The BPSC is conducted the examination of 56th, 57th, 58th and 59th Common Combined (Pre) Competitive Examination every year.

BPSC Syllabus covers 5 subjects in which 3 subjects are compulsory and 2 subjects are based on choice to choose from a given list of subjects.

BPSC exam involves three tests. First two tests are written exams and third test includes Personal interview.

Compulsory subjects:

English
General Knowledge
Mathematics

Subjects for BPSC:

General Hindi
GK Paper-1
GK Paper-2
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science
Anthropology
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce & Accountancy
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
History
Labour and Social Welfare
Law
Management
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science and International Relations
Psychology
Public Administration
SOCIOLOGY
Statistics
Zoology
HINDI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
English Language and Literature
Urdu Language & Literature
Bengla Language and Literature
Sanskrit Language & Literature
Parasi Language and Literature
Arabi Language and Literature
Pali Language and Literature
Maithli Language and Literature