Scheme of examination to the post of Telugu Reporters in Andhra Pradesh Legislature Service
| Paper – Written Examination | ||||
| Paper | Subject | No. of
Ques. |
Duration | Max. Marks |
| I | General Studies & Mental Ability (Objective Type)
Degree Standard |
150 | 150 min. | 150 |
| II | Dictation in Telugu Shorthand 80 wpm | 10 min | 150 | |
| Transcription in Longhand | 150 min | |||
| Total | 300 | |||
| Note –
1. Shorthand (Telugu) 80 words per minute. The examination in intended to test the candidates’ capacity for accurate, verbatim, reproduction of a passage consisting of 800 words dictated at the rate of 80 words per minutes. 2. Each wrong answer will be penalized with 1/3rd of the marks prescribed for the question in all objective type papers. |
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Syllabus – Paper I – General Studies and Mental Ability
- Events of national and international importance.
- Current affairs- international, national and regional.
- General Science and it applications to the day to day life Contemporary developments in Science & Technology and information technology.
- Social – economic and political history of modern India with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh (Starts from 1707 AD)
- Indian polity and governance : Constitutional issues, public policy, reforms and e-governance initiatives with specific reference to Andhra Pradesh.
- Economic development in India since independence with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh.
- Physical geography of Indian sub-continent and Andhra Pradesh
- Disaster management : vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation strategies, Application of remote Sensing and GIS in the assessment of Diaster.
- Sustainable Development and environmental Protection.
- Logical reasoning, analytical ability and data interpretation.
- Data Analysis –
- Tabulation of data
- Visual representation of data
- Basic data analysis (Summary Statistics such as mean, median, mode, variance and coefficient of variation) and interpretation
- Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and its Administrative, Economic, Social, Cultural, Political and Legal implications/problems.
Paper II – Shorthand (Telugu) 80 words per minute.
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