OSSSC Syllabus 2015 OSSSC Junior Clerk Exam Syllabus 2015 OSSSC Junior Stenographer Syllabus 2015 OSSSC Jr. Clerk & Stenographer Exam Pattern Check Plan of Exam
OSSSC Exam Syllabus 2015
Odisha Sub-ordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC) had invited applications for the recruitment to the post of Junior Clerk and Junior Stenographer. Nowadays Competition Level become very high so Competitive Exams gets too tougher. Candidates facing critical problem of “What to prepare” and “How to prepare” to give their best in their exams. So, here we are providing the latest Syllabus & Exam Pattern of Jr. Clerk & Jr. Stenographer Exam conducting by OSSSC.
Junior Clerk
Exam Pattern :- OSSSC Junior Clerk Exam Pattern is as follows :
| Papers | Subject | Marks | Time |
| Paper-I | Part-I: Language Test (English & Odia) | 100 | |
| Part-II: Objective General Knowledge | 100 | 3 hours | |
| Paper-II | Part-I: Objective Mathematics | 100 | |
| Part-II: Basic Computer Skills (Objective) | 100 | 3 hours | |
| TOTAL | 400 | 6 hours |
► The written test will be multiple choice objective type.
► The standard of examination shall be equivalent to that of Secondary School.
► There will be a Practical Skill Test carrying 50 marks of 1 hourduration.
► The practical Skill Test shall be of qualifying nature. A candidate securing minimum 40% marks in it will be deemed to be qualified in the skill test but this score shall not be added to the total marks of written examination.
Exam Syllabus :- OSSSC Junior Clerk Syllabus will be as follows :
1) Language Test (English and Odia) …………………….100 marks
A. English Language Test – …………………….50 marks
(i) Verbs, Tenses, Active and Passive voice, Subject-verb Agreement,
(ii) Connectors, Types of sentences, Direct and Indirect speech, Comparison.
(iii) Articles, Noun, Pronouns, Prepositions
(iv) Unseen passage (400-450 words in length) with a variety of comprehension questions.
B. Odia Language Test – …………………….50 marks
(a) Grammar …………………….20 marks
(b) Composition …………………….20 marks
(1) Essay writing on familiar topics (within 250 words)…………………….10 marks
(2) Letter Writing (Personal letter, Applications,Business or Official) (within 150 words) …………………….05 marks
(3) Translation (One English passage of around 100words to be translated into Odia) …………………….05 marks
(c) Comprehension of an unseen prose passage (5 x 2) =…………………….10 marks
Five short questions to be asked
2) Objective General Knowledge …………………….100 marks
In this category, there should be a series of matching questions of different categories like:
(a) Matching Historical events with dates, personalities and places,
(b) Geographical facts with places,
(c) States, Countries and institutions with headquarters,
(d) Books and authors,
(e) Scientific facts and discoveries with dates, persons and uses,
(f) Current events with places and personalities, and,
(g) Matching questions of miscellaneous type.
3) Objective Mathematics …………………….100 marks
(i) Number System
(ii) HCF and LCM
(iii) Squares and Square Roots
(iv) Cubes and Cube Roots
(v) Percentage and Averages
(vi) Simple Interest and Compound Interest.
(vii) Profit, Loss and Discount
(viii) Partnership
(ix) Ratio and Proportion
Under this, there will be a series of questions in Practical Mathematics required for day-to-day use. The questions would be such as to test candidate’s ability to work out with quickness and accuracy.
4) Basic Computer Knowledge (Objective) …………………….100 marks
(1) MS Windows: Introduction of Windows
(2) MS Office: MS Word, MS Power Point and MS Excel
5) Practical Skill Test …………………….50 marks
Topics for Practical Test
I. WINDOWS operating system: *To test some of the following basic system operations on file/folder(s):-
• Create, Rename, Copy/Cut/Paste, Delete
II. MSWord: *A Paragraph in MS Word incorporating some of the tools given below:-
• Editing and formatting text and paragraph
• Page and Paragraph Setup
III. MSPower Point: *A Power Point presentation with 2/3 slides using the tools given below:-
• Editing and formatting slides
IV. MSExcel: * A problem in spreadsheet related to some of the tools given below:-
• Formatting cells and data
• functions
Printouts of the document(s) should be attached with the answer sheet.
Junior Stenographer
A. Skill Test …………………….100 Marks
I. Dictation and Transcription- …………………….50 Marks
(a) Dictation 10 minutes @ 80 words per minute …………………….25 Marks
(b) Transcription 65 minutes (English) (On manual Typewriter) 75 minutes (Odia)
OR
(b) Transcription 50 minutes (English) (On Computer) 65 minutes (Odia) …………………….25 Marks
II. Basic Computer Skill (Theory) …………………….50 Marks
Objective and Multiple Choice type
(i) MS-Windows: Introduction of Windows
(ii) MS-OFFICE: MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Excel, MS Access.
(iii) Internet: Services available on Internet, Using MS Internet Explorer.
(iv) ISM (ODIA)
B. Language Test …………………….30 Marks
This test should aim at evaluating candidates’ knowledge of the English and Odia language. There will be a common question paper. It will be designed as follows.
(i) Translation of a passage from English to Odia …………………….5 Marks
(ii) Translation of a passage from Odia to English …………………….5 Marks
(iii) An essay in Odia …………………….10 Marks
(iv) Questions aimed at assessing the candidates’ working knowledge of English language …………………….10 Marks
The question may require the candidate to give correct spellings of words; to select, from given words and phrases, the most appropriate for filling in blank in sentences; to correct grammatical mistakes in given sentences; to select from a given group of words, those with opposite meanings and to punctuate a passage.
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