OPRB Combined Police Service Examination 2024 for 933 posts

• Odisha Police Recruitment Board, Bhubaneswar has reopened application window for the posts of SubInspector, SubInspector(Armed),Asst. Jailer and Station Officer recruitment previously advertised by UPSSSB, Odisha in the year 2025 in the month of January. • Fresh applications are invited for those candidates who were not able to apply for the post previously. • Those candidates who have applied previously need not to apply again.

The Combined Competitive Recruitment Examination shall comprise as follows namely: i. Written Test (OMR based) ii. Physical Standard Test and Physical Efficiency Test which will be qualifying in nature.

Paper-l (100 marks): General English & Odia Language a) General English The aim of the paper is to test the candidate's ability to read and understand serious discursive prose and to express his ideas clearly and correctly in English. The pattern of questions will broadly include the following with graduate standard; i) Comprehension of a given passage ii) Usage and vocabulary !ii) Questions to test the knowledge of grammar. b) Odia Language i) Comprehension of a given passage. ii) Usage and vocabulary. iii) Translation from English to Odia. Paper- II (200 marks): General Studies a) The nature and standard of questions will be such that a well-educated person should be able to answer them without having specialized study of the concerned subjects. The questions shall test general awareness of the candidates of a number of subjects covering various fields of knowledge as expected from any graduate. The questions shall be in English and candidates shall be required to answer in English. b)The paper on General Studies will include questions covering the following fields of knowledge: General science and recent scientific/technological developments: Questions will test the candidate's awareness in the field of science and technology including matters of every day observations and experience. Current events of national and international importance: Questions shall be to test the knowledge of significant national and international events and of the topics of social relevance in the present-day India. History of India from ancient times and Indian National Movement: Emphasis will be on testing the general understanding of social, economic and political aspects of the Indian History. Questions on Indian National Movement will relate to the nature & character of the nineteenth century resurgence, growth of Nationalism, attainment of Independence and role of leading personalities in the freedom movement. Indian and World Geography: Emphasis will more be on geography of India. The questions will relate to physical and economic geography of the country. It shall cover the main features of Indian agriculture and national resources. Indian polity and economy: Questions on Indian polity and economy shall be on political system, Constitution of India, Panchayati Raj administration, principal features and characteristics of Indian economy, planning and economic development of India. Mental ability and test of reasoning Numerical ability test and arithmetic of H.S.C. standard. Basic computer literacy Paper- III (200 marks): Technical Paper (For Station Officer-Fire Service post Only) The Questions shall be of +3 standards from the following subjects, namely- (i) Physics, (ii) Chemistry. For Physical Standard test kindly prefer to the detailed advertisement linked below.

After the Physical Efficiency Tests, a common merit list shall be prepared basing on the sum total of marks secured by the candidates in the Written Examination and weightage marks in NCC certificate, if any. The candidates shall be selected category wise in order of merit as per vacancies notified in the advertisement according to their preferences of different posts they have exercised during filing up their application forms subject to availability of posts in the respective service. The results will be published in due course on the same website. There will be no reserve list or waiting list. The persons getting the higher aggregate marks shall be placed higher in the Select list. If the aggregate marks obtained by two or more persons are equal, following principle will be adopted - 1. The person older in age shall be placed above the other in the Select List; 2.In case the date of birth is also the same then the person having less negative marks in the written test will be placed above the other in the Select List; 3.In case the negative marks in the written test is also same, the person having more marks, in Paper-Il i.e. General Studies will be placed above the other in the Select List. 4.In case the marks in Paper-Il i.e. General Studies is also same, the Board may decide any other criteria.