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Bihar BPSC Assistant Engineer Exam Pattern
Bihar Public Service Commission is going to conduct an Examination to Recruit Assistant Engineer posts of Civil and Mechanical Engineer Trades. The BPSC AE Exam consists of six papers, out of which 4 are compulsory and common for all the branches. Two Papers are the optional papers for the engineering discipline concerned. The BPSC AE Exam Pattern provides the following Details –
- Questions will be Objective Type MCQ
- All the questions will be set in English and Hindi except for English/ Hindi Papers and Technical Subjects.
- General Hindi and General English paper will be qualifying in nature where you will have to score at least 30 marks in each paper to qualify.
- Each paper will be given One hour.
- Each correct answer gives one mark, whereas a Wrong Answer penalizes 0.25 Marks.
BPSC AE Compulsory Paper Exam Pattern
| Paper | Subject | Type Of Paper | Duration | Marks |
| Paper-1 | General English | Objective | 1 Hour | 100 Marks (Qualifying) |
| Paper-2 | General Hindi | Objective | 1 Hour | 100 Marks (Qualifying) |
| Paper-3 | General Studies | Objective | 1 Hour | 100 Marks |
| Paper-4 | General Engineering Science | Objective | 1 Hour | 100 Marks |
BPSC AE Optional Paper Exam Pattern
| Paper | Subject | Part | Marks | Nature | Duration |
| Paper-5 | Civil/ Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering – Paper 1 | I | 100 | Objective | 1 Hour |
| II | 100 | Subjective | 2 Hours |
| Paper-6 | Civil/ Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering – Paper 2 | I | 100 | Objective | 1 Hour |
| II | 100 | Subjective | 2 Hours |
| Interview | 100 |
BPSC Assistant Engineer Exam Pattern 2025
| Exam | Paper | Subject | Part | Marks | Nature | Duration |
| Written Test | I | General English | – | 100 | Objective | 3 Hours |
| II | Hindi | – | 100 |
| III | General Studies | – | 100 |
| IV | General Engineering Science | I | 100 | Objective | 1 Hour |
| II | 100 | Subjective | 2 Hours |
| V | Mechanical Engineering – 1 | I | 100 | Objective | 1 Hour |
| II | 100 | Subjective | 2 Hours |
| VI | Mechanical Engineering – 2 | I | 100 | Objective | 1 Hour |
| II | 100 | Subjective | 2 Hours |
| Interview | 100 |
| Total Marks | 1000 |
BPSC Assistant Engineer syllabus
| Subject | Syllabus |
| General English | - Error Detection
- Direct and Indirect Speech
- Active and Passive Voice
- Jumbled Sentence
- Sentence Rearrangement
- Reading Comprehension
- Fill in the Blanks
- Cloze Test
- Sentence Improvement
- One Word Substitution
|
| General Hindi | - व्याकरण (Grammar)
- शब्दावली (Vocabulary)
- शब्दों का उपयोग (Usage of Words)
- रस
- अलंकार
- समास
- सन्धि
- पर्यायवाची शब्द /समानार्थी शब्द (Synonyms)
- विलोम (Antonyms)
- तत्सम एवं तदभव
- वाक्यांशों के लिए शब्द निर्माण
- लोकोक्तियाँ एवं मुहावरे (Idioms & Phrases)
- त्रुटि से सम्बंधित अनेकार्थी शब्द
- वर्तनी (Spelling)
- वाक्य संशोधन
- कारक
- लिंग (Gender)
- वचन (Singular/Plural)
|
| General Studies | - Polity
- Bihar GK
- Economy
- Physics
- Physics
- Botany
- Zoology
- Current Affairs
- Static GK
- Awards & Honours
- Currencies & Capitals
- Geography
|
| General Engineering Science | - Electrical Measuring Instrument
- Energy Conversion
- Mechanics of Solids
- Methodology of Constructions
- Transport Phenomenon
- Engineering Economy & Management
- Engineering Materials
- Engineering Mechanics
- Environment Engineering
|
Syllabus for Paper -5
| Subject | Syllabus |
| Civil Engineering | - Structure
- Structural Design icluding RCC beams, sills, pillars, shear and diagonal tension, Concrete techniques: Climbing and marginal load design, Study of vertical and seismic forces in building structure design. (b) Steel structure tension, compression and flexural components, roof scissor plate girder, bracket connection.
- Soil Mechanics and Foundations Engineering
|
| Mechanical Engineering | - Thermodynamics
- Internal combustion engines CI and SI
- Steam Boiler
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| Electrical Engineering | - E.M. Theory Electromagnetic Theory
- Matter Science (Electric Matter Materials)
- Principles of Electrical Measurement
- Components of estimation
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Syllabus for Paper -6
| Subject | Syllabus |
| Civil Engineering | - Hydrology and Water Resources: Description of irrigation works, flooding, damage and control, the behaviour of river drainage, surface and underground drainage, channel design, general principles of hydropower engineering.
- Water system flow description- the principle of energy and momentum homogeneous, sequential traversal changed flow, components of river flow, sediment transport.
- Design of Fluid Structure
- Transportation Engineering
- Components of bridge engineering
- Public health engineering
- Water supply
- Drainage and Sanitation
|
| Mechanical Engineering | - Principles of Mechanics
- Machine Design
- Material strength
- Engineering Materials
- Production Engineering
|
| Electrical Engineering | - Power Tools and Methods
- Control method
- Electronic and Communication Electronic
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