their performance. 

Mains

The result of Bihar Police SI is declared in online mode on the official website. All those candidates who score 305 and more are referred to as qualified. Candidates as many as 6 times the number of vacancy get shortlisted for the physical test round. The final merit list is prepared by taking the marks of the mains exam into consideration. 

Prelims

The cut off of Bihar Police SI is released by the exam conducting authority in order to shortlist the candidates for the next round of selection process. Bihar Police SI cut off 2025 is the minimum marks that the candidates must score in order to qualify the exam. The cut off 2025 of Bihar Police SI is determined by taking the category of the candidates into consideration. 

There are various other factors that are taken into consideration while determining the cut off of Bihar Police SI 2025 - total number of vacancy, number of candidates appeared, and the difficulty level of the question paper. All those candidates who score the minimum cut off of Bihar Police SI 2025 in the prelims exam will be shortlisted to appear in the mains exam of Bihar.

Mains

The cut off of Bihar Police SI 2025 for the mains exam will be released for only those candidates who appear for the mains exam. Candidates must score Bihar Police SI cut off score as per their category in order to qualify for the next round of the selection process. Candidates belong to SC/ST category must score score at least 35.5% marks, Ext.BC/BC category candidates must score 30% marks whereas candidates belonging to general category must score 40% marks to qualify the mains exam of Bihar Police SI 2025. 

Documents Required at Bihar Police SI 2025 counselling

Bihar Police Sub Inspector Exam 2025

10th and 12th marksheet
Graduation/Post-Graduation certificate
Birth certificate
Caste certificate (if required)
PWD certificate (If applicable)

General Information

Relevant Links:

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: How long is the SI exam in Bihar?
A:

The Bihar police SI exam 2025 is conducted for 2 hours.

Q: Is there any negative marking in Bihar SI prelims?
A:

There is a 0.2 marks of negative marking for the Bihar police SI prelims 2025 exam.

Q: How many seats are in Bihar, SI?
A:

About 1799 seats have been released for the Bihar police SI 2025.

Q: What is the age limit for SI in Bihar?
A:

The Bihar police SI age limit is between 20 and 40 years. There will be an age relaxation of 3-5 years for OBC/SC/ST candidates.

Q: What is the salary of SI in Bihar?
A:

Considering the basic pay and the allowances, a candidate who cleared the Bihar police SI exam will be given a salary between Rs 49,700 to Rs 54,200.

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