APPSC Group 2 Prelims Exam 2023-24: Check exam pattern and syllabus details

Updated On: December 08, 2023 04:55 pm IST

For APPSC Group 2 Prelims Exam 2023-24, here is the detailed exam pattern and syllabus along with the official weightage distribution.

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APPSC Group 2 Prelims Exam Pattern 2024: The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission has announced the recruitment of Group II posts on its official website. The aspirants can start preparing for the examination from now onwards and for the same, the complete syllabus details are provided here. According to the APPSC Group 2 Notification 2024, the candidates have to qualify in the Prelims (Screening Test) examination first followed by a Mains exam. APPSC Group 2 Prelims Exam 2024 will include a total of 150 MCQs carrying a weightage of 150 marks. Questions will be asked on the topics of General Studies and Mental Stability.

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APPSC Group 2 Prelims 2023-24 Exam Pattern

Candidates can check the exam pattern for the preliminary written examination for the upcoming APPSC Group 2 Exam 2024 in the table shared below:

Parameter	Exam Pattern Details
Subject/Question Paper	General Studies and Mental Ability
Subject/Question Paper	General Studies and Mental Ability
No. of Questions	150 questions
Duration in Minutes	150 minutes
Maximum Marks	150 marks
Mode	Written Examination (Offline)
Question Type	Objective Type, consisting of Multiple-Choice Questions

According to the guidelines shared by the commission, each correct answer will be rewarded with one mark
Incorrect responses will be penalised with one-third of the weightage of this question
Unattempted questions will not be penalised with any negative marking and will be given 0

APPSC Group 2 Prelims Exam 2023-24 Syllabus

The question paper will be divided into five sections equally i.e. Indian History, Geography, Indian Society, Current Affairs and Mental Ability of 30 marks each. Check the syllabus for each section here in this table below:

Section	Topics	Marks
History	Ancient Indian History Mideval Indian History Modern Indian History Indian Freedom Struggle Post-Independance consolidation and Reorganisation	30 Marks
Geography	General and Physical Geography Economic Geography of India and Andhra Pradesh Human Geography of India and Andhra Pradesh	30 Marks
Indian Society	Structure of Indian Society Welfare Mechanism	30 Marks
Current Affairs	Major events and issues in the past one year of - International World National Andhra Pradesh	30 Marks
Mental Ability	Logical Reasoning Mental Ability (Number Series, Letter Series, Odd Man Out, Coding-Decoding, etc) Basic Numeracy	30 Marks

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