Odisha Administrative Service (OAS), Odisha Police Service (OPS), Odisha Co-operative Service (OCS), Odisha Labour Service (OLS), Odisha Revenue Service (ORS), Odisha Transport Service (OTS), Odisha Taxation & Accounts Service (OTAS)
ODISHA CIVIL SERVICES PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION-2023 – Date – 15th December 2024 – Click Here
Prelims Question Paper 2024- General Studies Paper 1 || General Studies Paper 2
Window for Objections/Suggestions available till – 30th December 2024 – Click Here
Answer Keys made available by Commission Notification – Click Here – We will get it soon!
Detailed Syllabus – Click Here
Candidates can – APPLY HERE
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION(Prelims) (Objective)
Paper 1 – 200 Marks
Paper 2 – 200 Marks
GRAND TOTAL – 2000 MARKS – MAINS (1750 MARKS) + PERSONALITY TEST(250 MARKS)
MAINS EXAMINATION (Subjective)
Not Counted for Merit
Paper 1 – Odia – 250 Marks (Qualifying)
Paper 2 – English – 250 Marks (Qualifying)
Counted for Merit (Total 1750 Marks)
Paper 1 – English Essay – 250 Marks
Paper 2 – General Studies 1 – 250 Marks
Paper 3 – General Studies 2 – 250 Marks
Paper 4 – General Studies 3 – 250 Marks
Paper 5 – General Studies 4 – 250 Marks
Paper 6 – Optional Subject – Paper-I – 250 Marks
Paper 7 – Optional Subject – Paper-II – 250 Marks
Personality Test – 250 Marks (Counted for Merit)
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
AGE LIMITS
A candidate must have attained the a g e of 21 years and must not be above the age of 38 years as on the 1st day of January, 2022, i.e. he/she must not have been born earlier than 2nd January, 1984 and not later than 1st January, 2001. The upper age limit is relaxable by 05 (five) years for candidates belonging to S.C./S.T./S.E.B.C./ Women/ Ex-Serviceman and by 10 (ten) years for PWDs whose permanent disability is 40% or more. Persons with Disabilities belonging to SC/ST/SEBC category are eligible for cumulative age relaxation benefit.
NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS
Every candidate appearing at the Civil Services Examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted 06 (six) attempts at the examination: Provided that –
1) There shall be no such limit for the S.C. and S.T. candidates.
2) The number of attempts permissible to candidates belonging to Socially & Educationally Backward Classes, who are otherwise eligible, shall be 09 (nine). This relaxation will be available to the candidates, who are eligible to avail reservation applicable to such candidates.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF ODISHA CIVIL SERVICES
A candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree from any University incorporated by an Act of the Central or a State Legislature in India or an Educational Institution established by an Act of Parliament or deemed to be a University under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission
Educational Qualification for OAS, OAS Syllabus – You are in odisha career portal
Educational Qualification for OPS, OPS Syllabus – odishacareerportal is one of the oldest portal of Odisha, launched in 2016 but planned in 2013-2014 years
Central govt job in Odisha
OAS/OPS is the state version of IAS/IPS (Central govt jobs in Odisha)