BSSC 4th Graduate Level Combined Competitive Exam (Advt 05/25) — 1,823 Posts
The Bihar Staff Selection Commission's 4th Graduate Level Combined Competitive Examination fills graduate-level posts across Bihar government departments. This page follows Advertisement 05/25 (4 August 2025) and its corrigenda of 27 September and 21 November 2025.
Advertisement 05/25
Posts in Advertisement 05/25 (as first published) [1]
| Post | Department | Pay level | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Section Officer | General Administration Dept. | Level-7 | 1,064 |
| Planning Assistant (Yojana Sahayak) | Planning & Development Dept. | Level-7 | 88 |
| Junior Statistical Assistant | Labour Resources Dept. | Level-7 | 5 |
| Data Entry Operator Grade-C | Finance Dept. | Level-6 | 1 |
| Auditor | Audit Directorate, Finance Dept. | Level-5 | 125 |
| Auditor (Co-operative Societies) | Co-operative Dept. | Level-5 | 198 |
| Total | 1,481 |
On 21 November 2025 the Commission added 342 more Assistant Section Officer posts received from the General Administration Department, taking that post to 1,406 and the advertisement to 1,823 posts. [3]
Online registration ran from 18 August 2025. The fee deadline was finally extended to 21 November 2025 and the application deadline to 24 November 2025, with an edit window from 31 October to 24 November 2025. [4]
The files we read do not give a prelim date; it will be announced on bssc.bihar.gov.in.
Graduation and the age table
- Assistant Section Officer, Planning Assistant: graduation from a recognised university.
- Junior Statistical Assistant: graduation with mathematics, economics, commerce or statistics.
- Data Entry Operator: graduation plus PGDCA, BCA / B.Sc (IT) or equivalent; B.Tech / B.E. in computer science or IT also accepted.
- Auditor (Audit Directorate): graduation in commerce, economics, statistics or mathematics. Auditor (Co-operative): graduation with mathematics, or commerce graduation. [1]
Age on 1 August 2025 (minimum 21 for everyone) [1]
| Category | Maximum age |
|---|---|
| Unreserved men | 37 |
| BC and EBC men and women | 40 |
| Unreserved women | 40 |
| SC and ST men and women | 42 |
| Persons with disabilities (all categories) | 10 years more |
- Candidates who were within the age limit on 1 August 2022 may also apply.
- Ex-servicemen: 3 years plus defence service, actual age not above 53.
- Contract employees: the period of contract service is relaxed from the upper age limit (corrigendum of 27 September 2025). [2]
Open-book prelim, then mains with qualifying Hindi
- Prelim (held if more than 40,000 apply): one general knowledge paper of 150 MCQs, 2 hours 15 minutes, in Hindi and English — general studies, general science & mathematics, and mental ability.
- Marking: +4 for each correct answer and −1 for each wrong answer.
- Open book: candidates may take one textbook per section (general studies, mathematics, general science); only NCERT, BSEB, ICSE and other board textbooks are allowed — no guides, photocopies or notes.
- Five times the category-wise vacancies go to the mains; a separate advertisement is issued for the mains.
- Mains: a General Hindi paper (only candidates scoring 30% or more have the second paper evaluated) and a main paper on general studies, general science & mathematics and mental ability. [1]
Minimum qualifying marks (prelim and mains) [1]
| Category | Minimum |
|---|---|
| Unreserved | 40% |
| Backward Class | 36.5% |
| Extremely Backward Class | 34% |
| SC / ST, women, persons with disabilities | 32% |
Contract employees regularly appointed through Bihar's contract-employment orders get weightage of 5 marks per year of satisfactory contract service, up to 25 marks, for the same post. [2]
Examination fee
| Candidate | Fee |
|---|---|
| General, BC and EBC men | ₹540 |
| SC / ST (Bihar permanent residents) | ₹135 |
| Persons with disabilities (all categories) | ₹135 |
| Women of all categories (Bihar permanent residents only) | ₹135 |
| Candidates from outside Bihar (men and women) | ₹540 |
Source [1]
Processing charge and tax are extra; the fee is paid online only and never refunded. [1]
Bihar domicile decides every reservation
- Caste and gender reservation is given only to permanent residents of Bihar; others are treated as Unreserved.
- SC / ST candidates upload a caste certificate and a permanent residence (domicile) certificate with the mains application.
- BC / EBC candidates upload a non-creamy-layer certificate from the home-circle officer, and a permanent residence certificate.
- 35% horizontal reservation for women applies only to women who are permanent residents of Bihar; benchmark-disability reservation only to Bihar's permanent residents. [1]
Assistant Section Officer — 1,406 posts after the November 2025 corrigendum [3]
| UR | SC | ST | EBC | BC | BC women | EWS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 676 | 203 | 20 | 163 | 187 | 25 | 132 | 1,406 |
What to keep ready
- Matriculation certificate (date of birth) and graduation marks sheets / degree.
- Caste, non-creamy-layer, EWS and permanent residence certificates.
- PGDCA / BCA / B.Sc (IT) certificate for Data Entry Operator.
- Contract-service experience certificate in the prescribed format, signed by the department head / secretary / director / District Magistrate, plus the contract agreement (if claiming weightage). [2]
Pay levels
| Post | Pay level |
|---|---|
| Assistant Section Officer, Planning Assistant, Junior Statistical Assistant | Level-7 |
| Data Entry Operator Grade-C | Level-6 |
| Auditor (both departments) | Level-5 |
Source [1]
The advertisement gives only pay levels; no rupee figure or in-hand amount is printed, so none is shown here.
Where the posts are
Assistant Section Officers work in the Bihar secretariat and attached offices under the General Administration Department; Auditors serve the Finance Department's Audit Directorate and the Co-operative Department; Planning Assistants serve the Planning & Development Department. [1]
Where these facts come from
Every fact on this page is taken from the official files below, read on 18 October 2026. Boards change rules, fees and dates every cycle — open the current notification before you apply.
- BSSC — Advertisement 05/25, 4th Graduate Level Combined Competitive Examination (4 Aug 2025, Hindi) (opens in a new tab) posts, pay levels, qualification, age, exam nature, open-book prelim, mains, qualifying marks, fee, reservation · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
- BSSC — Corrigendum, Advt 05/25 (27 Sep 2025) (opens in a new tab) contract-employee weightage and age relaxation; ASO category table · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
- BSSC — Corrigendum, Advt 05/25 (21 Nov 2025) (opens in a new tab) 342 ASO posts added; 1,406 ASO posts by category · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
- BSSC — Notice extending fee and application dates for Advt 05/25 and 06/25 (14 Oct 2025) (opens in a new tab) fee till 21 Nov 2025; application till 24 Nov 2025; edit window · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
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