SSB Odisha Junior Assistant & Junior Clerk Recruitment 2026: Apply Online for 883 Posts

Zone of Examination:

• The written examination will be held at five (05) Zones: Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Jeypore, and Sambalpur.
• The Computer Skill Test and Document Verification will be conducted at Bhubaneswar only.

Tie-Breaking Criteria:

• In case of a tie for shortlisting to the Computer Skill Test, aggregate percentage of marks in Bachelor’s degree will decide the merit.
• If there is a further tie, the candidate older in age (date of birth) will be preferred.

1. Written Test:

• Type of Questions: Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) on OMR Sheet.
• Marking Scheme: 2 marks for each correct answer.
• Negative Marking: 0.50 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.
• Qualifying Marks: UR – 40%, SC/ ST/ SEBC/ PwD – 30%.

2. Computer Skill Test:

• Total Marks: 50 Marks
• Duration: 1 Hour
• Qualifying Marks: 20 Marks for all categories.

General English:

• Verbs: Tenses, Modal, Active and Passive voice, Subject-verb Agreement, non-finite verb forms.
• Sentence structure: Connectors, Types of Sentences, Types of phrases and clause, Direct and Indirect speech, Degree.
• Other areas: Articles, Nouns, Adverbs, Adjectives, Prepositions.
• Unseen passage (400-450 words) with comprehension questions including vocabulary.

General Knowledge and Current Affairs:

• Matching Historical events with dates, personalities and places.
• Geographical facts with places.
• States, Countries and Institutions with Headquarters.
• Books and authors.
• Scientific facts and discoveries with dates, persons and uses.
• Current events with places and personalities.
• Matching questions of miscellaneous type.

General Mathematics:

• Fractions and decimals, Number System.
• HCF, LCM and Remainder.
• Squares and Square Roots, Cubes and Cube Roots.
• Percentage and Averages, Simple Interest and Compound Interest.
• Profit, Loss and Discount, Mixtures, Partnership, Ratio and Proportion.
• Rates and Taxes, Insurance, Problems on time and work.
• Statistics, Problems on Time and Distance.

Reasoning and Mental Ability:

• Numerical Ability, Reasoning, Aptitude Test, Problem Solving and Decision Making.

Computer Skill Test:

• WINDOWS operating system (Create, Rename, Copy/Cut/Paste, Delete).
• MS Word (Editing and formatting text/paragraph, Page Set-up, inserting pictures/word art).
• MS Power Point (Editing and formatting slides).
• MS Excel (Formatting cells and data, Functions and formula).
• MS Access (Creating and entering data into a database, Setting primary key).