Bihar Police Constable (CSBC 01/2025) and Sub-Inspector (BPSSC 05/2025) — Eligibility, Physical Tests, Fees

Constable, Bihar Police & BSAP — Advt 01/2025 (posts; women's share in brackets) [1]

Constable applications ran from 18 March to 18 April 2025; the BC count includes 53 transgender posts and 397 posts are for grandchildren of freedom fighters. CSBC published the final selection list on 27 May 2026. [2]

Police Sub-Inspector — Advt 05/2025 (posts; women's share in brackets) [3]

Qualification and age [3]

Constable age: minimum on 1 August 2025, maximum on 1 August 2023 (because the previous advertisement used 1 August 2022); home guards get 5 years more. SI age: minimum on 1 August 2025, maximum on 1 August 2024; Bihar government servants get 5 years more. [1]

Physical standards (both posts) [1]

Chest expansion must be at least 5 cm. Transgender candidates follow the standards for women (for SI, those of BC women). [3]

• Constable written test: 100 one-mark MCQs in 2 hours on OMR, Matric level — Hindi, English, mathematics, social science, science, general knowledge and current affairs. At least 30% is needed, and five times the vacancies (category-wise) go to the PET. The written marks are qualifying only.
• Constable merit: made only from the 100-mark PET; each of the three events must be passed separately. [1]

Constable PET — 100 marks [1]

• SI prelim: one 200-mark paper of 100 questions on general knowledge and current affairs, 2 hours; at least 30% to pass, and 20 times the vacancies go to the mains.
• SI mains: Paper 1 General Hindi (200 marks, 100 questions, 2 hours) — 30% needed, not counted in merit; Paper 2 general studies, general science, civics, Indian history and geography, mathematics and mental ability (200 marks, 100 questions, 2 hours).
• Negative marking (SI): 0.2 mark deducted for each wrong answer in both stages.
• SI PET (qualifying only, 6 times the vacancies): run — men 1 mile in 6 min 30 s, women 1 km in 6 min; high jump 4 ft / 3 ft; long jump 12 ft / 9 ft; shot put 16 lb to 16 ft / 12 lb to 10 ft.
• SI merit is on mains marks, with minimums of 40% UR, 36.5% BC, 34% EBC and 32% SC / ST / women. [3]

Source [1]

BPSSC charges the same ₹100 to every Sub-Inspector applicant — men, women and third gender of all categories. Bank charges are extra for both. [3]

• Caste-based reservation goes only to permanent residents of Bihar; candidates from other states apply as Unreserved and can claim only the women's horizontal reservation within Unreserved (constable).
• 35% of posts in every category are reserved for women (horizontal); for SI the 35% applies only to women who are permanent residents of Bihar (GAD resolution 12575, 9 July 2025).
• Grandchildren of freedom fighters with central pension: 2% horizontal, with a District Magistrate certificate.
• BC / EBC need a non-creamy-layer certificate from the home circle officer; if it is more than a year old, a declaration in Form-XVIIIB must be attached.
• Married women's caste and non-creamy-layer certificates must be in the father's name.
• EWS: income and asset certificate in Annexure-I; transgender candidates get BC reservation with an identity certificate in Form-3 / Form-4.
• Persons-with-disability reservation does not apply to constable recruitment.
• 30% of BSAP-17 (Bodh Gaya) vacancies go to candidates from left-wing-extremism-affected districts: Rohtas, Kaimur, Gaya, Aurangabad, Nawada, Banka, Munger, Jamui, Lakhisarai and West Champaran. [1]

• Valid photo ID (Aadhaar, driving licence, voter ID).
• Matriculation certificate and marks sheet (date of birth).
• Intermediate (constable) or graduation (SI) pass certificate and marks sheet.
• Caste and permanent residence certificates; non-creamy-layer certificate (BC / EBC); EWS certificate; freedom-fighter, transgender or home-guard certificates, if claimed.
• Women must give a declaration that they are not pregnant at the PET. [4]

Constable: pay Level-3 (₹21,700 – ₹69,100). Sub-Inspector: pay Level-6. [1]

The SI advertisement prints only the pay level. In-hand salary adds dearness allowance and other allowances and subtracts deductions; neither advertisement gives an in-hand figure.

Constable selection for district police and Bihar Special Armed Police battalions runs together; candidates rank their preference in the form and are allotted by merit and preference. Appointing authorities are district Superintendents of Police and battalion commandants; selected candidates go through a medical (Bihar Police Manual form 103) and character verification. [1]

The appointing authority for Police Sub-Inspectors is the Deputy Inspector General of Police. [3]

1. CSBC — Advertisement 01/2025, Constable in Bihar Police and BSAP (Hindi) (opens in a new tab) 19,838 posts by category, pay, qualification, age, physical standards, written test, PET, reservation, fee, documents, appointment · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
2. CSBC — Final selection list, Constable in Bihar Police (27 May 2026) (opens in a new tab) final result of Advt 01/2025 · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
3. BPSSC — Advertisement 05/2025, Police Sub-Inspector, Home (Police) Dept. (Hindi) (opens in a new tab) 1,799 posts by category, pay level, qualification, age, physical standards, prelim, mains, negative marking, PET, merit minimums, reservation, fee · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
4. BPSSC — Notice on PET, e-admit card and document verification, Advt 05/2025, 01/2026, 02/2026 (opens in a new tab) documents for PET and verification · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
5. BPSSC — Notices: PET postponed (28 Aug 2026) and mains of 27 May 2026 cancelled (23 Sep 2026) (opens in a new tab) SI mains cancelled; PET and verification postponed · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

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