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OPSC ASO 2026: 70-Day Study Plan

8 min read · EduSaint Editorial Team · Updated 06 Nov 2026

The OPSC ASO written exam is on 17 January 2027. Counting from 6 November, that is about 72 days. This plan splits them into four phases: topic-by-topic learning until 7 December, one round of subject-wise sectional tests from 8 to 14 December, full-length mocks from 15 December, and a final week of previous year papers and revision. Every test on this site is free and needs no login.

Phase 16 Nov – 7 DecDaily topics, five subjects a day
Phase 28 – 14 DecSubject-wise sectional tests
Phase 315 Dec – 10 Jan14 full-length mocks
Phase 411 – 16 JanPYQ mocks and revision

How to use this plan

1Study the day's five topicsOpen the Day page for a checklist of what to cover in General Studies, Quant, Reasoning, English and Odia.
2Attempt 30 questions per topicTake one subject at a time — about 27 minutes for GS, Quant and Reasoning, 18 minutes for English and Odia — or the full 150-question test.
3Review every mistakeEach question has an explanation. A wrong answer costs 0.25 marks, and each paper must be cleared separately, so do not skip Odia or English.
4Sunday: weekly testA test on the days before it, plus current affairs revision. The computer skill test is qualifying and is not part of this plan.
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Phase 1 — Daily topics (6 November – 7 December)

The topics follow the ASO syllabus and the last three ASO papers (2018-19, 2021-22 and 2025-26). Current affairs is the biggest single block in Paper I (20–29 questions a year), so from Day 3 every General Studies test carries five current affairs questions, alongside Polity, Modern History, Geography, Defence and Odisha. In Paper II, probability alone had 9–10 questions in 2018-19 and 2021-22, so it gets two days, with statistics, equations and progressions a day each; Reasoning covers the verbal and non-verbal mix that has stayed at about 30 : 20. English is mostly grammar and usage, and Odia covers every chapter the last three papers drew on, in the order of the standard grammar book: spelling, synonyms and antonyms, parts of speech, verbs (କ୍ରିୟା, four days), case, word formation, sentences and sentence transformation, and a passage.

Tap a Day box to see its detailed topics. Live days open the Day page, and Attempt in any cell starts that subject's 30-question test.

