BPSC TRE 4.0 syllabus and exam pattern

Stages in the TRE 4.0 selection process

The first three rounds of Bihar teacher recruitment used one written paper. For TRE 4.0 the Commission's examination controller confirmed a two stage structure: a preliminary test followed by a main exam, then a check of your certificates. No interview round is held.

• Preliminary test: an objective general studies paper of 150 marks, reported as 2 hours long. It screens candidates for the main exam; reports say 2.5 to 10 times the category wise vacancies are shortlisted. Prelims scores are used only for shortlisting.
• Main exam: the paper that decides your rank. Its structure depends on the class group you apply for.
• Document verification: certificates, eligibility test results and category papers are checked.

BPSC TRE 4.0 exam pattern by class level

Each item you get right adds one mark. Most reports of the advertisement list the main paper as 2 hours 30 minutes. For primary posts, merit is built on Part II alone. For classes 6 to 12, merit adds Part II and Part III, so 120 marks decide your rank while the language part only has to be cleared.

Negative marking, option E and qualifying marks

Every question has five options. A to D are answers; E means you choose not to attempt it. You lose a third of a mark for each wrong answer, and the same penalty applies if you leave all five bubbles empty or mark more than one. So when you want to skip, fill E.

On top of these, the language part has its own bar of 30 percent. Fail Part I and the rest of your paper is not counted for merit, however well you did.

Part I: language syllabus

The 30 language questions test English and one of Hindi, Urdu or Bangla. The level is school grammar and reading, not literature.

• English: vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms, nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs and tenses, sentence correction, idioms, phrase meanings, blanks to complete, reading an unseen passage
• Hindi, Urdu or Bangla: spelling, word meaning, opposites, sentence structure and correction, grammar rules, completing sentences, comprehension of a short passage

Since this part only needs 9 marks, two or three weeks of steady grammar practice is usually enough. Do not let it eat time meant for the scoring parts.

Part II: general studies syllabus

For classes 6 to 12 this part has 40 questions; for primary posts it grows to 120, which makes it the whole merit section for that group.

• Elementary mathematics: number system, fractions, percentage, ratio and proportion, averages, gain and loss, interest, work and time, simple mensuration
• Mental ability: series, analogy, coding, directions, blood relations, ranking, non verbal patterns
• General science: school physics, chemistry and life science topics as they apply to daily life, health and the human body
• Social science and geography: Indian and Bihar geography, rivers, soils, climate, polity basics
• Indian national movement: major events and leaders, with Bihar's role in the freedom struggle
• General awareness and current affairs: national and Bihar news, schemes, awards, sports
• Environmental studies: listed for the primary paper

The preliminary test draws on a similar spread: general science, current affairs, history, geography, polity, economy and mental ability.

Part III: the subject you will teach

Part III carries 80 marks and follows the subject on your application. Its depth rises with the class group.

• Classes 6 to 8: one subject such as mathematics, science, social science, Hindi, English, Urdu or Sanskrit, at middle school depth
• Classes 9 to 10: subject content up to secondary level, so expect board style concepts and numericals
• Classes 11 to 12: postgraduate level subject knowledge, since the post needs a master's degree in that subject

The subject wise topic list is attached to the advertisement. If you also wrote the Bihar STET, its subject list is a good starting map; see the Bihar STET syllabus. For the overall view of Bihar teacher papers, the BPSC teacher syllabus page compares all rounds.

A study plan built around 120 merit marks

Work out where your marks come from first. For a class 6 to 12 post, Part III gives two thirds of your merit, so it deserves about half your daily hours, with general studies taking a third and language the rest.

• Revise NCERT and Bihar textbook content for your class group before any guide book.
• Practise the five option format. Count how many wrong guesses would have cost you in each mock.
• Primary candidates should treat maths, reasoning and science as the core, since 120 general studies marks decide everything.

Older papers from earlier rounds help with question style; see BPSC cut off for how scores have stacked up and the teaching exams hub for related tests such as CTET paper 2.

BPSC TRE 4.0 syllabus in Hindi

बीपीएससी टीआरई 4.0 की मुख्य लिखित पेपर कुल 150 अंकों का है और इसमें 150 सवाल पूछे जाते हैं। भाग एक भाषा का है, जिसमें अंग्रेज़ी और हिंदी, उर्दू या बांग्ला से 30 प्रश्न आते हैं। इस भाग में 30 प्रतिशत अंक पाना अनिवार्य है, लेकिन रैंक बनाने में इनकी गिनती नहीं होती। भाग दो सामान्य अध्ययन है: गणित, मानसिक योग्यता, विज्ञान, सामाजिक विज्ञान, भूगोल, राष्ट्रीय आंदोलन और करंट अफेयर्स। कक्षा 1 से 5 के लिए इसमें 120 प्रश्न हैं, बाकी कक्षाओं के लिए 40। भाग तीन में आपके विषय के 80 प्रश्न होते हैं। हर गलत विकल्प चुनने पर 1/3 अंक काट लिया जाता है, इसलिए जिस प्रश्न को छोड़ना चाहें उसके लिए E चुनें।