The Odisha Police SI Exam 2024 is designed to identify eligible applicants for the Sub-Inspector role. This test will consist of two papers for prospective applicants. Paper-I assesses linguistic competence in both Odia and English and is worth 100 marks. Paper-II, on the other hand, is 200 marks and is devoted to general studies. Paper I takes 90 minutes to complete, while Paper II takes 180 minutes. Along with reasoning, arithmetic, and non-verbal series, the course covers current events, Indian history, geography, and science. Not only this but as well as basic computer literacy is also there in the exam. You can obtain comprehensive details regarding the syllabus and exam format by downloading the official PDF. Make sure you are fully prepared to ace every section of this difficult test.
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Odisha Police SI Syllabus 2024
The Odisha Police Sub Inspector syllabus 2024 will include a list of subjects which the candidates must prepare. These are for both Paper 1 & Paper 2. The subjects will include topics such as General science, Arithmetic & quantitative aptitude, Reasoning section, geography, ancient History and various other important subjects. To have a detailed understanding of the syllabus, go through the table below.
| Topics & subjects covered for Odisha Police SI Exam | |
| Subject | Topics |
| General Science | Recent Science Innovations and Technologies (including matters of everyday observation) |
| Current Events | National and International Importance |
Ancient Indian History | Indian National Movement |
| Social, Political, and Economic aspects of Indian History | |
| Nature and Character of 19th-Century Resurgence | |
| Growth of Nationalism | |
| Attainment of Independence | |
| Role of leading Personalities | |
| World Geography | Indian Geography (Political and Economic Geography) |
| Indian Agriculture and National Resources | |
| Constitution of India | Panchayati Raj administration |
| Indian Economic Planning | Economic Growth and Development |
| Test of Reasoning and Mental Ability | Number Series |
| Alphabet Series | |
| Test of Direction Sense | |
| Coding-decoding | |
| Number Ranking | |
| Arithmetic Reasoning | |
| The problem of Age Calculation | |
| Analogy | |
| Decision Making, etc. | |
Non-verbal Series | Mirror Images |
| Cubes & Dice | |
| Grouping Identical Figures | |
| Embedded figure etc | |
| Numeric Ability and Arithmetic of 10th HSC | Ratio & Proportion |
| Percentage | |
| Average | |
| Partnership | |
| Quadratic equation | |
| Profit and Loss | |
| Time and Work | |
| Pipes and cisterns | |
| Boats and stream | |
| Problems on age | |
| Problems on a train | |
| A mixture of allegation | |
| Time, speed & distance | |
| Mensuration | |
| Basic Computer Literacy | Introduction to Computer |
| Computer Architecture | |
| Operating System | |
| Microsoft Windows | |
| Microsoft Office | |
Odisha Police SI Exam Pattern 2024
The Odisha Police SI exam comprises an exam pattern which will have two papers. This implies that the Candidates taking the Odisha Police SI examination must complete two papers. Paper-I will include questions on the Odia and English languages, and is worth 100 marks. But Paper-II covers General Studies and carries 200 marks. The allotted time for Paper-I is 90 minutes, while Paper-II has a duration of 180 minutes. The detailed exam pattern is present in the table below:
| Odisha Police SI Exam Pattern 2024 | |||
| Paper | Subject | Marks | Duration |
| Paper I | General English and Odia Language | 100 | 90 Minutes |
| Paper-II | General Studies | 200 | 180 Minutes |
Odisha Police SI Syllabus 2024: Books To Be Referred for Preparation
The candidates who are looking for how to prepare for the exam can take reference from several known books over the years. These are the books which have been helpful to a lot of candidates to prepare for the sub inspector exam. Refer to the table below to find preparatory books for your exam. These are subject wise according to the Odisha Police SI Syllabus.
| Section | Books | Publisher/Author |
| Exam Guide | OSSC combined police service | salween publisher |
| SSC CAPFs Sub Inspector and Assistant Sub Inspector | Arihant Publications | |
| TNUSRB Tamilnadu Police Sub Inspector (SI) Exam Book | Sakthi Publishing House | |
| SOLVED PAPERS & PRACTICE PAPERS | OSSC 20 practice sets combined police service exam | Salween publisher |
| SSC CAPFs Sub Inspector and Assistant Sub Inspector Practice Sets | Arihant Publications | |
| Kiran SSC CAPFs (CPO) Solved Papers 2003 To 2019 English | Kiran Institute of Career Excellence Pvt Ltd | |
| GENERAL REASONING | A Modern Approach To Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning | S. Chand |
| A New Approach to Reasoning: Verbal, Non – Verbal & Analytical | Arihant Publication | |
| General Mental Ability Logical Reasoning & Analytical Ability | Upscportal Publications | |
| GENERAL APTITUDE | Quantitative Aptitude Quantum CAT | Arihant Publication |
| Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT | Arun Sharma/Mcgraw Hill Education | |
| Quantitative Aptitude for All Competitive Examinations | Abhijit Guha/McGraw Hill Education | |
| GENERAL AWARENESS | General Knowledge | Manohar Pandey |
| Objective General Knowledge | Lucent Publications | |
| Encyclopedia of General Science for General Competitions | Arihant Publications | |
| GENERAL ENGLISH | High School English Grammar & Composition | Wren, Martin/S. Chand |
| Objective English for Competitive Examination | Hari Mohan Prasad, Uma Sinha/McGraw Hill Education | |
| English for Bank Exams ( Preliminary & Main) | S. Chand Publishing | |
| GENERAL SCIENCE | Encyclopedia of General Science for General Competitions | Arihant Publications |
| Lucent’s General Science | Lucent Publication | |
| Objective Question Bank GENERAL SCIENCE | Arihant Publications |
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