The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has issued a clarification on the syllabus for the Group-I Mains Paper-I (General Essay) examination.
The APPSC issued the recruitment notification for the Group-I posts on September 30 this year, informing about the syllabus for the Mains examination for Paper-I (General Essay), comprising seven topics.
In a statement on Tuesday, the APPSC Secretary said that these seven topics were divided into three sections—Section-I comprises current affairs, Section-II includes the topics of socio-political issues, socio-economic issues and socio-environmental issues, while the Section-III has topics related to culture and history and issues pertaining to civic awareness and reflective topics.
The candidates need to attempt three essays, each from the three sections in about 800 words for 50 marks each. The duration of the examination is three hours.
