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Andhra Pradesh Police Exam Pattern

Three tests, but only the last one — or the last two, for armed posts — counts. Knowing which is which decides where a year of preparation goes.

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Andhra Pradesh Police · checked 19 September 2026

Andhra Pradesh Police at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

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Checked 19 September 2026

Andhra Pradesh Police: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    Seven notifications issued on 16–17 September 2026 for 2,197 posts; application and preliminary-test dates to be announced by press release

    Current status

  2. 02

    SI Civil 253, RSI (AR) 116, SI SPF 9; Constable Civil 542, Constable AR 285, Firemen 158, Warders 171; Constable Communications 200, Drivers 198…

    2026 vacancies

  3. 03

    Andhra Pradesh State Level Police Recruitment Board

    Conducted by

  4. 04

    Degree; preliminary test, PMT and PET, then a four-paper final written examination

    Sub-Inspector

Pattern

Andhra Pradesh Police — How the paper is structured

What each stage contributes to the final result, by post code.
StageCivil SIReserve SICivil ConstableAPSP Constable
Preliminary written testScreens onlyScreens onlyScreens onlyScreens only
Physical measurementQualifyingQualifyingQualifyingQualifying
Physical efficiencyQualifying100 marksQualifying100 marks
Final written — language papersQualifyingQualifying——
Final written — objective400 marks200 marks200 marks100 marks
Total for merit400300200200

The consequence of that table is a planning rule. For Civil posts the physical test is a bar to clear and the final written paper is the whole result; for armed posts the track is worth a third to a half of the total and is the cheapest place to gain marks, because a minute off a run time is worth more than the equivalent effort in general studies.

Rules that decide candidacies

  • Qualifying marks apply per paper, not in aggregate — a Sub-Inspector candidate who clears the preliminary general studies paper comfortably and misses the arithmetic paper by a mark is out.
  • Language-paper failure voids the objective papers — the board does not evaluate Papers III and IV for a candidate who has failed Paper I or II. There is no compensation from a strong objective score.
  • Physical measurement is not re-tested — a candidate measured below the standard on the day is out, and the notifications say a request for re-measurement will not be entertained.
  • Marks are awarded for one bubble only — a question with two bubbles darkened scores as no answer — zero, not a deduction, since there is no negative marking.

Confirm the structure against your own notification

APPSC revises paper structure, marks, syllabus detail and eligibility between recruitment cycles, and has done so more than once in recent years. Everything here describes the shape the recruitment has held; the notification for the cycle you are sitting is the document that decides it. Read it end to end before you plan around any figure.

Exam resources

Everything for Andhra Pradesh Police

Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.

Andhra Pradesh Police SyllabusAP Police SI and Constable syllabus — what the preliminary and final written tests cover, at which standard, and where the two posts differ.Andhra Pradesh Police Exam PatternAP Police SI and Constable exam pattern — the preliminary screening, the physical tests, the final written examination and how each post’s total is built.Andhra Pradesh Police Previous PapersAP Police SI and Constable previous papers — what the board publishes, what it does not, and what to practise on instead.Andhra Pradesh Police Mock TestsAP Police SI and Constable mock tests — practising to the board’s no-negative-marking rule and its per-paper qualifying thresholds.Andhra Pradesh Police PreparationAP Police SI and Constable preparation — a plan that gives the physical test and the final written paper their real weight, with the preliminary as a gate.Andhra Pradesh Police Study MaterialAP Police SI and Constable study material — what to read for each paper, at which standard, and what to do about the state layer.

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