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APPSC Group 1 Syllabus

The syllabus reads as a general studies list with an Andhra Pradesh layer running through it. That layer is not decoration: it is where the marks that separate candidates sit.

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APPSC Group 1 · checked 19 September 2026

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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APPSC Group 1: the facts that matter now

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Brief Notification No. 07/2026 of 15 September 2026 — 163 provisional vacancies in Group-I Services, online applications tentatively 6 to 27…
Current status
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Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission
Conducted by
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A bachelor’s degree; Fire Officer prefers fire engineering, and uniformed posts carry physical standards
Qualification
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Objective screening test → seven descriptive mains papers → interview
Stages

Syllabus

APPSC Group 1 — What the syllabus covers

Screening — Paper I, General Studies: Four parts of 30 marks: the history and culture of India and Andhra Pradesh; the Constitution, polity, social justice and international relations; the economy and planning of India and Andhra Pradesh; and geography. A single retrievable fact per question.
Screening — Paper II, General Aptitude: General mental ability, administrative and psychological abilities for 60 marks; science and technology for 30; current events of regional, national and international importance for 30. The half of the screening that rewards drilled method over reading.
Mains — Paper I, General Essay: Essays on themes drawn from public affairs, social questions, economic policy and Andhra Pradesh-specific topics. Marked on structure, evidence and balance rather than on length.
Mains — Paper II, History, Culture and Geography of India and Andhra Pradesh: Indian history and culture with weight on the modern period; the history and cultural heritage of Andhra Pradesh — its dynasties, literature, movements and the road to the residuary state; and the physical, economic and social geography of India and of the state.
Mains — Paper III, Polity, Constitution, Governance, Law and Ethics: The Constitution, its features and the distribution of powers; governance, public administration and accountability; the legal framework an administrator works within; and ethics, integrity and aptitude for public service — examined as a component of its own.
Mains — Paper IV, Economy and Development of India and Andhra Pradesh: The Indian economy, planning and public finance; and the economy of Andhra Pradesh specifically — its resources, agriculture, irrigation, industry, the capital question and the state’s own development programmes since the bifurcation.
Mains — Paper V, Science, Technology and Environmental Issues: The role of science and technology in development, its applications in agriculture, health, energy and communication, current developments, and environmental issues, disaster management and sustainable development.
Mains — Telugu and English: Qualifying papers testing comprehension, précis, translation and composition. They carry no merit marks, and they end candidacies — because they are the papers candidates prepare for last.

Two syllabus lines deserve to be read as instructions rather than as topics. The Andhra Pradesh clause in Papers II and IV means state history and state economy at a depth national material does not reach. And "law and ethics" in Paper III means a component with its own question types — case-based, situational, argued — which a candidate who prepared polity alone will meet for the first time in the hall.