OSSC Inspector of Supplies Exam Syllabus

The detailed syllabus for the Odisha Supply Inspector exam is described in three stages.

Preliminary Examination:

There shall be a Preliminary examination in a single sitting of 2 hours duration on the subject “General Awareness” with multiple choice objective type questions covering the fields of General Science, Current events, History and Geography of India with special reference to Odisha’s art, literature, and Culture, Political & Economic scenario of the country, basic features of Indian Constitution.
The preliminary examination may be dispensed if the number of candidates is less than five thousand.
The answer papers shall be in OMR form and there shall be no negative marking for wrong answers.
Candidates numbering up to 20 times the vacant posts in respective categories subject to securing at least the cut-off mark as may be fixed by the Commission may be called to appear in the main examination.
The preliminary examination is qualifying in nature only and shall not be counted towards the final merit list.

Main written examination:

The plan of the main written examination is described below in detail.

Paper-I: General English/ Odia:

The question in General English and Odia Language paper shall be of High School Certificate standard and comprise of comprehension of a given passage, precise writing, letter/application/report writing, essay writing, translation from the English language to Odia language and Odia language to English language, vocabulary, usage and grammar and of subjective type for which Question-cum-Answer book will be supplied to candidates.

Paper-II: General Studies:

The General Studies paper shall comprise of questions on Indian History, Geography of the world and of India with special reference to Geography of Odisha, Indian Polity and current economic scenario, environmental conservation, Human rights issues, art, literature and culture, General Science, Arithmetic and numerical ability, quantitative type questions. The questions will be the objective types to be answered in the OMR answer sheet. The question will be of Graduation standard.

Paper-III: Computer Skill Test:

The candidates numbering up to three times the number of vacancies in each category in order of their ranks in the combined and category wise merit lists shall be called to appear at the Computer Skill Test, subject to scoring marks above the cut-off percentage as may be fixed by the Commission.

The Computer Skill Test (CST) will be a test on the knowledge of candidates about the use of Computers in the practical fields of works. The practical test consists of Ms-Word, Excel, Window, Typing, and use of Internet and e-Mail. The minimum qualifying marks in the computer skill test shall be 33%. This test score is qualifying in nature and will not be considered for the ranking of the candidates. The Computer Skill Test will be of one-hour duration.

Viva Voce Test:– There is no Viva Voce Test.