OSSSC Junior Clerk Syllabus 2017 Exam Pattern Download PDF

OSSSC Junior Clerk Syllabus 2017

Applicants who are preparing for OSSSC Junior Clerk Examination 2017 can download OSSSC Junior Clerk Syllabus 2017 and Exam Pattern from below section. Odisha Sub-ordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC) conducts Examination for the recruitment to the post of Junior Clerk. Applicants must prepare well to seize his seat in this exam.

OSSSC Junior Clerk Exam Pattern 2017

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 hour duration.

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.

OSSSC Junior Clerk Syllabus 2017

1) Language Test (English and Odia) …………………….100 marks

A. English Language Test – …………………….50 marks

Verbs, Tenses, Active and Passive voice, Subject-verb Agreement,

Connectors, Types of sentences, Direct and Indirect speech, Comparison.

Articles, Noun, Pronouns, Prepositions

Unseen passage (400-450 words in length) with a variety of comprehension questions.

B. Odia Language Test –  …………………….50 marks

Grammar …………………….20 marks

Composition …………………….20 marks

Essay writing on familiar topics (within 250 words) …………………….10 marks

Letter Writing (Personal letter, Applications,Business or Official) (within 150 words)…………………….05 marks

Translation (One English passage of around 100words to be translated into Odia)…………………….05 marks

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:

Matching Historical events with dates, personalities and places,

Geographical facts with places,

States, Countries and institutions with headquarters,

Books and authors,

Scientific facts and discoveries with dates, persons and uses,

Current events with places and personalities, and,

Matching questions of miscellaneous type

3) Objective Mathematics …………………….100 marks

Number System

HCF and LCM

Squares and Square Roots

Cubes and Cube Roots

Percentage and Averages

Simple Interest and Compound Interest.

Profit, Loss and Discount

Partnership

Ratio and Proportion

4) Basic Computer Knowledge (Objective) …………………….100 marks

MS Windows: Introduction of Windows

MS Office: MS Word, MS Power Point and MS Excel

5) Practical Skill Test …………………….50 marks

Topics for Practical Test

WINDOWS operating system:

To test some of the following basic system operations on file/folder(s):-

Create, Rename, Copy/Cut/Paste, Delete

MSWord:

A Paragraph in MS Word incorporating some of the tools given below:-

Editing and formatting text and paragraph

Page and Paragraph Setup

MS Power Point:

A Power Point presentation with 2/3 slides using the tools given below:-

Editing and formatting slides

MS Excel:

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.

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