ODISHA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WEBSITE - https://opsc.gov.in ADVERTISEMENT NO. 07 OF 2024-25. Odisha Civil Services Examination, 2024. Online applications are invited from the prospective candidates through the Proforma Application Form to be made available in the WEBSITE https:/opsc.gov.in The link for registration and submission of online application shall be available from 10.01.2025 to 10.02.2025 (Note- 10.02.2026 is the last date/closing date for submission of registered Online Application) for admission to the Odisha Civil Services Preliminary Examination, 2024 for recruitment to the Posts and Services coming under the Odisha Civil Services (Group-A & Group-B) along with Scale of Pay as mentioned below. The Examination will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Odisha Civil Services (Combined Competitive Recruitment Examination) Rules, 1991 as amended from time to time along with Odisha Civil Services (CCRE) (third) Amendment Rules, 2022. The relevant portions of the said Rules are available in the Website of the Commission. ‘SI. | Name of the Posts/Services ‘Scale of Pay No. | 7 z 1 z GROUP -A 1 | Odisha Administrative Service, | Rs. 56,100/- in Level12-Cell1 in the Pay Group-A (Junior Branch) _| Matrix under Rule-3 of ORSP Rules, 2017. 2 ‘Odisha Finance Service, | Rs. 56,100/- in Level-12-Cell1 in the Pay _Group-A (Junior Branch) _| Matrix under Rule-3 of ORSP Rules, 2017. GROUP -B 3 | Odisha Taxation & Accounts Rs. 44,900 in Level-10-Cell-t in the Pay Service, Group-B Matrix provided under Rule-3 of ORSP Rules, 2017. Osisha Co-operative Audit | Rs. 44,900/- in Level-10-Cell1 in the Pay Service, Group-B Matrix provided under Rule-3 of ORSP Rules, 2017 5 | Odisha Co-operative Service, | Rs. 44,900/- in Level-10-Cell-t in the Pay Group-8 Matrix provided under Rule-3 of ORSP Rules, 2017. é Odisha Revenue Service, | Rs. 44,900/- in Level-10-Ceir-7 Pay Group-8 Matrix provided under Rule-3 of ORSP Rules, 2017 207. an) At present, only online applications are invited from candidates for admission to the OCS Preliminary/Main Written Examination. After declaration of result of Main Written Examination, the candidates, who qualify to appear at the Interview/Personality Test, will be required to submit the printout/hard copy of online application form, along with photocopies of other documents as stated under Para-10 of this advertisement on the day of document verific for consideration of their eligibility. Page 1 of 13POSITION OF VACANCIES AND RESERVATION THEREOF: As per requisition submitted by General Administration & Public Grievance Department, Government of Odisha, the vacancy position along with reservation for each category/sub-category thereof is given below: - Name ofthe Post/ Service / ze Type ot vacancy Tota no. of vacancies Category-wite vacancy positon in diferent State Cal Services ee Servicemen Persons wth Diaby (8%) categorised as per the Pont No.1 ofthe Social Security & EPO Department Resolution NO.7140 ated 05.08.2017 and subsequent amendments Sports Unreserved sexe Gx) eon Gaegon H category Category iv re Tora! | Women Total | Women oe e @ @ @ ‘Adminitrative ‘service Ta) Curent ear vacancy 2 Wists vacancies for the current year. 2028 @ Total vacancies (a0) zp Wim o ekg) | WGectoel | 0 2 | aisha Finance (a) current year vacancy (b] Vacances ‘which have not been ea up Inthe previous years rr Total vacancies (arb) e w]e cae Wa >] oder Tanation & Aecourts Senice (a) current “year vacancy ro ms (o) vacances which have not Deen ed up Inthe previous years (a) aaleat Page 2 of 13abine.ot | Persons with Disabilry (4%) - categorised as per the Point No.3 Category wise vacancy postion n diferent State Cal Serves ‘ofthe Socal Security &EPO Department Resolution NO-7140, su | Mamectthe | ee vances be dated 05.09.2017 and subsequent amendments Sports EL | pore/serices | yet Sericemen enone Discpine =a ao x _ (ext | enon] Ganon | Gr aon om pa eres) H " | Total | Women | Total | Women | Total | Women | Total | women @ to) © (8) «| ga oman pe teh cranes fue ae © |e [Oe Orns Ome sO pee ee fsa || 7 ° ° ° ° o ° ‘Cooperative | year vacancy | Austere [vacances 2 Ja] 2 fe |e | o 7 ae | a a which have rot been ied Upinthe | previous yeas Toulvessces| S [a] a] ej eyo pape yey ot | (a2) SY Otsna —Ytaycurene 3 fa fs [a fe foe > oe] oe ] oe] o i ° 7] 3 3 ° cooperative wacaney | | semee [{e)vacnces | ar) «|e |e | 3 | a) 3) a | 3] 2 | which have rotbeen ied: | | conte prewousyears | Totalweances | te] Sta] a psa pp | (a2) | | @ | odate Partum aa as eae | Revenue | yearvacancy | Semice pyvarances | | 2 | @ | 0 | a | 0 | 2a | 2] a T 2 ‘0 } Rtwaekog) | Teackioed | 0 which have sche) not been files Gpinthe | . previous years | - Tolwanes| [we pw pe fs | a pe | 3s [a] 4 | | | (avo) | | Grand Total res => espa] Ss) Ss | ee 7 7 . r 5 7s (Out of the vacancies mentioned above, 15 posts are reserved for PWD category (Category-I-01, Category-II-06, Category-llI-01 & Category-IV- 07). Besides, 04 posts are reserved for Ex-Servicemen and 01 post is reserved for Sports persons, Candidates belonging to PWD, Ex-Servicemen & Sports Persons, when selected as per reservation provided for them, shall be adjusted against the categories to which they belong, which means that the PWD/Ex-Servicemen/Sports Persons, if belonging to Scheduled Caste will claim the vacancy reserved for S.C., if belonging to Scheduled Tribe will claim the vacancy reserved for S.T. and so on. Thus, the PVWD/Ex-Servicemeni/Sports Persons, who do not belong to any of the reserved communities i.e. S.C/S.T/S.E.B.C., would claim the unreserved vacancies. Page 3 of 13a) b) °) a e) 9) h) NOTE: Candidates must upload their Permanent Disability Certificate. Certificate showing Temporary Disability will not be accepted and the application shall be liable for rejection Candidates claiming reservation against Sports Persons Quota shall submit Sports Identity Card/ Certificate issued by the Director of Sports, Odisha as per General ‘Administration Department Resolution No. 24808/GA, dt. 18.11.1985, According to the Odisha Ex-Servicemen (Recruitment to State Civil Services and Posts) Amendment Rules, 2021 issued vide General Administration and Public Grievance Department Notification No. 15318/Gen., at. 09.06.2021, those Ex-Servicemen who have already secured regular employment under the State Government in civil posts and services would be permitted the benefit of age relaxation as admissible for Ex- Servicemen for securing another employment in any higher post or service under the State Government, but such candidates shall not be eligible for benefit of reservation, if any, for Ex-Servicemen in the State Government. Candidates furnishing SEBC certificate which is issued more than 03 years prior to the date of submission of online application, shall not be considered under SEBC category. Experience has shown that candidates obtain SC/ST/SEBC certificate etc. prior to the date of application and upload the same along with online application. Such certificates sometimes get cancelled subsequently. If the cancellation of certificate is detected at any subsequent stage, the candidature of such candidates will be cancelled under that category, In case of non-availability of eligible/suitable women candidates belonging to the respective categories, the unfilled vacancies of that category shall be filled up by eligible oF suitable male candidate(s) of the same category Exchange of reservation between Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe will not be considered in the event of non-availability of eligible and suitable S.C. / S.T. candidates. The number of vacancies to be filed up on the basis of this recruitment is subject to change by the Government without notice, depending upon the exigencies of public service at the discretion of the State Government 3. ELIGIBILITY: () Gitizenship- ‘A candidate must be a citizen of India (i) Age limits: A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not be above the age of 38 years as on the ist day of January, 2024, i.e. he/she must not have been born earlier than 2nd January, 1986 and not later than 1st January, 2003, ‘The upper age limit is relaxable by 05 (five) years for candidates belonging to S.C/S.T./S.E.B.C,/ Women/ Ex-Servicemen and by 10 (ten) years for Persons with Disabilities whose permanent disability is 40% or more. Persons with Disabilities belonging to SC/ST/SEBC categories are eligible for cumulative age relaxation benefit. SAVE AS PROVIDED ABOVE THE AGE LIMITS PRESCRIBED CAN IN NO CASE BE RELAXED. Date of birth entered in the High School Certificate or equivalent Certificate issued by the concerned Board/Council will be accepted by the Commission Page 4 of 13NOTE: - Candidates should also note that once a Date of Birth has been claimed by them and entered in the records of the Commission for the purpose of admission to an examination, no change will be allowed subsequently on any grounds whatsoever. If, on verification at any subsequent stage, any variation is found in their date of birth from the one entered in their High School Certificate or equivalent certificate, the candidature of the candidate concerned, will be rejected and or she/he may be debarred from present and future recruitments. (ii) Educational Qualification A candidate must hold a Bachelor's Degree from any University incorporated by an Act of the Central or a State Legislature in India or an Educational Institution established by an Act of Parliament or deemed to be a University under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or a Foreign University approved by the Central Government from time to time. 4, i) (i) OTHER ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS: ‘Accandidate must be able to read, write and speak Odia and have- (@) Passed Middle School Examination with Odia as a Language subject; or (b) Passed High School Certificate or equivalent examination with Odia as medium of examination in non-language subject; or (©) Passed in Odia as a language subject in the final examination of Class- Vil from a School or Educational Institution recognized by the Government of Odisha or the Central Government; or (¢) Passed a test in Odia in Middle English School Standard conducted by the School & Mass Education Department of the Government of Odisha. ‘A candidate, who has more than one spouse living or in case of a woman ‘candidate, if married to a person having one spouse living, shall not be eligible for appearing at the examination, unless the State Government has exempted his/her case from operation of this limitation for any good and sufficient reasons; (iii) Government Servants, whether temporary or permanent, are eligible to apply provided that they possess the requisite qualifications and are within the prescribed age limit as provided under Para-3 of the Advertisement, failing Which their candidature summarily be rejected. All candidates are required to obtain an NOC (No Objection Certificate) from their Competent Authority and attach it with the online application form at the time of submission of documents. They must inform their respective Heads of Departments in writing regarding submission of their application for this recruitment and ‘obtain “No Objection Certificate” well in advance. (iv) If@ candidate has, at any time, been debarred for a certain period/chance(s) by w) the Odisha Public Service Commission or other State Public Service Commission or U.P.S.C. from appearing at any Examination/interview, he/she will not be eligible for such recruitment for that specified period/chance(s). Only those candidate: ‘other eligibility conditions by the closing date of submission of onlin applications will be considered eligible. hi ess the requisite qualification and fulfil line (vi) The period of probation will be applicable as prescribed in the recruitment rules of different services.