APPSC Group – 1 Exam Pattern Details

APPSC Group – 1 Exam Pattern Details: Group – 1 exam conducted by Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission – APPSC for the posts of various Subordinate Service Departments and Ministrial Services in A.P State.The Scheme of exam consist written examination with Objective type Paper and Conventional type papers and Interview. APPSC Group – 1 exam pattern details given below.
APPSC Group – 1 exam conducts in 3 stages
1) Preliminary Examination

2) Main’s Examination

3) Interview/Oral Test
1) Preliminary Examination: This exam only screening test to filter the candidates for the next stage examination. The exam consists of one objective type paper. Minimum qualifying marks will be given this written examination for Reservation candidates and others.
Preliminary Examination Subjects, Maximum marks, Time duration details given below

Subject	No.of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time Duration
General Studies & Mental Ability (Objective Type)	150	150	2½  Hours
	Total	150

2) Main Examination: Candidate’s who are qualified in preliminary examination they go to second stage Main examination. This exam contains the 5 papers with conventional type in degree standard syllabus .The General English paper is for qualifying one and these paper marks are not counted for final ranking.The question papers except General English may be answered in English or Telugu or Urdu chosen by the candidate’s. Minimum qualifying marks will be given for SC/ST/PH, BC’s candidates and others.
Main Examination Subjects, Maximum marks, Time duration details given below.

	Subject	Maximum Marks	Time Duration
	General English (Conventional Type)	150	3 Hours Time Duration for all conventional type Papers
Paper -  I	General Essay	150
Paper -II	i. History & Cultural heritage of India with emphasis on 20th century history of India. ii. Social history of Andhra Pradesh i.e., the history of various social and cultural movements in Andhra Pradesh iii. General overview of the Indian Constitution	150
Paper -III	i) Planning in India & Indian Economy ii) Land Reforms and social changes in Andhra Pradesh after independence iii) Andhra Pradesh’s Economy, present status	150
Paper -IV	The role and impact of Science &Technology in the development of India with emphasis on the applied aspects ii) General awareness with the modern trends in life sciences. iii) Development and environmental problems	150
Paper – V	i) Data appreciation and interpretation ii) The candidates will be asked to draw their own conclusion from the data presented in the tabular form in graphical or otherwise iii) Problem solving – duly structured situation will be presented to the candidates and they will be asked to suggest their own solutions to the problem arising out of situation. Alternatively, they may be called upon to prove the understanding of the situation by answering certain searching questions based on the situation	150
	Total	750

3) Interview/Oral Test: Candidate’s who are appeared and eligible in Main examination they will be called for Interview. This test Carries 75 marks. In this Interview board will test candidate’s attitudes, decision making etc.

APPSC Group 1 Selection Process Details
APPSC Group 1 SYllabus