Organisation : Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC)
Exam Name : Junior Assistant (Group-C) 2023
Announcement : Download Admission Certificate
Date Of Examination : 4.11.2023 & 5.11.2023
Website : https://www.opsc.gov.in/Public/OPSC/Default.aspx
How to Download OPSC Junior Assistant Admission Certificate?
To Download Admission Certificate for the post of OPSC Junior Assistant, follow the below steps,
Step 1 : Go to the official website https://opsconline.gov.in/dnld–/132324JA/
Step 2 : Enter Your PPSAN No
Step 3 : Enter Date of Birth (DD-MM-YYYY) and
Step 4 : Click on “Submit” Button.
If you are facing problem during download of Admission Certificate , Send an Email mentioning Your PPSAN No., Name, Date of Birth and Contact Number to opscja2023@gmail.com
Place Of Examination for Junior Assistant
The written examination will be held at Cuttack. It may also be held at Bhubaneswar/ Balasore Berhampur and Sambalpur depending on the number of candidates from the respective zones.
The candidates are to mention their choice of examination zone at appropriate place in the online application form.
Scheme of Examination for Junior Assistant
Papers | Subjects | Maximum Marks | Time
WRITTEN TEST :
Paper-I Language Test (English & Odia) 100 2 hours
Paper-II General Knowledge (Objective) 100 1 hour
Paper-III Mathematics (Objective) & Basic Computer Skills (Objective) 200 3 hours
TOTAL 400
PRACTICAL SKILL TEST :
Subjects : Basic Computer Skills
Maximum Marks | : 50
Time : 1 hour
NOTE:
(i) The standard of examination shall be equivalent to that of Higher Secondary Examination.
(ii). Those who will qualify the written test shall be called for the practical skill test.
(iii). The practical skill test shall be of qualifying nature.
(iv). There will be negative marking in Paper-II & III (objective type) for wrong answers i.e. @25% of the allotted mark to a particular question.
Syllabus of Junior Assistant
1. Language Test (English and Odia).
A. English Language Test :- (50 Marks)
(A.a)
GRAMMAR : (20 Marks)
(A.a.i) Verbs: Tenses, Modal, Active and Passive voice, Subject- verb concord, non-finite verb forms (infinitives and participles).
(A.a.ii) Sentence Structure: Connectors, Types of sentences, Types of Phrases and Clause, Direct & Indirect speech, Comparison.
(A.a.iii) Other Areas: Determiners, Pronouns, Prepositions
(A.b) READING: (10 marks)
Unseen passage (400-450 words in length) with a variety of comprehension questions including vocabulary.
(A.c). WRITING: (20 marks)
(i) Essay writing on familiar topics (within 250 words) (10 marks)
(ii) Letter Writing (Personal letter, applications, Business and Official) (within 150 words). (10 marks)
B. Odia Language Test: (50 Marks)
(B.a) Grammar (20 marks)
(1) Transformation of sentences (02 marks)
a. Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative, Exclamatory
b. Simple, Compound, Complex
(2) Transformation of words (02 marks) (noun to adjective and adjective to noun)
(3) Sandhi (02 marks)
(4) Samasa (03 marks)
(5) Antonyms and Synonyms (02 marks)
(6) Correction of common errors in words (03 marks)
(7) Idioms and Phrases (02 marks)
(8) Taddhita and Krudanta (02 marks)
(9) Punctuation marks (02 marks)
(B.b) Composition. (20 marks)
(1) Essay writing on familiar topics and personality (within 250 words) (10 marks)
(2) Letter Writing (Personal letter, applications, Business and Official) (within 150 words) (05 marks)
(3) Translation (One English passage of around 100 words to be translated into Odia). (05 marks)
(B.c) Comprehension of an unseen passage (Five short questions to be asked) ((5 x 2 ) = 10 marks)
2. General Knowledge :- (100 Marks)
In this category, there should be a series of 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. Mathematics :- (100 marks)
(i) Fractions and Decimals,
(ii) Percentage
(iii) Average,
(iv) Simple Interest and Compound Interest,
(v) Rates and Taxes, Insurance,
(vi) Profit, Loss and Discount,
(vii) Mixtures
(viii) Partnership,
(ix) Problems on Time and Work,
(x) Problems on Time and Distance
(100 marks)
(xi) Ratio and Proportion
(xii) Statistics.
Under this, there will be a series of question 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 Skills :-
(a) MS Windows: Introduction of Windows,
(b) MS Office: MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Excel & MS Access.
5. Practical Skill Test: Topics for practical test – (50 Marks)
I. WINDOWS operating system.
To test some of the following basic system operations on file/folder(s):
Create, Rename, Copy/Cut/Paste, Delete.
Using Clipboard.
II. MS Word.
A Paragraph in MS Word incorporating some of the tools given below to be tested during the examination.
III. Editing and Formatting test and paragraph.
Page and Paragraph Setup.
Inserting pictures and Word Art.
MS Power Point.
A Power Point presentation with 2/3 slides using some of the tools given below to be tested during the examination:
IV. Editing and formatting slides.
MS Excel.
A problem in spreadsheet related to some of the tools given below to be tested during the examination:
V. Formatting Cells and data.
Functions & Formulae (Relative, absolute and Mixed reference)
MS Access.
A problem in MS Access related to some of the tools given below to be tested during the examination:
Creating and entering data into a database.
Setting the primary key.
*Printouts of the document(s) should be attached with the answer sheet.”