EXTRAORDINARY

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No . 643, CUTTACK, FRIDA Y, MAY 12 , 2006 / BAISAKH A 22 , 1928

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION
The 12th May 2006
No. 10709–2R/1–7/2004/Gen. In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to
article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Orissa is pleased to make the following
rules further to amend the Orissa Civil Services (Combined Competitive Recruitment Examination)
Rules, 1991, namely :

1. (1) These rules may be called the Orissa Civil Services (Combined Competitive
Recruitment Examination) Amendment Rules, 2006.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Orissa Gazette.

2. In the Orissa Civil Services (Combined Competitive Recruitment Examination) Rules,

1991 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 12, for sub-rule (1), [of rule 12] the following
sub-rule shall be substituted, namely :–

"(1) The eligible candidates shall be required to appear in a Preliminary Examination

which shall consist of two papers i.e. General Studies as paper – I and one subject to be selected
by the candidates from the list of Optional Subjects set out in Item - 1 (A) of Schedule – III [as
paper – II]. The candidates qualifying the Preliminary Examination shall be called to appear at the
Main Examination on the subjects as prescribed in Item - 1 (B) of Schedule - III."

3. In the said rules, for Schedule– II, the following schedule shall be substituted ; namely:–
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“SCHEDULE - II
[(Vide Rule 4 (3)]
The Scheme of Examination

I. The Competitive Examination shall comprise as follows, namely :–

(i) Preliminary Examination,
(ii) Main Examination,
(iii) Personality Test or Interview.

II. Candidates who will qualify in the Preliminary Examination, shall be called by the
Commission, to appear in the Main Examination. The qualifying marks in the Preliminary
Examination shall be such as may be fixed by the Commission. The marks obtained in the
Preliminary Examination shall not be counted for ranking. The Main Examination shall comprise
Oriya Language, English, English Essay, General Studies - I & II papers, two optional subjects
having two papers each as prescribed in Schedule - III.

III. Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the Main Examination as may
be fixed by the Commission at their discretion in the advertisement shall be called for personality
test. The Personality Test or Interview shall carry 250 marks and no minimum qualifying marks for
Personality Test or Interview shall be fixed.

Total marks thus obtained by the candidates in the written examination and Personality
Test or Interview would determine their ranking. Candidates shall be allotted to the various
services keeping in view their ranks in the examination and the preferences indicated by them for
various services.”

4. In the said rules for Schedule – III, the following schedule shall be substituted; namely :–
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“ SCHEDULE - III
[ (Vide Rule 4 (5) ]
Scheme and subjects for the Examination

1. (A) The Preliminary Examination shall consist of two papers of objective type (Multiple
choice questions) and each paper shall be of two hours duration -
Paper – I General Studies ... 150 Marks
Paper - II One subject to be selected from ... 300 Marks
the following Optional Subjects. ____________
Total - 450 Marks

(i) Agriculture
(ii) Agricultural Engineering
(iii) Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
(iv) Anthropology
(v) Botany
(vi) Chemistry
(vii) Civil Engineering
(viii) Commerce & Accountancy
(ix) Economics
(x) Electrical Engineering
(xi) Education
(xii) Forestry
(xiii) Fisheries Science
(xiv) Geography
(xv) Geology
(xvi) Home Science
(xvii) History
(xviii) Law
(xix) Management
(xx) Mathematics
(xxi) Mechanical Engineering
(xxii) Philosophy
(xxiii) Physics
(xxiv) Political Science & International Relations
(xxv) Psychology
(xxvi) Public Administration
(xxvii) Sociology
(xxviii) Statistics
(xxix) Zoology
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Note - (i) The scope of the syllabi for optional subject papers for the Preliminary / Main
Examination is broadly of the Honours Degree level, i.e., a level higher than the
Bachelors Degree and lower than the Masters Degree. In the case of Engineering and
Law, the level corresponds to the Bachelors' Degree.

(ii) The Preliminary Examination is meant to serve as screening test only. The marks
obtained in Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for
admission to main examination will not be counted for determining their final order of
merit. The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination would be 12
times of the total number of vacancies advertised. Only those candidates who are
declared by the Commission to have qualified in Preliminary Examination against a
particular advertisement will be eligible for admission to the Main Examination against
the said advertisement.

