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APPSC Group 2 Syllabus

The syllabus is general studies with a state layer, and the state layer is a quarter of the mains on its own.

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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.

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APPSC Group 2: the facts that matter now

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The 2023 cycle reached provisional selection in January 2026; no new notification as at 11 September 2026
Current status
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Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission
Conducted by
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A bachelor’s degree; law, commerce and computer qualifications for specific post codes
Qualification
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Objective screening test → two objective mains papers → qualifying computer proficiency test
Stages

Syllabus

APPSC Group 2 — What the syllabus covers

Screening — General Studies and Mental Ability: Five parts of 30 marks: Indian history; geography of India and Andhra Pradesh; Indian society and social issues; current affairs of regional, national and international importance; and mental ability — reasoning, analytical ability and data interpretation. A subset of the mains, at degree standard.
Mains Paper I, Section A — Social and Cultural History of Andhra Pradesh: Seventy-five marks on the state alone: the Satavahanas, Ikshvakus, Eastern Chalukyas, Kakatiyas and Vijayanagara; the Qutb Shahis and Asaf Jahis in the Andhra region; the social reform and cultural movements; the freedom struggle in the Andhra districts; the formation of the state, the Telangana movement as it bore on it, and the 2014 reorganisation.
Mains Paper I, Section B — General Overview of the Indian Constitution: Seventy-five marks: the making and features of the Constitution; fundamental rights, duties and directive principles; the Union and the states; the legislature, executive and judiciary; local government; the constitutional bodies; and amendments.
Mains Paper II — Indian and Andhra Pradesh Economy: National income, planning, public finance, agriculture, industry and services, money and banking; and the economy of Andhra Pradesh — its resources, agriculture, irrigation, industry, infrastructure and development programmes since the bifurcation.
Mains Paper II — Science and Technology: The role of science and technology in development, applications in agriculture, health, energy and communication, information technology, space and defence, environment and current developments.
Computer proficiency test: Proficiency in office automation: multiple-choice questions on computer fundamentals, then practical tasks in word processing with typing speed, spreadsheets and presentations.

Read Section A of Paper I as an instruction, not a topic. Seventy-five marks of Andhra Pradesh history is examined as a subject with its own periodisation, dynasties, movements and dates, at a depth that no national state-PSC book reaches. It is simultaneously the section where an unprepared candidate loses most and the section where a prepared one gains most.