OSSC Investigator 2022 Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Selection Process
Odisha Staff Selection Commission has been Released the Syllabus of OSSC Investigator Recruitment 2022 Exam along with the Official Notification. Check out Exam Pattern, Selection Process and Download Syllabus PDF.
Recently, The Official of Odisha Staff Selection Commission issued the OSSC Investigator Recruitment 2022 Notification for 26 Vacancies on the Official website. For this Recruitment, Candidates will select on the basis of performance of candidates in Main Written Examination & Computer Skills Test. To the convenience of candidates, we have provided the detailed OSSC Investigator Exam 2022 Syllabus along with OSSC Exam Pattern & Selection Process. Here, we have also added a Link to download OSSC Investigator Syllabus PDF at the end of this article.
Odisha SSC Investigator Syllabus, Exam Pattern & Selection Process 2022: Overview
The key highlights of Odisha SSC Investigator Recruitment 2022 Syllabus is tabulated below section:
| Recruitment Board | Odisha Staff Selection Commission |
| Post Name | OSSC Investigator Syllabus |
| Exam Name | Investigator |
| Exam Date | December-2022/ January-2022 |
| Syllabus for Vacancy | Investigator Vacancies |
| Selection Process | Main Written Examination Followed by Computer Skills Test |
| Exam Pattern | Main Exam: 100 marks of 100 MCQ for 3 Hours Duration Computer Skill Test: 25 Marks |
| Syllabus for Exam | Economic, Statistics & Elementary Mathematics – 10th Standard |
| Category | Exam Syllabus |
| Location | Odisha |
| Official Website | https://www.ossc.gov.in/Public/OSSC/Default.aspx |
OSSC Investigator Selection Process
The select list of the candidates found suitable in certificate verification shall be prepared in order of merit category – wise as per vacancies advertised / notified basing on their sum total of marks secured in the Main Written Examination and Computer Skill Test taken together. The eligible contractual employees belonging to Category – I and Category – Il coming under Rule – 8 (a) of Group – B posts (Contractual Appointment) Rules, 2013 will be given the benefit as per the said rules.
The complete selection of candidates for Jr Mining Officer will done on basis of following Process:
- Main Written Examination – 100 Marks
- Computer Skill Test – 25 Marks
- Final Merit List
- Document Verification
OSSC Investigator Exam Pattern
The Exam Pattern of Odisha Investigator Exam 2022 will be followed as:
Exam Pattern for OSSC Investigator Main Written Exam
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks |
| Economic | 40 | 40 |
| Statistics | 40 | 40 |
| Elementary Mathematics | 20 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
There are following important point related to exam pattern:
- Duration: 3 Hours
- Type of Questions: MCQ type
OSSC Investigator Syllabus 2022 – Details
To check the Odisha Investigator Syllabus 2022 for Preliminary & Mains Examination go through the below-given topics.
Syllabus of Preliminary Examination
- Odia Language Comprehension – 10 Standard
- English Language Comprehension Plus Two Standard
- Arithmetic 10th Standard
- Data Interpretation (Chart, Graph, Table, Data Sufficiency, etc.) – 10″ standard
- Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability, General Mental Ability.
- General Studies 2 (Indian Constitution, Indian Economy, Indian and World Geography, History of India, History of Odisha, General issues of Environment / Climate change – 10 standard) Current Events of National and International Importance
- Computer / Internet Awareness
Syllabus of Main Written Examination
Economics (40 Questions / 40 Marks)
Module-1: Economics Concepts: Law of Demand and Supply, Concept of elasticity, Price determination under different markets, National Income, Economic Growth and Planning, Inflation, Money, Banking, and Financial Inclusion. Fundamental idea on the public budget.
Module-2: Human Capital in Indian Economy: Profile of Human Resources – Population and Economic Development, Demographic Profile of India, Nature of Population Problem – Poverty, Inequality, Unemployment Problem, Labour Problem, Population Control, and Government Policy.
Module-3: Time Series and Index Numbers: Definition and components of a Time Series, Various Models, Measurement of Secular trend and Seasonal Variations, Uses of a time series. Index numbers-criteria of a good index number. Problems in data collection and construction. Price and cost of living index numbers. Base shifting and splicing, deflating of index numbers.
Module- 4: Indian Economy and Planning: Sectorial composition of Indian Economy, Planning in India, Fiscal federalism in India, Poverty, and Inequality.
Statistics (40 Questions / 40 marks)
Module-1: Basic Statistics: Collection, Classification, Tabulation, and Diagrammatic Presentation of data. Frequency Distribution, Measures of Central Tendency, Dispersion, Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis.
Module-2: Correlation and Regression: Scatter Diagram, Simple Correlation, Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and its properties, Linear Regression: Definition and assumptions, regression coefficients and their properties, regression equations (limited to two variables only)
Module-3: Design of Sample Survey: Sample and Population, Sampling Unit, sampling frame, Sampling fraction, errors in a survey, sampling with and without replacement, Simple random sampling, Stratified random sampling, Systematic sampling, Cluster sampling, Multistage sampling.
Module-4: Probability and Testing of Hypothesis: Concepts of probability, addition and multiplication rules, independence of events, Testing of Hypothesis: Concept of Hypothesis, Types of errors in Testing, Critical Region, and level of Significance.
Elementary Mathematics (20 Question/20 Marks)
Number System, Polynomials, Logarithms, Percentage, Rates& Ratio, average, simple and compound interest, Time & distance, Time & Work, Mensuration, Line & angles, and Logarithms.
Computer Skill Test: 25 Marks
- Computer Fundamentals
- MS Windows
- Office Software: Word Processing (MS Word), Spread Sheet (MS Excel), Presentation/ Slide ware (MS PowerPoint), Database (MS Access), Usage of the Internet, Services available on the Internet Basic Networking Concepts, Communication Technology
