APPSC · Notification No. 13/2026

APPSC Supervisor Grade I 2026

31 posts, two papers

  • 31 posts
  • Apply by 5 Nov 2026
  • 2 papers · 300 marks
  • 150 min per paper
  • Paper I ready · Paper II coming soon
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Official notification 13/2026 (PDF)

At a glance

Important dates

Notification
16 October 2026
Apply from
16 October 2026
Last date
5 November 2026, 11:59 PM
Exam date
Not announced yet

Vacancies

31 posts · provisional

Supervisor Grade I exam pattern

PaperQsMinMarks
Paper I: General Studies & Mental Ability 150 150 150
Paper II: Home Science & Social Work 150 150 150
Total300

Paper I + Paper II: Home Science & Social Work (coming soon)

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What Supervisor Grade I really tests

Biggest block: Food groups, processing, cooking & quality (16%). How questions are asked.

Notification 13/2026 fills 31 zonal Supervisor Grade I posts in Women Development and Child Welfare, open only to women. Merit is decided by a 300-mark CBT (GS & Mental Ability plus Home Science & Social Work), then a qualifying computer test; no interview.

Based on Paper II: the 2022 Extension Officer (Supervisor) Grade I paper, same scheme. Paper I: the common GS & MA paper in 2022 and 2025.

  1. Food groups, processing, cooking & quality16%
  2. Social work: concepts, history & ethics12%
  3. Child growth, development & pre-school9%
  4. Nutrients, deficiencies, food poisoning & allergy7%
  5. Methods: case work, group work, community organisation7%
  6. Fields of social work & voluntary sector7%
  7. Women: status, laws & State women's welfare department7%
  8. Diet therapy & meal planning6%
  9. Other topics29%
Share of questions by topic in the real papers.

Difficulty in the real papers

  • Easy 51%
  • Medium 42%
  • Hard 7%
  • Paper II came in three blocks of 50: Child Development, Food Science & Nutrition, Social Work. Give each a third of your time.
  • About 20 of the 50 Child Development questions were really extension and rural development. Home Science graduates often skip this part.
  • Social work questions named authors and dates: Biestek, Trecker, Konopka, Murray Ross, Poor Law (1601), London COS (1869), Tata school (1936).
  • Food groups and food processing alone gave 24 questions (16%): germination, fermentation, Maillard browning, cooking temperatures, the hedonic scale.

How questions are asked

  • Negative stems (NOT / EXCEPT / FALSE): 71 of 150 (47%)
  • Plain direct concept questions: 29%
  • Facts (year, number, law, person): 11%; name the defined term: 10%
  • No match, multi-statement, assertion-reason or numerical questions in Paper II

The job and who can apply

Qualification, age limit and selection

A Grade I Supervisor works in an ICDS project between the Child Development Project Officer and the anganwadi workers.

Qualification
A degree in Home Science, Social Work (BSW) or Sociology, B.Sc. (Hons.) Food Science and Nutrition, or one of eight listed B.Sc. nutrition combinations, held on 16.10.2026.
Age
18 to 44 years as on 01.07.2026; 5 years more for SC, ST, BC and EWS, 10 for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities.
Also
Women only; appointment is subject to medical fitness.
Also
Zonal post: 95% of posts in each zone are for local candidates of that zone.
Also
Fee: Rs. 250 processing plus Rs. 80 exam fee (Rs. 80 waived for SC, ST, BC, PBD, ex-servicemen, white-card families, unemployed youth).
  1. Written exam (objective, computer-based, CBRT)Two compulsory papers, 150 marks each, 300 in all; merit decides selection. Minimum aggregate: 40% OC, 35% BC, 30% SC/ST/PBD.
  2. Computer Proficiency Test (qualifying)60 minutes, 100 marks: MCQs, typing, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Must pass; not counted in rank.
  3. Certificate verification and medical fitnessDocuments for eligibility, local status and reservation are checked. There is no interview.

Supervisor Grade I syllabus

2 papers, 37 topics

Paper I ready · Paper II coming soon in Medha AI. Paper I: APPSC Paper I: General Studies & Mental Ability · Paper II: Home Science & Social Work Coming soon

Full numbered syllabus: every topic, chapter and micro-topic (printable)

Paper I: General Studies & Mental Ability

150 questions · 150 min · 150 marks

The common APPSC GS & MA paper: mostly recall of history, geography and current events with an Andhra Pradesh focus. About 25-30 reasoning and data-analysis questions need practice, not memory.

1. Current events
  • Major current events and issues: international, national and Andhra Pradesh
2. General science
  • Science in day-to-day life
  • Contemporary developments in science & technology and IT
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. Polity and governance
  • Constitutional issues
  • Public policy and reforms
  • e-Governance initiatives
6. Economy
  • Indian economy and planning
7. Environment
  • Sustainable development and environmental protection
8. Disaster management
  • Vulnerability profile
  • Prevention and mitigation strategies
  • Remote sensing and GIS in disaster assessment
9. Reasoning
  • Logical reasoning, analytical ability and logical interpretation
10. Data analysis
  • Tabulation and visual representation of data
  • Mean, median, mode and variance
  • Interpretation

Paper II: Home Science & Social Work

150 questions · 150 min · 150 marks

Degree-level Home Science and Social Work theory as short recall questions. In 2022 each of the three syllabus items got exactly 50 questions; Social Work goes deepest (authors, principles, definitions).

