APPSC Group-4 Syllabus
APPSC Group-4 Syllabus

Contents

APPSC Group 4 Syllabus

APPSC Group 4 Exam Pattern

S. NoExam TypeSubjectsNo. of QuestionsMarksDuration
1.Objective TypeGeneral Studies150150150 Minutes
2.Secretarial Abilities150150150 Minutes
Total300300

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. NoExam TypeSubjectsNo. of QuestionsMarksDuration
1.Objective TypeGeneral Studies150150150 Minutes
2.Concerned Subjects150150150 Minutes
Total300300

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.

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