(vii) A candidate must have good moral character. He/she must be of good mental condition and bodily healthy and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of his/her duties as an officer of the Service/Post. A candidate, who, after such medical examination, as the Government may prescribe, is not found to satisfy these requirements, will not be appointed. (viil)_A candidate who ciaims change in his/her name after having passed the High ‘School Certificate Examination or equivalent examination, is required to furnish copy of publication of the changed name in local leading daily newspaper as well as copy of notification in the Gazette in support of his/her change of name. 5. PLAN AND CONDUCT OF EXAMINATION: The Combined Competitive Recruitment Examination shall consist of the following successive stages:- i. Preliminary Examination (Objective Type) for selection of candidates for Main Examination; and ji, _ Main Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts. The Preliminary Examination shall comprise of two compulsory papers of objective types (Multiple Choice Questions) carrying a maximum of 200 marks each in the subjects set out in Section-1 of SCHEDULE-III of OCS(CCRE) (third) Amendment Rules, 2022 (ANNEXURE-III), and each paper shall be of (02) two hours duration. (a) General Studies - Paper-I - 200 marks (b) General Studies - Paper-II - 200 marks ‘The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are dectared qualified for admission to the Main Examination shall not be counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be nearly as possible but not more than 12 times of the total number of vacancies to be filled in the year through this examination. ‘The Commission shall draw a list of candidates to be qualified for Civil Services (Main) Examination based on the criterion of minimum qualifying marks of 33% in General Studies Paper-II of Civil Services Preliminary Examination and total qualifying marks of General Studies Paper-! of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination as may be determined by the Commission as mentioned in Schedule II-A- Note-I of OCS(CCRE) (third) Amendment Rules, 2022 (ANNEXURE-I}) ‘There shall be negative marking for incorrect answers (as detailed below) for all questions except some of the questions where the negative marking shall be inbuilt in the form of different marks being awarded to the most appropriate and not so appropriate answer for such questions. (i) There shall be four alternatives for the answers to every questions. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question shall be deducted as penalty. (ii) if a candidate gives more than one answer, it shall be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happen to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question (i) If question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there shall be no penalty for that question. Note- It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of Preliminary Examination for the purpose of evaluation. Therefore, a candidate shall be disqualified in case he or she does not appear in both the papers of Preliminary Examination. Page 6 of 13‘The Main Examination shall consist of written test and an interview test. The written examination shall consist of nine papers of conventional essay type in the subjects set out in Section- 2 of SCHEDULE-II in which there shall be two papers in part-| which are qualifying in nature and seven papers in part-ll for assessment of merit of the candidate. Detail syllabus for papers in part-II shall be set out by the Commission. Marks obtained for all the compulsory papers (Paper-I to Paper-Vil in part-ll) and Marks obtained in Interview for Personality Test shall be counted for ranking Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the part-lI of the written part of the Main Examination as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion, shall be called by them for an interview for a Personality Test, as provided in section-3 of SCHEDULE-IIl. After Main Examination, the number of candidates to be callled for interview shall be about twice of the number of vacancies to be filled. The interview shall carry 250 marks (with no minimum qualifying marks) Marks thus obtained by the candidates in the Main Examination (written as well as interview) shall determine their final ranking. Candidates shall be allotted to the various Services keeping in view their ranks in the examination and the preferences expressed by them for the various Services and posts. Evaluation of the papers, namely ‘Essay’, ‘General Studies’ and Optional Subjects of all the candidates shall be done simultaneously along with evaluation of their qualifying papers on ‘Odia’ and ‘English’ language in Part-, but the papers on Essay, General Studies and Optional Subject of only such candidates shall be taken cognizance who obtain 25% marks in ‘Odia’ and English Language each in Part-| as minimum qualifying standards in these qualifying papers, The Main Examination shall carry 2000 marks including 250 marks for Interview/Personality Test. The details of Plan of Examination reflected in Schedule-Il, Scheme, Subjects & Marks for the Preliminary and Main Examinations as reflected in ‘Schedule-lll of OCS(CCRE) (third) Amendment Rules, 2022 and Syllabus for the Preliminary Exa n and Main Examination are appended as ANNEXURE-I| & ANNEXURE-IV respectively to this Advertisement. The details of medium of language for answering the papers in Written Examination and appearing Personality Test is appended as ANNEXURE-lI to this Advertisement Note- Any details relating to this recruitment like cut-off marks, answer keys, individual marks etc. shall only be declared on the website of the Commission after publication of the final results and select list. 6. DATE OF EXAMINATION: The Preliminary Examination of OCS-2024 will be held tentatively in the month of July,2025. The detailed Schedule and Centre of Examination will be notified in due course 7. ZONE(S) OF EXAMINATION: Both Preliminary and Main Examination will be held at five Zonal Centres of the State, viz: Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Sambalpur depending on the number of candidates from the respective zones, Candidates are required to select any two zones of their choice where they would like to appear at the Examination, during filing of online application form, While every effort will be made to allot candidates to the zones of their choice on First Come First Serve basis, the Commission may, at their discretion, allot any other zone to the candidates when circumstances so warrant. REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF ZONE WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED. The Candidates are not allowed to appear al a centre other than the one indicated by the Commission.8. NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS: Every candidate appearing at the Civil Services Examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted 06 (six) attempts at the examination: Provided that - (i) There shall be no such limit for the S.C. and S.T. candidates. (i) The number of attempts permissible to candidates belonging to Socially & Educationally Backward Classes, who are otherwise eligible, shall be 09 (nine). This relaxation will be available to the candidates, who are eligible to avail reservation applicable to such candidates. “Provided further that claim for relaxation of upper age limit to exhaust the number of attempts admissible under this rule shall not be permitted in any circumstances’. NOTE: 2. An attempt at a Preliminary Examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the Examination. If a candidate actually appears in any one paper in the Preliminary Examination, he/she shall be deemed to have made an attempt at the Examination. 9. IMPORTANT POINTS: wo aw i) (wy ) ww) (vil) Page 8 of 13 ‘The provisions of the Odisha Conduct of Examinations Act, 1988 (Odisha Act-2 of 1988) are applicable to this Examination (Preliminary & Main) conducted by the Odisha Public Service Commission. Any violation of the above Act and violation of “Instructions to candidates” (as provided in the advertisement, application form, Brochure, Admission Certificate & Answer Script etc.) will be seriously viewed and disciplinary action will be taken against the concerned candidates as deemed proper. The provisions of penalty under Rule-18 of Odisha Civil Services (Combined Competitive Recruitment Examination) Rules, 1991 shall also be applicable. ‘A candidate found guilty of seeking support for his/her candidature by offering illegal gratification or applying pressure on any person connected with the conduct of the recruitment process or found indulging in any type of malpractice in course of the selection or otherwise, shall, in addition to rendering himselffherseff liable to criminal prosecution, be disqualified not only for the recruitment for which she/he is a candidate, but also may be debarred, either permanently or for a specified period, from any recruitment or selection to be conducted by the Commission Reservation and Relaxation etc. meant for S.C. / S.T. by Birth and SEBC are admissible to the Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes and Socially & Educationally Backward Classes of Odisha only; Community (caste status) once mentioned by the candidates under the appropriate box of the online application form, will be treated as final and the same shall not be changed subsequently under any circumstances. This advertisement should not be construed as binding on the Government to make appointment. Any_misrepresentation_or suppression of information by the candidat ‘the online application, will_result_in_cancellation of his/her candidature or penalty, as decided by the Commission be imposed on the candidate.