Here I am providing you detailed Examination Pattern of Odisha Civil Services Examination.

Odisha Civil Service Exam Pattern:

Odisha Civil Services Examination consists of the following stages:
1. Preliminary Examination, (Objective Type-Multiple Choice Questions)
2. Main Examination
3. Personality Test or Interview.

Preliminary Examination:
Preliminary Examination shall consist of two papers of objective type (Multiple choice questions) and each paper shall be of two hours duration

Paper – I consists of General Studies for 150 Marks
Paper – II will have one subject to be selected from the list of optional subject for 300 Marks

List of Optional Subjects:
(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


Main Examination:
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, VIII & IX: Any two from Optional Subjects

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