1. Food Science and Nutrition
  • Food groups: energy, body-building and protective foods; cereals, millets, legumes, oilseeds, milk, flesh foods, egg, fish, vegetables, fruits and their nutritive value
  • Selection, storage, processing and cooking and their effect on nutrients and palatability; evaluation of food quality, subjective tests, score cards
  • Food poisoning and food allergy; functions, sources and deficiency signs of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals; nutritional inter-relationships
  • Nutrient needs through the life cycle: adulthood, pregnancy, lactation, infancy, pre-school, school age, adolescence; vulnerable groups
  • Meal planning; diet in anaemia, PCM, Vitamin A deficiency, fever, GI tract diseases, obesity, diabetes, heart and renal diseases
  • Assessment of nutritional status: clinical, biochemical, anthropometry, biophysical, diet surveys
2. Child Development (also extension, rural development and community nutrition)
  • Growth and development: prenatal and postnatal care, premature baby, breast vs bottle feeding, weaning, immunisation, development from infancy to adolescence, play, language, habit formation
  • Creches and balwadis; pre-school education and the pre-school child
  • Population education; child and family welfare services; demography of children; child rights, the Constitution and laws; disabled, deserted and disturbed children
  • Agricultural productivity, food grain demand and supply, agricultural policy, credit, marketing, storage losses; rural reconstruction, community development and panchayats
  • Extension: principles, individual, group and mass methods, audio-visual aids, programme planning and evaluation, leadership, organising village women
  • Five Year Plans, problems of villages, national programmes for rural women and children (ANP, IRDP, SNP, adult literacy, ICDS, family welfare, Social Welfare Boards)
  • Improving community nutrition, nutrition intervention programmes, UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, FAO
3. Social Work
  • Concept, scope and nature; social welfare, social service, social reform, social action
  • History of social work in India and abroad; philosophy; professional and ethical values
  • Methods: case work, group work, community organisation (definition, scope, principles, values)
  • Fields: government, professional and voluntary work; youth, labour, correctional, medical and psychiatric social work; rural and urban community development; local self-government and Panchayati Raj
  • Family and child welfare; status and problems of women; laws on marriage, dowry, inheritance and maintenance; working women; women in need of special care
  • State Women's Welfare Department: organisation, functions and programmes

Each wrong answer costs 1/3 mark (0.33); the paper is in English and Telugu, and English is final.

Each wrong answer costs 1/3 of the marks for that question.

APPSC Paper I syllabus · APPSC Paper I study notes

A 12-week plan for Supervisor Grade I

5 phases, week by week

For a graduate in a listed subject with about 4 hours a day; the exam date is not announced, so shorten phases if needed.

  1. Week 1

    Apply and find your gap

    • Apply by 5 Nov 2026; check zone, local status and community in OTPR.
    • Take the 2022 Paper II in 150 minutes, scoring -0.33 per wrong answer.
    • Mark your weak block: Social Work or Food Science & Nutrition.

  2. Weeks 2-4

    Paper II: Food Science & Nutrition (50 questions)

    • Food groups, processing, cooking, Maillard browning, sensory tests and score cards.
    • One table per nutrient: function, source, deficiency; then diet therapy.
    • Paper I alongside: AP and Indian history; 20 reasoning questions every other day.

  3. Weeks 5-7

    Paper II: Child Development, extension and rural development (50 questions)

    • Child development, immunisation, play and language; child rights and laws.
    • Extension methods, AV aids, programme planning; ICDS, ANP, SNP, IRDP, Poshan 2.0.
    • Paper I alongside: geography of India and AP, and data analysis.

  4. Weeks 8-9

    Paper II: Social Work and women (50 questions)

    • Definitions and who said what; Poor Law 1601, COS 1869, Tata school 1936.
    • Methods: Biestek's principles, Trecker, Konopka, Murray Ross, Dunham.
    • Women's laws and the State Women's Welfare Department's structure and schemes.

  5. Weeks 10-12

    Paper I, current affairs and full tests

    • Polity, economy, environment, disaster management; 12 months of current events, AP first.
    • Full mocks of both papers in 150 minutes each; redo every NOT/EXCEPT you missed.
    • Practise the APPSC CBT mock and the Computer Proficiency Test tasks.