(Vill) Mere empaneiment in the select list shall not confer any right for appointment unless the Government is satisfied after making such enquiry as may be deemed necessary that the candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment to the Service. (IX) No request for withdrawal of candidature and change of category will be entertained under any circumstances. (X) Candidates must answer the Papers in their own hand-writing. Only PWD candidates who are unable to write will be allowed to take help of scribe to write the answers for them by giving option while filling up the online application subject to the provisions made under Para-13(4) of the SSEPD Department Resolution No. 1843/SSEPD, dt-25.02,2021 (XI) All persons appointed under the Government of Odisha on or after 1 January,2005 shall not be eligible for pension as defined under sub-rule (1) of Rule-3 of the Odisha Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1992; but shall be ‘covered by the defined Contributory Pension Scheme in accordance with the Odisha Civil Services (Pension) Amendment Rules, 2006. (XII) Submission of NPS application is mandatory for all recommended candidates at the time of joining in Govt. Services. (Kill) The Commission reserves the right to adopt the methods and principle of evaluation of answer scripts of both the Preliminary and Main Examinations. (XIV) Online applications submitted to OPSC, if found to be incomplete in any respect, are liable to_ rejection without entertaining _anj ‘correspondence with the applicants on that score. (Xv) verification at any stage before or after the Examination/interview! Publication of Result, it is found that a candidate does not fulfil all the eligibility conditions, his/her candidature will be liable for rejection. Decision of the Commission with regard to eligibility or otherwise of candidate shall be final. (XVI) Candidates are required to bring the copies of certificates and other requisite documents as stated under Para-10 of this advertisement at the time of document verification. 10. CERTIFICATES/DOCUMENTS TO BE ATTACHED: Candidates who qualify in the Main written examination and called for document verification should be in readiness to submit the Hard copy of Online Application Form, along with true copies of the following documents duly seff certified. The candidates are required to mention on each copy of documents “Submitted by me_and Certified as genuine and has not been cancelled” and pul their full signature and date on the same. They must not attach the original certificates with their hard copy of online Applications. Only those who are called for the Personality Test or Interview will be required to bring with them the original certificates on the day of verification as decided by the Commission, faili allowed to appear at the Personality Test or Interview. A notice to this effect will be issued later on. If a candidate fails to furnish any of the origi documents in respect of the attested copies submitted with the application for verification by hint/her, for verification on the date fixed by the Commi his/her candidature will be rejected.(a) (b) © (@) e) (f) (9) (hn) Oo (”) aw (m) NOTE H.S.C. or equivalent certificate in support of declaration of age issued by the concerned Board/Council Bachelor's Degree Certificate issued by the concerned University; Certificate of any other higher qualification(s) issued by the University/Institution; Caste Certificate in support of claim as S.C,/S.T. by birth and S.E.B.C. wherever applicable (Please see Note-1-Para-10). Required Odia Test Pass Certificate from the competent authority, wherever applicable (Please see Note-2-Para-10). Ex-Serviceman are required to submitlupload Release Certificate issued as per Orissa Ex-Servicemen (Recruitment to State Services and Posts) Rules, 1985 vide G.A. Department notification No.22856-Gen., dt.16.10.1985. Further, Ex-Servicemen candidates must submit an Affidavit, undertaking that he/she has not been appointed against any civil posts and services after retirement from military service [Refer Note-(c) under Para-2]. Format of Affidavit is enclosed at ANNEXURE-I. Permanent Disability Certificate (indicating percentage of disability, ie. 40% or more) issued by the concemed Medical Board, wherever applicable. Sports Certificate/Identity Card, issued by the Director of Sports, Odisha If a candidate claims to possess qualification, equivalent to the prescribed qualification, the rule/authority (with number & date) under which it is so treated, must be furnished with the hard copy of the online Application Certificate of good character from the Principal/Proctor/ Dean or Professor in charge of Department of Teaching of the College or University/ Institution in Which last studied Four recent passport size photographs (within 06 months) unsigned & unattested, which has been uploaded with online application form. No Objection Certificate from their competent authorities in case of Government Servants. Proof of identity i.e, Aadhar / EPIC/ DL/ Passport/PAN Card. Page 10 of 13 Candidates claiming to be belonging to the S.E.B.C. / S.C. /S.T. categories of Odisha by birth are required to submit copy of the relevant Caste Certificate issued by the competent authority in the prescribed form. The candidates applying against SEBC Category (Non-Creamy Layer) must submit Caste Certificate issued by the Competent Authority not more than 03 years before the date of submission of online application form. For example, if a candidate is submitting the online application on 21.11.202 the SEBC certificate must have been issued on or after 22.11.2021. If such certificate is issued before 22.11.2021 will not be treated as valid and the candidate will not be considered under SEBC category. Women candidates belonging to S.E.B.C. / S.C. / S.T. categories are required to submit Caste Certificates showing “daughter of Caste Certificates by virtue of marriage are not acceptable and liable for rej OBC certificate will not be accepted in lieu of SEBC certiv. Community (Caste status) once mentioned by the candidates in the online ‘application form shall not be changed under any circumstances. The Competent Authorities are as prescribed by the Government of Odisha under relevant Reservation Rules. NOTE-2: Bachelor's Degree Certificate, SC/ST Caste Certificate, Odia Test Pass Certificate, Sports Identity Card issued by the Director of Sports, Odisha in case of Sports Persons, Permanent Disability Certificate of Person with Disabilities {indicating % of permanent disability) and Release Certificate of Ex-Serviceman [issued as per Orissa Ex-Servicemen (Recruitment to State Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1985 vide G.A. Department notification No.22856-Gen., dt.16.10.1985] must have been issued by the Competent Authority on or before the date of submission of the registered online application form by the candidate. 41. GROUNDS OF REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS: Applications of candidates will be rejected on any of the following grounds- (a) Incomplete online application form. (b) Declaration not signed (full signature) by the candidate in the hard copy of online application form. (©) Age limit of candidate not coming under para-3(i) of the Advertisement (Overage relaxation shall not be allowed to PWD candidates having less than 40% disability) (d) No required education qualification as provided under Para-3(iil) of the ‘Advertisement. (e) Not furnishing copies of certificates/documents etc. as provided under Para-10 of the Advertisement () Odia Test (ME standard) not passed/Odia Test pass evidence not furnished, a required under Para-4(i) of the Advertisement; (g) Submission of wrong information/false information about qualification’ age/Odia Test Pass evidencelcategory status (SC! ST/SEBC/ PWDiSports Person/Ex-servicemen/Women etc). (h) Ineligible applications which are violative of the provisions in Para-8 of the Advertisement regarding No. of attempts. (Suppression of facts/information about eligibility, if any. (@ Any other grounds as per the decision of the Commission, (k) If a candidate fails to furnish any of the original certificates and documents for verification on the date fixed by the Commission; () Application received through any other mode (except online through the proforma Application to be made available on WEBSITE OF OPSC). (m) Non-submission of equivalence certificate issued by concerned University/Board. N.B.: Application/candidature of a candidate shall be rejected at any stage of recruitment process, whenever discrepancy is noticed/ detected.12. HOWTO APPLY: a Candidates must carefully go through the details of this Advertisement available in the Website of OPSC before filing up online application form, Candidates must apply online through the concerned Website of the OPSC http://opsc.gov.in. Applications received through any other mode would not be accepted and summarily rejected. Before filling up the online application form, the candidates must go through detailed instructions available at OPSC portal The online application form is automated and system driven & will guide the candidate seamlessly in filling the application. The requisite options shall be enabled and information shall be asked as per data furnished by the candidate. Before filing up the information, ensure that accurate information _is fed. The candidate_must_also_verify the submitted copy of online application _after_its submission. If the candidate further wants to modify any information, she/he has to cancel_the application and apply again within the last date of submission of application Candidates are requested to upload the scanned image of latest passport size photograph along with scanned image of his/her full signature and scanned image of Left-hand Thumb Impression (LT!) in the online application form. Uploaded photograph, Specimen (full) signature and LTI must be clearly identifiable / visible; otherwise the application of the candidate is liable to be rejected by the Commission and no representation from the candidate will be entertained. Candidates should keep at least four copies of latest passport size photograph which is uploaded to the online application form for future use. On successful submission of the online Registration, a unique “Permanent Public Service Account Number (PPSAN)” will be assigned to the applicant. Candidates are_required to take a printout of the finally submitted online Registration/Re- registration and finally submitted Online Application forms and put his/her signature under the declaration for submission to OPSC along with copies of requisite certificate & documents as and when asked The candidates are advised to submit the Online Application Form well in advance without waiting for the closing date to avoid the last hour rush. Admission certificate to the eligible candidates of OCS Preliminary Examination and Main written examination will be uploaded in the Website of the OPSC prior to the date of Preliminary & Main written examination. The date & Programme of the Preliminary & Main written examination will be published in the Website of the Commission and Newspapers. The candidates are required to download their Admission Certificate/ Instructions to Candidates from the Website. No separate correspondence will be made on this score. "NOTICE" to candidates for document verification & interview shall be uploaded in the website of OPSC prior to the date of Document Verification/interview. Any complaint on the conduct of examination must be sent to the Grievance Wing of the Commission by e-Mail ([email protected]) within 07(Seven) days of completion of the examination. Experience has shown that the candidates do submit online application form with omission/error/without uploading documents and subsequently send e- letter to the Commission for rectification. The Commission is under no obligation to entertain such request/representation Page 12 of 1343, FACILITATION COUNTER AND WEBSITE FOR GUIDANCE OF CANDIDATE: For any Technical guidance for filing up of the online Registration and online Application Forms, candidates may contact OPSC technical support over telephone No. 0671-2304707 between 10.30 AM to 01.30 P.M. & 2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. of any Odisha Government working days. In case of any guidance/information on this advertisement and recruitment, candidates may refer to Para-12 of this Advertisement or go through the FAQ available in the website of the Commission or contact the O.P.S.C. Facilitation Counter over Telephone No.0671-2304141/ 2305611 & Extn.