1. (B) Main Examination -

The Main Examination shall consist of the following papers and each paper shall be of
three hours duration.
Paper - I Oriya Language ... 300 Marks
Paper - II English ... 300 Marks
Paper - III English Essay ... 200 Marks
Paper - IV General Studies - I ... 300 Marks
Paper - V General Studies - II ... 300 Marks
Paper - VI, VII, Any two subjects to be ... 300 Marks for each paper
VIII & IX selected from the list of
Optional Subjects set out
below. Each subject will
have two papers.
Personality Test or Interview shall carry ... 250 Marks
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2. LIST OF OPTIONAL SUBJECTS FOR MAIN EXAMINATION

1. Agriculture
2. Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
3. Anthropology
4. Agricultural Engineering
5. Botany
6. Chemistry
7. Civil Engineering
8. Commerce & Accountancy
9. Economics
10. Electrical Engineering
11. Education
12. Fisheries Science
13. Forestry
14. Geography
15. Geology
16. Home Science
17. History
18. Indian Language & Literature ( any one)
(a) Oriya, (b) Hindi, (c) Sanskrit, (d) English, (e) Persian, (f) Urdu.
19. Law
20. Management
21. Mathematics
22. Mechanical Engineering
23. Philosophy
24. Physics
25. Political Science & International Relations
26. Public Administration
27. Psychology
28. Sociology
29. Statistics
30. Zoology
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Note (i) - Candidates shall not be allowed to opt for the following combinations of optional
subjects.

(a) Oriya, Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit, Urdu, English

(b) Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and
Agricultural Engineering.
(c) Mathematics & Statistics
(d) Anthropology & Sociology
(e) Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration
(f) Commerce & Accountancy and Management
(g) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
(h) Management and Public Administration
(i) Education and Psychology
(i) Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering
(ii) Each of the papers i.e. Paper - I (Oriya Language) and Paper -II (English) will be of
Matriculation standard and shall be qualifying in nature. The marks obtained in
these two papers shall not be counted for ranking.
(iii) The papers on Essay, General Studies and Optional Subjects of only those
candidates shall be evaluated who attain such minimum standard as may be fixed
by the Commission at their discretion for the qualifying papers in Oriya Language
and English.
(iv) The question papers for the Main Examination shall be of conventional (Essay)
type.
(v) Candidates shall have to answer all the question papers except the Indian
Languages paper in English.
(vi) The question papers other than Indian Language and Literature shall be set in
English.
(vii) The details of syllabi are to be set out by the Commission.

3. (a) General instructions –

(i) Candidates must answer the papers in their own handwriting and in no
circumstances they will be allowed the help of a scribe to write the answer for them.
(ii) The Commission shall be competent to fix the qualifying marks in any or all the
subjects of the examination.
(iii) If a candidate's handwriting is not easily legible, a deduction will be made on this
account from the total marks otherwise accruing to him.
(iv) Marks will not be allotted for mere superficial knowledge.
(v) Credit will be given for orderly, effective and exact expression combined with due
economy of words in all subjects of the examination.
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(vi) In the Question Papers, wherever necessary, questions involving the metric system
of weights and measures only will be set.
(vii) Candidates shall use only international form of Indian numericals (i.e. 1,2,3,4,5,6,
etc.) while answering question papers.
(viii) Candidates will be allowed the use of scientific (Non-programmable type)
calculators at the conventional (Essay) type examination of O.P.S.C. Programmable
type calculators will, however, not be allowed and the use of such calculators shall
tantamount to resorting to unfair means by the candidates. Loaning or interchanging
of calculators in the Examination Hall is not permitted.
Candidates are not permitted to use calculators for answering objective type
papers (Test Booklets). They should not, therefore, bring the same inside the
Examination Hall.
(ix) Candidates are not allowed to bring Mobile phones, pagers or any other
communication devices into the premises of the Examination Centre and premises
of the Commission.
(4) Personality Test / Interview :

The candidates shall be interviewed by a Board to be constituted by the O.P.S.C.

for the purpose. The said Board will have before them a record of his career. He will be asked
questions on matters of general interest. The object of the interview will be to assess the personal
suitability of the candidate for a carrier in public service. The object of test shall be to judge the
mental caliber of a candidate, his intellectual qualities as well as social traits and his interest in
current affairs. Further some of the qualities [to be judged will be] like mental alertness, critical
powers of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgment, variety and depth of
interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, intellectual and moral integrity are to be judged
by the said Board.”
ORDER
Ordered that the notification be published in an extra ordinary issue of the Orissa Gazette
and the copy thereof forwarded to all Departments of Government / all Heads of Department / all
Collectors / Registrar, Orissa High Court / Registrar, Orissa Administrative Tribunal / Special
Secretary, Orissa Public Service Commission.

By order of the Governor

T.K. PANDEY
Special Secretary to Government

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