Best Books for OPSC ASCO Exam

Odisha Public Service Commission(OPSC) conducts the Assistant Soil Conservation(ASCO) Officer exam. It is a state-level Examination.

This post contains a complete Exam Syllabus, Exam Patterns, and the Best Book for Preparing for the 2023 OPSC ASCO Test.

In order to be qualified to take the OPSC ASCO Exam in 2023, candidates must fulfill the following requirements:

Age: 21-38 years
Education Qualification: A bachelor’s degree in any specialisation and knowledge of Computer Application
Nationality: Indian

OPSC ASCO Exam Pattern 2023

Paper I

General Awareness

Number of Questions: 100
Maximum Marks: 100
Time Duration of Exam: 1 Hr 30 Mins

Paper-II

Reasoning & Mental Ability
Mathematics

Number of Questions: 100
Maximum Marks: 100
Time Duration of Exam: 1 Hr 30 Mins

Paper III

English Language
Odia Language

Number of Questions: 200
Maximum Marks: 200
Time Duration of Exam: 2 Hr

Paper IV

Skill test in Computer Application

Number of Questions: 5
Maximum Marks: 50
Time Duration of Exam: 1 Hr

OPSC ASCO Exam Syllabus 2023

Paper I

Topics from General Awareness

Syllabus

Current national events,Current international events, History of British Rule in India and Freedom Struggle,Indian Constitution, World Physical Geography, Physical Geography of India & Odisha, Important aspects of Governance, Transparency & Accountability, e-governance, and Role of Civil Services in democracy, Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, growth, development, employment, poverty alleviation, resource mobilisation, and inflation, Defence & Indian Armed Forces, Scientific Inventions and use of Science, Issues of Environmental, Ecology, Biodiversity & Climate changes, Important National & International Institutions, Organizations, and fora-their Structures, Mandate, etc.

Paper-II

Topics from Reasoning, Mental Ability and Mathematics

Syllabus

Verbal
Number Series, Alphabet Series, Coding-decoding, Test of Direction Sense , Number Ranking, Arithmetic Reasoning, The problem of Age Calculation

Non-Verbal
Non-verbal series, Mirror Images, Analogy, Grouping Identical Figures, Cubes & Dice, Embedded figures, etc.

Mathematics

Arithmetic, Algebra, Statistics & Probability, Mensuration 2D & Mensuration 3D

Paper III

Language knowledge of English and Odia

Syllabus

English

Verb, Comprehension, Preposition, Adverb, Error Correction/Recognition, Tenses, Synonyms & Antonyms, Sentence Rearrangement, Answering Questions based on Unseen Passages, Subject-Verb Agreement, Vocabulary, Fill in the Blanks with Articles etc.

Paper IV