-218 on any Odisha Government working day between 10.30 AM. to 1.30 P.M. & 2.00 P.M. to 5.30 P.M. The candidates are required to visit the website of the Commission at http:Vopse.gov.in for detailed information about important Notices, rejection of applications, date & time of Examination/Interview etc. and also to keep track of publication of various Notices to the effect in the leading local dailies for information 14, GENERAL: Candidates submitting forged/manipulated documents will be debarred from appearing examination conducted by Odisha Public Ser Commission for 03 years. CLOSING DATE (A)THE LINK FOR REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION OF REGISTERED ONLINE APPLICATION SHALL BE AVAILABLE IN THE WEBSITE FROM 10.01.2025 TO 10.02.2025 (NOTE: - 10.02.2025 IS THE LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF REGISTERED ONLINE APPLICATION FORM) (B)ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED WITHIN THE DEADLINE ic. 10.02.2025 SHALL BE ACCEPTED. NB: THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM IF FOUND DEFECTIVE IN ANY RESPECT ARE LIABLE TO BE SUMMARILY REJECTED. ase a CUTTACK SECRETAR Dt aift2|aeoh ODISHA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, CUTTACKANNEXURE-I AFFIDAVIT 5/0. years, resident of .» for recruitment to the posts of .... L.. .aged about. Roll NOW... here by solemnly affirm and declare as under: 1. That I am the deponent of this affidavit and permanently residing at 2. Theat I have been released ~= from _— Military Service OM ov 3. That since then I am working as .. Govt. of Odisha/Govt. of India, OR That since then I am working as ..under the Department of. at oR That I have not secured regular employment in any Civil Posts and Services under Government of Odisha. 4, That this affidavit shall be produced before the Competent Authority, Odisha Public Service Commission, Cuttack for the purpose of being considered in service under the Ex-Serviceman quota/ not under Ex-Serviceman quota and hence this affidavit. 5, That the facts stated are true to the best of my knowledge, belief and information. Deponent Place: Date: Verification I the above-named deponent being present today before the premises do hereby verify and deciare that the above statements are all true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Verificant I identify the deponent N.B: Strike off the portion which is not applicable.The Odisha EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3008 CUTTACK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022 / ASWINA 27, 1944 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC GRIEVANCE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION The 18th October, 2022 No.29246-GAD-SC-RULES-0025/2022/Gen.— In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Odisha is pleased to make the following rules to regulate the method of recruitment in different Civil Services and posts of the State, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Odisha Civil Services (Method of Examination in Odia Medium) Rules, 2022. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Odisha Gazette. 2. Definitions.— (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires — (a) “State Government" means the Government of Odisha; (b) “recruitment examination’ means the method of examination prescribed in different recruitment Rules; and (©) ‘Recruitment Rules" means the rules framed under the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India regulating the appointment to different State Civil Services and Posts and includes executive orders and instructions issued by the ‘Competent Authority in this regard from time to time. (2) All other words and expressions used in these rules but not specifically defined shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them in the Odisha Service Code. 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in any Recruitment Rules, all recruitment made through the written examination and the Viva-voce, if any, shall be both in Odia and English except the Language subject.2 4. The candidate shall answer the questions in Odia language except the language subject : Provided that the candidate who desires to answer the papers and to face the Viva- voice, if any, in English language, shall exercise his option at the time of filling up the Application form for the examination which cannot be changed Provided further that the candidate while answering the papers in Odia language may, if he so likes, indicate the technical terms in English. By Order of the Governor SURENDRA KUMAR Principal Secretary to Government Printed and Published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10 OGPISBP Ex.Gaz.2378-183+200ANWNEXURE ~ IH The Odisha EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2961 CUTTACK, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2022 / ASWINA 26, 1944 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC GRIEVANCE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION The 18th October, 2022 No.29230-PT2-GAD-SC-RULES-0029/2017/Gen.- In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Odisha is pleased to make the following rules further to amend the Odisha Civil Services (Combined Competitive Recruitment Examination)Rules, 1991, namely:— 1, Short title and commencement.— (1)These rules may be called the Odisha Civil Services(Combined Competitive Recruitment Examination) (third) Amendment Rules, 2022. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Odisha Gazette. 2. In the Odisha Civil Services (Combined Competitive Recruitment Examination) Rules, 1991 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 13,- (@ for the word “four”, appearing after the word “permitted”, and before the word “attempts”, the word “six” shall be substituted; (ii) in the proviso, in item (ii), for the word “seven”, the word “nine” shall be substituted; and (iii) after the first proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:— “Provided further that claim for relaxation of upper age limit to exhaust the number of attempts admissible under this rule shall not be permitted in any circumstances”.2 3. In the said rules, for “Schedule-II” and “Schedule-III”, the following Schedules shall be substituted, namely:— “SCHEDULE-IL [See rule -4(3)] PLAN OF EXAMINATION The Combined Competitive Recruitment Examinations shall comprise of the following — (A) Preliminary Examination (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination; and (B) Main Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts. A. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION ‘The Preliminary Examination shall consist of two papers of Objective Type (multiple choice) questions and carry a maximum of 200 marks each in the subjects set out in section- 1 of SCHEDULE UI. This examination is meant to serve as a screening test only. The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination shall not be counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be as nearly as possible but not more than twelve times of the total number of vacancies to be filled in the year through this examination. Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary Examination in the year shall be called to appear in the Main Examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main Examination. Note I: The Commission shall draw a list of candidates to be qualified for Civil Services (Main) Examination based on the criterion of minimum qualifying marks of 33% in General Studies Paper-II of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination and total qualifying marks of General Studies Paper-I of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination as may be determined by the Commission. Note-I: There shall be negative marking for incorrect answers (as detailed below) for all questions except some of the questions where the negative marking shall be inbuilt in the form of different marks being awarded to the most appropriate and not so appropriate answer for such questions,3 (i) There shall be four alternatives for the answers to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question shall be deducted as penalty. (i) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it shall be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happen to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question. (iii) If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there shall be no penalty for that question. B, Main Examination (Written and Interview) 1. The Main Examination shall consist of written test and an interview test. The written examination shall consist of nine papers of conventional essay type in the subjects set out in Section- 2 of SCHEDULE-III in which there shall be two papers in part-I which are qualifying in nature and seven papers in part-II for assessment of merit of the candidate. Detail syllabus for papers in part-II shall be set out by the Commission. Marks obtained for all the compulsory papers (Paper-I to Paper-VII in part-II) and Marks obtained in Interview for Personality Test shall be counted for ranking. 2. Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the part-II of the written part of the Main Examination as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion, shall be called by them for an interview for a Personality Test, as provided in section-3 of SCHEDULE-III. After Main Examination, the number of candidates to be called for interview shall be about twice of the number of vacancies to be filled. The interview shall carry 250 marks (with no minimum. qualifying marks). 3. Marks thus obtained by the candidates in the Main Examination (written as well as interview) shall determine their final ranking. Candidates shall be allotted to the various Services keeping in view their ranks in the examination and the preferences expressed by them for the various Services and posts.Detailed Syllabus for the Prel @ Gil) 1) (w) (v) wi) (vii) General issues on Envi (x) 4 SCHEDULE-II [See rule 4 (5) and rule 12] SCHEME AND SUBJECTS FOR THE PRELIMINARY AND MAIN EXAMINATION 1, Preliminary Examination : (The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each and cach paper shall be of two hours duration. (ii) Both the question papers shall be of the objective type (multiple choice questions). (iii) The General Studies paper-IH of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%, (iv) The question papers other than language and Literature shall be set in English. Candidates must answer the papers in their own handwriting and the facility of Scribe or Reader as the case may be, may be allowed by the Commission to the candidates with disability having physical requirement and functional classification as may be prescribed by the Government from time to time, Besides, compensatory time of twenty minutes per hour wherever applicable shall be permitted to such candidates by the Commission. inary Examination Paper Current events of national and international importance. History of India and Indian National Movement. History of Odisha and Odia Nationalism. Odisha and Indian Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc. Economic and Social Development-Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc. nmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject speci General Science.5 Paper II (i) Comprehension; (ii) Interpersonal skills including communication skills; (li) Logical reasoning and analytical ability; (iv) Decision making and problem solving; (¥) General mental ability; (vi) Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency ete, — Class X level) Note- It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of Preliminary Examination for the purpose of evaluation. Therefore a candidate shall be disqualified in case he or she does not appear in both the papers of Preliminary Examination. 