OTET Previous Year Question Papers: Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) Exam notification has been released by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha on the official website. Thus, OTET aspirants must start their preparation for the OTET Exam 2023 asap. They must go through the OTET Previous Year Question Paper 2023 in detail to be able to understand its difficulty level and other intricacies. This will help the candidates better prepare for the OTET exam 2023. Here we are also going to share the OTET Exam Previous Year paper for better preparation.
OTET Previous Year Question Papers Highlights
The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha has released OTET 2023 notification. OTET Exam date will be released soon on official website. The details of OTET 2023 has been given below:
OTET Previous Year Question Papers Highlights | |
Exam Name | OTET (Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test) 2023 |
Conducting Body | Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha |
Exam Level | State |
Exam Mode | Offline |
Exam Duration | 150 minutes |
Total Marks | 150 (For Each paper) |
Total Question | 150 (For Each paper) |
Negative Marking | No |
Exam | 2 Papers |
Exam Language | bilingual in English and Odia |
Category | Sarkari Result |
Official Website | http://www.bseodisha.ac.in/ |
OTET Exam Pattern
OTET exam is conducted in written mode for Paper-I and Paper-II only. Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha conducts Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) in order to select candidates for the appointment of teacher for Classes I to VIII in government, private aided, and private unaided schools in Odisha. The details of the OTET 2023 exam pattern has been given below.
- OTET 2023 exam was conducted in two shifts for – Paper-I and Paper-II
- Exam Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Total Questions: 150 multiple-choice questions
- Candidates will be awarded 1 mark for each correct answer.
- No marks will be deducted for any wrong response
- In both papers, the Language-II subject will be English for all candidates.
- For each subject area, 20 questions will be from contents and 10 questions from Pedagogy.
OTET Exam Pattern for Category-A (Paper-I)
Check out the OTE Exam Pattern and Marks Distribution for Paper I (Category A) explained in the following table. Read carefully to understand the weightage of marks dedicated to each subject and so on.
Subject Area | Number of Questions | Marks |
---|---|---|
Child Development & Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
Language-I (Odia/ Urdu/ Hindi/ Telugu/ Bengali) | 30 | 30 |
Language-II (English) | 30 | 30 |
Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
Environment Studies | 30 | 30 |
Total | 150 | 150 |
OTET Exam Pattern for Category-B (Paper-II)
Check out the OTE Exam Pattern and Marks Distribution for Paper II (Category B) explained in the following table. Read carefully to understand the weightage of marks dedicated to each subject and so on.
Subject Area | Number of Questions | Marks |
---|---|---|
Child Development & Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
Language-I (Odia/ Urdu/ Hindi/ Telugu/ Bengali) | 30 | 30 |
Language-II (English) | 30 | 30 |
Mathematics & Science | 30 | 30 |
Social Studies | 60 | 60 |
Total | 150 | 150 |
OTET Previous Year Papers
In the following table, the candidates will find all the OTET Previous Year Papers for reference. They can easily access and download the OTET Previous Year Papers by clicking on the links given below.
OTET Previous Year Question Papers Qualifying Marks
- A candidate who scores 60% or more in the TET Examination will be considered a TET pass.
- Candidates belonging to SC, ST, SEBC/ OBC, and Physically Handicapped securing scores of 50 % may be considered as TET pass.
- The TET score will be given weightage in the recruitment process.
Validity of OTET Certificate
The validity period of the OTET qualifying certificate/mark sheet has been for a minimum period of 7 yrs.’ from the date of the OTET Examination.