Paper I ready · Paper II coming soon in Medha AI. Paper I: APPSC Paper I: General Studies & Mental Ability · Paper II: Environmental Engineering (common subject) Coming soon
Full numbered syllabus: every topic, chapter and micro-topic (printable)
The common APPSC Paper I in English and Telugu: mostly general-awareness recall of history, geography, economy and current events, with about a fifth on reasoning and data analysis. Item 7 (environment) overlaps Paper II.
1. Current events
- Major current events and issues: international, national and Andhra Pradesh
2. General science
- General science and its applications to daily life
- Contemporary developments in science and technology and information technology
3. History of India
- Social, economic, cultural and political aspects
- Focus on Andhra Pradesh and the Indian National Movement
4. Geography
- Geography of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh
5. Indian polity and governance
- Constitutional issues
- Public policy and reforms
- e-Governance initiatives
6. Indian economy and planning
7. Sustainable development and environmental protection
- Sustainable development
- Environmental protection
8. Disaster management
- Vulnerability profile
- Prevention and mitigation strategies
- Remote sensing and GIS in assessing disasters
9. Logical reasoning
- Logical reasoning
- Analytical ability and logical interpretation
10. Data analysis
- Tabulation and visual representation of data
- Summary statistics: mean, median, mode and variance
- Interpretation
A degree-standard paper in English only: seven of ten units are environmental studies, and three are engineering (materials, fluid mechanics, process calculations and thermodynamics). The notification gives no marks per unit.
1. Ecosystems
- Definition, scope, classification, structure and function
- Food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids
- Energy flow and biogeochemical cycles
- Bioaccumulation and biomagnification
- Ecosystem value, services and carrying capacity
2. Natural resources
- Living and non-living resources
- Surface and ground water use and over-use; floods and droughts; dams: benefits and problems
- Mineral resources and the environmental effects of mining
- Land and forest resources
- Energy needs; renewable, non-renewable and alternate energy sources
3. Biodiversity and biotic resources
- Genetic, species and ecosystem diversity
- Values: consumptive, productive, social, ethical, aesthetic and optional
- India as a mega-diversity nation; biodiversity hot spots
- Threats: habitat loss, poaching, man-wildlife conflict
- In-situ and ex-situ conservation; the National Biodiversity Act
4. Engineering materials
- Structure and properties of engineering materials
- Phase diagrams
- Heat treatment
- Stress-strain diagrams
5. Fluid mechanics and hydraulics
- Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids; fluid properties; manometers
- Fluid kinematics: stream function and velocity potential
- Continuity, Bernoulli and impulse-momentum equations
- Laminar and turbulent pipe flow; Reynolds number; Hagen-Poiseuille and Darcy-Weisbach equations; friction factor; losses in pipes, bends and fittings
- Dimensional analysis and similarity laws; elementary boundary layer theory
6. Process calculations and thermodynamics
- Conservation of mass and energy; tie components
- Recycle, bypass and purge calculations; degrees of freedom
- First and second laws of thermodynamics and their applications
- Equations of state and properties of real systems
7. Air, water, soil and noise pollution and control
- Primary and secondary air pollutants; particulate control; SOx and NOx control; automobile and industrial pollution; ambient air quality standards
- Water pollution sources; drinking water standards
- Wastewater treatment: primary, secondary, tertiary; grit chambers, sedimentation tanks, trickling filters, oxidation ponds, activated sludge, septic tanks, sludge disposal, wastewater recycling
- Soil pollution and degradation; impacts of modern agriculture
- Noise sources, health hazards and standards
8. Solid and industrial waste management
- Municipal solid waste: collection, segregation, transport and processing technologies
- E-waste: composition, characteristics and management
- Bioremediation
9. Global problems, policies and laws
- Climate change; ozone depletion and ozone-depleting substances; deforestation and desertification
- Earth Summit, Kyoto Protocol, Montreal Protocol, Paris agreement
- Environment (Protection) Act, Air Act, Water Act, Forest Act, Wildlife Act
- Rules on municipal solid waste, bio-medical waste and hazardous waste
10. Environmental impact assessment and sustainable future
- EIA structure and baseline data methods; air, water, biological and socio-economic impacts
- Risk assessment; Environmental Management Plan (EMP)
- Sustainable development; population growth; consumerism; urban sprawl; human health; environmental education and ethics
- Green buildings, ecological footprint, life cycle assessment, low-carbon lifestyle
Each wrong answer costs 1/3 of the question's 1 mark, that is 0.33 marks (G.O.Ms.No.235, Finance, 06/12/2016).
Each wrong answer costs 1/3 of the marks for that question.
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