2. Main Examination : (1) The written examination shall comprise of two parts, i.c., Part-I and Part-II consisting of the following papers:— Part-I QUALIFYING PAPERS Marks Paper-I: Odia Language 250 The pattern of questions shall be broadly as follows: Comprehension of given passages. Précis writing, Usage and vocabulary. (iv) Short Essays. (v) Translation from English to the Odia Language and vice-versa. Paper-I : English Language 250 ‘The patter of questions shall be broadly as follows: (i) Comprehension of given passages. (ii) Précis writing. (iii) Usage and vocabulary. (iv) Short Essays.6 Part-I: PAPERS TO BE COUNTED FOR MERIT | Marks Paper-I: Essay 250 Paper-II : General Studies-I (Indian Heritage and Culture, Odisha | 250 Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Socie-y) Paper-III : General StudiesII (Governance, Constitution, Polity, | 250 Social Justice and Inter-State Relations) Paper-IV : General Studies-III__ (Technology, Economic} 250 Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management) Paper-V: General Studies-IV (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude) 250 Paper-VI : Optional Subject — Paper-I 250 Paper-VIl : Optional Subject — Paper-II 250 SUB-TOTAL (WRITTEN TEST) | 1750 Marks Personality Test 250 Marks GRAND TOTAL | 2000 Marks (2) Candidates may choose any one of the subjects from amongst the list of subjects given below for optional Paper-VI and Paper-VII of the written test:— List of optional subjects for Main Examination @ Agriculture (i) Agriculture Engineering (iii) Animal Husbandry and Mechanical Engineering Medical Science (xxiii) Philosophy Veterinary Science (xxiv) Physics (iv) Anthropology (xv) Political Science (v) Botany and International Relations (vi) Chemistry (xvi) Psychology (vii) Civil Engineering (xxvii) Public Administration (viii) Commerce and Accountancy | (xxviii) Sociology Economies Coxix). Statistics Education (xxx) Zoology Electrical Engineering (xxi) Literature of any one of the Fishery Science following languages: English, Hindi, Forestry(xiv) Geography Odia, Persian, Sanskrit, and Urdu (xv) Geology | (xvi) History | (xvii) Home Science (xviii) Law (xix), Management (xx) Mathematics NOTE: (a) The papers on Odia Language and English (Part-I of Main examination) shall be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and shall be of qualifying nature. The marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking. (b)The aim of the papers on Odia Language and English (Part-I of Main examination) is to test the candidates’ ability to read and understand discursive prose, and to express his ideas clearly and correctly, in Odia and English Language. (c) Evaluation of the papers, namely, 'Essay’, ‘General Studies' and Optional Subject, of all the candidates shall be done simultaneously along with evaluation of their qualifying papers on ‘Odia! and ‘English’ language in Part-I, but the papers on Essay, General Studies and Optional Subject of only such candidates shall be taken cognizance who obtain 25% marks in ‘Odia! and English language each in part-I as minimum qualifying standards in these qualifying papers. (d)Marks obtained by the candidates for the Paper I-VII in Part-II only shall be counted for merit ranking. However, the Commission may have the discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all of these papers. (©) The question papers for the examination shall be of conventional (essay) type. (f) Each paper shall be of three hours duration. (g) The question papers (other than Indian language and Literature) shall be set in English. (3) General instructions (Preliminary as well as Main examination): (@ Candidates must answer the papers in their own handwriting and the facility of Scribe or Reader as the case may be, may be allowed by the Commission to the candidates with disability having physical requirement and functional classification as may be prescribed by the Government from time to time. Besides, compensatory time ofa twenty minutes per hour wherever applicable shall be permitted to such candidates by the Commission. (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. (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 numerals 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 OPSC. 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. (ix) 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. 3. Personality Test/ Interview The candidate shall be interviewed by a Board to be constituted by the OPSC who will have before them a record of his career. He shall be asked questions on matters of general interest. The object of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in public service. The test is intended to judge the mental calibre of a candidate, his intellectual qualities as well as social traits and his interest in current affairs. Further some of the qualities 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.9 The interview test is not intended to be a test either of the specialised or general knowledge of the candidate which has been already tested through the written papers. The candidate is expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in their special subjects of academic study but also in the events which are happening around them both within and outside his/her State or Country as well as in modem currents of thought and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of well-educated youth.” By Order of the Governor SURENDRA KUMAR Principal Secretary to Government Printed and Published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10 OGP/SBP Ex.Gaz.2331-183+200ANNEXURE-TV. Candidates may be required to write essays on multiple topics. They will be expected to keep closely to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in orderly fashion, and to write concisely. Credit will be given for effective and exact expression.Syllabi for General Studies-I to IV of Odisha Civil Services (Main Written Examination)wo & PAPER-II General Studies-I: Indian Heritage and Culture, Odisha Heritage & Culture, History and Geography of the World & Society Heritage and Culture * Indian culture covering the salient aspects of Art forms, Literature and Architecture from Ancient to Modern times. + Temple Architecture of Odisha * Socio-cultural development in Odisha. + Bhakti Movement in Odisha and its impact on the Society of Odisha. + Evolution and Growth of Odia Language and Literature and development of dia Literature + Regional Tradition of Odisha-Festivals, History + Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present ~ significant events, personalities, issues. + The Freedom Steuggle ~ its various stages and important contributors/ contributions from different parts of the country. + Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country, + Kalinga War and its significance + Dynastic History of Odisha: Mahameghavahan Kharavela, The Bhauma Karas and The Somavamsis, The Gangas and Gajopatis. y Resistance Movements in Odisha- Paik Rebellion, Vir Surendra Sai and the Revolt of 1857. * Creation of Odisha Province ledom Movement and Praja Mandal Movements in Odisha; Social bases of dia Nationalism; integration of Princely States in Odisha; Social reform movements in Odisha. Geogeaphy of India with special reference to Odisha + Physical, economic and social geography of India, + Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Voleanic activity, eyelone, geographical features and their location-changes, in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and iee-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. + Odisha’s natural resources: water, forests & minerals, + Odisha’s Physiography and Riverine system. ‘= Salient features of Indian society, Diversity of India and Odisha+ Role of women and women's organization, population an associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and remedies. + Effects of globalization on indian society as a whole and Odisha ‘© Distribution and growth of tribes and tribal population in Odisha; Urbanization ~ Growth of urban population and urban centres in Odisha. + Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism: PAPER-II General Studies-lI: Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and Inter State Relations Governance, Constitution, Polity and inter-state relations + Indian Constitution ~ historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. ‘Functions end responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein. = Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions. + Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other countries. + Parliament and State legislatures ~ structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these + Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary ~ Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity += Salient features of the Representation of People’s act, Odisha Right to Public Services Act and Odisha Lokayukta Act © Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions, and responsibilities of various Constitutional bodies # Statutory, regulatory, and various quasi-judicial bodies. * Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, governance: applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability, and institutional and other measures, # Role of Central and State Civil services in a democracy. ‘= Panchayati Raj Institution (PRIs) in Odisha. * Ogisha and its neighborhood ~ relations,Social Justice * Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation ~ India and Odisha. + Development processes and the development industry ~ the role of MSMEs & women SHGs. + Welface schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the State and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions, and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections- India and Odisha ‘+ Issues relating to development and management of social sector/ Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources ~ India and Odisha, ‘© Issues relating to poverty and hunger ~ Sustainable Development Goals. PAPER-IV General Studies-lII: Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management Science & Technology = Science and Technology-developments and their applications and effects in everyday life = Achievements of Indians in science & technology; Indigenisation of technology and developing new technology. = Awareness in the fields of {T, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nanotechnology, Bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights. Economic