APSC Exam Pattern 2017

The Combined Competitive Examination consists of two successive stages:-

  1. The Preliminary Examination
  2. The Main Examination (written & interview)


Preliminary Examination:

This Examination is meant to serve as a screening test only. After clearing the Preliminary Examination, a candidate is qualified for admission to the Main Examination. Marks obtained in this exam will not be counted for determining the final order of merit.

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The questions will be of objective type with multiple choices. OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) answer sheet will be provided for answering questions. Candidates will have to use ONLY BLACK BALL PEN.

USE OF ERASER, CHEMICAL, CORRECTION FLUID etc. in the OMR answer sheet is prohibited and answer sheets bearing traces of such use shall not be evaluated.

The Preliminary Examination will consist of two papers of objective type multiple choice questions of two hours duration each.


Paper-I General studies (Objective type multiple choice question paper)

Total Marks=200
Duration of the test =2hrs


Paper-II One subject to be selected from the list of optional subjects given below:
(Objective type multiple choice question paper)

Total Marks=200
Duration of the test =2hrs


OPTIONAL SUBJECTS FOR PRELIMINARY PAPER-II
GeographyAnimal Husbandry & Veterinary Science 
AnthropologyElectrical Engineering
LawChemical Engineering
Civil EngineeringMechanical Engineering
Medical ScienceCommerce
Computer sciencePhysics
EducationPsychology
ElectronicsStatistics
AgricultureGeology
BotanyMathematics
ChemistryPhilosophy
Political ScienceSociology
EconomicsFishery Science
ZoologyIndian History
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