bhubaneswar odisha public service commission opsc has released a notification regarding odisha civil services ocs examination 2020 it has invited applications from prospective candidates to apply online through its official website wwwopscgovin from january 12 opsc is conducting this examination for recruitment to the posts and services coming under the odisha civil services group a and group b the link for registrationreregistration and payment of examination fee will be available between january 12 and february 11 the last date for submission of registered online application is february 18after qualifying the ocs examination with good ranks the candidates will be appointed in 392 vacant groupa and groupb posts a total of 137 posts of odisha administrative service oas groupa junior branch services will be filled up through this examinationaccording to the eligibility conditions the candidates should hold a bachelors degree in any discipline from a recognized institute or university the applicant should also be able to read write and speak odiaa candidate is required to pay a nonrefundable and nonadjustable fee of rs 500 the candidates belonging to sc and st of odisha by birth only and persons with disability whose permanent disability is 40 per cent or more are exempted from payment of this feean applicant must have attained the age of 21 years and must not be above the age of 32 years as on january 1 2020 that means heshe must not have been born earlier than january 2 1988 and not later than january 1 1999 the upper age limit is relaxed by five years for the candidates belonging to scstsebcwomenexserviceman and by 10 years for pwds whose permanent disability is 40 per cent or more the ocs examination will consist of three steps preliminary examination main examination and personality test or interview the preliminary examination will consist of two papers of objective types multiple choice questions and each paper shall be of two hours duration carrying 200 marks each