Development + Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. # Inclusive growth and issues arising from it. + Government Budgeting - india and Odisha, # Land reforms in india & Odisha, + Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. + Infrastructure; Energy, Posts, Roads, Airports, Railways in the Country and Odisha. # Industrialisation in Odisha Issues and prospects.Agriculture ‘+ Major cropping patterns in various parts of the country, different types of icrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers in India & Odisha. ‘+ Issues elated to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing in India & Odisha ~ Doubling of Farmers’ income + Food processing and related industries in India & Odisha ~ scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management. Biodiversity and Environment + Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. ‘© Disaster and Disaster Management in the Country and in Odisha ~ state institutions and policies on Disaster Management. © Linkages between development and spread of extremism. Left wing extremism in Odisha, Security and Disaster Management = Challenges to internal security though communication networks, role of media ‘and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention ~ Arts & policies relating to Cyber Security and Money laundering + Security challenges and their management in border areas ~ linkages of organized crime with terrorism. + Various Security forces and agencies of the Country and Odisha and their mandate PAPER-V General Studies-IV: Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude ‘This paper will include questions to test the candidates’ attitude and approach to issues relating to integrity, probity in public life and his problem-solving approach to various issues and conflicts faced by him in dealing with society. Questions may utile the case study approach to determine these aspects. The following broad areas will be covered + Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, Determinants and Consequences of Ethics in Human Actions; Dimension of Ethics; Ethics « in Private and PublicRelationships. Human Values ~ Lessons from the Lives and Teachings of Great Leaders, Reformers and Administrators; Role of Family, Society and Educational institutions in inculcating Values. ‘Attitude: Content, Structure, Function; its Influence and Relation with Thought land Behaviour; Moral and Political Attitudes; Social Influence and Persuasion. Aptitude and Foundational Values for Civil Service, Integrity, Impartiality and Non-partisanship, Objectivity, Dedication to Public Service, Empathy, ‘Tolerance and Compassion towards the weaker-sections. Emotional intelligence-Concepts, and their Utilities and: Application in Administration and Governance Contributions of Moral Thinkers and Philosophers from India and World, Public/Civil Service Values and Ethics in Public Administration: Status and Problems; Ethical Concerns and Dilemmas in Government and Private Institutions; Laws, Rules, Regulations and Conscience as Sources of Ethical Guidance; Accountability and Ethical Governance; Strengthening of Ethical and Moral Values in Governance; Ethical Issues in international Relations and Funding; Corporate Governance. Probity in Governance: Concept of Public Service; Philosophical Basis of Governance and. Probity; information Sharing and Transparency in Government, Right to Information, Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Citizen's Charters, Work Culture, Quality of Service Delivery, Utilization of Public Eunds, Challenges of Corruption, Case Studies on above issues.Syllabi for Optional Subjects of Odisha Civil Services (Main Written Examination)‘AGRICULTURE PAPER-I Section - A Cropping pattern in different a g ro -climatic zones of the country. Crop diversification, Impact of high-yielding and short-duration varieties on shifts in cropping pattern. Concepts of multiple cropping, multistorey, relay and inter-cropping, and their importance in relation to food production. Package of practices of cereals, pulses, oil seeds, fibres, sugar, tuber and fodder crops grown during Kharif and Rabi seasons in different regions of the country. Organic farming — principles and practices. Water-use efficiency in relation to crop production, criteria for scheduling irrigation, ways and means of reducing run-off losses of irrigation water. Drip and sprinkler irrigation. Drainage of water-logged soils, quality of irrigation water, effect of industrial effluents on soil and water pollution. Weeds, their characteristics, dissemination and association with various crops; their multiplication; cultural, biological and chemical control of weeds. Important features, scope and propagation of various types of forestry plantations such as extension, social forestry, agro-forestry, and natural forests. Soil-physical, chemical and biological properties. Processes and factors of soil formation. Modern classification of Indian soils. Mineral and organic constituents of soils and their role in maintaining soil productivity. Essential plant nutrients and other beneficial elements in soils and plants. Principles of soil fertility and its evaluation for judicious fertiliser use. Integrated nutrient management. Losses of nitrogen in soil, nitrogen-use efficiency in submerged rice soils, nitrogen fixation in soils. Fixation of phosphorus and potassium in soils and the scope for their efficient use. Problem soils and their management, Soil conservation planning on watershed basis. Erosion and run-off management in hilly, foot hills, and valley lands; processes and factors affecting them. Dryland agriculture and its problems. Technology for stabilising agricultural produ rainfed areas,Section - B Ecology and its relevance to man, Biodiversity - natural resources, their sustainable management and conservation. Physical and social environment as factors of crop distribution and production. Climatic elements as factors of crop growth. Impact of changing environment on cropping pattern as indicators of environments. Environmental pollution and associated hazards to crops, animals, and humans. Farm management, scope, importance and characteristics, farm planning and budgetting. Economics of different types of farming systems and factors affecting it Marketing and pricing of agricultural inputs and outputs, price fluctuation and their cost; role of co-operatives in agricultural economy. Agriculture export zone. World Trade Organisation, General Agreement on Trade and Tariff, Intellectual Property Rights in relation to agriculture. Agricultural extension, its importance and role, methods of evaluation of extension programmes, socio-economic survey and status of big, small, and marginal farmers and landless agricultural labourers; farm mechanization and i ts role in agricultural production and rural employment. Training programmes for extension workers. Institution village linkage programme. PAPER -II Section - A Cell theory, structure, organells and their function. Cell division, nucleic acidsstructure ‘and function, gene structure and function. Laws of heredity, their significance in plant breeding. Chromosome structure, chromosomal aberrations, linkage and cross-over, and their significance in recombination breeding. Polyploidy-cuploid and aneuploids. Induction of mutation — micro- and macro-mutation and their role in crop improvement. Variation, components of variation, heritability, sterility and incompatibility and their application in crop improvement. Cytoplasmic inheritance, sex-linked, sex-influenced and sex-limited characters. History of plant breeding. Modes of reproduction, selfing and crossing techniques. Origin and evolution of crop plants, centre of origin, law of homologous series. Plant biodiversity - crop genetic resources conservation and_ utilization. Application of principles of plant breeding to the improvement of major field crops. Pureline, pedigree, mass and recurrent selections. Combining ability, its significance in plant breeding. Hybrid vigour and its exploitation, backcross method of breeding, breeding for disease and pest resistance, role of interspecific and intergeneric hybridization. Role of biotechnology in plant breeding-tissue culture and molecular approach. Improved varieties, hybrids, composites of various crop plants.Seed technology, its importance. Different kinds of seeds. Seed production and processing techniques. Role of public and private sectors in seed production, processing and marketing in India. Plant physiology and its significance in agriculture. Imbibition, surface tension, diffusion and osmosis. Absorption and translocation of water, transpiration and water economy. Enzymes and plant pigments; photosynthesis-modern concepts and factors affecting the process, aerobic and anaerobic respiration; C3, Cs and CAM mechanisms. Carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism. Growth and development; photoperiodism and vernalization. Auxins, hormones, and other plant regulators and their mode of action and importance in agriculture. Physiology of seed development and germination; dormancy. Section - B Climatic requirement and cultivation of major fruits, vegetable crops and flower and omamental plants. Dryland and Hightech horticulture. Handling and marketing problems of fruit and vegetables. Methods of preservation of important fruits and vegetable produets, processing techniques and equipment. Role of fruits and vegetables in human nutriton. Land scaping — design and layout of lawns and gardens. Diseases and pests of field crops, vegetables, orchard and plantation crops of India, Causes and classification of plant pests and diseases. Principles of control of plant pests and diseases. Biological control of pests and diseases. Integrated pest and disease management. Epidemiology and forecasting of diseases and pest. Pesticides, their formulations and mode of action. Compatibility with rhizobial inoculants, Microbial toxins. Storage pests and diseases of cereals, oilseeds and pulses and their control. Commercial cultivation of mushroom and bee keeping. Food production and consumption trends in India. National and international food policies. Production, procurement, distribution and processing constraints. Relation of food production to national dietary pattern. Protein — calorie malnutrition.AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING Paper-I Section — A L Surveying : Chain survey, compass survey, plain table survey, computation of area, levelling, contour survey, land levelling, design, methods, earth work computation, land grading, land shaping, layout of fields, irrigation and drainage systems planning. Fluid mechanics and irrigation : Hydraulics of flow, open channel flow, steady and unsteady, uniform and non uniform, laminar and turbulent, Reynold’s number, Froude number, critical depth, hydraulic jump, Chezy’s and Manning's formula. Soil-water-plant relationship, soil moisture types and its measurement, movement of water in soil, evaporation, transpiration, evapotranspiration, water requirement of crops, filed capacity, wilting point, available soil moisture, consumptive use-methods of estimation, irrigation efficiencies, irrigation scheduling, irrigation methodsgravity and pressure irrigation systems and their adoptability, micro irrigation system, measurements of irrigation water, irrigation planning and farm water management, earthen channel, lined channel, lining materials, culverts, inverted siphons, under ground pipe irrigation management. participatory irrigation management, irrigation pumps types and suitability, selection of pumps installation of pumps, care and maintenance of pumps. 