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ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION: VIJAYAWADA

SYLLABUS FOR SCREENING AND MAIN EXAMINATION

For the recruitment to the post of Group – II Services

  • SYLLABUS FOR SCREENING TEST
    • GENERAL STUDIES AND MENTAL ABILITY (150 Marks)
  • INDIAN HISTORY (30 Marks)
    • Ancient History: Salient features of Indus Valley Civilization and Vedic age - Emergence of Buddhism and Jainism - Mauryan Empire and Gupta Empire: Their administration, Socio-Economic and Religious Conditions, Art and Architecture, Literature - Harshavardhana and his Achievements.
    • Medieval History: The Chola Administrative System - Delhi Sultanate and The Mughal Empire: Their Administration, Socio-Economic and Religious Conditions, Art and Architecture, Language and Literature - Bhakti and Sufi Movements - Shivaji and the rise of Maratha Empire - Advent of Europeans.
    • Modern History: 1857 Revolt and its Impact - Rise and Consolidation of British Power in India - Changes in Administration, Social and Cultural Spheres - Social and Religious Reform Movements in the 19th and 20th Century - Indian National Movement: its various stages and important contributors and contributions from different parts of the country - Post Independence Consolidation and Reorganization within the country.
  • GEOGRAPHY (30 Marks)
    • General and Physical Geography: The Earth in our Solar System - Interior of the Earth - Major Landforms and their features - Climate: Structure and Composition of Atmosphere - Ocean Water: Tides, Waves, Currents - India and Andhra Pradesh: Major Physiographic features, Climate, Drainage System, Soils and Vegetation - Natural Hazards and Disasters and their Management.
    • Economic Geography of India and AP: Natural resources and their distribution - Agriculture and Agro based Activities - Distribution of Major Industries and Major Industrial Regions. Transport, Communication, Tourism and Trade.
    • Human Geography of India and AP: Human Development - Demographics - Urbanization and Migration - Racial, Tribal, Religious and Linguistic groups.
  • INDIAN SOCIETY (30 Marks)
    • Structure of Indian Society: Family, Marriage, Kinship, Caste, Tribe, Ethnicity, Religion and Women.
    • Social Issues: Casteism, Communalism and Regionalisation, Crime against Women, Child Abuse and Child Labour, Youth Unrest and Agitation.
    • Welfare Mechanism: Public Policies and Welfare Programmes, Constitutional and Statutory Provisions for Schedule Castes, Schedule Tribes, Minorities, BCs, Women, Disabled and Children.
  • CURRENT AFFAIRS (30 Marks)
    • Major Current Events and Issues pertaining to International, National and State of Andhra Pradesh.
  • MENTAL ABILITY (30 Marks)
    • Logical Reasoning (Deductive, Inductive, Abductive): Statement and Assumptions, Statement and Argument, Statement and Conclusion, Statement and Courses of Action.
    • Mental Ability: Number Series, Letter Series, Odd Man out, Coding-Decoding, Problems relating to Relations, Shapes and their Sub Sections.
    • Basic Numeracy: Number System, Order of Magnitude, Averages, Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Simple and Compound Interest, Time and Work and Time and Distance. Data Analysis (Tables, bar diagram, Line graph, Pie-chart).
  • Posted by: Virat IAS
  • Date: 2nd October 2025

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