APPSC Group-4 Syllabus, Exam Pattern

APPSC Group 4 Syllabus

APPSC Group 4 Exam Pattern

S. No	Exam Type	Subjects	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1.	Objective Type	General Studies	150	150	150 Minutes
2.	Secretarial Abilities		150	150	150 Minutes
Total			300	300

Paper 1 – General Studies, Mental Ability, and Language Ability:

• Current Affairs of National importance
• History and Geography of Andhra Pradesh
• Mental Ability
• Language Ability: Intended to test the candidate’s proficiency in the use of language ability for
• Comprehension
• Summarization
• Idiomatic usage
• Vocabulary and usage detection of mistakes
• Absurdities

Paper II (Concerned Subject):

Foundation of Education

• Nature and Scope of Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Education.
• Idealism; Naturalism; Pragmatism; Realism; Existentialism.
• Gandhi; Tagore; Aurobindo; Vivekananda; Jiddu Krishna Murthy.
• Socialization and Education; Social change and Education; Culture and Education; Modernization and Education; Equality of Educational opportunities.
• Education of Weaker Sections.

Educational Psychology

• Introduction To Educational Psychology.
• Growth and Development.
• Individual difference and its assessment.
• Statistics

Trends In Education

• Universalization of Education
• Wastage and stagnation in Education
• Adult Education and Functional literacy
• Non-Formal Education
• School and Community Relationships
• Medium of instruction
• Family life and population Education
• Moral Education
• National and Emotional integration
• International understanding
• Education of the socially and culturally disadvantaged
• Lifelong Education
• Teacher Education
• Vocational Education and Vocationalisation of Education.
• Common Entrance Examinations and Centralised admissions into the basic courses in Andhra Pradesh.
• Recommendations of various Education Commissions and Committees.

APPSC Group 4 SSC Syllabus

Exam Pattern:

S. No	Exam Type	Subjects	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1.	Objective Type	General Studies	150	150	150 Minutes
2.	Concerned Subjects		150	150	150 Minutes
Total			300	300

Paper 1 – General Studies:

• History
• Geography
• Civics
• Economics
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Botany
• Zoology
• Current Affairs

Disaster Management

• Concepts in disaster management and vulnerability profile of India / State of A.P
• Earthquakes / Cyclones / Tsunami / Floods / Drought – causes and effects.
• Man made disasters – Prevention strategies.
• Mitigation strategies / Mitigation measures.
• Paper -II – Secretarial Abilities
• Mental Ability (Verbal and non-verbal)
• Logical Reasoning
• Comprehension
• Re-arrangement of sentences with a view to improving analysis of a passage
• Numerical and Arithmetical abilities.