List of topics which are newly added in the Group I syllabus (APPSC):
Paper I: General Essay
Economic and health problems
Conflict Resolution
Decision Making
Ecological intelligence
Paper II:
Rise of Mauryans
Ashok Dharma
Sangam age and its Literature
Kushanas and their contribution to culture
Guptas – Socio-economic and cultural conditions
Harshavardhan and his contribution to Buddhism
Pallavas of Kanchi – Society, Religion, Language, Literature, Art and Architecture
Chalukyas of Badami - Society, Religion, Language, Literature, Art and Architecture
Cholas of Tanjore - Society, Religion, Language, Literature, Art and Architecture
Delhi sultanate – cultural developments
Sufi movement and its influence
Emergence of Composite culture
Mughals – Socio – Religious, life and cultural developments
Advent of Europeans – trade practices
Rise of English East India company – its hegemony – changes in administration – social and cultural spheres
Role of Christian missionaries
Resistance to British rule
Swamy Vivekananda
Annie Besant
Sir syed Ahmed Khan
Periyar Ramaswamy Naicker
Local and regional movements as part of freedom struggle
Inter religious unity and communalism during freedom struggle
Salankayanas
Vishnukundins
European trade establishments in Andhra
Andhra under company rule
Raghupathy venkataratnam naidu
Gidugu Ramamurthy
Library movement in Andhra Pradesh
Role of newspapers
Gurajadda Apparao
Rayaprolu Subba Rao
Unnava Lakshmi narayana
Garimella satyanarayana
Tripuraneni Ramaswamy choudhary
Movement for separate Andhra State
States Reorganisation commission and its recommendations
Emergence of Andhra Pradesh in 1956
Important social and cultural events in Andhra Pradesh between 1956 and 2014
Bifurcation of AP and its administrative, Economic, Social, Cultural, Political, and legal implications/problems, including
Loss of capital city, challenges in building new capital
Division and rebuilding of common institutions
Division of employees
Effect of bifurcation on commerce and entrepreneurs
Implications to financial resources of state government
Task of post bifurcatio infrastructure development and opportunities for investments
Socioeconomic, cultural and demographic impact of bifurcation
Impact of bifurcation of river water sharing
AP Reorganisation Act 2014 and the arbitrariness of certain provisions
Legacies of British rule
Constituent Assembly
Impact of socio economic factors on Indian polity
Constitutional review commission
Party systems – National , regional
Types of party systems – One party, Biparty, Multi party
Regionalism and sub regionalism
Demand for new states
Sri Krishna Committee
Threats to National Integration
Elections – election process – election reforms
Agrarian movements
Civil liberties movements
Women movements
Tribal movements
Dalit movements
Environmental movements
Need for reforms of SCs, STs and BCs
RTI
Lokpal and Lok Ayukth
Paper III:
Economic reforms and liberalization
Origin of Economic crisis ( Melt down in 2007-08)
Guiding principles and functioning of NITI Aayog
Cooperative federalism
Finance commissions
MGNREGS
Income inequalities – causes – measurement – Remedial measures
Trends in Revenue and expenditures of the central and state governments
India’s public debt
Analysis of union budget
Demonetization as a policy instrument
Nutrition and balanced diet
Provision of health care
Basic education to all
Finance of infrastructure – PPP
Agrarian crisis
Migration
Urbanization
Growth of slums
Climatic change
Irrigation and water
Skill development
Demographic dividend
Environmental degradation
Analysis of the state budget
Agricultural growth in AP
Agricultural price policy
Micro Finance and development
Service sector – power
Growth corridors
Exploration of minerals in AP
Infrastructural projects in AP
Ports development in AP
World class educational institutions in AP
Sunrise Andhra Pradesh
CORE
Post reorganization economic and welfare programmes and schemes of Government of AP
Paper IV
Classical and emerging areas in Science and Technology their relevance in day to day life
Importance of science and technology in nation-building
Development of nanotechnology and role of nanotechnology in different areas
EDUSAT
Chandrayaan
Mangalyaan
IRNSS
Energy policies in India
Energy security
Outline classification of plants, animals, and microorganisms
Biogeochemical cycles – C & N
Fishing resources
Fossil fuels – coal, petroleum and Natural Gas
Non-conventional energy resources
Montreal protocol
Kyoto protocol
UNFCCC
CITES
Biodiversity Bill of India
COP – 21
Sustainable development goals
National disaster Management policy of India 2016
Disaster management initiatives in India
Paper V
Basic problems in Trigonometry like properties of triangles, heights, and distances
Basic problems in probability
statistics including construction of frequency tables, mean, median, mode, range, the coefficient of variation, variance, standard deviation etc.
Time and work
Speed – Time- Distance
Simple and compound interest
Number systems
Number sequences
Permutations and combinations
Series
Averages
Ratio and proportions
Profit, loss and discount
Coding using ciphers and non-ciphers
Problem solving using venn diagrams