DayDateGeneral StudiesQuantReasoningEnglishOdia
Week 1 · 6–15 November
Fri, 6 NovPolity: making of the Constitution, sources, PreambleNumber system, divisibilityNumber series, wrong termParts of speechଶୁଦ୍ଧ ଶବ୍ଦ I (spelling)
Sat, 7 NovHistory: British expansion, Governors-General, Acts 1773–1858Simplification, decimals, recurring decimalsAlphabet seriesArticlesପ୍ରତିଶବ୍ଦ I (synonyms)
Sun, 8 NovPolity: Fundamental Rights, Duties, DPSPHCF and LCM, indices and surdsCoding-decoding I (letter shift, letter to number)Prepositions (time, place, fixed prepositions)ବିପରୀତ ଶବ୍ଦ I (antonyms)
Mon, 9 NovWorld Geography: earth's interior, plates, volcanoes, earthquakesPercentageCoding-decoding II (word codes, letter values)Tenses Iଶବ୍ଦ ଓ ରୂପିମ, ପଦର ଶ୍ରେଣୀବିଭାଗ
Tue, 10 NovHistory: 1857, reform movements, press, education commissionsRatio, proportion, partnership, mixture and alligationBlood relationsTenses II, conditionals, 'wish'ବିଶେଷ୍ୟ ଓ ସର୍ବନାମ
Wed, 11 NovPolity: President, Vice-President, PM, Council of MinistersAverages and agesDirection senseSubject-verb agreement, determinersବିଶେଷଣ, ଲିଙ୍ଗ, ବଚନ, ପୁରୁଷ
Thu, 12 NovIndian Geography: physiography, drainage, riversProfit, loss, discountRanking and orderModals, gerund, infinitive, participleକ୍ରିୟା I: ଧାତୁ ଓ ଧାତୁର ଶ୍ରେଣୀବିଭାଗ
Fri, 13 NovHistory: INC 1885–1919, partition of Bengal, SwadeshiSimple and compound interestNumber and letter series (missing term)Active and passive voiceକ୍ରିୟା II: ସମାପିକା-ଅସମାପିକା, ଯୌଗିକ, ମିଶ୍ର
Sat, 14 NovPolity: Parliament, bills, money bill, committeesTime and work, pipes and cisternsAnalogy and odd one outDirect and indirect speechକ୍ରିୟା III: ସକର୍ମକ-ଅକର୍ମକ-ଦ୍ୱିକର୍ମକ, ପ୍ରୟୋଜକ, ନାମଧାତୁ
Sun, 15 NovWeekly Test 1 — Days 1–9, all five subjects · Current affairs: September–October 2026
Week 2 · 16–22 November
Mon, 16 NovEnvironment: ecology, biodiversity, climate conventionsSpeed, trains, boats and streamsArithmetic reasoning, symbols and missing numberSentence transformationକ୍ରିୟା IV: କାଳ, ଭାବ, ପୁରୁଷ-ବଚନ, କ୍ରିୟା ବିଶେଷଣ
Tue, 17 NovHistory: Gandhian era 1919–47, INC sessionsPolynomials, identities, remainder theoremClocks and calendarError spottingକାରକ, ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧ ପଦ, ସମ୍ବୋଧନ ପଦ
Wed, 18 NovPolity: Judiciary, writs, important amendmentsLinear equations in two variablesSeating arrangement and puzzlesSentence improvementବିଭକ୍ତି ଓ ଅବ୍ୟୟ
Thu, 19 NovWorld Geography: climate, winds, ocean currents, grasslandsQuadratic equationsMirror and water imagesIdioms and phrasesଶୁଦ୍ଧ ବନାନ II: ମାତ୍ରା, ଫଳା, ଣବିଧି-ଷବିଧି
Fri, 20 NovPolity: Election Commission, UPSC/OPSC, CAG, Finance Commission, NHRCArithmetic and geometric progressionDice and painted cubeSynonyms and antonymsଉପସର୍ଗ, କୃଦନ୍ତ, ତଦ୍ଧିତ, ପଦପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ
