Odisha FSO Prelim official syllabus guide
Odisha FSO Prelim syllabus 2026
Stage I of OSSC's Food Safety Officer recruitment is one objective paper on general aptitude. It only shortlists candidates for the technical main paper, five times the vacancies post-wise and category-wise, and its marks are otherwise used to break ties in the merit list. OSSC calls the syllabus indicative and gives no marks for each head. There is no Odisha GK and no English in it.
Exam pattern and marking
- One paper — 150 questions, 150 marks, 2 hours 30 minutes, objective MCQs, CBRE/OMR
- 0.25 mark deducted per wrong answer
- Candidates numbering 5 times the vacancies (post-wise, category-wise) shortlisted for the main written examination
- Offered in Odia and English
- Scheduled for 30 November 2026 (OSSC notice No. IIE-46/2025-3908/OSSC dt. 21.10.2026)
Annexure-C (a), p.25 of the detailed advertisement. OSSC serves it only through a postback 'View Pdf' button on its Advertisements page, so there is no stable PDF link.
Preliminary Examination syllabus
Arithmetic (10th standard)
1 topic- Arithmetic at 10th-standard level
Data interpretation (10th standard)
2 topics- Charts, graphs and tables
- Data sufficiency
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
2 topics- Logical reasoning and analytical ability
- General mental ability
Current events
1 topic- Current events of national and international importance
Computer and internet awareness
2 topics- Computer awareness
- Internet awareness
Source: OSSC Advt. No. 5919/OSSC dt. 30.12.2025 (CGLRE Specialist-2025), Advertisements page ↗. Source: OSSC official site ↗. Checked 2026-10-23.
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