Bihar TRE 4.0 — School Teacher Physics (Class 11-12), BPSC Advt. 14/2026
I. Preliminary Examination (150 Marks, 2 Hours, screening only)
The preliminary competitive examination is of General Studies. All questions are objective multiple choice, 1 mark each, with 1/3 negative marking for every wrong answer as well as for every unanswered question (option E must be marked if a question is not attempted).
• General Science.
• Current events of national and international importance.
• History of India and the salient features of the history of Bihar.
• General Geography; major geographical divisions of Bihar and its important rivers.
• Indian polity and economy.
• Major changes in the economy of Bihar after independence.
• India's national movement and the contribution of Bihar to it.
• Questions testing general mental ability.
Minimum qualifying marks: General 40%, Backward Class 36.5%, Extremely Backward Class 34%, and SC/ST/Women/PwBD 32% (the 32% concession is available only to permanent residents of Bihar). Candidates called for the Mains are between 2.5 and 10 times the notified vacancies.
II. Main Examination — Higher Secondary School Teacher (Class 11-12), 150 Marks, 2 Hours 30 Minutes
The Mains paper is objective (MCQ) with 150 questions of 1 mark each and 1/3 negative marking, divided into three parts.
• Part-I — Language (Qualifying): practical knowledge of English and Hindi/Urdu/Bangla. 30 questions. A minimum of 30% is compulsory in this part.
• Part-II — General Studies: 40 questions from the Higher Secondary school curriculum, at the level of the minimum qualification prescribed for the post, including elementary mathematics, general awareness, general science, Indian national movement, and geography.
• Part-III — Subject Paper (Physics): 80 questions. The syllabus of the subject paper is related to SCERT/NCERT (Class 11-12), but its level corresponds to the minimum qualification prescribed for the candidate.
Candidates may select only the subject in which they have qualified the Teacher Eligibility Test (STET Paper-II for Class 11-12). The merit list for Class 11-12 posts is prepared on the total of Part-II and Part-III; ties are resolved by Part-III (subject) marks, then Part-I (language) marks, then age. There is no interview.
Eligible post-graduate subjects for the Physics post
• Physics / Electronics / Applied Physics / Nuclear Physics — minimum 50% marks, with B.Ed / B.Sc.Ed from an NCTE-recognised institution; or PG with 55% (or equivalent grade) plus a 3-year integrated B.Ed-M.Ed.
Physics vacancies and reservation (Class 11-12) — 1758 posts
• Unreserved (UR): 287
• Economically Weaker Section (EWS): 62
• Extremely Backward Class (EBC): 475 (152 + 323 backlog)
• Backward Class (BC): 171 (49 + 122 backlog)
• Scheduled Caste (SC): 600 (183 + 417 backlog)
• Scheduled Tribe (ST): 37 (11 + 26 backlog)
• Backward Class Ladies (BCL): 126 (36 + 90 backlog)
• Women (35% horizontal reservation): 223 posts — UR 96, EWS 13, EBC 45, BC 11, SC 58, ST 00
• Persons with Benchmark Disability (4% horizontal): 33 posts — Visually Impaired 07, Deaf & Dumb 11, Orthopaedically Handicapped 09, Mentally ill / Multiple Disability 06
• Grandchildren of freedom fighters (2% horizontal): 16 posts
• Transgender (horizontal reservation): 00 posts in Physics
Reservation benefits are available only to permanent residents of Bihar. 40% of the total posts are to be filled by candidates who passed Matric or Intermediate from institutions located in Bihar (undivided Bihar included). The number of vacancies may increase or decrease if the requisitioning department revises the requisition.