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BPSC previous year question papers: 65th to 71st Prelims

9 papers from 7 exams. For each one: its date, and its sitting where BPSC’s documents give one, each from a BPSC document, with any reading of ours labelled as ours; its option format; the questions BPSC deleted; where our answer key comes from; and how many questions each subject drew, by our own classification.

As of 5 October 2026, the only question booklet among these that we found on BPSC’s own website is the 69th’s, and the only answer keys are the 70th’s and the 71st’s. We link those and do not re-host the rest; for each paper we say where BPSC’s own copy stands.

The papers

Past questions by subject, chapter by chapter:

The whole subject-by-paper table is on the BPSC syllabus page, and where the 72nd prelims answer key stands, with a score calculator, is on the BPSC answer key page.

65th (2019)

Date
15 October 2019 (BPSC’s final answer key to the 65th, which we hold)
Options
A to E; E is “None of the above/More than one of the above”As printed on the question paper.
Questions BPSC deleted
None, in BPSC’s final key
Our answer key
BPSC’s own final answer key for this sitting
BPSC’s own files
None we could link. As far as we found, BPSC’s notices from 2023 and earlier are only in an archive on its website, which we cannot link into; its question-booklets page lists the booklets it hosts.
By subject
  • History 39
  • Geography 22
  • Polity 12
  • Economy 8
  • Science 27
  • Environment and Ecology 4
  • Mathematics and Mental Ability 10
  • Static General Knowledge 2
  • Current Affairs 26
Our own classification of the paper: Preptez’s counts, not BPSC’s, with any question BPSC deleted still counted.

66th (2020)

Date
2020 (BPSC’s question booklet for this sitting, which we hold)Inferred: the booklet is coded 13/FF/CC/PT-2020; we hold no BPSC document giving the day.
Sitting
BPSC also held a 66th re-examination, on 14 February 2021; we hold its answer key but not its paper. (BPSC’s final answer key to the 66th re-examination, which we hold)
Options
A to E; E is “None of the above/More than one of the above”As printed on the question paper.
Questions BPSC deleted
Not known: we hold no BPSC key for this sitting
Our answer key
Not BPSC’s: an answer key published on another websiteBPSC’s key we hold is for that re-examination, a different sitting, so we do not use it for this paper. (BPSC’s final answer key to the 66th re-examination, which we hold)
BPSC’s own files
None we could link. As far as we found, BPSC’s notices from 2023 and earlier are only in an archive on its website, which we cannot link into; its question-booklets page lists the booklets it hosts.
By subject
  • History 37
  • Geography 20
  • Polity 7
  • Economy 9
  • Science 27
  • Environment and Ecology 3
  • Mathematics and Mental Ability 10
  • Static General Knowledge 0
  • Current Affairs 37
Our own classification of the paper: Preptez’s counts, not BPSC’s, with any question BPSC deleted still counted.

67th, first sitting (2022)

Date
2022 (BPSC’s question booklet for this sitting, which we hold)Inferred: the booklet is coded 06/FG/CC/PT-2022; we hold no BPSC document giving the day.
Sitting
Cancelled, in our reading. (BPSC’s final answer key to the 67th re-examination, which we hold)Inferred: BPSC’s final key for 30 September 2022 calls that sitting a re-examination; we hold no BPSC notice about this first sitting, so no BPSC document we hold says it was cancelled or why.
Options
A to E; E is “None of the above/More than one of the above”As printed on the question paper.
Questions BPSC deleted
Not known: we hold no BPSC key for this sitting
Our answer key
Not BPSC’s: an answer key published on another websiteWe hold no BPSC answer key for this sitting; the BPSC key we hold is for the 67th re-examination of 30 September 2022. (BPSC’s final answer key to the 67th re-examination, which we hold)
BPSC’s own files
None we could link. As far as we found, BPSC’s notices from 2023 and earlier are only in an archive on its website, which we cannot link into; its question-booklets page lists the booklets it hosts.
By subject
  • History 36
  • Geography 23
  • Polity 17
  • Economy 11
  • Science 30
  • Environment and Ecology 0
  • Mathematics and Mental Ability 10
  • Static General Knowledge 0
  • Current Affairs 23
Our own classification of the paper: Preptez’s counts, not BPSC’s, with any question BPSC deleted still counted.

