SELECT 
  * 
FROM 
  cscart_zipcode_validator_group 
WHERE 
  status = 'A' 
  AND (
    product_ids != '' 
    OR category_ids != ''
  )

Query time 0.00021

JSON explain

{
  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "cost_info": {
      "query_cost": "2.03"
    },
    "table": {
      "table_name": "cscart_zipcode_validator_group",
      "access_type": "ALL",
      "rows_examined_per_scan": 4,
      "rows_produced_per_join": 1,
      "filtered": "25.00",
      "cost_info": {
        "read_cost": "1.93",
        "eval_cost": "0.10",
        "prefix_cost": "2.03",
        "data_read_per_join": "296"
      },
      "used_columns": [
        "id",
        "company_id",
        "group_name",
        "zipcode",
        "product_ids",
        "category_ids",
        "status"
      ],
      "attached_condition": "((`wearethehelpful_scalesta_net`.`cscart_zipcode_validator_group`.`status` = 'A') and ((`wearethehelpful_scalesta_net`.`cscart_zipcode_validator_group`.`product_ids` <> '') or (`wearethehelpful_scalesta_net`.`cscart_zipcode_validator_group`.`category_ids` <> '')))"
    }
  }
}