71st BPSC Mains Result 2026 Declared: 3,185 Called for Interview, Category-wise Numbers and What Comes Next

BPSC declared the 71st BPSC Mains result on 6 November 2026. Of the 11,125 candidates who sat the Combined Main (Written) Competitive Examination in April, 3,185 have been called for the interview; a separate result for the Financial Administrative Officer (FAO) post names 207 more, so 3,392 candidates in all go to the next stage for the 1,298 posts of the 71st CCE. The result is a roll-number list (CCE result PDF and FAO result PDF); marks and the category-wise cut-off will be published with the final result, as BPSC did for the 70th.

The notice says the interview schedule will be published separately. Going by the 70th CCE, expect document verification within two to three weeks and the interviews to begin five to six weeks after the result, in two phases of about five weeks each. This page sets out the numbers in the result, how they compare with the 70th, the likely timeline, and what to do in the weeks before the interview.

71st BPSC Mains result at a glance

Category-wise number of candidates called

The result notice breaks the 3,185 successful CCE candidates down by reservation category. The horizontal quotas (disability and freedom fighters’ grandchildren) are counted within these figures, not in addition to them.

Within the total, 28 candidates qualified under the visually impaired quota, 33 under deaf and hard of hearing, 32 under orthopaedic disability and 33 under mental illness or multiple disability; 63 qualified as grandchildren of Bihar’s freedom fighters. The notice also warns, as every BPSC result does, that the list may be corrected for clerical or typing errors.

How the 71st compares with the 70th

The 71st result came a little over six months after the exam, against seven and a half months in the 70th, which had almost twice as many candidates to evaluate. In both cycles BPSC uploaded the unevaluated answer booklets before the result (24 to 29 August 2026 for the 71st).

What the Mains cut-off is likely to be

BPSC does not publish the Mains cut-off with the Mains result; it comes with the final result, when the interview marks are added. For the 70th CCE the written cut-off was 445 out of 900 for Unreserved candidates, 428 for EWS, 430 for BC, 420 for EBC, 396 for SC and 403 for ST; for the 69th it was 466 for Unreserved. With fewer candidates and fewer posts, the 71st figure is likely to be in the same range. The full category-wise tables for every exam since the 65th are on the BPSC cut-off page, which will add the 71st Mains and final cut-offs when BPSC publishes them.

What happens next: the interview timeline

Tracker: the 71st BPSC interview page follows the document verification and interview notices as they come, with the projected dates, the documents to carry and the interview score a candidate near the cut-off needs.

The 70th CCE is the best guide, because it was the first full cycle under BPSC’s new interview rules (boards allotted by lottery on the day, candidates identified by code rather than roll number, serving IAS and IPS officers on the boards). Its steps, and what they suggest for the 71st:

For document verification in the 70th, candidates carried the Mains admit card, the photo ID used in the application and the watermarked certificate downloaded from the candidate dashboard, along with originals and photocopies of the matriculation and graduation certificates, the caste, EWS, domicile or disability certificate claimed in the form, and a no-objection certificate for serving employees. The BPSC interview guide has the full list, the board rules and 40 questions that earlier boards asked.

How to check the 71st Mains result

1. Open the notices on bpsc.bihar.gov.in, or the two PDFs linked at the top of this page.
2. The CCE result lists roll numbers in ascending order; the FAO result is a separate PDF. Use your PDF reader’s search for your roll number.
3. Candidates who applied for both the CCE posts and FAO should check both lists.
4. Marksheets are not on the dashboard yet; in the 70th they appeared about a month after the final result.

If your roll number is in the list

• Fill the service preferences carefully when BPSC asks for them; in the final merit, posts are allotted by rank and the preference order you give.
• Re-read your own application and detailed form. Most interview questions start from it: the home district, the optional subject, the degree and the work history. The interview guide explains how the 120 marks count and what the 70th boards asked.
• Revise Bihar: Bihar at a Glance, the Bihar Economic Survey 2025-26 notes and Bihar in the Freedom Movement cover the questions boards return to.
• Keep up with current affairs from the Mains to the interview; the boards in early 2026 asked about events of the previous two to three months.

If it is not

The 72nd BPSC prelims, for 1,187 posts, was postponed on 12 October 2026 and its new date is awaited, so the next attempt is close. The marks from the 71st Mains will tell you where the gap was once BPSC releases them; until then, the cut-off page shows how far the Unreserved Mains cut-off has moved (466 in the 69th, 445 in the 70th), and the essay topics of the 68th to 71st Mains show what the paper setters have been asking.

Frequently asked questions

When was the 71st BPSC Mains result declared?

On 6 November 2026. BPSC published two roll-number lists: 3,185 candidates called for the interview for the CCE posts, out of 11,125 who appeared, and 207 for the Financial Administrative Officer post.

How many candidates qualified in the 71st BPSC Mains?

3,185 for the CCE posts (1,467 Unreserved, 309 EWS, 421 SC, 25 ST, 474 EBC, 405 BC and 84 Backward Class women) and 207 for FAO, a total of 3,392 for the interview against 1,298 posts.

What is the 71st BPSC Mains cut-off?

BPSC has not published it yet; the Mains cut-off comes with the final result. In the 70th CCE the Unreserved written cut-off was 445 out of 900, and in the 69th it was 466.

When will the 71st BPSC interview be held?

BPSC says the interview schedule will be notified separately. In the 70th CCE the interviews began five weeks after the Mains result and ran in two phases over about ten weeks, so the 71st interviews are likely to run from December 2026 or January 2027 into early 2027.

Related pages

• BPSC interview: process, 120 marks, documents and likely questions
• BPSC cut-off: 65th to 71st prelims, Mains and final cut-off by category
• 72nd BPSC 2026: notification, vacancies and exam date status
• BPSC posts and salary: every CCE post with pay level and in-hand pay
• BPSC essay topics, 68th to 71st Mains
• BPSC previous year question papers with answer keys

Sources

Checked 6 November 2026. All figures are from BPSC’s result notices; the timeline for the interview is an estimate from the 70th CCE and will be replaced with the official dates when BPSC publishes them.

• BPSC: Result of the Integrated 71st Combined Main (Written) Competitive Examination, CCE (6 November 2026)
• BPSC: Result of the Integrated 71st Combined Main (Written) Competitive Examination, FAO (6 November 2026)
• BPSC: 71st CCE prelims result (18 November 2025)
• BPSC: 71st CCE Mains, unevaluated answer booklets (24 to 29 August 2026)
• BPSC: 70th CCE Mains result (16 December 2025)
• BPSC: 70th CCE final result with cut-offs (20 June 2026)
• BPSC: 70th CCE interview letters, phase 1 (14 January 2026)