1. Agriculture
2. Agricultural Engineering
3. Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
4. Anthropology
5. Botany
6. Chemistry
7. Civil Engineering
8. Commerce & Accountancy
9. Economics
10. Electrical Engineering
11. Education
12. Forestry
13. Fisheries Science
14. Geography
15. Geology
16. Home Science
17. History
18. Law
19. Management
20. Mathematics
21. li Mechanical Engineering
22. Philosophy
23. Physics
24. Political Science & International Relations
25. Psychology
26. Public Administration
27. Sociology
28. Statistics
29. Zoology

NOTE -

1. The scope of the syllabi for optional subject papers for the Preliminary/MainExamination is broadly of the Honours Degree level, i.e., a level higher thanthe Bachelors Degree and lower than the Masters Degree. In the case ofEngineering and Law, the level corresponds to the Bachelors’ Degree.
2. The Preliminary Examination is meant to serve as screening test only. Themarks obtained in Preliminary Examination by the candidates who aredeclared qualified for admission to main examination will not be countedfor determining their final order of merit. The number of candidates to beadmitted to the Main Examination would be 12 times of the total number ofvacancies advertised. Only those candidates who are declared by theCommission to have qualified in Preliminary Examination against aparticular advertisement will be eligible for admission to the MainExamination against the said advertisement.

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Main Examination

The Main Examination shall consist of the following papers and each paper shall beof three hours duration.

Paper – I Oriya Language … 300 Marks
Paper – II English … 300 Marks
Paper – III English Essay … 200 Marks
Paper – IV General Studies-I … 300 Marks
Paper – V General Studies-II … 300 Marks
Paper – VI, VII, Any two subjects to be … 300 Marks for each paper
VIII & IX. selected from the list of optional subjects set out below. Each subject will have two papers.Personality Test or Interview shall carry … 250 Marks

List of Optional Subjects for Main Examination

1. Agriculture
2. Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
3. Anthropology
4. Agricultural Engineering
5. Botany
6. Chemistry
7. Civil Engineering
8. Commerce & Accountancy
9. Economics
10. Electrical Engineering
11. Education
12. Fisheries Science
13. Forestry
14. Geography
15. Geology
16. Home Science
17. History
18. Indian Language & Literature (any one)
    (a) Oriya, (b) Hindi, (c) Sanskrit, (d) English, (e) Persian, (f) Urdu.
19. Law
20. Management
21. Mathematics
22. Mechanical Engineering
23. Philosophy
24. Physics
25. Political Science & International Relations
26. Public Administration
27. Psychology
28. Sociology
29. Statistics
30. Zoology

Note -

1. Candidates shall not be allowed to opt for the following combinations of optional subjects.
   1. Oriya, Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit, Urdu, English
   2. Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Agricultural Engineering
   3. Mathematics & Statistics
   4. Anthropology & Sociology
   5. Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration.
   6. Commerce & Accountancy and Management.
   7. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
   8. Management and Public Administration
   9. Education and Psychology
   10. Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering.
2. Each of the Papers i.e. Paper-I (Oriya language) and Paper-
3. II (English) will be ofMatriculation standard and shall be qualifying in nature. The marks obtained in these two papers shall not be counted for ranking.
4. The papers on Essay, General Studies and Optional Subjects of only those candidates shall be evaluated who attain such minimum standard as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion for the qualifying papers in Oriya Language andEnglish.
5. The question papers for the Main Examination shall be of conventional (essay) type.
6. Candidates shall have to answer all the question papers except the Indian Languages paper in English.
7. The question papers other than Indian Language and Literature shall be set in English.
8. The details of syllabi are to be set out by the Commission.