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The national reading list is standard. The state history section has no textbook, and assembling it is the preparation that pays.
APPSC Group 2 · 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.
Checked 19 September 2026
The 2023 cycle reached provisional selection in January 2026; no new notification as at 11 September 2026
Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission
A bachelor’s degree; law, commerce and computer qualifications for specific post codes
Objective screening test → two objective mains papers → qualifying computer proficiency test
Notes
| Paper | Section | What to work from |
|---|---|---|
| Screening | General studies | Standard degree-level texts for Indian history, geography and society; a current affairs digest kept weekly. |
| Screening | Mental ability | A reasoning and data interpretation question bank. Volume over source. |
| Mains Paper I | Social and cultural history of Andhra Pradesh | The state’s own history as published by its universities and the state archives — the dynasties of the Andhra region, the social reform movements, the freedom struggle in the Andhra districts, the formation and reorganisation of the state. Built as a timeline file. |
| Mains Paper I | Indian Constitution | A standard Constitution and polity text, read to the institutions and amendments. |
| Mains Paper II | Indian and Andhra Pradesh economy | A standard Indian economy text, plus the state’s socio-economic survey and budget for the post-2014 economy. |
| Mains Paper II | Science and technology | A science and technology reader with a current developments digest. |
| Computer proficiency | Office automation | A word processor, spreadsheet and presentation tool used daily; a typing tutor. No book substitutes for the keyboard. |
Seventy-five marks of Andhra Pradesh history is examined as dynasties, movements, figures and dates in sequence. One timeline file — from the Satavahanas through the medieval kingdoms, the colonial Andhra districts, the linguistic-state movement, the formation of the state, the Telangana agitation as it bore on Andhra, and the 2014 reorganisation — revised monthly, is the single most exam-specific document a Group 2 candidate can own.
Exam resources
Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.
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