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ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
HYDERABAD
REVISED SCHEME AND SYLLABUS
OF
GROUP- II SERVICES
(ALL PAPERS IN OBJECTIVE TYPE)
PAPER-I
GENERAL STUDIES
MARKS: 150
General Science
Current Events of National and International Importance.
History of India and Indian National Movement. India and
World Geography.
General Mental Ability.
Questions on General Science will cover General
appreciation and
understanding of science including matters of every day
observation and
experience, as may be expected of a well educated person
who has not made a
special study of any particular scientific discipline. In
current events, knowledge
of significant national and international events will be
tested. In History of India,
emphasis will be on broad general understanding of the
subject in its social,
economic and political aspects. Questions on Indian
National Movement will
relate to the nature and character of the nineteenth
century resurgence, growth
of Nationalism and attainment of independence. In geography
emphasis will be on
geography of India. Questions on geography of India will
relate to physical, social
and economic geography of the country, including the main
features of the Indian
agricultural and natural resources. On general mental
ability, the candidates will
be tested on reasoning and analytical abilities.
PAPER-II MARKS:150
SECTION-I
SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANDHRA PRADESH
i. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANDHRA PRADESH
1) The Satavahanas and their contribution – social
structure – Ikshvakus and
their cultural contribution; Buddhism and Jainism ; The
Eastern Chalukyas
of Vengi – their socio-cultural contribution – growth of
Telugu language &
Literature.
2) Socio- Cultural and Religious conditions in Andhra Desha
between first and
fifteenth centuries of the Christian Era.
3) Establishment of British Rule – 1857 Revolt and its
impact on Andhra and
Hyderabad Socio-cultural awakening ; Adi-Andhra/Dalit and
Justice/self –
respect movements; Growth of Nationalist Movement in Andhra
between
1885 and 1947 – Role of socialists – communists – anti-
zamindari-kisan
movements.
4) Asafjahi Dynasty – socio-cultural awakening in
Telangana -Adi-Hindu
Movement – Nizam Rashtra Janasangham – Andhra Mahasabha –
Andhra
Saaraswata Parishat – Hyderabad State Congress and
Vandemataram
Movement.
5) Growth of Leftist / Communist Movement and Telangana
People’s Armed
Struggle – Ittehadul-Muslimeen – Razakars-anti-Nizam
Struggles and end of
Nizam’s Rule. Integration of Hyderabad State into Indian
Union – Formation
of Andhra Pradesh – Important historical events after 1956.
ii. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION
1) Salient features of the Indian Constitution – Preamble ,
Fundamental Duties,
Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy
and their
relationship.
2) Distinctive features of Indian Federation - Distribution
of Legislative Powers
between the Union and the State; Relative roles of
Legislature, Executive
and Judiciary.
3) Community development experiment – 3 tier model of
Panchayat Raj – 73rd
and 74th amendments and their implementation.
4) Welfare Mechanism in India : Provisions for Scheduled
Castes, Tribes and
Minorities ; Reservations for SC, ST and Backward Classes ;
Prevention of SC
and ST Atrocities Act ; National and State SC and ST
Commission ; Women’s
Commission ; National and States Minorities Commission and
Human Rights
Commission.
5) Unicameral and Bicameral Legislatures – Functions and
crises of
accountability, decline of legislature.
PAPER-III
MARKS: 150
SECTION-I
SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANDHRA PRADESH
i. PLANNING IN INDIA & INDIAN ECONOMY
1. Planning in Indian Economy – Socio-economic objectives
and outlays of 5
year plans – Major controversies of planning in India –
Alternative strategies
– Goals and achievements – shortfall of different plans –
Planning in the
market – Major reforms/policy changes effect from 1991.
2. Broad fiscal, monetary, industrial trade and
agricultural policies, objectives,
rationale, constraints and effects.
3. Geographic size – Endowment of natural resources,
population; size
composition quality and growth trends – occupational
distribution – effect
of British rule with reference to drain theory and Laissez
Faire Policy.
4. Money banking and public finances – concept of money and
measures of
money supply velocity of money banks and credit creation,
determination
of price level – inflation, its causes and remedies ,
finance budget – taxes
and non-tax revenue.
5. Meaning and measurements of growth- growth distribution
and welfare,
characteristics of under development, stages of
development, sources of
growth capital – human capital, population, productivity,
trade and aid,
growth strategies – types of average measures – dispersion-
correlationindex
numbers ; types, uses and limitations.
ii. CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN RURAL SOCIETY
WITH
SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ANDHRA PRADESH
1. National Income & Main sectors of Economy, GDP(Gross
Domestic Product),
Per capita income and HDI (Human Development Index) as
measures of
development. Relative contribution of agriculture to income
and
employment in the recent four decades of AP.
2. Five year plans of AP – Outlays, Finance in public
sector plan and resource
allocation pattern in the recent five year plan.
3. Need for and aims of land reforms in AP – Structure of
land holdings in AP.
Forest, sown and irrigated area in AP. Cropping pattern.
Sources of
Agricultural finance in AP –Agricultural subsidies.
4. Growth and structure of Industries in Andhra Pradesh ,
factories, small and
tiny sectors, their comparison, growth, weaknesses and
problems-
Institutional and non-institutional – growth and structure
of cooperatives in
Andhra Pradesh – Share of cooperatives in total credits –
adequacy and
problems.
5. Structure of Agricultural outputs – administered prices
including support
and procurement prices – Public Distribution System in AP ;
Service sector
of AP – importance, composition and growth with special
reference to
transport and communication, tourism and information and
biotechnology.
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