Sat, 21 NovOdisha: history and geographySets and matricesFigure countingOne-word substitution, words often confusedସନ୍ଧି
Sun, 22 NovWeekly Test 2 — Days 10–15, all five subjects · Current affairs revision
Week 3 · 23–29 November
Mon, 23 NovEconomy: planning, NITI Aayog, RBI, inflation, GST, budgetMensuration: plane figures and solidsPaper folding, cube from a sheet, embedded figuresFill in the blanksବାକ୍ୟ: ଲକ୍ଷଣ, ଉଦ୍ଦେଶ୍ୟ-ବିଧେୟ, ଶ୍ରେଣୀବିଭାଗ
Tue, 24 NovGovernance: ARC reports, civil service, RTI, e-governanceStatistics: mean, median, modeNon-verbal series, figure analogySentence rearrangement (PQRS)ବାକ୍ୟ ରୂପାନ୍ତର, ବାଚ୍ୟ, ପ୍ରତ୍ୟକ୍ଷୋକ୍ତି
Wed, 25 NovDefence and armed forcesProbability I: coins, dice, cardsDictionary order, logical order, word formation, alphabet testCloze test and paragraph completionପ୍ରତିଶବ୍ଦ-ବିପରୀତ II, ଏକପଦ, ରୂଢ଼ି, ଲୋକବାଣୀ
Thu, 26 NovInternational organisations, awards, important days, science and spaceProbability II: balls, socks, eventsMixed practice: repeated PYQ questionsReading comprehensionଅନୁଚ୍ଛେଦ, ବିରାମ ଚିହ୍ନ, ଅନେକାର୍ଥ ଶବ୍ଦ
Fri, 27 NovScience and technologyTrigonometry, heights and distances, basic geometryPuzzles II, logical Venn diagramsReading comprehension IIସମାସ
Sat, 28 NovOdisha: art, culture and schemesUnitary method, work and wagesNon-verbal II: figure series and groupingCloze test IIବାକ୍ୟ ରୂପାନ୍ତର II
Sun, 29 NovWeekly Test 3 — Days 16–21, all five subjects · Current affairs revision (November)
Week 4 · 30 November–6 December
Mon, 30 NovEconomy II: banking, budget, reportsMixture and alligation II, data interpretation basicsSyllogism, statements and conclusionsVocabulary II: synonyms, antonyms, one-wordଅନୁଚ୍ଛେଦ II
Tue, 1 DecCurrent affairs: October 2026Statistics II, probability revisionRevision: blood relations and directionError spotting IIଶବ୍ଦ ଜ୍ଞାନ ପୁନରାବୃତ୍ତି
Wed, 2 DecCurrent affairs: November 2026Mixed arithmetic (2025-26 pattern)Revision: coding and seriesFill in the blanks IIକ୍ରିୟା ପୁନରାବୃତ୍ତି
Thu, 3 DecWorld Geography II: continents, resources, placesNumber system, simplification, clocks: speed drillMixed reasoning practiceMixed grammarଅନୁଚ୍ଛେଦ III ଓ ମିଶ୍ର ବ୍ୟାକରଣ
Fri, 4 DecPYQ day: 2025-26 ASO (Advocate General office) — General AwarenessPYQ day: 2025-26 MathematicsPYQ day: 2025-26 ReasoningPYQ day: 2025-26 EnglishPYQ day: 2025-26 Odia
Sat, 5 DecPYQ day: 2021-22 ASO — General AwarenessPYQ day: 2021-22 MathematicsPYQ day: 2021-22 ReasoningPYQ day: 2021-22 EnglishPYQ day: 2021-22 Odia
Sun, 6 DecWeekly Test 4 — Days 22–27, all five subjects · Current affairs revision (October–November)
Week 5 · 7 December
Mon, 7 DecPYQ day: 2018-19 ASO — General AwarenessPYQ day: 2018-19 MathematicsPYQ day: 2018-19 ReasoningPYQ day: 2018-19 EnglishPYQ day: 2018-19 Odia

