Cycle 2025
DRAFT — unverified
Unverified — pending official notification check.
Pattern from commission website and official notifications.
Main Session
| Section | Timing | Questions | Marks / Q | Negative | Nature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Studies | Not timed separately | 120 | 1 | −0.333 | Scored |
Main Session
| Section | Timing | Questions | Marks / Q | Negative | Nature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Aptitude | Not timed separately | 120 | 1 | −0.333 | Scored |
Descriptive papers as per APPSC pattern.
Personality test.
Preliminary Examination · General Studies Paper I · Main Session — qualifying criteria
Merit paper for Mains shortlisting.
Preliminary Examination · General Aptitude Paper II · Main Session — qualifying criteria
Merit paper for Mains shortlisting.
Main Examination — note
Descriptive papers as per APPSC pattern.
Interview — note
Personality test.
Source: Official APPSC Group-I notification (07/2026 pattern); scheme follows the official notification on psc.ap.gov.in · official document
Paper I: General Studies (120 questions, 120 marks, 120 minutes — Screening)
Paper II: General Aptitude (120 questions, 120 marks, 120 minutes — Screening)
Qualifying Paper I: Telugu (150 marks, 180 minutes — Qualifying)
Qualifying Paper II: English (150 marks, 180 minutes — Qualifying)
Paper I: General Essay (150 marks, 180 minutes — Merit)
Paper II: History, Culture and Geography of India and Andhra Pradesh (150 marks, 180 minutes — Merit)
Paper III: Polity, Constitution, Governance, Law and Ethics (150 marks, 180 minutes — Merit)
Paper IV: Economy and Development of India and Andhra Pradesh (150 marks, 180 minutes — Merit)
Paper V: Science, Technology and Environmental Issues (150 marks, 180 minutes — Merit)
Current pattern per APPSC Group-I 2026 notification (Notification No. 07/2026, 163 vacancies): screening test 2 papers x 120 marks, negative marking 1/3rd; mains 7 descriptive papers x 150 marks (2 qualifying languages + 5 merit papers); interview 75; final merit out of 825. Prelims marks are NOT counted for final merit. Official scheme and syllabus are in the notification on psc.ap.gov.in; the detailed topic text here follows the official notification as reproduced by commission-cited sources.
Source: APPSC official announcements as reproduced by jagranjosh/adda247 — official cut-offs publish with screening-test results on psc.ap.gov.in
Previous recruitment cycle (Notification No. 27/2018, screening test held 26/05/2019)· Prelims
Notification No. 27/2018 — revised screening test result published 29/10/2020 (single official cut-off across categories as announced)· Prelims
Notification No. 27/2018 cycle — minimum qualifying marks fixed in the official notification· Prelims
The 88.85 cut-off and the 96/84/72 qualifying marks are from APPSC's official announcements (via jagranjosh reproduction) — not re-verified against psc.ap.gov.in in this pass. The category-wise 91.50/88.00/91.50/82.50/69.00 set is a third-party (adda247) compilation of the previous cycle. Note that in the 27/2018 cycle APPSC announced a single cut-off of 88.85, which differs from third-party category-wise compilations — treat with caution. No officially published category-wise cut-offs were found for the 2022-2026 cycles (new pattern introduced).