3. Drainage : Water logging problems in crops, drainage co-efficient, role of drainage in cropped area, drainage investigation and selection, open drains on farm, field surface drainage, sub-surface drainage systems, pipe drainage interceptor drain, mole drain, tube- well drainage, bio drainage, saturated hydraulic conductivity, salinity control and drainage water-utilization. .Section—B Groundwater & surface hydrology; wells and pumps : Hydrologic cycle measurement of rainfall, evaporation, infiltration, estimation of runoff, factors affecting runoff, computation of volume of runoff and peak flow, unit hydrograph, Occurrence of ground water and its; movement, aquifer types, well screens, gravel packing, radius of influence, transmissibility, basin-wide ground water development, ground water recharge, artificial recharge, ground water investigation, well hydraulics, types of shallow and deep tube wells, their method of construction, design of tube wells and open wells, multiple well systems, boring and deepening of open wells, sealing of brackish and saline aquifer horizons, well development, draw down-yield relationship. 5. Soil conservations and Watershed Management: Soil erosion, types, factors affecting different kinds of crosion, methods to control soil crosion-biological control measures, contour farming, strip cropping, mixed cropping, inter cropping, mulching, mechanical control measures-their suitability for different conditions-design of contour ditches, contour bunds, graded bunds, bench terraces, contour stone wall-gully control structures vegetative control method-brush dams, loose rock dam, drop spillway, chute spillway and drop inlet spillway, universal soil loss equation, vegetated waterways-its design Watershed concept, land capacity classification, objectives of watershed management-selection of priority areas, management of natural resources, water harvesting, farm pond, percolation pond, runoff, farming systems, catchment area treatments, watershed-based soil and water conservation, integrated watershed development, role of remote sensing and GIS in watershed planning, development and evaluation. 6. Farm structures : Building Materials, bearing capacity of soil, factor of safety, types of masonary foundations, basement and superstructure, types of roofs, building plan and estimation, planning of farmstead and farm residence, farm fencing, farm gates, farm roads, dairy farm, poultry house and equipments, silo, feed storage structure, grain storage structure, storage structure for semi-perishables, threshing floor, drying floors, storage structure for fertilizer and seeds.PAPER, Section - A 1. Farm Power and Machinery. Agricultural mechanization and its scope. Sources of farm power. History of tractor development. Thermodynamic-cycles, Thermal efficiency, Classification, construction and working principles of internal combustion (IC) engines, fuels, ignition, lubrication, cooling, governing system of 1.C. engines, Different types of tractors and Power tillers, their manufacturers in India & their specifications, power transmission, ground drive, power take off (PTO), differential and control systems. Operation and maintenance of farm machinery, farm tractor and engines. Traction theory, mechanics of farm tractor chassis, weight transfer, human factors in tractor design. Different methods of locating C.G. of tractor. Primary and secondary tillage equipments. Sowing planting, imer culture, spraying, dusting, harvesting and threshing equipments. Mowers and combines. Earthmoving and land development machinery like scrapers, draglines, bulldozers and power buckets. Dynamometers their types and principles of prony brake dynamometer used for power measurement, cost estimation for hiring of tractors. Ergonomics of man-machine-system. Haulage of agricultural and forest produce, land clearing. 2. Energy. Energy requirements in agricultural, different renewable energy sources, energy from the sun and wind, biomass gasification, producer gas and bio-gas for running 1.C. engines and for electric power generation. Energy efficient cooking stoves and alternate cooking fuels, use of electricity for agriculture and agro industrial application. Section—B 3. Agricultural Process Engineering: Post Harvest Technology of crops and its scope, unit operations in processing of cereals, oil seeds and pulses. Working principles of equipments for milling, mixing, cleaning, grading, drying and storage of cereals, pulses and oil seeds, moisture content determination, physical properties, psychometry , energy and material balance, solvent extraction, process flowchart, properties of fruits and vegetables, food texture and theology, process parameters and equipment for sorting, washing, handling, peeling, slicing, blanching, mixing and handling, chilling, packaging, transportation, storage and preservation technology, properties of diary and food products. Process flow chart for product manufacturing. Working principles of equipments for receiving, pasteurization, sterilization, homogenization, filling and packaging, butter manufacturing, evaporation, drying, freezing, juice extraction, filtration, thermal processing. Material handling ‘equipments — belt and screw conveyors, bucket elevators, their capacity and power requirement. Application for computer techniques in design optimization. Waste and by- product utilization of rice husk, rice bran, plant residues and coir pith.|. Electronics and Instrumentation Electronic devices and their characteristics, study of rectifiers, amplifiers, Oscillators, operational amplifiers, multivibrators, Digital circuit, sequential and combinational systems. Introduction to micro. processor. Programming of micro processors and data acquisition and control of Agricultural Engineering processes. Generalized instrumentation system. Absolute and secondary measurements. Accuracy, precision, sensitivity and errors in measurements. Primary sensors and transducers, measuring instruments for current, voltage, electrical power flow, pressure, temperature, humidity, strain, force, torque and energy.ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND VETERINARY SCIENCE Paper-I SECTION -A 1. Animal Nutrition-Energy sources, energy, metabolism and requirements for maintenance and production of milk, meat, egg and wool. Evaluation of feeds as source of energy. 1.1. Trends in protein nutrition: sources, protein metabolism and synthesis, protein quantity and quality in relation to requirements. Energy protein ratios in ration. 1.2. Minerals in animal diet : Sources, funetions, requirements and their relationship of the basic mineral nutrients including trace elements. 1.3. Vitamins, Hormones and Growth Stimulating, substances : Sources, functions, requirements and inter-relationship with minerals. 1.4, Advances in Ruminant Nutrition - Dairy Cattle: Nutrients and their metabolism with reference to production and its composition. Nutrient requirements for calves, heifers, dry and milking cows and buffaloes. Limitations of various feeding systems. 1.5 Advances in Non-Ruminant Nutrition - Poultry : Nutrients and their metabolism with reference to poultry for meat and egg production. Nutrient requirements and feed formulation for layers and broilers at different ages. 1.6 Advances in Non-Ruminant Nutrition - Swine : Nutrients and their metabolism with special reference to growth and quality of meat production. Nutrient requirement and feed formulation for piglets, growing and finishing pies. 1.7. Advances in Applied Animal Nutrition - A critical review and evaluation of feeding experiments, digestibility and balance studies. Feeding standards, and measures of food energy. Nutritional requirements for growth, maintenance and production. Balanced rations. t.2. Animal Physiology 2.1 Growth and Animal Production :Prenatal and postnatal growth, maturation, growth curves, measures of growth, factors affecting growth, conformation, body composition, ‘meat quality, 2.2 Milk Production and Reproduction : Current status of hormonal control of mammary development, milk secretion and milk ejection. Male and Female resroductive organs, their components and functions. Repeat breeding. Pregnancy diagnosis. Prolapse of reproductive organs. Digestive organs and their functions. 2.3 Environmental Physiology : Physiological relations and their regulation; mechanisms of adaptation, environmental factors and regulatory mechanism involved in animal behaviour. Methods of controlling climatic stress. 2.4 Semen quality : Preservation and Artificial Insemination-Components of semen and spermatozoa, chemical and physical properties of ejaculated semen, factors affecting semen in vivo and in vitro. Factors affecting semen production and quality. Preservation ‘of semen. C omposition of diluents, sperm concentration, transport of diluted semen. Deep Freezing techniques of semen. Detection of oestrus and time of insemination for better conception. SECTION-B 3. Livestock Production and Management : 3.1 Commercial Dairy Farming - Comparison of dairy farming in India with advanced countries. Dairying under mixed farming and as a specialised farming, economic dairy farming. Starting of a dairy farm. Capital and land requirement, organisation of the dairy farm. Procurement of inputs. O portunities in dairy farming, factors determining the efficiency of dairy animal, Herd recording, budgeting, cost of milk production; pricing policy; personnel Management. Developing Practical and Economi: ration for dairy cattle; supply of greens throughout the year, feeds and fodder requirements of Dairy Farm, Feeding regimes for dry and young stock and bulls, heifers and milch animals, new trends in feeding young and adult stock; Feeding records. Age estimation through dentition. 3.2. Commercial meat, egg and wool production: Development of practical and economic rations for sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits and poultry. Supply of dry and green fodders, feeding regimens for young and mature stock. New trends in management for enhancing production. Capital and land requirements. Socio-economic concept. 3.3. Feeding and management of animals under draught, flood and other natural calamities. 4. Genetics and Animal Breeding : Mendelian inheritance; deviations to Mendelian laws. Expression of genes; Linkage and crossing over; Sex determination, sex influenced and sex limited characters; Blood groups and polymorphism; Chromosome aberrations; Gene and its structure; DNA as a genetic material; Genetic code and protein synthesis; Recombinant DNA technology, Mutations and types of mutations, methods for detecting mutations and rate of mutation.4.1 Population Genetics applied to Animal Breeding: Quantitative and qualitative traits, Hardy Weinberg Law; Population Vs. individual; Gene and genotype frequency, Forces changing gene frequency; Random drift and small populations; Theory of path coefficient; Inbreeding; methods of estimating inbreeding coefficient, systems of inbreeding: Effective population size, Breeding value, estimation of breeding value, dominance and epistatic interactions, partitioning of variation; Genotype a n d environment correlation, genotype x environment interaction; Role of multiple measurements, Resemblance between relatives. 