Alerts and Updates for BPSC TRE Higher Secondary Political Science

The class 11-12 Political Science paper at a glance

Political Science is Part III only. Eighty of the 150 questions come from the subject, so the subject section alone decides roughly 73 per cent of the marks that actually build the merit list once the qualifying language part is set aside. Reporting places the Part III standard at graduation to post-graduate level in the concerned subject rather than at the level of the class 11-12 textbooks the post will teach. Read the structure below as the pattern for the written examination, not as a settled number of stages. BPSC's calendar of 14 August 2026 places TRE 4.0 under two-phase PT plus Mains exams; the Chief Minister announced a single-phase exam on 27 August 2026; and BPSC has published no corrigendum resolving the two as of 22 September 2026. The question paper described here is the one candidates must prepare for either way, because a single-phase exam would use it and a two-phase exam would use it as the main paper.

Dates and windows

This calendar is common to every subject and every class level in BPSC TRE 4.0 — Political Science does not have a separate notification, window or examination date. Until BPSC issues the revised advertisement it has promised, every date below the advertisement itself should be treated as reported rather than fixed.

What this means for your preparation

The commonest error among Political Science candidates is treating this as a Political Science examination. It is a 150-mark paper in which Political Science supplies 80 questions and General Studies supplies 40, and the General Studies block is scored on the same merit as the subject block. A candidate who reaches 60 in Part III and 12 in Part II finishes behind one who reaches 52 and 26. The second error is assuming the subject paper is pitched at the class 11-12 syllabus the post teaches; reporting describes Part III as graduation to post-graduate standard in the concerned subject.

Where the 665 posts change the arithmetic

Political Science is reported at 665 posts among 16,101 class 11-12 vacancies. That is a middling allocation: roughly two and a half times Sociology's 266 but under two thirds of Psychology's 1,030. The practical consequence is that Political Science draws a very large applicant pool relative to its intake, because almost every arts postgraduate stream and most civil-services aspirants in Bihar hold a Political Science background. A subject with a moderate post count and a very deep candidate pool produces a cut-off that moves with the difficulty of the paper rather than with the number of posts. Plan against the reported TRE 3.0 unreserved figure of 55, not against the post count, and verify the 665 figure in BPSC's own vacancy table when the revised advertisement appears, since one aggregator reported a markedly lower 267.

Reading the reported cut-off band correctly

The class 11-12 Political Science cut-offs reported for TRE 3.0 were 55 unreserved, 48 EWS, 45 EBC, 40 ST and 39 SC, out of 150. Two things follow. First, an unreserved candidate needed a little over a third of the paper, which sounds gentle until the one-third negative marking is applied to a paper of 150 questions attempted under time pressure. Second, the spread between unreserved and SC is only 16 marks, far tighter than in Sanskrit where the reported gap is 26. A narrow spread means small scoring differences reorder large numbers of candidates, so marks left on the table in General Studies are expensive in a way they are not in a subject with a wide band.

Part III at post-graduate standard, not school standard

Career Power and Teaching Pariksha both describe the higher secondary subject paper as graduation or post-graduate level, and the Political Science content indicated covers political theory, the Indian Constitution and international relations rather than the class 11-12 chapter list. BPSC has not, in the material available, published a topic-by-topic Political Science syllabus with weights. Until it does, the defensible reading of the paper is a standard postgraduate spread: Western and Indian political thought, comparative government, Indian government and politics, public administration and international relations. Prepare from postgraduate texts and treat the NCERT class 11-12 books as revision and terminology scaffolding rather than as the syllabus.

The Bihar STET Paper-II gate

For class 11-12 posts, reporting states that a postgraduate degree with 50 per cent marks plus B.Ed is required, and that Bihar STET Paper-II in the relevant subject is mandatory. For Political Science this is the step candidates most often discover too late: the STET qualification must be in Political Science specifically, not in a neighbouring arts subject, and a candidate holding STET Paper-II in History or Economics cannot apply to the Political Science post on the strength of a Political Science postgraduate degree alone. Confirm your STET subject code against the subject you intend to select on the form before the window opens, because the subject choice is not ordinarily editable afterwards.

Sequencing the last stretch before an unfixed date

The examination is unscheduled and the application window has already slipped twice, with Adda247 expecting the paper in December 2026 or January 2027. That is a working assumption, not a date. Use the uncertainty rather than waiting on it: General Studies, reported as Indian history, geography, polity, economics, general science and Bihar-specific awareness with current affairs, is the block that decays without revision and is shared with every other subject, so it can be built now. Political Science Part III, being conceptual, holds better over time. A reasonable split while the date is open is the larger share to General Studies and current affairs and a maintenance pass over political theory, tightening to the subject once BPSC names a date.

Common questions

How many Political Science posts are there in BPSC TRE 4.0 for class 11-12?

Coaching portals reading the Advertisement 14/2026 vacancy tables report 665 Political Science posts at the higher secondary level, within 16,101 class 11-12 vacancies and 32,388 posts across all levels. One portal reported 267 instead, so the figure is not fully settled in secondary reporting. BPSC has not been quoted directly on a Political Science-only number in the material available, and the subject table in the revised advertisement is the document to check before treating 665 as final.

How many questions in the BPSC TRE higher secondary paper are from Political Science?

Eighty of the 150 questions. The paper runs 2 hours 30 minutes and is split into Part I language, 30 questions and 30 marks, qualifying at 30 per cent and not counted in merit; Part II General Studies, 40 questions and 40 marks; and Part III, the chosen subject, 80 questions and 80 marks. One third of a mark is deducted for each wrong answer. Political Science therefore decides 80 of the 110 marks that actually build the merit list.

What was the BPSC TRE Political Science cut-off for class 11-12 last time?

For TRE 3.0 the reported class 11-12 Political Science cut-offs were 55 for unreserved, 48 for EWS, 45 for EBC, 40 for ST and 39 for SC, out of 150 marks. These come from cut-off tables published by coaching portals rather than from a BPSC release quoted verbatim. They sit below the reported Sanskrit and Sociology figures and above Psychology, and they are a benchmark for TRE 4.0 rather than a threshold the Commission has announced for it.

Is the Political Science paper at graduate or post-graduate level?

Reporting on the TRE 4.0 syllabus describes the higher secondary Part III subject paper as graduation to post-graduate standard in the concerned subject, with Political Science content indicated as political theory, the Indian Constitution and international relations. BPSC has not, in the material available, released a weighted topic list for Political Science. Preparing from postgraduate material and using the class 11-12 textbooks for revision is the reading the available sources support.

When will the BPSC TRE 4.0 application open and when is the exam?

The application has not opened. BPSC moved it from 1 September 2026 to 21 September 2026, and on 20 September it was reported that changes were needed in the recruitment process and the online application system, so 21 September will not hold and a revised advertisement is awaited. A last date of 21 October 2026 and a fee deadline of 29 September 2026 were reported before that deferral. No examination date is confirmed; December 2026 to January 2027 is an expectation, not an announcement.

Do I need Bihar STET Paper-II in Political Science to apply?

Reporting on the class 11-12 eligibility states a postgraduate degree in the relevant subject with 50 per cent marks, a B.Ed, and Bihar STET Paper-II in the relevant subject. On that reading the STET qualification must be in Political Science itself, not in another arts subject. Age limits reported are 21 to 37 for unreserved men, 21 to 40 for women and BC or EBC candidates, and 21 to 42 for SC and ST candidates. Confirm each against the revised advertisement.