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OSSSC Combined Recruitment Examination study plan

OSSSC Combined Recruitment Examination · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Quantitative aptitude and numerical ability (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page) & General awareness and reasoning (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page)

  • Diagnose baseline by taking one timed 30-question arithmetic set and one 30-question reasoning set, then tabulate accuracy per question type

  • Build a one-page formula sheet covering percentages, ratio-proportion, averages, profit-loss and simple-compound interest from scratch, writing each formula in your own words

  • Drill 60 percentage and ratio problems in sets of 15, reworking every wrong item until you can solve it without notes

  • Practise 40 series-completion and analogy items, recording the rule you used for each so patterns become explicit

  • Set up a single error log with columns for question type, cause of error and corrective rule

Your checkpoint

A completed diagnostic scorecard plus an error log containing at least 60 logged items with causes tagged

Week 2

Quantitative aptitude and numerical ability (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page) & General awareness and reasoning (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page)

  • Solve 80 time-work and time-speed-distance problems, converting each into a per-unit or per-hour rate before calculating

  • Work through 50 data-interpretation questions based on tables and bar charts, practising approximation to avoid long division

  • Complete 60 reasoning items covering coding-decoding, blood relations and direction sense, drawing a diagram for every spatial item

  • Memorise squares up to 30, cubes up to 15 and common fraction-to-percentage equivalents, testing yourself twice

  • Review the week's error log and rewrite any rule that failed more than twice

Your checkpoint

A timed 40-question arithmetic-and-reasoning mock scored and fully analysed, with every error mapped to a corrective rule

Week 3

General awareness and reasoning (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page) & Quantitative aptitude and numerical ability (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page)

  • Practise 60 seating-arrangement and ranking puzzles, timing each set and capping effort at 90 seconds per puzzle

  • Solve 50 average, mixture and partnership problems, writing the weighted-average equation before substituting numbers

  • Build a dated current-affairs timeline for the last six months covering national schemes, appointments, sports and Odisha-specific events

  • Revise Indian polity basics - Constitution sources, fundamental rights and duties, and the three-tier Panchayati Raj structure - into 40 flashcards

  • Attempt 30 statement-and-conclusion and syllogism items using Venn diagrams only

Your checkpoint

A 40-card current-affairs-and-polity flashcard deck plus a scored 30-question reasoning set with timings noted per item

Week 4

English language (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page) & General awareness and reasoning (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page)

  • Complete 100 error-spotting and sentence-correction items, grouping errors into subject-verb agreement, tense, articles and prepositions

  • Learn and apply 60 high-frequency idioms and phrasal verbs by writing one original sentence for each

  • Do 60 one-word-substitution and synonym-antonym items, recording unfamiliar words in a personal vocabulary list

  • Read two editorial-length passages daily and answer 40 comprehension questions, underlining the sentence that justifies each answer

  • Take a full-length mock covering all four domains and record section-wise time spent

Your checkpoint

A full-length mock scored section-wise with a written note on which section consumed the most time and why

Week 5

English language (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page) & Odia language and regional knowledge (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page)

  • Practise 80 fill-in-the-blank and cloze-test items, deciding the answer from grammar before checking meaning

  • Drill 50 active-passive, direct-indirect and degree-of-comparison transformation items

  • Revise Odia grammar fundamentals - sandhi, samasa, karaka and vibhakti - and write 10 examples of each from your own reading

  • Read two Odia short prose pieces and summarise each in five sentences to build comprehension speed

  • Compile 50 Odia vocabulary items covering synonyms, antonyms and idiomatic phrases, with usage notes

Your checkpoint

A handwritten Odia grammar-and-vocabulary notebook with at least 50 entries and worked examples

Week 6

Odia language and regional knowledge (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page) & English language (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page)

  • Study Odisha's geography - rivers, districts, coastline, mineral belts and forests - and label a blank outline map from memory

  • Build a timeline of Odisha's history from ancient Kalinga through the maritime trade period to the formation of the modern state

  • Learn Odisha's art, dance, festival and temple traditions, writing three factual lines on each of 15 items

  • Complete 60 Odia comprehension and error-correction questions under timed conditions

  • Write two short Odia essays of about 150 words each on a social or civic theme, then self-edit for spelling and agreement

Your checkpoint

A hand-drawn and fully labelled Odisha outline map plus a 15-item culture-and-heritage fact sheet

Week 7

Quantitative aptitude and numerical ability (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page) & English language (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page)

  • Re-solve every item in the error log from weeks 1 to 3 without looking at the recorded rule first

  • Complete two timed 25-question arithmetic sets, targeting under 45 seconds per question on direct calculations

  • Practise 60 English grammar and vocabulary items in mixed order to simulate exam switching costs

  • Write four précis or letter-writing responses within strict word limits and check them against a self-made rubric

  • Attempt 40 mixed reasoning items, skipping any item that exceeds 90 seconds and noting it for review

Your checkpoint

A re-attempt score report showing the percentage of previously wrong items now solved correctly, with the remaining weak areas listed

Week 8

General awareness and reasoning (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page) & Quantitative aptitude and numerical ability (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page) & English language (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page) & Odia language and regional knowledge (indicative; official subject-wise weights not published on the source page)

  • Take three full-length timed mocks on separate days and score each section-wise against your week-4 baseline

  • Analyse each mock within 24 hours, classifying every error as conceptual, careless or time-pressure

  • Revise only the flashcards, formula sheet and Odia notebook in the final three days, adding no new material

  • Rehearse a fixed section order and time budget, and confirm the order twice under exam-like conditions

  • Prepare logistics - admit-card details, identity documents, reporting time and travel plan - and list them in writing

Your checkpoint

A final readiness sheet showing mock score trends across all four domains, the chosen section order and the time budget per section

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 60% on the timed 40-question arithmetic-and-reasoning mock, and show that every error has a written corrective rule in the log

Week 4: Complete the full-length mock in all four domains within the allotted time, with no section left unattempted and section-wise timings recorded

Week 6: Reproduce the labelled Odisha outline map from memory with at least 80% of the targeted rivers, districts and mineral belts placed correctly

Week 8: Improve the full-length mock score by at least 15 percentage points over the week-4 baseline, with no single domain below 50%