Bihar Police Special Branch Constable Recruitment 2026 — CSBC Advt 01/2026 (83 Posts)

Online applications ran from 06.02.2026 to 05.03.2026 and have closed. The recruitment itself is still running, the written examination, physical measurement test and document verification are still to come.

• The women's and freedom-fighter-dependent columns are horizontal reservation. Those posts are counted inside the figures in the Posts column, not added to them.
• Fresh requisitions may be added before the written examination, and the number of posts may rise or fall if the requisition is revised.
• Reservation under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 does NOT apply to this post.
• Caste-based reservation is available only to candidates domiciled in Bihar. Reserved-category candidates from outside Bihar are treated as Unreserved.

Age limit

Age is reckoned as on 01.08.2026, for both the minimum and the maximum.

• Age is reckoned from the date of birth printed on the matriculation certificate or its equivalent.
• Serving Bihar government employees appearing for a higher pay-scale service get a further 5 years, under resolution 2374 of 16.07.2007.

Educational qualification

• Intermediate (10+2) or an equivalent examination, passed.
• Only Indian citizens may apply under this advertisement.

• Men must show a chest expansion of at least 5 cm.
• Women must weigh at least 48 kg.
• The physical measurement test carries no marks. It is pass or fail, and no relaxation of the minimum standards is allowed.

Paper 1: 100 questions, 100 marks, 90 minutes

Paper 2: 100 questions, 100 marks, 90 minutes

Negative marking: one mark for each correct answer, and 0.25 of a mark deducted for each wrong answer, in both papers.

• The written examination is OMR based and objective, at the standard of the Bihar School Examination Board class 10 (Matric) or equivalent.
• One mark is given for each correct answer and 0.25 of a mark is deducted for each wrong answer, in both papers.
• A candidate must score at least 30 per cent in each paper separately. Below that, they are declared unsuccessful.
• The OMR sheet is in two copies: one is retained by the Board and one is given to the candidate.
• Where the examination is held in more than one sitting, marks are normalised by the equi-percentile method.
• Both papers together are called the Main Written Examination, and the final merit list is prepared from those marks alone.
• Three times the number of vacancies in each reservation category are called for the physical measurement test. Everyone on the same cut-off mark within a category goes through.

1. Main Written Examination: two objective papers, and the only marks that count towards the final merit list.
2. Physical Measurement Test (PST): height, chest and weight. Qualifying only, no marks, no relaxation.
3. Document verification: usually on the same day as the physical test.
4. Final merit list, prepared category-wise from the Main Written Examination marks.

• A valid photo identity document: Aadhaar card, driving licence, voter identity card or similar.
• Date of birth proof: the original matriculation or equivalent certificate and marksheet.
• Intermediate or equivalent passing certificate.
• Intermediate or equivalent marksheet.
• SC and ST candidates: caste certificate from the competent authority, and a permanent residence certificate.
• BC and EBC candidates: caste certificate, permanent residence certificate, and a Non-Creamy Layer certificate. If the Non-Creamy Layer certificate is more than a year old, a declaration on Form xviiiB must be attached as well.
• EWS candidates: an income and asset certificate for financial year 2024-25 on Schedule-I (Form-I), and a permanent residence certificate.
• Freedom fighter dependants: a certificate signed by the District Magistrate or an authorised officer showing the candidate is a grandchild of a pensioned freedom fighter. A successor's identity card is not accepted.
• A married woman claiming reservation must have her caste and Non-Creamy Layer certificates issued in her father's name and address, not her husband's.

Reservation rules

• Women domiciled in Bihar, reserved and unreserved alike, receive 35 per cent horizontal reservation, under General Administration Department resolution 12575 of 9 July 2025. Women may also be appointed on merit over and above that 35 per cent.
• Grandchildren of freedom fighters who draw a central government pension receive 2 per cent horizontal reservation, on the prescribed form.
• Reservation is given only where it is claimed in the application form itself.
• Reservation on the basis of caste is available only to candidates domiciled in Bihar, and the permanent address given in the application is what counts.