Odisha PSC Scheme, Subject & Syllabus for the Asst. Section Officer Examination 2018

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Scheme, Subject & Syllabus for the Asst. Section Officer Examination

Scheme and Subjects for the examination

The examination shall consist of the following subjects carrying marks as shown against each:

Sl. No.	Subject	Marks
1	English	100
2	Mathematics	100
3	Essay
	(i) English within 350 words	025
	(ii) Odia within 350 words	025
4	General Awareness	100
5	Test of Reasoning/Mental Ability	100
6	Computer Application
	(i) Theory	100
	(ii) Skill Test in Computer (Practical)	050
	Total-	600

Note : (1)          The candidate shall answer the question papers in English unless otherwise directed.

     (2)   Only those candidates who have been short listed after the written test shall be called for the Skill Test in Computer, which shall be of qualifying nature.

The standard, syllabus, duration and question papers shall be as mentioned detailed below:

Detailed Syllabus

1.                  ENGLISH:-

This section is designed to test the language abilities and understanding of English Grammar. Questions shall be asked mainly from the following categories –

(i)                Verb

(ii)             Preposition

(iii)           Adverb

(iv)            Subject Verb Agreement

(v)              Error Correction/Recognition

(vi)            Tenses

(vii)         Sentence Rearrangement

(viii)       Fill in the Blanks with Articles etc.

(ix)            Comprehension

(x)              Answering Questions based on Unseen Passages

(xi)            Vocabulary

(xii)         Synonyms

(xiii)       Antonyms

2..                MATHEMATICS :-

This section tests the quantitative and Mathematical Skills of the candidate.

Question will be asked mainly from the following categories. Questions shall be of Secondary School Standard –

(i)                Arithmetic

(ii)             Algebra

(iii)           Mensuration (2D & 3D)

(iv)            Statistics & Probability

3.                  ESSAY : -

There will be two Essays, one each in English and Odia.

4.                  GENERAL AWARENESS : -

This section checks whether the candidate keeps himself/herself up-to-date

about the world around them. Questions will be asked mainly from the following categories. Questions will be such that they do not require any special study of any discipline.

(i)                Current Affairs (National & International)

(ii)             Major financial/economic news

(iii)           Budget & Five year plans

(iv)            Who’s Who

(v)              Sports

(vi)            Books and Authors

(vii)         Awards and Honours

(viii)       General Science

(ix)            Abbreviations

(x)              Important days

(xi)            International & National Organizations

(xii)         History

(xiii)       Geography

(xiv)        Civics

(xv)          Culture

5.                  TEST OF REASONING AND MENTAL ABILITY: -

This section usually tries to test the reasoning abilities and mental aptitude

of the candidate. Questions will be asked mainly from the following categories –

       A.    VERBAL

(i)              Number Series

(ii)             Alphabet Series

(iii)           Test of Direction Sense

(iv)            Coding-decoding

(v)              Number Ranking

(vi)            Arithmetic Reasoning

(vii)         Problem of Age Calculation

(viii)       Analogy

(ix)            Decision Making etc.

B  : NON-VERBAL

(i)                Non-verbal series

(ii)               Mirror Images

(iii)             Cubes & Dice

(iv)              Grouping Identical Figures

(v)                Embedded figures, etc.

6.                  COMPUTER APPLICATION :-A : Computer Fundamentals

B  : Windows (MS-Windows)

          C  : MS-OFFICE

             (i)       Word Processing (MS Word)

           (ii)    Spread Sheet (MS Excel)

          (iii)  Presentation knowledge (MS Power Point)

          (iv)   MS Access.

      D  : Usage of internet services available on Internet

      E   : Communication Technology, Networking Concepts.

7.                  The test on each subject shall be of one hour duration.

8.  The questions shall be of multiple choice type. All the questions shall be compulsory without any negative marking.

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