OPSC Syllabus 2024: Paper wise Subjects For Prelims, Mains and Interview

OPSC Syllabus 2024: The Odisha Public Services Commission (OPSC) releases the syllabus for OPSC exam on the official website. The syllabus is released in the form of a PDF along with the OPSC official notification. OPSC is an exam conducting body that conducts the exam for different positions including Forest Ranger, Lecturer, ACF, OAS, ASO, Medical Officer and ACF.  Candidates intending to appear for the examination can check the syllabus for the examination from the official OPSC website. Further, those candidates who are preparing for the examination are advised to be well-versed in the OPSC exam pattern and syllabus to perform well in the exam. 

The OSPC exam has three stages including Prelims, Mains and Personality Test, and candidates have to clear all three stages to get recruited for the post they have selected.  Since there are 3 stages of the exam, the syllabus for Prelims and Mains are different from each other. The Prelims syllabus has two papers. Both papers are general studies.  However, the syllabus structure of both exams is different from one another. 

Candidates who will obtain minimum qualifying marks in the Prelims stage will then be eligible to appear for the OPSC Mains exam. The Mains syllabus consists of papers including Odia-language, English, English Essay, and General Studies-I & II papers. The syllabus also consists of two optional subjects having two papers each as given in Schedule III. 

OPSC Syllabus 2024 

It is important for candidates to be well-versed with the OPSC syllabus before starting the preparation for the recruitment examination. The examination includes various positions. Candidates have to score minimum qualifying marks to be eligible for the next level of the examination. Apart from the syllabus, the OPSC exam pattern and marking scheme are also extremely important for candidates as they will give them an idea of which topics in the exam consist of a maximum number of marks and other details.

Meanwhile, the question types in both exams are asked in MCQ format, and the entire duration of the exam is 4 hours which means the candidate has to complete each paper in 2 hours.

OPSC Prelims Syllabus 2024

The OPSC prelims syllabus has two papers and both the exams are of general studies. However, the syllabi of both the exams are different. Questions in both papers will be asked in MCQ format. Further, each paper is two hours duration. 

OPSC Prelims Syllabus for Paper I: General Studies 

• Poverty in India, Inclusion, Social and Economic Development, Demography, Social Sector Initiative, etc 
• Current events of National and International importance
• Indian and global Geography, topics such as Social, Geography of India and the World, Physical, Economics
• India History and Indian National Movement
• Bio-diversity in-country, issues related to Environmental Ecology, Climate Changes
• General Science
• What is Panchayati Raj, Indian Constitution, Public Policy, Issues,   Political System in the country etc.

OPSC Prelims  Syllabus for Paper II - General Studies 

• Decision Making and Problem-Solving
• Logical Reasoning and Analytic ability
• Comprehension
• General Mental Ability
• Maths
• Interpersonal Skills
• English Language Comprehension Skills (studied till Class-X)

OPSC Syllabus 2024: Mains Exam

The OPSC Mains is the second step for those candidates who are appearing for the recruitment examination. Candidates who will qualify for the prelims will be eligible to appear for the Mains exam. The syllabus for the Mains exam consists of topics such as Odia-language, English, English Essay, and General Studies-I & II papers. While Odia and English language papers are of 300 marks, paper III is of 200 marks and papers IV and V are of 300 marks. 

OPSC Mains Exam Syllabus for Odia Language 

• Grammar, usage and vocabulary
• Short Essay
• Comprehension of a given passage
• Precis writing
• Marks Expansion of an idea
• Translation from English to Odia

OPSC Mains Exam Syllabus for English Language 

• Short Essay
• Marks Expansion of an idea
• Comprehension of a given passage
• Precis writing
• Translation from Odia to English
• Grammar, usage and vocabulary

OPSC Mains Exam Syllabus for General Studies I 

• Latest National issues and topics of social relevance
• Legal and environmental issues
• History of Modern India and Indian Culture
• Geography of India
• Politics

OPSC Mains Exam Syllabus for General Studies II

• Developments in the field of science & technology, space and communications
• Statistical Analysis, Graphs & Diagrams
• India and the World
• Indian Economy
• International Affairs & Institutions

OPSC Mains Exam Syllabus for Optional Papers for VI, VII, VIII and IX 

Candidates must know that they are allowed to select only two subjects from the list of optional subjects listed below. Further, each subject has two papers and each paper carries 300 marks. 

Agriculture 

• Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
• Anthropology
• Agricultural Engineering
• Botany
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Commerce & Accountancy
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering

Education 

• Fisheries Science
• Forestry
• Geography
• Geology
• Home Science
• History
• Indian Language & Literature (any 1): Odia, Hindi, Sanskrit, English, Persian, Urdu
• Law
• Management

Mathematics 

• Mechanical Engineering
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science & International Relations
• Public Administration
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Statistics
• Zoology

OPSC Exam Pattern 2024

Apart from the syllabus, the OPSC exam pattern also plays an essential role for candidates appearing in the examination. The exam pattern and marking scheme sheds light on which topic contains the highest number of marks and how many marks are distributed to each topic. Since the examination has three stages - prelims, Mains and personality test, the marking scheme is different for each of the stages. Candidates can take a look at different marking schemes for all three stages here : 

OPSC Exam Pattern for Prelims 

OPSC Exam Pattern for Mains 

OPSC Stage 3: Personality Test 

The third stage of the OPSC examination is the personality test. This part carries a total of 250 marks. Candidates who will qualify for prelims and Mains will be eligible to appear for the personality test. The personality test is also known as an interview and candidates have to qualify at this level in order to be recruited to the posts they have filled for. 

To ace the personality test, candidates must be well-versed in the syllabus they have studied at the graduation level. Further candidates should also have a good idea of the day-to-day general knowledge.