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Bihar SI

Bihar Police Sub-Inspector (Daroga)

1,799 posts, 7.26 lakh in the exam hall — and only Mains Paper 2 makes the merit list.

state · Biharposts/seats · 1,799 posts (Advt 05/2025); +150 Special Branch SI (Advt 09/2026)negative · −0.2 per wrong answer, in Prelims and both Mains papers

BPSC TRE

BPSC School Teacher Recruitment Examination (TRE)

32,388 teaching posts, no negative marking — and a 30-question language paper that counts for nothing but can end your candidature.

state · Biharposts/seats · 32,388 posts across primary, middle, secondary and higher secondary levelsnegative · None — nothing is deducted for a wrong answer

BSSC CGL

BSSC Graduate Level Combined Competitive Exam

Four marks for a right answer, one off for a wrong one — a five-mark swing on every guess you get wrong.

state · Biharposts/seats · 1,883 posts (CGL-4, revised figure including 60 Industrial Extension Officer posts)negative · +4 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong one — a five-mark swing

BSSC Inter

BSSC Inter Level Combined Competitive Exam

26,426 posts on one 10+2 qualification — the largest state intake in Bihar, and the qualifying bar moves with your category.

state · Biharposts/seats · 26,426 posts in the current cycle (revised upward; one source reports 25,311)negative · +4 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong one

Gujarat TAT

Gujarat Teacher Aptitude Test (Secondary & Higher Secondary)

Two hundred marks, and 135 of them are about your subject and how to teach it — general knowledge is barely a fifth of one paper.

state · Gujaratposts/seats · Not applicable — TAT establishes recruitment eligibility, not appointment against postsnegative · 0.25 deducted per wrong answer

Gujarat TET

Gujarat Teacher Eligibility Test (TET-1 & TET-2)

An eligibility test, not a job offer — 150 questions, no negative marking, and two language papers you cannot skip.

state · Gujaratposts/seats · Not applicable — TET is an eligibility test, not a recruitment against postsnegative · None — nothing is deducted for a wrong answer

Jharkhand Constable

Jharkhand Police Constable (JSSC)

A matric-level paper where the tribal language paper is compulsory and the ranking paper is only 100 questions long.

state · Jharkhandposts/seats · Not announced — the notification for the next cycle has not been releasednegative · +3 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong one

Jharkhand Police SI

Jharkhand Police Sub-Inspector (JSSC)

Five papers to sit, four of them qualifying. Your entire rank comes from one 150-question paper.

state · Jharkhandposts/seats · Around 975 posts expected — the notification is not out, so no official count existsnegative · +3 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong one

JSSC JTGLCCE

JSSC Technical Graduate Level Combined Competitive Exam (JTGLCCE)

Half the prelims paper is Jharkhand alone — 60 of 120 questions on the state, before any technical knowledge is tested.

state · Jharkhandposts/seats · 611 posts under notification 01/2026 (one source reports 615)negative · +3 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong one

MH Police Constable

Maharashtra Police Constable Recruitment

15,631 posts, no negative marking, and a paper split into four equal quarters — the physical test comes first.

state · Maharashtraposts/seats · 15,631 posts across constable, driver, SRPF, bandsman and prison constable rolesnegative · None reported — nothing is deducted for a wrong answer

MH Talathi

Maharashtra Talathi (Gram Mahsul Adhikari)

The village revenue officer's exam: two marks a question, no negative marking, and two full language papers out of four sections.

state · Maharashtraposts/seats · 1,539 Talathi (Gram Mahsul Adhikari) posts under the Revenue & Forest Departmentnegative · None — nothing is deducted for a wrong answer

MPSC Group C

MPSC Combined Group C Services Examination

One prelims, several destinations — and a mains language paper in Marathi that no amount of aptitude will substitute for.

state · Maharashtraposts/seats · 5,707 posts after revision (2,619 in the original notification)negative · −0.25 per wrong answer in both stages

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