Odisha Police Constable cheat sheet

The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November 1949 and came into force on 26 January 1950; Dr B.R. Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee.

India has 28 states and 8 union territories; Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are union territories, while Delhi and Puducherry have legislative assemblies.

Part III (Articles 12–35) contains Fundamental Rights; Article 32 provides the right to constitutional remedies and was called the 'heart and soul' of the Constitution by Ambedkar.

Chandrayaan-3 landed near the Moon's south pole on 23 August 2023; the lander was Vikram and the rover was Pragyan.

The G20 New Delhi Leaders' Summit was held in September 2023 under India's presidency; the African Union was admitted as a permanent member.

National symbols include the Bengal tiger (animal), Indian peafowl (bird), lotus (flower), mango (fruit), and 'Jana Gana Mana' (anthem).

Droupadi Murmu took office as President of India on 25 July 2022; she is the first tribal woman to hold the office.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2024 was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organisation of atomic bomb survivors.

Odisha was formed as a separate province on 1 April 1936; the day is observed as Utkal Divas.

Bhubaneswar is the capital; Odisha has 30 districts and a unicameral Legislative Assembly with 147 seats.

The Mahanadi is Odisha's major river; the Hirakud Dam across it is one of the longest earthen dams in the world.

Chilika Lake is Asia's largest brackish-water lagoon and a Ramsar site, known for Irrawaddy dolphins and connected to the Bay of Bengal.

The Konark Sun Temple was built in the 13th century by King Narasimhadeva I and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Kalinga war (261 BCE) was fought by Ashoka; the Dhauli edicts in Odisha record his message after the war.

Odisha borders West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, and has a coastline of about 480 km.

Nuakhai is an agricultural festival of western Odisha; Raja Parba is celebrated in June and marks the earth's menstruation.

Odia is the official language of Odisha and was granted classical language status in 2014.

Clock angle formula: angle = |30H − 5.5M| degrees; at 3:30 the angle is |90 − 165| = 75 degrees.

An ordinary year shifts the weekday by 1 day; a leap year shifts it by 2 days.

In syllogism, 'All A are B' does not imply 'All B are A'; test conclusions with Venn diagrams.

Letter coding: A=1, B=2, …, Z=26; reverse position = 27 − forward position.

Blood relations: build a family tree by generation; 'maternal uncle' is the mother's brother.

Direction sense: perpendicular moves form a right triangle; use Pythagoras to find net displacement.

Number series: check differences, ratios, squares, cubes and alternating patterns before choosing a rule.

Odd one out: test divisibility, prime/composite status, squares, cubes and letter-position patterns.

Average = sum of values / number of values; adding k to every value increases the average by k.

SI = PRT/100; CI = P(1 + R/100)^T − P.

Speed = distance/time; 1 km/h = 5/18 m/s.

Work: one day's work = 1/x if work is finished in x days; combined rate = 1/x + 1/y.

Profit % = (SP − CP)/CP × 100; discount = marked price − selling price.

Successive percentage change: net change = a + b + ab/100, with signs for increase or decrease.

Ratio: if a:b = c:d, then ad = bc; partnership profit shares are proportional to capital × time.

Area: circle = πr²; triangle = ½ × base × height; Pythagorean triplets include 3-4-5 and 5-12-13.

LCM × HCF = product of two positive integers.

A singular subject takes a singular verb; 'each, every, either, neither' are singular.

Use 'a' before a consonant sound and 'an' before a vowel sound; use 'the' for specific or already mentioned nouns.

Present perfect = has/have + past participle; it is used for a past action with present relevance.

Passive voice = be verb + past participle; the active object becomes the passive subject.

'Since' takes a point of time; 'for' takes a duration.

Synonym of 'abundant' is plentiful; antonym of 'transparent' is opaque.

Idiom 'once in a blue moon' means very rarely; 'hit the nail on the head' means to be exactly right.

Spelling rule: 'i before e except after c' (receive, ceiling); 'separate' has 'par' in the middle.

PMT is qualifying only; its marks are not added to the merit list.

Male height: 168 cm for general/OBC/SEBC; 163 cm for SC/ST candidates.

Female height: 155 cm for general/OBC/SEBC; 150 cm for SC/ST candidates.

Male chest: 79 cm unexpanded with a minimum expansion of 5 cm.

Female minimum weight: 45 kg.

PMT is conducted before the PET; candidates who fail PMT are not admitted to PET.

Height is measured without footwear; chest is measured at the level of the nipples.

PET is qualifying only; its marks are not added to the merit list.

Male candidates run 5 km and must finish within 25 minutes.

Female candidates run 2.5 km and must finish within 15 minutes.

PET consists of the running event; completion within the prescribed time is mandatory.

PET is conducted after the PMT; failure in PET disqualifies the candidate.

Standards are gender-specific and are prescribed in the official recruitment notification.

Timing is recorded for each candidate; the qualifying time is the cutoff for passing.