📋 Last-minute checklist

OPSC OAS — last-minute checklist

Built from the Odisha PSC Civil Services (OAS) Prelims records on our exam tracker. Every date carries its source tier: official (the conducting body's own site), reported (a secondary source — verify it) or expected (a typical-cycle estimate, not an announcement). Your admit card and the official notice always win.

🎯 Exam day

Next exam day: 15 Oct (expected) — 32 days to go.

Tracker row: Mains exam (expected)

  • 🕘 Timings / reporting, tracker row for 15 Oct (expected): Expected in October 2026; consists of 9 papers over multiple days · no key published for this stage

🎒 What to carry

  • Admit card (hall ticket / call letter), printed — the instructions printed on it override anything on this page
  • Original photo ID with the same name as your admit card (Aadhaar, PAN, voter ID, passport or driving licence — your admit card lists which it accepts); a photocopy alone is not enough
  • Leave your phone, smartwatch, earphones and other electronic gadgets at home or outside — they are not allowed in the exam hall, and do not count on a cloakroom at the centre
  • Reporting time and gate-closing time are printed on your admit card — late entry is refused, so plan to reach well before
  • Passport-size photographs, if your admit card asks for them — use the same photo you uploaded in the application
  • Pen: an offline OMR sheet needs a ballpoint pen of the colour your admit card names (usually black); computer-based tests generally give you a pen and rough sheet at the centre — check your admit card
  • Transparent water bottle, sanitiser or a simple wrist watch: allowed at some exams and banned at others — check your admit card before you pack
  • Using a scribe or compensatory time? Carry the certificate and the scribe's own photo ID in the format your admit card or notice asks for

✅ true of every exam hall · 🔎 varies by exam — check your admit card or notice. The night before: no new topics, and sleep.

🎫 Admit card

Admit card: not announced yet on our tracker. It is published on Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC).

📝 Exam pattern on our records

Odisha PSC Civil Services (OAS) Prelims

⚠️ The stored pattern is the Prelims paper (200 questions, 400 marks); the 15 Oct sitting is Mains, which is scored differently, so one per-question mark cannot be stated.

200 questions, 400 marks, 240 minutes

Subjects on our syllabus

  1. General Studies (Paper I)
  2. Civil Services Aptitude Test (Paper II — Qualifying)

Languages: English

Odisha PSC OAS Prelims — Paper 1 (GS) + Paper 2 (CSAT). 100 MCQs each, 2 hours each.

Patterns can change between cycles — this cycle's official notice is final.

🔑 After the paper

  • Answer key: not announced yet
  • Result: 15 Jan 2027 (expected)

🔗 Official portal and useful links

Official portal: Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC)

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