India, April 27 -- Certain anomalies were found in the question papers of competitive examinations conducted by the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) and Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) today.

The errors have caused resentment among the candidates who appeared for the competitive examinations at various centres across the state.

Candidates appearing for the Odisha Civil Services (Main) Exams-2023, conducted by the OPSC, detected the errors in the question papers of Anthropology Paper-I.

The candidates reportedly found questions from syllabus meant for the Anthropology Paper-II instead of Paper-I.

However, the OPSC authorities went ahead with the examination despite acknowledging the errors

"The candidates were asked ...