Rachit Kumar
Rachit Kumar Saxena
Manager-Editorial
New Delhi, Updated on Aug 30, 2020 16:14 IST

APPSC Group 1 Main exam 2018 will be conducted across the state. Read below for details.

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Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) issued a notice on August 28 conveying the decision to conduct the APPSC Group 1 main exam 2018 in all 13 districts of the state and Hyderabad. The commission will conduct the exam from November 2 to 13 as notified earlier.

See here: APPSC Group 1 Syllabus

The candidates can give the preference of the exam centres as per the new notice issued on August 28. Now the candidates can choose the exam centre from all the districts till September 10. This will help the candidates to appear in the APPSC Group 1 main exam the with no hassle.

Earlier, the APPSC had provided the opportunity to the candidates to change the examination centres and provide the reference of the existing exam centres. The APPSC Group 1 main exam dates were announced in June. On August 18, the commission had activated the window to change the examination centre of the APPSC Group 1 main exam.

The APPSC Group 1 main exam is a descriptive type exam comprises seven question papers. The candidates need to qualify in the English and Telugu question papers. The marks secured in the other five papers are considered for the final merit list. The structure of the PPSC Group 1 main exam is as follows.

Subject

Marks

Telugu (Qualifying Only)

150

English (Qualifying Only)

150

Paper - I

General Essay - on contemporary themes & issues of regional, national & international importance.

150

Paper-II

History and Cultural and Geography of India and Andhra Pradesh

150

Paper -III

Polity, constitution, Governance, Law and Ethics

150

Paper -IV

Economy and Development of India and Andhra Pradesh

150

Paper -V

Science, Technology and Environmental Issues

150

Total

750

See here: APPSC Group 1 Exam Pattern

After the APPSC Group 1 main exam, the APPSC will conduct the interviews of the qualified candidates. The APPSC Group 1 interviews will be organised at the commissioner’s office in Vijayawada.

The APPSC Group1 exam 2018 prelims exam was conducted across the state in May 2019. In the APPSC Group 1 result, eight thousand and five hundred candidates qualified to appear in the main exam.  The APPSC Group 1 main exam was scheduled to be conducted in April 2020 but it was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

See here: APPSC Group 1 Official Notice

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