Bihar Police SI Question Paper 2026 Out (18 January), All Shifts Memory Based Papers PDF

Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission (BPSSC) conducted the 1st shift of Bihar Police Sub Inspector Preliminary Examination on 18th January 2026 (10 am to 12 noon). Thousands of candidates appeared in the exam, and after connecting with them, the questions are discussed in this article. If you have your Bihar Police SI Prelims Exam in the upcoming shifts, you must go through the questions asked to understand the difficulty level and what could be expected in the shift.

Bihar Police SI Question Paper 2026 Out

Bihar Police SI Prelims Examination under Advt No. 05/2025 is scheduled for 18th and 21st January 2026 in two shifts each day, with lakhs of candidates going to appear for the exam. The prelims exam includes 100 questions from General Studies, History, Geography, Social System of Bihar, and Current Affairs, with a duration of 2 hours.

As the commission will not allow the candidates to carry their question papers along with them, we are sharing memory-based questions after connecting with the candidates who appeared in 1st shift of 18th January 2026.

Bihar Police SI Prelims Question Paper 2026 Summary
Conducting Body	Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission (BPSSC)
Post Name	Sub Inspector
Advt No.	05/2025
Vacancy	1799
Exam Date	18th & 21st January 2026
Total Questions	100
Total Marks	200
Negative Marking	0.2 marks
Shift Timing	Shift 1- 10 am to 12 noon Shift 2- 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Duration	2 hours
Selection Process	Prelims, Mains & Interview
Official Website	https://bpssc.bihar.gov.in/

Bihar Police SI Prelims Question Paper 2026 PDF

In this section, we shall be sharing the shift-wise BPSSC SI Prelims Question Paper 2026 and helps the candidates to understand what was asked in the exam. If you are waiting to know the difficulty level of the exam and which questions were asked in today’s exam, keep visiting this page and stay updated.

Subjects	Difficulty Level
Bihar GK What is the literacy rate of Bihar as per the 2011 Census? Who is the Home Minister of Bihar? First Science Centre of Bihar was established at Peasant rebellion expanded up to Purnia First Science Centre of Bihar established at Who is the National Poet of Bihar?	Easy to Moderate
Current Affairs Which Chief Minister got registered in the Guinness World Book? When was NITI Aayog established? Who is the Prime Minister of France? What honour was conferred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mauritius? When did the Telangana Rebellion take place?	Easy
Ancient, Modern & Medieval History Who started the Champaran Satyagraha? Who invited Mahatma Gandhi to Champaran? Viceroy during Bhagat Singh’s execution Telangana Movement period Year of Bakhtiyar Khilji’s invasion of Bihar Founder of the Kushan Dynasty What did Vasco da Gama discover? Who is the author of Arthashastra? Who is known as the father of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Which Lok Sabha number’s Speaker did Om Birla become? What percentage of India’s total population is from Bihar?	Easy to Moderate
Science Who discovered penicillin? Use of baking powder What is the cell wall of fungi made of?	Easy
Mathematics Percentage, SP & CP formulas	Easy to Moderate
Hindi What is the Hindi meaning of the word “Plan”? What is the Hindi translation of the word “Transfer”?	Easy
Polity Who is the Chief Information Commissioner of India? Which Lok Sabha number’s Speaker did Om Birla become? Statement-based question First state to start e-voting in municipal elections	Easy to Moderate
Economy Who is the Governor of the RBI?	Easy
Geography (Bihar) Which river joins the Ganga River near Hajipur? Match the following on mangrove forests Where is Kanger Valley National Park located? Where is the longest road bridge in Bihar located? Who discovered the Cape of Good Hope?	Easy
Agriculture Who coined the term “Green Revolution”?	Easy
Science & Technology When is National Space Day observed in India?	Easy
Indian Constitution Voting age reduced from 21 to 18 years (Constitutional Amendment) Through which constitution was the voting age in India lowered from 21 to 18 years? When was “Secular” added to the Preamble? What is Article 106 of the Indian Constitution related to?	Easy
Books and Authors Who is the author of Arthashastra? Who was the author of Urvashi?	Easy

BPSSC SI Question Paper 2026 Difficulty Level

The difficulty level of the BPSSC Sub-Inspector (Prelims) exam held on the 1st shift of 18th January 2026, as reviewed was of Easy to Moderate level.. The single paper (100 questions, 200 marks) on General Knowledge and Current Affairs tested awareness, history, polity, geography, science, and reasoning with a mix of factual and analytical questions.


General Knowledge	Easy to Moderate
Current Affairs	Easy to Moderate

Bihar Police SI Prelims Question Paper 2026 Structure

The Bihar Police SI Prelims 2026 is conducted in a Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) format in offline mode. The exam has covered General Knowledge and Current Affairs. The total number of questions is 100, and candidates must complete the exam in 2 hours.

Bihar Police SI Prelims Exam Structure 2026

Mode of Exam- Offline
Exam Type- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Subjects- General Knowledge and Current Affairs
Total Questions- 100
Maximum Marks- 200
Exam Duration- 2 hours
Minimum Qualifying Marks- 30% (i.e., 60 marks)
Negative Marking- 0.2 marks

Bihar Police SI Prelims Exam Timings 2026

Overall, the exam is scheduled for 4 shifts on two days (18th & 21st January 2026). Candidates have to report to their respective exam centre atleast 1.5 hour before the exam starts.

Particular	Shift 1	Shift 2
Exam Date	18th & 21st January 2026 (Sunday & Wednesday)
Reporting time	8:30 am	1 pm
Exam Starts	10 am	2:30 pm
Exam Ends	12 noon	4:30 pm

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Bihar Police SI Question Paper 2026 Out (18 January), All Shifts Memory Based Papers PDF