4.2 Breeding Systems : Heritability, repeatability, genetic and phenotypic correlations, their methods of estimation and precision of estimates; Aids to selection and their relative merits; Individual, pedigree, family and within family selection; Progeny testing; methods of selection; construction of selectiun indices and their uscs; comparative evaluation of genetic gains through various selection methods; Indirect selection and correlated response; Inbreeding, upgrading, cross-breeding and synthesis of breeds; Crossing of inbred lines for commercial production; Selection for general and specific combining ability; open nucleus breeding system, synthetic population. Paper-I SECTION-A 1, Health and Hygiene 1.1. Histology and Histological Techniques : Methods of preparation and processing of tissues for histological examination. Microscopy - Bright field microscepe and electron microscope. Cytology - structure of cell, organells and inclusions; cell division-cell types-Tissues and their classification-embryonic and adult tissues. Comperative histology of organs- vascular, nervous, digestive, respiratory, musculo-skeletal and urogenital systems, Endocrine glands, Integuments, sense organs. 1.2. Embryology : Embryology of vertebrates with special reference to aves and domestic mammals-gametogenesis-fertilization-germ layers-foctal_ membranes and placentation. T ypes of placenta in domestic mammals. Teratology-twin and twinning, organogenesis -germ layer derivatives -endodermal, mesodermal and ectodermal derivatives. 1.3 Bovine Anatomy-Regional Anatomy : Paranasal sinuses of ox-surface anatomy of salivary glands. Regional anatomy of intraorbital, maxillary, mandibuloalveolar, mental and coronal nerve block-Regional anatomy of paravertebral nerves, pudental nerve, ‘median, ulnar and radial nerves-tibial, fibular and digital nerves-Cranial rerves-structures involved in epidural anaesthesia-superficial lymph nodes-surface anatomy of visceral ‘organs of thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities-comparative features of locomotor apparatus and their application in the biomechanics of mammalian body.1.4 Anatomy of Fowls : Musculo-skeletal system-fun respiration and flying, digestion and egg production. nal anatomy in relation to 1.5 Physiology of blood and its circulation, respiration, excretion, Endocrine glands in health and disease. 1.5.1 Blood constituents : Properties and functions-blood cell formation-Haemoglobin synthesis and chemistry-plasma protein production, classification and properties; coagulation of blood; Haemorthagic disorders-anticoagulants-blood groups-Blood volume-Plasma expanders-Buffer systems in blood. Biochemical tests and their significance in disease diagnosis. 1.5.2. Cireulation: Physiology of heart, cardiac cycle, heart sounds, heart beat, electrocardiograms, Work and efficiency of heart, effect of ions on heart function, functions of cardiac muscle, nervous and chemical regulation of heart, effect of temperature and stress on heart, blood pressure and hypertension, Osmotic regulation, arterial pulse, vasomotor regulation of circulation, shock. Coronary and pulmonary circulation, Blood-Brain barrier. 1.5.3 Respiration : Mechanism of respiration, Transport and exchange of gases, neural control of respiration, chemoreceptors, hypoxia, respiratio s. 1.54 Exeretion: Structure and function of kidney, formation of urine, methods of studying renal function, renal regulation of acid-base balance, physiological constituents of urine, renal failure, passive venous congestion. Urinary excretion in chicken, Sweat glands and their function. Biochemical tests for urinary dysfunction. 1.5.5 Endocrine glands : Functional disorders, their symptoms and diagnosis. Synthesis of hormones, mechanism and control of secretion, hormonal receptors, classification and funetion 1.6. General knowledge of pharmacology and therapeutics of drugs : Celluar level of pharmacodynamics and pharmaco-kinetics. Drugs acting on fluids and electrolyte balance. Drugs acting on Autonomic nervous system. Modern concepts of anaesthesia and dissociative anaesthetics. Autocoids. Antimicrobials and principles of chemotherapy in microbial infections. Use of hormones in therapeutics. C hemotherapy of parasitic infections. Drugs and thier residues in the edible tissues of animals. Chemotherapy of neoplastic diseases. 1.7. Veterinary Hygiene with reference to water, air and habitation : Assessment of pollution of water, air and soil. Importance of climate in animal health. Effect of environment on animal function and performance. R elationship between industrialization and animal agriculture. Animal housing requirements for specific categories of domestic animals, viz., pregnant cows, milking cows, broiler birds, and sows-stress, strain & productivity in relation to animal habitation.2. Veterinary Public Health 2.1 Zoonoses : Classification, definition; role of animals and birds in prevalence and transmission of zoonotic diseases-occupational zoonotic diseases. 2.2. Epidemiology : Principles, definition of epidemiological terms, application of jemiological measures in the study of diseases and disease control, Epidemiological features of air, water and food borne infections. 2.3 Veterinary Jurisprudence : Rules and Regulations of animal quarantine. Prevention of animal diseases. State Rules for prevention of animal and animal product borne diseases, $.P. C.A., veterolegal cases-certificates-Materials and Methods of collection of samples for veterolegal investigation 3. Extension : Basic philosophy, objectives, concept and principles of extension. Different Methods adopted to educate farmers under rural conditions. Generation of technology, its transfer and feedback. Constraints in transfer of technology. Animal husbandry programmes for rural development. SECTION -B 4, Animal Diseases : 4.1 Pathogenesis, symptoms, postmortem lesions, diagnosis and control of infectious diseases of cattle, pigs, poultry, horses, sheep and goats. 42 Etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment of production diseases of cattle, pig and poultry. 4.3 Deficiency diseases of domestic animals and birds. 4.4 Diagnosis and treatment of nonspecific condition like Impaction, Bloat, Diarthoea, Indigestion, dehydration, stroke, poisioning. 4.5 Diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders. 4.6 Principles and methods of immunisation of animals against specific diseases-herd immunity-disease free zones-'zer0' disease concept-chemoprophylaxis. 4,7 Anaesthesia-local, regional and general-pre-anaesthetic medication, Symptoms and surgical interference in fractures and dislocation, Hernia, choke, abomasal displacement Caesarian operations, Rumenotomy, Castrations. Surgical manipulations of luxation of patella and urinary obstruc4,8 Disease investigation techniques- collection of Materials for laboratory investigation- Establishment of Animal Health Centres-Procedure of despatching materials for lab investigation. 5. Milk and Products Technology : 5.1 Milk Technology : Organization of rural milk procurement, collection and transport of raw milk. Quality, testing and grading raw milk, Quality storage, Grades of whole milk, Skimmed milk and cream. Processing, packaging, storing, distributing and marketing of milk. Defects and their control, Nutritive properties of the following types of milk : Pasteurized, standardized, toned, double toned, sterilized, homogenized, reconstituted, recombined and flavoured milk. Preparation of milk cultures and their management, youghurt, Dahi, Lassi and Srikhand. Preparation of flavoured and sterlized milk. Legal standards, Sanitation requirement for clean and safe milk and milk plant equipments. 5.2 Milk Products Technology : Selection of raw materials, assembling, production, processing, storing, distributing and marketing of milk products such as Butter, Ghee, Khoa, Chenna, Cheese; Condensed, evaporated, dried milk and baby food; Ice cream and Kulfi; by products; whey products, butter milk, lactose and casein, Testing, Grading, Judging of milk products-BIS and Agmark specifications, legal standards, quality control and nutritive properties. Packaging, processing and operational costs. 6. Meat Hygiene and Technology 6.1 Meat Hygiene : 6.1.1 Ante-mortem care and management of food animals, stunning, slaughter and dressing operations; abattoir requirements and designs; Meat inspection procedures and judgement of carcass meat cuts-grading of carcass meat cuts-duties and functions of Veterinarians in wholesome meat production. 6.1.2 Hygienic methods of handling meat-spoilage of meat and control measures-Post slaughter physicochemical changes in meat and factors that influence them-Quality improvement methods-Adulteration of meat and detection-Regulatory provisions in Meat trade and Industry. 6.2. Meat Technology 6.2.1 Physical and chemical characteristics of meat-meat emulsions-methods of preservation of meat-curing, canning, irradiation, packaging of meat and meat products; Meat products and their formulations.6.3. By-produets ; Slaughter house by-products and their utilisation: by-products-social and economic implications of proper utilisation of slaughter house byproducts- Organ products for food and pharmaceuticals. 6.4. Poultry Products Technology : Chemical composition and nutritive value of poultry meat, pre-slaughter care and management, Slaughtering techniques, inspection, preservation of poultry meat and products. Legal and BIS standards. Structure, composition and nutritive value of eggs. Microbial spoilage. Preservation and ‘maintenance, Marketing of poultry meat, eggs and products, 6.5. Rabbit/Fur Animal farming : Care and management of rabbits. Disposal and utilization of fur and wool and recycling of waste by-products.40) SANTHROPOLOGY. Paper -I Physical/Biological Anthropology & Human Genetics: Unit 4: 1.1 Meaning and Scope of Anthropology 1.2 Relationship with other disciplines: History, Sociology. Geology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Life Science, and Medical Science. 1.3. Main Branches of Anthropology, their scope and relevance: a) Social/Cultural Anthropology b) _Physical/Biological Anthropology ¢) Archaeological Anthropology 1.4 Living Primates: Order Primate and Classification of Primates, Comparative morphology, anatomy and phylogeny of man and apes. Primate Locomotion: Terrestrial and Arboreal adaptation, Skeletal changes due to assumption of erect posture. 1.5 Fossil Evidences of Human Evolution (Phylogenetic status, characteristics and distribution): a) Pre-pleistocene fossil primates (Oreopithecus) b) South and East African Hominids: Plesianthropus/ Australopithecus ‘Africanus, Paranthropus, Australopithecus ©) Paranthropus — Homo erectus, Homo Erectus Javanicus, Homo Erectus Pekinensis d) Homo Heidelbergensis ©) Neanderthal Ma n—L. a -Chapelle Aux Saints (classical type), Mt. Carmelites types (Progressive type) ) Rhodesian Man 8) Home Sapiens — Cro-Magnon, Grimaldi, Chanceleade.