General Math (30 marks) | LCM, HCF, real/rational/irrational numbers, integers, square/cube roots, percentage, profit-loss, discount, sales tax, simple & compound interest, time & distance, proportion and inverse proportion |
General Knowledge (40 marks) | Resources, forests/wildlife, water, agriculture/crops, minerals/energy, manufacturing industries, national economy, map study; Indian polity (federalism, centre-state relations, parties), Indian economy (money/credit, globalization, livelihoods), history/culture/geography, freedom movement, Bihar’s role, nationalism/socialism/communism; science basics (light, human eye, electricity, magnetism of current, energy sources, reactions/equations, acids/bases/salts, metals/non-metals, carbon compounds, periodic table, life processes, reproduction, heredity/evolution, environment, resource management); current affairs |
General Hindi (30 marks) | Grammar: noun, pronoun, gender, adjective, adverb, synonyms, case, idioms, tense, sandhi, antonyms, samas, proverbs, one-word substitutions, word/vakya shuddhi, tatsam-tadbhav, upasarg/pratyay; Class 10 prose/poetry extracts, author-based questions |