BPSC State Civil Services Stages 2021- There a.re 3 stages

• Preliminary Stage
• Mains Stage
• Interview Process

The syllabus of BPSC 2021 is released for just the preliminary and the mains stage.

BPSC Syllabus 2021 Preliminary -

The preliminary paper of the BPSC civil services exam General Studies subject consists of just one paper and will have questions from the following sections:

• The General Science section of the BPSC civil services exam will have questions from current events of national and international importance. History of India and salient features of the history of Bihar.
• General Geography and geographical division of Bihar and its major river systems.
• Indian Polity and Economy and major changes in the economy of Bihar in the post-independence period.
• Indian National Movement and the part played by Bihar in it and also Questions on General Mental Ability.
• Questions on General Science will cover general appreciation and understanding of science, including matters of everyday observation and experience, as may be expected of a well-educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific discipline.
• In History, emphasis will be on a broad general understanding of the subject in its social, economic and political aspects. The candidates are expected to be familiar with the broad aspects of the history of Bihar.
• In Geography, emphasis will be on the geography of India and Bihar.
• Questions on the Geography of India and Bihar will relate to the physical, social and economic Geography of the country including the main features of Indian agricultural and natural resources.
• Questions of Indian Polity and Economy will test knowledge on the country’s political system, Panchayati Raj, community development and planning in India and Bihar.
• Questions on the Indian National Movement will relate to the nature and character of the nineteenth-century resurgence, growth of nationalism and attainment of Independence and candidates will be expected to answer questions on the role of Bihar in the freedom movement of India.

For BPSC mains syllabus, kindly refer to this link :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/bpsc-syllabus

Study materials according to the subjects :-

• HISTORY

1. Ancient Indian History           Indians ancient Past                       R.D.Sharma

2. Medieval Indian History         A History of Medieval India             Satish Chandra

3. Modern Indian History           History of Modern India                  Bipan Chandra

4. Art and Culture                     Indian Art and Culture                    Nitin Singhania

• GEOGRAPHY

1. World and Physical Geography              D.R.Khullar

2. Physical and Human Geography            G.C.Leong

3. Geography of India                              Majid Hussian

• INDIAN POLITY

1. Indian Polity                                                  M.Laxmikanth

2. The Constitution Of India                                P.M.Bakshi

3. Introduction to the Constitution of India           D.D.Basu

• INDIAN ECONOMY

1. Indian Economy                                              Ramesh Singh

2. Indian Economy- Performance and Politics         Uma Kapila

• NCERT BOOKS of class 6 to 10 are always helpful for students who seat for any PSC Exams including BPSC and UPSC . They provide you brief understanding of the basics.
• For General Science, Lucent's Publicatio n is useful book,or you can go for Encyclopedia of General Science for General Competitions by Arihant Publications
  

Also, giving you some preparation tips, hope it helps!

PREPARATION

1. Have a detailed understanding the whole syllabus.

2. Analyze previous years question papers to know the important and relevant topics and solve as many as you can at the time of your preparation.

3. Make your own notes while reading books or watching lectures and stick to it and revising them regularly and on weekly basis is very important.

4. Enroll yourself for any regular test series .

5. Time Management is important. You need to cover a lot so, be aware of your time and concentration.

6. Try to stay updated with important headlines and events, read good newspapers like The Times of India or The Hindu regularly.

7.Lastly keep yourself healthy, stress free and physically fit.

Happy Learning!