Phase 2 — Sectional tests (8 – 14 December)

One subject a day at full length, then two full papers under exam timing on Sunday.

DateTarget
Tue, 8 DecSectional: General Studies (100 Q) — Polity, History, Geography, Economy, Odisha, current affairs
Wed, 9 DecSectional: Reasoning (50 Q) — verbal 30, non-verbal 20
Thu, 10 DecSectional: Quant (50 Q) — Class 10 algebra, statistics, probability and arithmetic
Fri, 11 DecSectional: English (100 Q)
Sat, 12 DecSectional: Odia (100 Q)
Sun, 13 DecFull Paper II and Paper III under exam timing
Mon, 14 DecRevision: weak topics from the sectional results

Phase 3 — Full-length mocks (15 December – 10 January)

A full mock every alternate day in the exact exam pattern. Use the day in between to go through every wrong answer and revise the weak topics it shows.

DateMock
15 DecFull-length Mock 1: Paper I, II and III — 400 marks, 0.25 negative marking
17 DecFull-length Mock 2: Paper I, II and III — 400 marks, 0.25 negative marking
19 DecFull-length Mock 3: Paper I, II and III — 400 marks, 0.25 negative marking
21 DecFull-length Mock 4: Paper I, II and III — 400 marks, 0.25 negative marking
23 DecFull-length Mock 5: Paper I, II and III — 400 marks, 0.25 negative marking
25 DecFull-length Mock 6: Paper I, II and III — 400 marks, 0.25 negative marking
27 DecFull-length Mock 7: Paper I, II and III — 400 marks, 0.25 negative marking
29 DecFull-length Mock 8: Paper I, II and III — 400 marks, 0.25 negative marking
31 DecFull-length Mock 9: Paper I, II and III — 400 marks, 0.25 negative marking
2 JanFull-length Mock 10: Paper I, II and III — 400 marks, 0.25 negative marking
4 JanFull-length Mock 11: Paper I, II and III — 400 marks, 0.25 negative marking
6 JanFull-length Mock 12: Paper I, II and III — 400 marks, 0.25 negative marking
8 JanFull-length Mock 13: Paper I, II and III — 400 marks, 0.25 negative marking
10 JanFull-length Mock 14: Paper I, II and III — 400 marks, 0.25 negative marking

Phase 4 — Final week (11 – 16 January)

DateTarget
Mon, 11 JanPYQ mock: 2018-19 and 2021-22 ASO papers under exam timing
Tue, 12 JanCurrent affairs revision (last 12 months)
Wed, 13 JanPYQ mock: 2025-26 ASO (Advocate General office) papers
Thu, 14 JanCurrent affairs and Odisha GK revision
Fri, 15 JanFinal full-length mock
Sat, 16 JanRest. Light revision of formulas and Odia grammar notes only
Sun, 17 JanOPSC ASO written examination
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This plan will be updated as the daily tests go live. Check this page for the latest version.

Frequently asked questions

Is the OPSC ASO 70-day plan free?

Yes. The plan, the daily tests (30 questions per subject, 150 a day), the sectional tests and the full-length mocks are free and need no login.

When should I start the ASO 70-day plan?

Day 1 is Friday, 6 November 2026. If you start later, follow the day you are on and finish the missed days on Sundays after the weekly test.

How many full-length mocks are there before the ASO exam?

Fourteen full mocks between 15 December and 10 January, followed by the 2018-19, 2021-22 and 2025-26 previous year papers as mocks in the final week.

Which topics does the ASO plan focus on?

The plan follows the ASO syllabus and the last three papers. Current affairs, Polity, Modern History, Geography, Defence and Odisha lead General Studies; probability, statistics, equations and progressions get their own days in Quant; English is mostly grammar and usage; Odia covers spelling, synonyms, antonyms and grammar.

Does the plan cover the computer skill test?

Not yet. The skill test is qualifying and is held only for candidates who clear the written exam, so this plan covers the written papers.

More on OPSC ASO

GS Question Bank (Prelims)Topic-wise General Studies MCQs: polity, history, geography, economy, science, environment and Odisha, from the OPSC prelims bank. Odia Question BankTopic-wise Odia grammar and vocabulary practice: spelling, synonyms, antonyms, କ୍ରିୟା, କାରକ, ସନ୍ଧି-ସମାସ, ବାକ୍ୟ ରୂପାନ୍ତର and passages. Quant Question BankTopic-wise maths practice: number system, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, mensuration, data interpretation, statistics and probability. GS Question BankFree OPSC ASO and OAS prelims GS practice: 11,016 MCQs in 123 topic sets, with notes, answers and explanations. Reasoning Question BankTopic-wise reasoning practice: series, coding, blood relations, direction, puzzles, syllogism, and non-verbal reasoning. English Question BankTopic-wise English practice: grammar, error spotting, voice and narration, vocabulary, idioms, rearrangement, cloze and comprehension. OPSC ASO Notification 2026Vacancies by category, age limit, qualification, Odia requirement, fee and documents. OPSC ASO Syllabus 2026Official syllabus for all four papers, with what past papers actually ask. OPSC ASO Exam Pattern 2026Marks, timing, negative marking, qualifying marks, skill test and merit list. Best Books for OPSC ASO 2027Subject-wise best books for OPSC ASO (GS, Odia, English, Maths, Reasoning) and a clear 60-day plan telling you which book to read on which days, with free practice links. Previous Year Question PapersEvery ASO paper from OPSC's archive.

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