Mistakes that cost marks

5 traps seen in the real papers
  • Missing the NOT: nearly half the 2022 Paper II stems asked for the wrong or odd statement.
  • Studying only your own degree. Each Paper II block is 50 marks.
  • Ignoring Paper I: same 150 marks, with 25-30 reasoning and data questions that need practice.
  • Blind guessing: with -1/3 per wrong answer, guess only after ruling out an option.
  • Learning old names only: Section 125 CrPC is now Section 144 BNSS. Know both.

తెలుగులో సంక్షిప్తంగా

In brief, in Telugu

నోటిఫికేషన్ 13/2026 ద్వారా మహిళా అభివృద్ధి మరియు శిశు సంక్షేమ శాఖలో 31 జోనల్ సూపర్‌వైజర్ గ్రేడ్-I పోస్టులు భర్తీ చేస్తారు; ఇవి మహిళలకు మాత్రమే. ఎంపిక 300 మార్కుల కంప్యూటర్ ఆధారిత పరీక్ష (జనరల్ స్టడీస్ & మెంటల్ ఎబిలిటీ, హోమ్ సైన్స్ & సోషల్ వర్క్) మెరిట్ ఆధారంగా జరుగుతుంది, తర్వాత అర్హత కంప్యూటర్ పరీక్ష; ఇంటర్వ్యూ లేదు.

How to apply

Online at psc.ap.gov.in, by 5 Nov 2026
  1. Read notification 13/2026 on the official APPSC website.
  2. Go to psc.ap.gov.in. If you are new, register with One Time Profile Registration (OTPR).
  3. Apply online between 16 October 2026 and 5 November 2026, up to 11:59 PM.

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Dates are from the official notification, checked on 20 October 2026. We list an exam date only after the commission announces it. Recheck psc.ap.gov.in for changes. Vacancies in a notification are provisional and can change.

Sources: APPSC notification 13/2026 (16.10.2026): p. 1 (vacancies, pay, dates, CBRT, mock test), p. 2 (eligibility, qualifications), p. 3 (women only), p. 5 (age), pp. 5-6 (local candidates, zones), pp. 7-8 (how to apply, corrections), pp. 8-9 (fee), p. 9 (scheme, negative marking, normalisation, CPT shortlisting), p. 10 (Telugu version), p. 11 (distance degrees, selection, minimum marks), p. 12 (medical fitness), pp. 14-15 (Annexure I, vacancy break-up), pp. 16-18 (Annexure II, scheme and syllabus), pp. 18-20 (CPT scheme and syllabus); Medha AI level analysis: Supervisor Grade I Paper II, from the 2022 Extension Officer (Supervisor) Grade I paper, notification 21/2021, final key (docs/exams/SUP-level.md); Medha AI level analysis: common Paper I, from the 2022 and 2025 APPSC Assistant Statistical Officer papers, final keys (docs/exams/APPSC-P1-level.md).

APPSC Supervisor Grade I questions

14 common questions, answered
Can men apply for Supervisor Grade I?

No. Notification 13/2026 is only for women.

I have a B.Sc. in Food & Nutrition. Am I eligible?

Yes, if it is B.Sc. (Hons.) Food Science and Nutrition or one of the eight B.Sc. combinations listed in the notification.

What is the age limit?

18 to 44 years as on 01.07.2026. SC, ST, BC and EWS get 5 more years, Persons with Benchmark Disabilities 10 more years.

Is there an interview?

No. Merit in the 300-mark written exam decides; the Computer Proficiency Test is qualifying only.

When is the exam?

Not announced. It is computer-based (CBRT); hall tickets will be on psc.ap.gov.in.

How many posts are in my zone?

Zone I: 5, Zone II: 5, Zone III: 4, Zone IV: 7, Zone V: 5, Zone VI: 5 (31 in all).

Is Paper I the same as for other APPSC posts?

Yes, the common GS & MA paper, so one preparation serves the other 2026 posts that use it.

Is there a previous paper for this post?

Yes, one: the 2022 Paper II of Extension Officer (Supervisor) Grade I, with the same 150-question, 150-minute, 150-mark scheme.

When is the APPSC Supervisor Grade I exam 2026?

Not announced yet. Notification 13/2026 says the date will be announced later. Check the official APPSC website, psc.ap.gov.in.

What is the last date to apply for APPSC Supervisor Grade I?

Online applications are open from 16 October 2026 to 5 November 2026, up to 11:59 PM, on psc.ap.gov.in.

How many posts are there in APPSC Supervisor Grade I 2026?

31 posts as notified in 13/2026. The number is provisional and can change.

What is the APPSC Supervisor Grade I exam pattern?

Paper I: General Studies & Mental Ability (150 questions, 150 minutes, 150 marks). Paper II: Home Science & Social Work (150 questions, 150 minutes, 150 marks). Total 300 marks. Each wrong answer costs 1/3 of the marks for that question.

Is there a syllabus for APPSC Supervisor Grade I?

Yes. The scheme and syllabus are in an annexure of notification 13/2026. Paper I is General Studies & Mental Ability. You can practise it in Medha AI now with APPSC Paper I.

Where do I apply for APPSC Supervisor Grade I?

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