Bihar Police Constable (Sipahi) recruitment starts with a written test that only qualifies you, and the final merit list is built on the physical efficiency test. Here’s the shape of it and the subjects tested, taken from the Central Selection Board of Constable’s 2025 notification and its syllabus, with a link to the official source for exact marks and timing.
Hindi
Prose and poetry from the Class 9 and 10 Hindi textbooks, including poems from the Bhakti, Riti, Dwivedi, Chhayavad, post-Chhayavad, Pragativad and contemporary periods. Grammar: spelling and word breaking, prefixes and suffixes, synonyms and antonyms, idioms and proverbs, sentence correction, sandhi and samas, abridgement of passages, technical terms, and the basics of literary study such as shabd-shakti, alankar, chhand and kavya-gun.
English
Comprehension, tales, short stories and plays, informative essays, poems, composition and writing exercises, and translation from the mother tongue. Grammar: reported speech, modal auxiliaries, punctuation, prepositions, relative and conditional clauses, phrases and idioms, sequence of tenses and subject–verb agreement. Word accent and intonation are listed too.
Mathematics
Real numbers, polynomials, linear equations in two variables, quadratic equations, commercial mathematics (shares and dividends, discount, compound interest, payment in instalments), coordinate geometry, Euclid’s geometry, lines and angles, quadrilaterals, areas, constructions, mensuration (area, surface area and volume), trigonometric ratios and identities, statistics and probability.
Social Science
History: geographical discoveries, the American and French revolutions, Nazism, the two world wars, tribal society and colonialism, nationalism in Europe, socialism and communism, nationalist movements in Indo-China, nationalism in India (1914–1930), urbanisation, trade and globalisation, and the press and nationalism. Geography: India’s location, physical features, drainage, vegetation, wildlife and population, neighbouring countries, map study, resources, agriculture, industries, transport, communication and trade, and the natural resources and population of Bihar. Civics: democracy in the contemporary world, constitution making, electoral politics, institutions of parliamentary democracy, democratic rights, power sharing, and the achievements and challenges of democracy. Economics: a Bihar village, human resources, poverty, unemployment, agriculture and food security, state and national income, money, savings and credit, financial institutions, employment and services, globalisation, and consumer awareness.
Science
Physics, chemistry, zoology and botany at Class 9 and 10 level: food and matter, the living world and classification, motion, force, gravitation, work, energy and sound, natural resources, electric circuits and magnets, natural phenomena of light and the human eye, control and coordination and reproduction in living things, heredity and evolution, and conservation of natural resources and sources of energy.
General Knowledge and Current Affairs
The notification lists general knowledge and current affairs as an area of the paper, but it does not name topics for it. A daily current-affairs habit is the practical way to prepare.
Each recruitment’s notification sets its own marks, timing and qualifying standards, and these can change between cycles. Treat the subjects above as the shape to study toward, and check the Board’s own official site.
The Central Selection Board of Constable fills Constable (Sipahi) posts in the Bihar Police district forces and in the battalions of the Bihar Special Armed Police through one recruitment, and candidates mark their preference between the two when applying.
Free topic-wise lessons and practice for the subjects above, sectional tests by subject, full-length mock tests, a Mistake Notebook that tracks your weak topics automatically, and dated current-affairs capsules.
Pariksha Saathi