Odisha Police SI study guide
Odisha Police SI · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Odisha Police Sub-Inspector recruitment examination is the selection process through which the Odisha Police, administered through the Odisha State Selection/Police Recruitment machinery, fills Sub-Inspector posts in the civil police cadre. It is aimed at graduates who want a uniformed supervisory role: a Sub-Inspector typically supervises constables, handles station-level investigation and law-and-order duties, and is the first supervisory rank a new recruit enters. The Odisha Police SI study guide has 9 sections and about 2,914 words.
01General Knowledge and Current Affairs
General Knowledge and Current Affairs in the Odisha Police SI paper leans heavily on Odisha - its schemes, institutions and public figures - and adds a layer of national and international events from roughly the past twelve months. Expect a few questions on State welfare schemes, two or three on appointments, awards and sports, and a couple on static State facts.
351 words, about 2 min02General Science
Questions sit at Class 8-10 level: definitions, SI units, simple one-step numericals and everyday applications. Nothing needs calculus; accuracy on units and terminology decides the score.
360 words, about 2 min03Indian and Odisha History, Geography, Polity and Economy
This is the widest domain: Indian history with an Odisha overlay, geography, the Constitution and Odisha's governance, plus basic economics. Expect two or three questions from each sub-area rather than deep specialisation.
337 words, about 2 min04Reasoning and Mental Ability
Verbal and non-verbal reasoning: number and letter series, analogies, coding-decoding, blood relations, direction sense, syllogism, seating arrangement, clock and calendar, plus mirror images, embedded figures and paper folding. Almost every question is solvable in under a minute if you choose the right method.
318 words, about 2 min05Quantitative Aptitude and Mathematics
Number system, HCF and LCM, percentages, ratio and proportion, averages, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, time-work, speed-distance (including train problems), mensuration and simple data interpretation. Most questions are one or two steps; the marks come from calculation discipline.
288 words, about 1 min06English Language
Error spotting, sentence correction, fill in the blanks, synonyms and antonyms, idioms and phrases, one-word substitution, spelling, comprehension, and voice/narration conversion. The grammar band is school-level but the distractors are close, so rule recall matters more than intuition.
301 words, about 2 min07Odia Language
Odia grammar and usage: ସନ୍ଧି (sandhi), ସମାସ (compound), କାରକ ଓ ବିଭକ୍ତି (case and inflection), ଧ୍ୱନି ଓ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣ, ସମାନାର୍ଥକ ଓ ବିପରୀତାର୍ଥକ ଶବ୍ଦ, ରୂଢ଼ି ଓ ଲୋକବାକ୍ୟ, ଶୁଦ୍ଧ ଅଶୁଦ୍ଧ ଶବ୍ଦ, and short comprehension. Odia became a classical language in 2014, a favourite static question.
264 words, about 1 min08Computer Knowledge
Hardware and software basics, generations of computers, input and output devices, memory and storage units, operating-system and office-suite operations, keyboard shortcuts, internet and e-mail, networking types, computer viruses, cyber safety and e-governance. The level is awareness, not programming.
312 words, about 2 min09Physical Efficiency and Measurement Standards
After the written test, candidates face Physical Measurement Standards (PMS) and then the Physical Efficiency Test (PET), followed by a medical examination and document verification. Measurement standards are checked first - a candidate who fails height, chest or weight is out before running.
383 words, about 2 min