{"id":156281,"date":"2021-12-27T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=156281"},"modified":"2021-12-27T15:03:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T09:33:00","slug":"marking-scheme-of-the-bpsc-exam-prelims-and-mains","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/marking-scheme-of-the-bpsc-exam-prelims-and-mains\/","title":{"rendered":"Marking scheme of the BPSC exam &#8211; Prelims and Mains"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"background-color: #e6caca;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4><strong>BPSC Prelims<\/strong> <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Here is the pattern of the exam:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Paper<\/strong> = General Studies; <strong>Time<\/strong> = 2hrs; <strong>Total questions<\/strong> = 150; <strong>Marks<\/strong> = 150<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some key points to remember:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Questions would be set both in <strong>English<\/strong> and <strong>Hindi<\/strong>, except for the questions that are aimed to evaluate the candidate&#8217;s English skills.<\/li>\n<li>Questions would be of<strong> Multiple Choice<\/strong> type. There will be <strong>no negative marking<\/strong>. Each question will have <strong>5 options<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Use of a calculator is not allowed.<\/li>\n<li>BPSC Prelims exam will be of <strong>qualifying nature only.<\/strong> The score in the Prelims exam shall be used only to select candidates for the BPSC Mains Exam.<\/li>\n<li>To qualify for the mains exam, <strong>candidates must get the minimum marks<\/strong> set by the commission.<\/li>\n<li>The number of candidates to be selected for BPSC Mains exam would be <strong>10 times the vacancies<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"background-color: #e6caca;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4><strong>BPSC Mains<\/strong> <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The scheme of the BPSC Mains exam is as follows:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Subject Code<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Subject<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Total Marks<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Time (hrs)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>General Hindi<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>General Studies &#8211; Paper 1<\/td>\n<td>300<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>General Studies &#8211; Paper 2<\/td>\n<td>300<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>04 &#8211; 37<\/td>\n<td>Optional<\/td>\n<td>300<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Some key points to remember:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Questions will be available in <strong>both Hindi<\/strong> and <strong>English<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>There is <strong>no negative marking<\/strong> in the descriptive question papers.<\/li>\n<li>Candidates need to <strong>attempt all the papers<\/strong> to qualify for the interview round.<\/li>\n<li>This round is both <strong>scoring<\/strong> and <strong>qualifying<\/strong> in nature.<\/li>\n<li>The candidates who are placed suitably in the <strong>merit<\/strong> will be called for the interview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BPSC Prelims Here is the pattern of the exam: Paper = General Studies; Time = 2hrs; Total questions = 150; Marks = 150 Some key points to remember: Questions would be set both in English and Hindi, except for the questions that are aimed to evaluate the candidate&#8217;s English skills. Questions would be of Multiple&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/marking-scheme-of-the-bpsc-exam-prelims-and-mains\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marking scheme of the BPSC exam &#8211; Prelims and Mains<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-156281","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}