OPSC will conduct an exam for Assistant Section Officer in Odisha Secretariat Service and Governor’s Secretariat . Assistant Section Officer (ASO) Exam will be conducted in two phase, that is Written Test and Skill Test (Computer Test). The candidates who will qualify the written test will be allowed to appear the Skill test. All the questions are of Multiple Choice Type. There is no Negative marking. The details OPSC ASO Syllabus & Exam Pattern is given below.
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OPSC ASO Exam Pattern :
In OPSC ASO Exam, 1 mark questions will be asked from English & General Awareness Papers but 2 Mark will be asked from Math, Reasoning & Computer Application Papers.
- English : 100 MCQ : 100 Marks
- General Awareness : 100 MCQ : 100 Marks
- Mathematics : 50 MCQ : 100 Mark
- Reasoning : 50 MCQ : 100 Mark
- Computer Application : 50 Qns : 100 Marks
- Essay (Eglish & Oidia): 50 Mark
Only those candidates who qualify the written test will appear 1 hour Computer Skill test of 50 Mark. In Skill test 50 questions of 2 Mark each will be asked from these chapters.
- A. Compute fundamentals : 20 MCQ
- B. Windows : 5 MCQ
- C. MS-Office : 15 MCQ
- D. Usage of Internet Service : 5 MCQ
- E. Communication Technology : 5 MCQ
Qualifying Mark in Skill Test : A candidate who secure 25 Mark in Skill Test (Practical) will be declared qualified.
1. Written test of 550 Mark and 50 Mark Skill Test, Total 600 Marks Exam.
2. Written test for English, Math, General Awareness, Reasoning, Essay and Computer Application paper.
3. Duration of each paper is 1 hour.
4, All questions are of Multiple Choice Type. (2 Mark and 1 Mark Questions)
5. No Negative Marking for WRONG Answer.
6. Separate booklet for Odiya and English Essay Exam.
OPSC ASO Syllabus Assistant Section Officer
Chapter wise detail syllabus for OPSC Assistant Section Officer Exam 2015 is mentioned below. Read each section of the syllabus carefully, because the questions will be set equally from each sections.
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 –
Verb, Preposition, Adverb, Subject Verb Agreement, Error Correction/Recognition, Tenses, Sentence Rearrangement, Fill in the Blanks with Articles etc., Comprehension, Answering Questions based on Unseen Passages, Vocabulary, Synonyms, 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
Arithmetic, Algebra, Mensuration (2D & 3D), Statistics & Probability
3. ESSAY : –
There will be two Essays, one each in English and Odia. A separate booklet will be provided for each essay. But both the exam will be held in one session.
4. GENERAL AWARENESS : –
Questions will be asked mainly from the following categories. Questions will be such that they do not require any special study of any discipline.
Current Affairs (National & International), Major financial/economic news, Budget & Five year plans, Who’s Who, Sports, Books and Authors, Awards and Honours, General Science, Abbreviations, Important days, International & National Organizations, History, Geography, Civics, 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
Number Series, Alphabet Series, Test of Direction Sense, Coding-decoding, Number Ranking, Arithmetic Reasoning, Problem of Age Calculation, Analogy, Decision Making etc.
B : NON-VERBAL
Non-verbal series , Mirror Images , Cubes & Dice , Grouping Identical Figures , Embedded figures, etc.
6. COMPUTER APPLICATION
A. Computer Fundamentals
Components of Computer : C.P.U., Input Devices : Keyboard, Mouse , Scanner, Digitizer, Output Devices : Different types of Printers, Monitors, Plotters, Memory : Hard disk, S-RAM, D-RAM,ROM, PROM, EPROM, Cache Memory, Pen drive, CD ROM, DVD-RW
Evolution of Computer :- Classification of Personal Computers, Generation of Computers, Types of Servers
Power Supply : UPS (online/offline), Circuit breakers
Introduction to computer virus & various antivirus packages, Concept of computer hardware, software, various application software & system software.
B. Windows : Different features of Windows XP, Different features of Windows-7
C. MS-Office : Different features of & operations of MS-Word, Different features of & operations of MS-Excel, Different features of & operations of MS-Power Point, Different features of & operations of MS-Access
D. Usage of Internet Service : Different types of browsers & search engines, Different usage of e-mail like sending/receiving email , file attaching, file uploading/downloading etc., URL, definition & various types of URL, WWW, Introduction to IP addresses
E. Communication Technology : – LAN/MAN/WAN/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, Network devices like network switch, Router, Modem, Firewall, Introduction to network topology like star, ring, bt.ks, meshAcospplete
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