APPSC- SYLLABUS

EST CODE

PAPER-I SYLLABUS

Paper-I_1

Physical
geography
of
India
sub-continent.
Disaster management: vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation strategies, Application
of Remote Sensing and GIS in the assessment of Disaster.

Paper-I_2

Disaster management: Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection

Paper-I_3

Indian polity and governance: constitutional issues, public policy, reforms and e-governance
initiatives.

Paper-I_4

Social-economic and political history of modern India with emphases on Indian national
movement.
Economic development in India since independence

Paper-I_5

General Science and it applications to the day to day life Contemporary developments in
Science & Technology and information Technology.

Paper-I_6

Logical
reasoning, analytical
ability
and
data
interpretation.
Data
Analysis:
a)
Tabulation
of
data
b)
Visual
representation
of
data
c) Basic data analysis (Summary Statistics such as mean and variance coefficient of variation
etc.,) and Interpretation
Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh
implications/problems, including

and

its

Administrative,

Social,

and

legal

(a) Loss of capital city, challenges in building new capital and its financial
implications,
Paper-I_7

(b)
(c)

Division
Division

of

and

rebuilding

employees,

their

of

common

relocation

and

Institutions

nativity

issues.

(d) Impact of bifurcation on river water sharing and consequential issues.

Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and its Economic, Cultural and Political, including

(a)

Effect

of

(b)

Implications

bifurcation
to

on

financial

commerce
resources

of

and
state

entrepreneurs.
government.

(c) Task of post- bifurcation infrastructure development and opportunities

Paper-I_8

for

investments.

(d) Socioeconomic, cultural and demographic impact of bifurcation.

(e) AP REORGANISATION ACT, 2014 on AP and the arbitrariness of certain
provisions
Paper-I_9

Events of national and international importance. Current affairs- international, national and

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PAPER-I SYLLABUS

Paper-I_1

Physical
geography
of
India
sub-continent.
Disaster management: vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation strategies, Application
of Remote Sensing and GIS in the assessment of Disaster.

Paper-I_2

Disaster management: Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection

regional

Paper-I_10
TEST CODE

Events of national and international importance.Current affairs- international, national and

regional.
PAPER-II
SYLLABUS
FLUID MECHANICS AND MACHINERY

Basic principles of fluid mechanics-Pascals law basic properties of hydraulic fluids, density,
Specific weight, Specific gravity, Viscosity, bulk modulus, Fluid Statics-Hydrostatics, Fluid
Paper-II_1
forces on planes and curved surfaces, submerged and floating bodies, Buoyancy and stability,
Newtons laws, Torricellis theorem, static head pressure, hydraulic system.
Continuity equation, Bernoullis equation, laminar v/s turbulent flows, pressure losses, control
volume analysis, Mass-conservation law, Angular-Momentum principle, Flows in pipes,
Paper-II_2
friction factor, Euler equations, Navier-stokes equations, internal flows, external flows, flow
separation.
Flows in channels, Flow measurement devices Gross measurement: Venturi meter, Orifice
meter, notches and weirs, turbine flow meters, rotameters; Point measurement: pitot tubes, hot
Paper-II_3
wire/film anemometer, their measurement principles and sources of errors; calibration,
uncertainty estimation.
Turbinesperformance characteristics for low and high speed machines, centerline
Paper-II_4 thermodynamic analysis, velocity triangles, hydraulic turbines pelton, Francis and Kaplan
turbine
Hydraulic pumps-pumps flow andpressure, pump drive, torque and power, efficiency, types of
pumps-gear, vane, piston; pressure compensated pumps, cavitation and aeration, velocity
triangles,
centerline
thermodynamic
analysis,
thermodynamic
laws.
Paper-II_5 Hydraulic Directional Control Check Valves, Shuttle Valves, two-three-and four-Way
Directional
Control
Valves,
Directional
Control
Valve
Actuation
.
Hydraulic Pressure Control Pressure Relief Valves, Unloading Valves, Pressure Reducing
Valves, Sequence Valves, Counterbalance Valves, Pressure Compensated Pumps.
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
Paper-II_6

Forces, moments, Equilibrium; Applying the Equation of Equilibrium, Friction, Plannar

trusses, Analysis of Statically determinate trusses.

Uniaxial Loading and Material Properties, Force Stress-Equilibrium Multi axial Stress and
Strain and their relationship; Linear Elasticity Material Behaviour Stress-strain-temperature
Paper-II_7
Relationships,
Stress
Transformations
and
Principal.
Stress,
Stress
and
Strain Transformation.
Bending: Stress and Strains; DeflectionsPure Bending , Moment curvature relationship,
Paper-II_8 shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams; Forces and Moments Transmitted by Slender
members
Deflection of statically determinate beams using macaulays method, moment-area method
Paper-II_9 and conjugate beam method, deflection of statically determinate trusses, analysis of statically
indeterminate trusses.

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PAPER-I SYLLABUS

Paper-I_1

Physical
geography
of
India
sub-continent.
Disaster management: vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation strategies, Application
of Remote Sensing and GIS in the assessment of Disaster.

Paper-I_2

Disaster management: Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection

Paper-II_10

Torsion; Energy Methods Torsion and Twisting, Energy Methods, Thin-walled Pressure
Vessels, Thick Cylinders, Theories of Failure.

Multiple Subject Grand Tests

(Each Test carries 75 marks and 75 minutes
duration)
TEST NO

TEST CODE

DATE

ME-31

Paper-I_1, Paper-I_2, Paper-I_3

Paper-I_4 & Paper-I_5

05th-Oct-2016

ME-32

Paper-II_1, Paper-II_2, Paper-II_3

Paper-II_4 & Paper-II_5

06th-Oct-2016

ME-33

Paper-III_1, Paper-III_2, Paper-III_3

Paper-III_4 & Paper-III_5

07th-Oct-2016

ME-34

Paper-I_6, Paper-I_7, Paper-I_8

Paper-I_9 & Paper-I_10

08th-Oct-2016

ME-35

Paper-II_6, Paper-II_7, Paper-II_8

Paper-II_9 & Paper-II_10

09th-Oct-2016

ME-36

Paper-III_6, Paper-III_7, Paper-III_8

Paper-III_9 & Paper-III_10

10th-Oct-2016

Full Length Mock Tests

(Each Test carries 150 marks and 150 minutes duration)

Mock 1

TEST NO

SYLLABUS

DATE

ME-37

Paper I

18-Oct-2016

ME-38

Paper II

19-Oct-2016

ME-39

Paper III

20-Oct-2016

ME-40

Paper I

24-Oct-2016

Mock 2

TEST NO

SYLLABUS

DATE

ME-41

Paper II

25-Oct-2016

ME-42

Paper III

26-Oct-2016