OPSC Prelims Exam Analysis 2021: OPSC Civil Services Exam Review, Level, Attempts & Expected Cut Off

Subject

Number of Questions

Marks

Difficulty Level

History

8

16

Easy to Moderate

Geography & Environment

20

40

Moderate to tough

Indian Polity and Governance

18

36

Easy to Moderate

Economy and Social Development

16

32

Easy to Moderate

Current Affairs

9

18

Easy to Moderate

General Science

21

42

Easy to Moderate

Odisha Specific

4

8

Moderate

Miscellaneous GK

4

Easy to Moderate

History

• What was the term used for the religious officer in Mughal Administration ?
• British concluded Treaty of Surat in 1775 with
• Which of the following land revenue settlement was first to have concluded with the village community?
• What was the title of the first newspaper published by James Augustus Hickey?
• Who compared the Salt March of Gandhito Napoleon’s march to Paris on his return from Elba?
• Who founded the Deccan Educational Society?
• Who was the Chairman of the First Famine Commission in 1880 ?
• The first state in India which was created on linguistic basis: 

Geography & Environment

• Ex-Situ conservation includes?
• The data generated by ENVIS is used for management of?
• What is the full form of CBD?
• Choose the correct combination: Sundarban-Rhino, Kaziranga-Lion, Bharatpur-Tigers, Balukhanda-Black Buck
• Which of the following is expected to be cause of rise in sea level?
• The solar energy is what type of source of energy?
• The Middle Himalayan Range originated in :
• Which of the following is not an example of a Block mountain ?
• Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
• (A) Tulbul Project – Jhelum River
• (B) Koteshwar Project – Tapti River
• (C) Dulhasti Project-Chenab River
• (D) Sardar Sarovar Project –
•  Which of the following tributaries of Indus river emerges from the Pir
• Panjal Range?
•  Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

(A) Stack – Sea Waves

(B) Bajada – Winds

(C) Kame-Rivers

(D) Lappies – Ground Water

• Which of the following is not correctly matched.
• (A) Benguela Current-South Atlantic
• (B) Irminger Current-North Pacific
• (C) Peru Current-South Pacific
• (D) Mozambique Current – Indian Ocean
• Deforestation is not a direct cause of :
• Which of the following human races has woolly hairs? 
•  In which of the following demographic transition stages, intensive subsistence farming is prevalent? 
• It is 12 noon in Greenwich. What will be the time at a place situated at 60° East Longitude? 
• Which is the significance of Dakshin Gangotri? 
•  In India, El Nino is very often associated with
• In the atmosphere which of the following carries the ozone layer? 
•  Slash and burn cultivation relates to which of the following ?

Indian Polity and Governance

• The ideal of ‘Welfare State’ in the Indian Constitution is enshrined in its : 
• Who, as per the provisions of the Constitution, declares an area as a Scheduled Area?
• The concurrent list in the Constitution of India was adopted from
• Which schedule of the Constitution of India distributes power between the Union and States? 
• Mandamus is a writer issued by the Apex Court
• Any money bill cannot be introduced in the parliament without the consent of the: 
• The Right to Education for all between  6 and 14 years of age has been included as a Fundamental Rights in the year :
• The All India Whips Conference is organised by
• The purpose of Uniform Civil Code incorporated in Article 44 of Indian Constitution is for:
• Policy as Rational choice in competitive situation is:
• Keeping control over delegated legislation is the power of:
•  The ideal of ‘Welfare State’ in the Indian Constitution is enshrined in its : 
•  Who, as per the provisions of the Constitution, declares an area as a Scheduled Area?
• The concurrent list in the Constitution of India was adopted from
• Which schedule of the Constitution of India distributes power between the Union and States? 
• Any money bill cannot be introduced in the parliament without the consent of the: 
• The first state in India which was created on linguistic basis: 
• The Right to Education for all between  6 and 14 years of age has been included as a Fundamental Rights in the year :

Economy and Social Development

• The Governing Council of NITI Aayog comprises of
• The Chairman of Zonal Council in India is :
• For each country, Global Hunger Index Values are determined by which of the following indicators ?
• The reserve held by commercial banks over and above the statutory minimum with the RBI are called :
• Which of the following promoted the concept of Self Help Groups (SHGs) for financing the poor?
• Which of the following is not a financial inclusion scheme?
• Sishu, Kishore and Tarun are the schemes of:
• Which of the following indicators is not used to calculate Human Development Index?
• Which of the following Committees recommended a poverty line based on nutritional requirements exclusively?
• The first sustainable development goal aims to eradicate extreme poverty. How does the U.N. currently measure extreme poverty ?
• Which is the highest allocation Ministry in Budget 2021-22 ?
• Central Government has unveiled a new series of Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) with as the base year.
• The contribution of the primary sector to GDP of India is :
• Robinhood effect is related to which of the following?
• Out of the four concepts of money. supply used in India, M, M2, M, and Me the Post Office Savings are included in:
• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) is which type of body?

Current Affairs

•  Sagarmala Project is under which Ministry of Government of India ?
• Which country has begun its two-year tenure as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council ?
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State Summit was held on 10th November, 2020 in the video conference format. The Summit was hosted by:
• Which country has become the sixth member of the ‘Five Eyes’. Intelligence network?
• Finding Correct option about Samvad Conference.
• What was the theme of the World Sustainable Development Summit, 2020?
• The Mars Perseverance Rover that landed on the Mars on 18th February, 2021 was launched by:
• The State of Jammu and Kashmir was made an Union Territory of India with effect from:
•  The Protest Movement organised at Shaheen Baug in Delhi from 14th December, 2019 to 24th March, 2020 was against :

General Science and Sci-Tech

• Bats use which physics concept to navigate and find food?
• Nucleic Acid present in coronavirus is?
• What type of modulation is used in TV Signals?
• Electrical Energy is converted into Mechanical Energy in which of the following?
• One light year is equal to?
• Bleeding from nose is caused when a person is at?
• The Mains component of biogas is?
• Which of the following are subatomic particles?
• Carbon monoxide is poisonous because of?
• Which of the following is not a synthetic polymer?
• Bee sting causes severe pain and burning sensation due to?
• In ballpoint pens, dyes used are?
• Which one of the following colors is least deviated in a glass prism?
• Spirogyra is a kind of?
• Change in base sequence in a gene is called?
• Hypsometer is used to measure?
• Biochemical oxygen demand of water is a measure of:
• Which of the following does not belong to natural air pollutant ?
• Albinism is caused due to the deficiency of alan:
• Ficus benghalensis’ is the scientific name of:
• Ozone layer is found in:

Miscellaneous GK

• The Fresh Water Lake built by India near its Research Station ‘Maitri in the Antarctica is known as:
•  One of the following now is not a Department of Finance Ministry:
• The succession where the community increases its diversity and complexity with time is called :
• Which of the following is a correct combination ?

Odisha Specific

• Who is the Chairman of State commission of Backward Castes in Odisha ?
• Who, among the following persons of Odisha, is the Padma Vibhushan Awardee for 2021 for distinguished service in the field of Arts?
• The recipient of the Atibadi Jagannath Das Literary Award awarded by the Sahitya Academy of Odisha for 2020 is
• Which of the following is a predominant species of the deciduous forests of Odisha?