OTET 2021 : Exam Pattern, Check Here

By Komal|Updated : February 24th, 2021

OTET stands for Odisha Teachers Eligibility Test (OTET). Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha conducts Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) to recruit the candidates for the appointment of teacher for Classes I to VIII in a government, and private school of Odisha.

OTET consists of two paper i.e. Paper I and Paper-II.

Paper-I is for the recruitment of candidates in class I to V.
Paper-II is for the recruitment of candidates in class VI to VIII.
The duration of the OTET exam paper shall be two hours & thirty minutes.

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OTET Paper - I & II Details:-

1. Questions will be in Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) with four options each.
2. Each question will be one mark.
3. OTET consist of two paper viz- Paper-I and Paper-II.
4. Duration of the OTET will be of 2½ hours.
5. There shall be no negative marking.

Exam Pattern of Paper I:

Paper, I consist of five subjects i.e. Child Development & Pedagogy, Language-I, Odia/ Urdu/ Hindi/ Telugu/ Bengali, Language-II (English), Mathematics and Environment Studies. Paper-I is of 150 marks and includes 150 questions.

Area	No. of Questions	Mark	Remark
Child Development & Pedagogy	30	30	30 question on Child Development & Pedagogy
Language-I, Odia/ Urdu/ Hindi/ Telugu/ Bengali	30	30	In each subject area 20 questions will be set form contents & 10 questions from Pedagogy. All 150 questions shall be of multiple choice type with four choices.
Language-II (English)	30	30
Mathematics	30	30
Environment Studies	30	30

Exam Pattern of Paper-II:

Paper, II consist of five subjects i.e. Child Development & Pedagogy, Language-I, Odia/ Urdu/ Hindi/ Telugu/ Bengali, Language-II (English), Mathematics & Science and Social Studies. Paper-II is of 150 marks and includes 150 questions.

Area	No. of Questions	Mark	Remark
Child Development & Pedagogy	30	30	30 question on Child Development & Pedagogy
Language-I, Odia/ Urdu/ Hindi/ Telugu/ Bengali	30	30	In each subject area 20 questions will be set form contents & 10 questions from Pedagogy. All 150 questions shall be of multiple choice type with four choices.
Language-II (English)	30	30

Optional (Either A or B):

Area	No. of Questions	Mark	Remark
A- Mathematics & Science	60 (30 questions from Mathematics and 30 questions from Science)	60	In each subject area 20 questions will be set from contents & 10 questions from Pedagogy.
B – Social Studies	60 (30 questions from History & Political Science & 30 questions from Geography).	60	In each subject area 20 questions will be set form contents & 10 questions from Pedagogy.