SCREENING TEST SYLLABUS FOR GROUP-I SERVICES
GENERAL STUDIES AND MENTAL ABILITY (OBJECTIVE
TYPE)
1. Events of National and International
importance.
2. Current affairs - International, National and
Regional.
3. General Science and its applications to the day
to day life and Contemporary developments in Science & Technology and
Information Technology
4. Geography - World, National and Andhra Pradesh.
5. History of India Ancient, Medieval, Modern
–socio-cultural, Economic and political affairs with special emphasis on Indian
National Movement.
6. Indian Polity and Governance; Constitutional
issues, public policy formulation and implementation, Governance Reforms and
e-governance initiatives.
7. Economic development in India since
Independence- role of planning; Planning Commission, Niti Ayog, India’s
economic problems such as poverty and unemployment, agrarian crisis, irrigation
and water, sustainable development, inflation and balance of payments, growth
with stability, growth with Social justice
8. Centre State relations, Finance Commissions,
Sharing of Resources between Centre and States – Decentralization
9. India’s Economic reforms –Banking, Financial,
trade and social sector; New challenges in a Globalized context – Global
competition, Financial market instabilities, FDI flows, GST etc.,
10. Environmental degradation and challenges -
Sustainable Development and Environment Protection.
11. Disaster Management; Vulnerability profile,
prevention and mitigation strategies Application of remote sensing and GIS in
the assessment of Disaster.
12. Logical reasoning, analytical ability and data
interpretation.
13. Data Analysis: a) Tabulation of data b) Visual
representation of data c) Basic data analysis, Summary Statistics such as mean
and variance coefficient of variation etc., and Interpretation
14. Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and its
Administrative, Economic, Social, Cultural, Political, and legal
implications/problems, including
a). Loss of capital city, challenges in building
new capital and it’s financial implications.
b). Division and rebuilding of common
Institutions.
c). Division of employees, their relocation and
nativity issues.
d). Effect of bifurcation on commerce and
entrepreneurs.
e). Implications to financial resources of state
government.
f). Task of post-bifurcation infrastructure
development and opportunities for investments.
g). socioeconomic, cultural and demographic impact
of bifurcation.
h). Impact of bifurcation on river water sharing
and consequential issues.
i). AP REORGANISATION ACT, 2014 and the
arbitrariness of certain provisions.