OSSTET Exam Pattern 2024: Overview, Marking Scheme & More

Candidates planning to appear for the OSSTET exam must understand the OSSTET exam pattern in detail before preparing. Here we have explained the OSSTET exam pattern 2024-25 in detail.

The OSSTET exam is divided into Category I and Category II. Paper I is for education teachers, and paper II is for physical education teachers. Each paper has four sections.

OSSTET 2024 Exam Pattern Overview:

The OSSTET 2024, conducted by the BSE Odisha, consists of papers I and II and follows an offline format with a duration of 2 hours and 30 minutes. Here’s a brief overview of the exam pattern:

Paper – I

TGT Arts

  • Language I (Odia): 20 questions (20 marks)
  • Language II (English): 20 questions (20 marks)
  • Geography & Economics, History & Political Science, English: 60 questions (60 marks)
  • Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management & Evaluation: 50 questions (50 marks)

TGT Science

  • Language I (Odia): 20 questions (20 marks)
  • Language II (English): 20 questions (20 marks)
  • Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry: 60 questions (60 marks)
  • Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management & Evaluation: 50 questions (50 marks)

TGT CBZ

  • Language I (Odia): 20 questions (20 marks)
  • Language II (English): 20 questions (20 marks)
  • Chemistry, Botany, Zoology: 60 questions (60 marks)
  • Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management & Evaluation: 50 questions (50 marks)

Classical Teacher – Sanskrit

  • Language I (Odia): 20 questions (20 marks)
  • Language II (English): 20 questions (20 marks)
  • Sanskrit: 60 questions (60 marks)
  • Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management & Evaluation: 50 questions (50 marks)

Hindi Teacher

  • Language I (Odia): 20 questions (20 marks)
  • Language II (English): 20 questions (20 marks)
  • Hindi: 60 questions (60 marks)
  • Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management & Evaluation: 50 questions (50 marks)

Classical Teacher – Telugu

  • Language I (Odia): 20 questions (20 marks)
  • Language II (English): 20 questions (20 marks)
  • Telugu: 60 questions (60 marks)
  • Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management & Evaluation: 50 questions (50 marks)

Classical Teacher – Urdu

  • Language I (Odia): 20 questions (20 marks)
  • Language II (English): 20 questions (20 marks)
  • Urdu: 60 questions (60 marks)
  • Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management & Evaluation: 50 questions (50 marks)

Paper – II

Physical Education Teacher

  • Section I (Hindi): 20 marks
  • Section II (English): 20 marks
  • Section III (Contents of C.P Ed. Course): 60 marks
  • Section IV (Child Development, Pedagogy, School Management & Evaluation): 50 marks

OSSTET Exam Pattern Highlights

Parameters OSSTET Paper-I OSSTET Paper-II 
Duration of exam 2.5 hours (150 minutes) 2.5 hours (150 minutes)
Total questions 150 150
Total marks 150 150
Exam mode Offline Offline
Number of Sections 4 4
Names of the sections Language-I (Odia)

Language-II (English)

Respective Subjects

Child Development, Pedagogy, and School Management.

Language-I (Odia)

Language-II (English)

Physical Education

Child Development, Pedagogy, and School Management.

Type of questions Objective or Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) Objective or Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs)
Level of questions in the exam Graduation Graduation
Marking scheme No negative marking and one mark will be given for each right answer No negative marking and one mark will be given for each right answer

OSSTET Paper – I Exam Pattern

Here is the subject-wise exam pattern for OSSTET Paper I.

TGT Arts

Sections Number of  questions Marks allotted
Language I (Odia) 20 20
Language II (English) 20 20
Geography & Economics

History & Political Science

English

60 60
Child Development, Pedagogy, school Management & Evaluation 50 50

TGT Science

Sections Number of  questions Marks allotted
Language I (Odia) 20 20
Language II (English) 20 20
Mathematics

Physics

Chemistry

60 60
Child Development, Pedagogy, school Management & Evaluation 50 50

TGT CBZ

Sections Number of  questions Marks allotted
Language I (Odia) 20 20
Language II (English) 20 20
Chemistry

Botany

Zoology

60 60
Child Development, Pedagogy, school Management & Evaluation 50 50

Classical Teacher – Sanskrit

Sections Number of  questions Marks allotted
Language I (Odia) 20 20
Language II (English) 20 20
Sanskrit 60 60
Child Development, Pedagogy, school Management & Evaluation 50 50

Hindi Teacher

Sections Number of  questions Marks allotted
Language I (Odia) 20 20
Language II (English) 20 20
Hindi 60 60
Child Development, Pedagogy, school Management & Evaluation 50 50

Classical Teacher – Telugu

Sections Number of  questions Marks allotted
Language I (Odia) 20 20
Language II (English) 20 20
Telugu 60 60
Child Development, Pedagogy, school Management & Evaluation 50 50

Classical Teacher – Urdu

Sections Number of  questions Marks allotted
Language I (Odia) 20 20
Language II (English) 20 20
Urdu 60 60
Child Development, Pedagogy, school Management & Evaluation 50 50

OSSTET Paper – II Exam Pattern

Stream Section I (20 Marks) Section II (20 Marks) Section III (60 Marks) Section IV (50 Marks)
Physical Education Teacher Hindi English Contents of C.P Ed. Course Child Development, Pedagogy, school Management & Evaluation

Conclusion

To clear the OSSTET exam with good grades, the candidates need to know the exam pattern in detail. The OSSTET exam pattern 2024-25 was released with the official notification. The question paper is divided into two: Category I & II. Category I is for education teachers, while category II is for physical education teachers,

Here in this post, we explained the OSSTET exam pattern 2024-25 in detail. We hope that this information helped you in the best way possible.

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