How to Prepare for Appsc Group 1 Exam

7/28/2019 How to Prepare for Appsc Group 1 Exam

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How to prepare for appsc group 1 exam

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After the decision of Andhra Pradesh government on Combinedexam for Group 1 and Group 2 executive posts,some students areenquiring about"How to prepare for Group-1 exam?","what are thereference books?" , "Attending coaching classes isnecessary?" , "Coaching center details?" By keeping above

questions in mind this post will cover some information onHow tostart,where to start and what to read....

Pattern of Group 1 Exam:

Group 1 exam will be conducted in 3 stages

Step 1:

Preliminary exam is a qualifying exam,consists of one paper for 150marks 150 objective questions. This is the most important stagewhy because most of the candidates will be filtered in this stageonly. This paper covers the topics like Indian History,IndianPolity,Andhra history,General Science,Mental Ability,Disastermanagement and Current Affairs.

Reference books for prelims:

1st Reading 2nd Reading
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Indian History Ncert krishna reddy/groover &groover

Indian Polity Laxmikanth DD Basu/PM Bakshi

Andhra history P R Rao Telugu Academy

General Science Ncert/state Inter level based ontopic

Mental Ability RS Agarwal

Disaster Management CBSE 8th to 10th

Current Affairs one magazine(Vijetha/vivek/civil

services chronicle)

Economy Ncert/magazine

History: Start history with class notes if you have and follow ncertor state syllabus books from 6th to 10th. And if possible also referncert 11th and 12th old books for ancient ,medival and modernhistory. Concentrate on the facts as appsc is more concentrating on

the facts.

Polity: Laxmikanth will cover most of the topics and revise thisbook as much as possible. For latest updates and Amendments gothrough the monthly magazines.

Andhra history: Concentrate on this,complete reading of onebook either P R Rao or BSL Hanumantha rao.Follow oldpapers,most of the questions are repeating.

Current Affairs: Follow one magazine thoroughly and dividethem monthly wise.Concentrate mostly on last six monthsevents. This is the deciding section most of them are fact based andeasy to cover. Refer RC Reddy year bookon current affairs


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available in the month of April/may.It covers all the information oncurrent affairs topic wise.

Disaster management: CBSE publications and previous papersas appsc repeating most of them.

Economy: Cover Economy part in Magazines.

Along with these take all previous GS papers of last six monthsconducted by APPSC.Most of the current affairs questions arerepeating.

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Step 2 Mains :

Depending on the no of posts,in the ratio of 1:50 candidates will beselected for mains. Mains exam contains 5 papers along withGeneral English paper. English paper marks are not counted in the

final score as it is only a qualifying paper.Remaining 5 papers consists of 150 marks each. Candidate has toanswer 15 questions in 3 sections within 3 hours of time.

Paper wise details:

Paper 1: In General Essay Paperout of 9 essays 3 has toanswer each one from every section.

1. Identify the key topics section wise based on happenings in thelast six to eight months.2. Gather information from different sources and consolidate themaccording to requirements.3. Daily news paper reading will give an extra edge in this paper.


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4. Practice writing on each topic and compare with the originalnotes.5. Try to organize the points and remember the flow as you have tocomplete the whole essay within 1 hour including rough work.6. Rewrite on the same topic to get mastery over the topic.

Paper 2: In this paper, section 1 will coverIndianHistory,section 2 will coverAndhra History andIndianPolity will be covered in the last section.

Books:

Indian History : Spectrum modern India,Bipin Chandra ncert11th class.ncert old books on history.

Andhra History: P. Raghunanthan Rao Andhra Pradesh Historyand BSL Hanumantha Rao,Telugu Academy book.

Polity: Laxmikanth's book will give you complete Idea,read topicwise. For more analysis read DD Basu.

Paper 3: Most important and difficult paper as material is not fullyavailable.In this paper section 1 will cover Indian Economy andsection 2 and 3 covers AP Economy.

Books: section 1 Pratiyogitha Darpan for English medium andDutt and Sundaram . Follow required topics only.Telugu academy isgood for telugu medium .For 2 and 3 sections,Refer 50 years of Andhra Pradesh and latest

socio-economic survey for updates.

Paper 4: Consist ofScience and Technology and Life sciencesections.Creates problem for telugu medium candidates but goodscoring paper.


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Books:Start with state syllabus 6th to 10th Biology books. Forsection 1 use current affairs magazines and Internet. For section 2biology books are sufficient. Anji Reddy's book and Kaushik andkaushik book on environmental studies are informative and usefulfor 3rd section.

Paper 5: In this paper first two sections are good for scoring andthe last section is intended to test the awareness and decisionmaking skills of the candidate. For section 1 and section 2 RSAgarwal,Data Interpretation by Tyra and Kundan and SpectrumStats book for civils mains are suggestible.

Coaching:If time and money permits attend the coaching classes,theywill provide the basic information and what to read,but it is notmandatory to attend all the papers. Identify your limitations,andtake guidance in those areas. Attend the classes of paper wiseexperts.

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