67th re-exam (Sep 2022)

Date
30 September 2022 (BPSC’s final answer key to the 67th re-examination, which we hold)
Sitting
BPSC’s final key calls this sitting a re-examination. (BPSC’s final answer key to the 67th re-examination, which we hold)
Options
A to E; E is “None of the above/More than one of the above”As printed on the question paper.
Questions BPSC deleted
None, in BPSC’s final key
Our answer key
BPSC’s own final answer key for this sitting
BPSC’s own files
None we could link. As far as we found, BPSC’s notices from 2023 and earlier are only in an archive on its website, which we cannot link into; its question-booklets page lists the booklets it hosts.
By subject
  • History 33
  • Geography 23
  • Polity 13
  • Economy 9
  • Science 30
  • Environment and Ecology 1
  • Mathematics and Mental Ability 10
  • Static General Knowledge 0
  • Current Affairs 31
Our own classification of the paper: Preptez’s counts, not BPSC’s, with any question BPSC deleted still counted.

68th (2023)

Date
12 February 2023 (BPSC’s final answer key to the 68th, which we hold)
Options
A to E; D is “More than one of the above”; E is “None of the above”As printed on the question paper.
Questions BPSC deleted
1 question, in BPSC’s final key
Our answer key
BPSC’s own final answer key for this sitting
BPSC’s own files
None we could link. As far as we found, BPSC’s notices from 2023 and earlier are only in an archive on its website, which we cannot link into; its question-booklets page lists the booklets it hosts.
By subject
  • History 36
  • Geography 20
  • Polity 10
  • Economy 16
  • Science 29
  • Environment and Ecology 4
  • Mathematics and Mental Ability 10
  • Static General Knowledge 2
  • Current Affairs 23
Our own classification of the paper: Preptez’s counts, not BPSC’s, with any question BPSC deleted still counted.

69th (2023)

Date
30 September 2023 (BPSC’s final answer key to the 69th, which we hold)
Options
A to DAs printed on the question paper.
Questions BPSC deleted
3 questions, in BPSC’s final key
Our answer key
BPSC’s own final answer key for this sitting
BPSC’s own files
By subject
  • History 37
  • Geography 25
  • Polity 13
  • Economy 11
  • Science 20
  • Environment and Ecology 4
  • Mathematics and Mental Ability 10
  • Static General Knowledge 3
  • Current Affairs 26
Our own classification of the paper: Preptez’s counts, not BPSC’s, with any question BPSC deleted still counted.1 of its questions is not placed in a chapter.

70th (Dec 2024)

Date
13 December 2024 Source
Sitting
BPSC cancelled this sitting at one centre, Bapu Pariksha Parisar in Kumhrar, Patna, and said the re-examination date would follow. Source
Options
A to DAs printed on the question paper.
Questions BPSC deleted
4 questions, in BPSC’s final key
Our answer key
BPSC’s own final answer key for this sitting
BPSC’s own files
By subject
  • History 34
  • Geography 24
  • Polity 14
  • Economy 11
  • Science 21
  • Environment and Ecology 2
  • Mathematics and Mental Ability 10
  • Static General Knowledge 2
  • Current Affairs 32
Our own classification of the paper: Preptez’s counts, not BPSC’s, with any question BPSC deleted still counted.
Practice
Sit it as a timed mock, marked as its cover shows; each question BPSC deleted is credited in full. Sign in to sit it (an account is free).

70th re-exam (Jan 2025)

Date
4 January 2025 Source
Sitting
The re-examination of the 13 December 2024 sitting that BPSC cancelled at one centre, Bapu Pariksha Parisar, held at 22 centres in Patna. Source
Options
A to DAs printed on the question paper.
Questions BPSC deleted
4 questions, in BPSC’s final key
Our answer key
BPSC’s own final answer key for this sitting
BPSC’s own files
By subject
  • History 39
  • Geography 28
  • Polity 15
  • Economy 10
  • Science 27
  • Environment and Ecology 2
  • Mathematics and Mental Ability 9
  • Static General Knowledge 2
  • Current Affairs 18
Our own classification of the paper: Preptez’s counts, not BPSC’s, with any question BPSC deleted still counted.
Practice
Sit it as a timed mock, marked as its cover shows; each question BPSC deleted is credited in full. Sign in to sit it (an account is free).

71st (2025)

Date
13 September 2025 Source
Options
A to DAs printed on the question paper.
Questions BPSC deleted
5 questions, in BPSC’s final key
Our answer key
BPSC’s own final answer key for this sitting
BPSC’s own files
By subject
  • History 31
  • Geography 17
  • Polity 14
  • Economy 9
  • Science 27
  • Environment and Ecology 2
  • Mathematics and Mental Ability 10
  • Static General Knowledge 2
  • Current Affairs 35
Our own classification of the paper: Preptez’s counts, not BPSC’s, with any question BPSC deleted still counted.3 of its questions are not placed in a chapter.
Practice
Sit it as a timed mock, marked as its cover shows; each question BPSC deleted is credited in full. Sign in to sit it (an account is free).

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