Assistant Section Officer (Translation) Model Questions

Can you provide me the syllabus of Assistant Section Officer (ASO) post of OPSC or Odisha Public Service Commission on which the question paper is based?

[Pathak]

The syllabus of Assistant Section Officer (ASO) post of OPSC or Odisha Public Service Commission on which the question paper is based is as follows:

Detailed Syllabus

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 –
(i) Verb
(ii) Preposition
(iii) Adverb
(iv) Subject Verb Agreement
(v) Error Correction/Recognition
(vi) Tenses
(vii) Sentence Rearrangement
(viii) Fill in the Blanks with Articles etc.
(ix) Comprehension
(x) Answering Questions based on Unseen Passages
(xi) Vocabulary
(12)
(xii) Synonyms
(xiii) 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 –
(i) Arithmetic
(ii) Algebra
(iii) Mensuration (2D & 3D)
(iv) Statistics & Probability

3. ESSAY : -
There will be two Essays, one each in English and Odia.

4. GENERAL AWARENESS : -
This section checks whether the candidate keeps himself/herself up-to-date about the world around them. Questions will be asked mainly from the following categories. Questions will be such that they do not require any special study of any discipline.
(i) Current Affairs (National & International)
(ii) Major financial/economic news
(iii) Budget & Five year plans
(iv) Who’s Who
(v) Sports
(vi) Books and Authors
(vii) Awards and Honours
(viii) General Science
(ix) Abbreviations
(x) Important days
(xi) International & National Organizations
(xii) History
(xiii) Geography
(xiv) Civics
(xv) 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
(i) Number Series
(ii) Alphabet Series
(iii) Test of Direction Sense
(iv) Coding-decoding
(v) Number Ranking
(vi) Arithmetic Reasoning
(vii) Problem of Age Calculation
(viii) Analogy
(ix) Decision Making etc.
B : NON-VERBAL
(i) Non-verbal series
(ii) Mirror Images
(iii) Cubes & Dice
(iv) Grouping Identical Figures
(v) Embedded figures, etc.

6. COMPUTER APPLICATION :-
A : Computer Fundamentals
B : Windows (MS-Windows)
C : MS-OFFICE
(i) Word Processing (MS Word)
(ii) Spread Sheet (MS Excel)
(iii) Presentation knowledge (MS Power Point)
(iv) MS Access.
D : Usage of internet services available on Internet
E : Communication Technology, Networking Concepts.

7. The test on each subject shall be of one hour duration.

8. The questions shall be of multiple choice type. All the questions shall be compulsory without any negative marking.