OPSC ASO 2018 Exam Pattern: CBT Exam Pattern & Previous Year Analysis

 OPSC ASO Exam Pattern 2018: 

Dear aspirants,

OPSC ASO Exam is to be conducted on 23rd December 2018. In case, you are interested to have an insight of the exam pattern thoroughly and to note down all the heavy weightage exam topics to ace your preparation for the exhaustive utilization of the remaining time, this post by SSCADDA is leaned toward discussing the OPSC ASO Exam pattern, syllabus, weightage of particular topics with corresponding number of questions asked and highlighting the major changes going to take place in OPSC ASO exam for year 2018. Scroll down and collect the information.

Computer Based Test (CBT): 23rd December 2018

Selection Process: The subsequent procedure to get final selection is as follows.

1. Computer Based Test (CBT)
2. Physical Efficiency Test (PET)
3. Physical Measurement Test (PMT) 
4. Document Verification (DV)

1. Computer Based Test (CBT)

Paper	Subjects	No. Of Questions	Marks	Duration
I	General Awareness	100	100	90 min
II	(A) Test of Reasoning & Mental Ability	50	50	90 min
	(B) Mathematics (10th standard level)	50	50
III	Language
	(a) English	100	100	2 hours
	(b) Odia	100	100
IV	Skill Test in Computer Application(Practical)	05	50	1 hour

Paper I: General Awareness

General Awareness questions were asked from Current Affairs(11 questions). Also History, Geography, Civics, Static GK,  Regional Gk on Odisha history, Geography,  General Science were predominant topics asked in OPSC ASO Exam.

Prioritize General Science and History along with Current Affairs to score well in GA Section.

Total Questions= 100

Paper II: (A) Test of Reasoning & Mental Ability

Topic	No of Questions
Ranking	5
Non verbal (Image)	18
Problem on Ages	4
Counting figures	2
Direction Sense Test	4
Analogy	3
Numerical Series	4
Alphabetical Series	4
Coding-decoding	4
Misc.	2
Total	50

Paper II: (B) Mathematics (10th standard level)

Topic	No of Questions
Number System	9
Time & Work	3
Percentage	1
AP / GP	4
Quadratic Equations	9
Boat & Stream	1
SI/ CI	1
Profit & Loss	1
Mensuration	10
Geometry	5
Mean, mode & Medium	1
Probability	5
Total	50

Paper III: (a) English

English language section can be concluded to Moderate to Difficult level. There were 3 RC(Reading Comprehensions) and 2 cloze tests from the English Language Section in the exam.

Note: Previously, 2 modes of exam viz. Subjective (Essay) and Objective (MCQs) were allocated to English Language and Odia Language Section. But for the maiden time, Only Objective criteria of questions will be a part of both the sections comprising 100 questions in each section. Subjective mode is no more a part of English Language and Odia Language Section this year for OPSC ASO Exam 2018.

Topic	No of Questions
Fillers	5
Filler (Prepositions)	10
Fillers (Adverbs/Adjuncts)	5
Fillers (Linking Words)	5
Fillers (Articles/ Possessives)	10
Antonym	10
Phrasal Verb	5
Error Detection	5
Error Detection (what kind of error)	5
One Word Substitution	10
Noun	3
Reading Comprehension	6
Tense	10
Idioms/Phrases	6
Sentence Improvement	5
Total	100

IV Skill Test in Computer Application(Practical)

Note: One other major change to observe is in Computer Section where Skill Test has replaced the objective criteria of questions. Now in place of 100 MCQs, skill test with 5 questions for 100 marks will be asked to be answered from the candidate.

Topics To Read: Windows, MS Office (Word, Excel, Power point), MS Access, Usage of Internet Services

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