AP ICET Books 2026: Check best books for exam preparation

As per the Andhra Pradesh ICET marking scheme:

• for every correct answer, the candidate will get one mark.
• there will be no negative marking for any wrong answer or not attempted questions. 

As per the Andhra Pradesh ICET exam pattern, the question paper will consist of 200 MCQs, of one mark each. There will be no sectional time limit. Candidates can start answering from any section they are comfortable with. The Andhra Pradesh ICET exam is conducted for a duration of 150 minutes.

The Andhra Pradesh ICET 2026 examination medium will vary from section to section:

• Section-A (Analytical Ability): English and Telugu
• Section-B (Mathematical Ability): English and Telugu
• Section-C (Communication Ability): English only

Some of the important topics of AP ICET Mathematical Ability section are:

1. Laws of Indices, ratio and proportion, surds, numbers and divisibility, LCM, GCD, rational numbers, ordering, percentages, profit and loss, partnership, pipes and cisterns, time, distance and work problems, areas and volumes, mensuration, modular arithmetic.
2. Statements, truth tables, implication converse and inverse, tautologies-sets, relations & functions, applications equation of a line in different forms.
3. Trigonometry - Trigonometric ratios, Trigonometric ratios of standard angles, Trigonometric identities: sample problems on heights and distances, polynomials, remainder theorem & consequences, linear equations & expressions, progressions, binomial theorem, matrices, notion of a limit and derivative, plane geometry - lines, triangles, quadrilaterals, circles, coordinate geometry-distance between points.

Andhra Pradesh ICET 2026 mock test will be released in April 2026. Andhra Pradesh ICET mock test 2026 will be availble online at cets.apsche.ap.gov.in. Candidates preparing for the exam must appear for the mock test to become familar with the exam pattern and difficulty level of question paper. Andhra Pradesh ICET 2026 exam date will be announced in first week of March 2026. The exam will be scheduled tentatively on May 07. Candidates must take ample number of Andhra Pradesh ICET mock tests to gauge the level of preparation.

Andhra Pradesh ICET previous year question papers are available online. Candidates can visit the official website of Shiksha (https://shiksha.com/mba/apicet-exam-question-papers) to download the past years question papers. Candidates will be able to download the question paper for free. Andhra Pradesh ICET question paper will help candidates to acquaint with the difficulty level and actual exam environment. Candidates must assess their performance and preparation level with the help of previous year question papers. Candidates must ensure to solve AP ICET previous year question paper to reinforce learning and revision of important topics.

APICET mock test will be released online. Candidates preparing for Andhra Pradesh ICET 2026 can appear for the mock test at cets. Apsche. Andhra Pradesh. Gov. In. Candidates require no pre-registrations to appear for the Andhra Pradesh ICET mock test online. Check the steps below to know how to appear for the Andhra Pradesh ICET 2026 mock test:

Step 1- Visit the website provided- https://www.shiksha.com/mba/apicet-exam-mocktest

Step 2- Click on the official link provided

Step 3- Enter any login credentials

Step 4- Page will now display 'General Guidelines' for the APICET 2026 mock test

Step 5- Ensure to read the instructions carefully.

Step 6- After reading the instructions click on the tab 'Next'

Step 7- Andhra Pradesh ICET exam pattern and marking scheme will now be displayed on the screen.

Step 8- Choose the default language to appear for Andhra Pradesh ICET mock test or main examination: English/Telugu

Step 9- Check the box after reading all the instructions and click on the tab 'I am ready to begin' Step 10- Begin your Andhra Pradesh ICET mock test and analyse your performance!

While prpearing for Andhra Pradesh ICET 2026, candidates can refer the some of the best books for communication ability below:

Name of Books	Authors
Grammar Error Spot	A Upadhyaya
Word Power Made Easy	Norman Lewis
Objective General English	S.P. Bakshi
30 Days to More Powerful Vocabulary	Norman Lewis
Better English	Norman Lewis
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension	Arihant
Proficiency in Reading Comprehension Simplifying the “Passage” for you	Ajay Singh

Andhra Pradesh ICET 2026 notification will be released in first week of March 2026. Candidates who are willing to appear for the Andhra Pradesh ICET exam must check the important dates. The registration process will commence soon after the release of notification. The notification of Andhra Pradesh ICET 2026 mentions the complete details about the important dates, eligibility criteria, application form, admit card, answer key and results.

Andhra Pradesh ICET normalization process ensures that candidates are neither advantages nor disadvantaged as per the difficulty level of the examination across the four sessions of the exam. The normalization process is implemented to normalize the scores and rank the candidates for the exams across all the sessions at a competitive scale. As per the Andhra Pradesh ICET normalization process, the marks of the easier session may be reduced marginally and the marks of the difficulty session will be increased depending on the average performance of the candidates. In case, there is no much difference in the average of the four-sessions, there will be no change in the normalization marks. Read more about the Andhra Pradesh ICET normalization process here (https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/ap-icet-normalization-process-blogId-120247). .