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Andhra Pradesh Departmental Tests · 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
Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission
Two a year, labelled May and November; the examinations run some weeks after the label
Notification No. 03/2026 for the May 2026 session — results published 17 August 2026
₹500 a paper plus a ₹500 application processing fee
Pattern
| Test | Qualifying rule |
|---|---|
| Accounts tests, Revenue Test, treasuries, jail, registration, local fund audit, Evidence Act, Civil Judicial Part I | 40 marks in each paper, each paper passable separately |
| Divisional Test Parts I and II; Works Accounts Service | 40 per cent in each paper and 45 per cent in aggregate |
| Criminal Judicial Test | Papers I and II together and Papers III and IV together at 40 per cent; all papers to be passed at one sitting; law graduates exempt from Papers I and II |
| Forest officers, fire, excise, forest ministerial, Civil Judicial Part II | Specified paper pairs assessed together at 40 per cent |
| Descriptive language and survey papers | 40 marks in each paper |
| Special language tests, lower standard | No minimum prescribed in the written examination |
| Third Class Language Test | Viva-voce only, minimum 40 |
Because there is no negative marking and the answer key is not opened to objection, the objective papers reward answering every question and accepting the key. The preparation question is not how to score but which paper to sit and which family’s rule applies to it.
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
Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.
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