OPSC Junior Assistant Syllabus PDF: The Odisha Public Service Commission has decided to conduct the Written Test and Skill Test for the post of Junior Assistant (Advt. No. 13 of 2023-24). Applied Candidates are advised to refer this article to know the Exam Pattern, Syllabus & Place of Written Examination.
OPSC Junior Assistant Syllabus 2023
| Name of the Board | Odisha Public Service Commission |
| Post Name | Junior Assistant |
| No of Vacancy | 33 |
| Exam Date | Announced Soon |
| Category | Syllabus |
OPSC Junior Assistant Exam Centre 2023:
- The written examination will be held at Cuttack. It may also be held at Bhubaneswar/ Balasore Berhampur and Sambalpur depending on the number of candidates from the respective zones.
- The candidates are to mention their choice of examination zone at an appropriate place in the online application form.
OPSC Junior Assistant Recruitment 2023 Out – More Than 30 Group C Vacancies!!!
OPSC Junior Assistant Exam Pattern 2023:
- The standard of examination shall be equivalent to that of Higher Secondary Examination.
- Those who will qualify the written test shall be called for the practical skill test.
- The practical skill test shall be of qualifying nature.
| Papers | Subjects | Maximum Marks | Time | ||
| WRITTEN TEST | |||||
| Paper-I | Language Test (English & Odia) | 100 | 2 hours | ||
| Paper-II | General Knowledge (Objective) | 100 | 1 hour | ||
| Paper-III | Mathematics (Objective) | 100 | 3 hours | ||
| Basic Computer Skills (Objective) | 100 | ||||
| Total | 400 | ||||
| PRACTICAL SKILL TEST | |||||
| Basic Computer Skills | 50 | 1 hour | |||
There will be negative marking in Paper-II & III (objective type) for wrong answers i.e. @25% of the allotted mark to a particular question.
OPSC Junior Assistant Syllabus 2023:
- Language Test (English & Odia)
- English Language Test
Grammar
- Verbs: Tenses, Modal, Active and Passive voice, Subject-verb concord, non-finite verb forms (infinitives and particulars).
- Sentence Structure: Connectors, Types of Sentences, Types of Phrases and Clause, Direct & Indirect speech, Comparison.
- Other Areas: Determiners, Pronouns, Prepositions.
Comprehension
- Unseen passage (400-450 words in length) with a variety of comprehension questions including vocabulary.
Writing
- Essay writing on familiar topics (within 250 words).
- Letter Writing (Personal letter, applications, Business, and Official) (within 150 words).
Odia Language Test
Grammar
- Transformation of sentences (Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative, Exclamatory, Simple, Compound, Complex).
- Transformation of words (noun to adjective and adjective to noun).
- Sandhi
- Samasa
- Antonyms and Synonyms
- Correction of common errors in words
- Idioms and Phrases
- Taddhita and Krudanta
- Punctuation marks.
Composition
- Essay writing on familiar topics and personality (within 250 words)
- Letter Writing (Personal letter, applications, Business and Official) (within 150 words).
- Translation (One English passage of around 100 words to be translated into Odia.
Comprehension of an unseen passage:
Five short questions to be asked.
General Knowledge
In this category there should be a series of questions of different categories like:-
- Matching Historical events with dates, personalities, and places.
- Geographical facts with places.
- States, Countries, and Institutions with headquarters.
- Books and authors.
- Scientific facts and discoveries with dates, persons and uses.
- Current events with places and personalities, and
- Matching questions of miscellaneous type.
Mathematics
- Fractions and Decimals
- Percentage
- Average
- Simple Interest and Compound Interest,
- Rates and Taxes, Insurance,
- Profit, Loss, and Discount,
- Mixtures
- Partnership,
- Problems on Time and Work,
- Problems on Time and Distance
- Ratio and Proportion
- Statistics
Basic Computer Skills
- MS Windows: Introduction of Windows
- MS Office: MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Excel & MS Access.
- Practical Skill Test: Topics for practical test
- WINDOWS operating system.
To test some of the following basic system operations on file/ folder(s):
- Create, Rename, Copy/ Cut/ Paste, Delete.
- Using Clipboard.
MS Word.
A paragraph in MS Word incorporating some of the tools given below to be tested during the examination.
- Editing and Formatting test and paragraph.
- Page and Paragraph Setup.
- Inserting pictures and Word Art.
MS PowerPoint.
A PowerPoint presentation with 2/ 3 slides using some of the tools given below to be tested during the examination.
- Editing and formatting slides.
MS Excel.
A problem in the spreadsheet related to some of the tools given below to be tested during the examination:
- Formatting Cells and data.
- Functions & Formulae (Relative, absolute and Mixed reference).
MS Access
A problem in MS Access related to some of the tools given below to be tested during the examination:
- Creating and entering data into a database.
- Setting the primary key.
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Selection will be based on Written Test, Skill Test and Interview.
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