Presently the HPSSSB JOA Exam Syllabus consists of two different parts. At first, HPSSSB JOA Syllabus consists of a total of 170 objective type multiple choice questions only. Secondly, the whole exam syllabus has a preset marking scheme. Every question has a ½ mark for the right answer. Though the skill test is qualifying in nature. Firstly the subject-related part has questions from Computer Science / Computer Application / Information Technology / IT Enable Sectors ITES / Information Practices (IP) etc. Whereas the second part of the question paper has questions from General Knowledge including Himachal Pradesh GK, Current affairs, General Science, Logic and reasoning, Social science, General English, and General Hindi.
| S.N. | Subject | No. of Question | Marks |
| 1 | Technical Subject (Concerned Subject) | 120 | 60 |
| 2 | General Knowledge (including General Knowledge of Himachal Pradesh) Current Affairs Everyday Science Logic Social Science General English & General Hindi of Matric standard | 50 | 25 |
| Total | 170 | 85 |
Topics of subjects for the JOA Exam
General Knowledge
1. History of India.
2. General Politics.
3. Geography of India.
4. Current Events – National, International.
5. Indian Constitution.
6. Culture & Heritage of India.
7. Science & Technology etc.
8. Social Events related to India
General English
1. Antonyms.
2. Subject-Verb Agreement.
3. Sentence Rearrangement.
4. Passage Completion.
5. Vocabulary.
6. Grammar.
7. Synonyms.
8. Sentence Completion.
9. Word Formation.
10. Error Correction.
11. Comprehension.
12. Theme detection.
13. Unseen Passages.
14. Fill in the Blanks.
15. Idioms & Phrases.
General Hindi
1. Word purification.
2. word form.
3. Sentence purification.
4. Word knowledge.
5. sentence formation.
6. Character and sound ideas.
7. Grammatical categories.
8. Word type.
9. Glossary of Terms.
10. Use of punctuation marks.
11. Sentence type.
12. Idioms/phrases
13. Letter/format writing.
14. translation.
Computer Knowledge
1. Internet Usage.
2. Windows.
3. MS Word.
4. MS Excel.
5. Computer Software & Hardware
6. MS Office.
7. Introduction to Computer Science.
8. The Internet.
9. PC Software and Office Automation.
10. MS PowerPoint.
11. Workplace Productivity Tools.
12. Emerging Technologies and Web Publishing.
13. Database Management System.
14. Boolean Algebra.
15. Computer Networks.
16. Data Structures.
17. C Language
18. Linux
19. .Net
20. DBMS
21. HTML
22. CSS
23. Java Script
24. Networking (TCP/IP model)
Current Affairs
1. Sports.
2. Banking.
3. Awards.
4. Economy.
5. Current Events.
6. International Affairs.
Reasoning
1. Artificial Language.
2. Letter and Symbol Series.
3. Verbal Classification.
4. Essential Part.
5. Number Series.
6. Analogies.
7. Verbal Reasoning.
8. Statement and Conclusion.
9. Making Judgments.
10. Matching Definitions.
11. Logical Problems.
