Andhra Pradesh Village Revenue Officer Exam Pattern and Syllabus
Andhra Pradesh VRO Exam Pattern –
The written exam will be objective type and will conducted in Part A and Part B. The details are given below –
Part A – General Studies and Mental Ability – There will be 50 questions for 50 marks and time duration will be 50 minutes.
Part B – Drawing and Survey Syllabus – There will be 100 questions for 100 marks and time duration will be 100 minutes.
Note – For each correct answer 1 mark will be awarded and each wrong answer will carry 0.25 negative mark.
Syllabus for Examination for the post of Village Revenue Officer (Grade II) in A.P. Village Revenue Officers Services
Andhra Pradesh VRO Syllabus for General Studies and Mental Ability –
(1) General Mental Ability and reasoning
(2) Quantitative aptitude including data interpretation
(3) General English
(4) Current Affairs of Regional, National and International importance
(5) General Science and its applications to the day to day life, contemporary development in science and technology and information technology.
(6) History and culture of India with specific focus on Andhra Pradesh.
(7) Indian Polity and governance – Constitutional issues, 73/74th amendments, public policy, reforms and center state relations with specific reference to Andhra Pradesh
(8) Society, Social Justice, Right issues.
(9) Physical geography of Indian sub-continent and Andhra Pradesh
(10) Key welfare and development schemes of Govt. of Andhra Pradesh
Part B- AP Village Revenue Officer Drawing and Survey Syllabus –
(1) Importance of Lettering and Numbering – Figure sizes and proportions IS standard practice.
(2) Construction of Plain Geometric Figures (Lines Angles, Triangle, Rhombus, Quadrilaterals, Polygon etc. Orthographic Projection – Recommended methods of Projections as per IS code
(3) Construction of Ordinary Scale – Plain, & Comparative Diagonal, Vernier & Scale of Chords
(4) Drawing plan and elevation of points, lines, surfaces and solids
(5) Conventional signs and symbols as per IS code for engineering drawings and buildings drawings.
(6) Drawing and detailing of (a) Brick Arrangement – various types of bonds (b) Stone Masonry & Stone Joints (c) Foundations – Various types (d) Damp Proof Course & Pilnth protection (e) Roof types – Reinforced Concrete, Madras Terrace & Jack Arch (f) Flooring types- Timber flooring, steel flooring, Tile flooring (g) Arches & Lintels Carpentry joints, framing, paneling and moulding (h) Doors types – Paneled, Glazed and flush door (i) Windows & Ventilators (j) Pitched Roof- Various types – King post & Queen post (k) Steel Roof Trusses (l) Stairs – Various types – wooden, steel and Reinforced concrete – spiral doglegged & open well (m) Single storied residential house – Plan, elevation and section (n) Cross section showing different types of roads, Railway track, Embankment and layout of Platforms (o) Different types of sanitary fittings (q) Forms of Rivet Heads, Types of Riveted Joints, Standard Steel Section, Standard Connections.
(7) Surveying of Building sites with chain, field book enteries- plotting – calculation of areas.
(8) Use of Prismatic Compass, Handling of Leveling Instrument – Differential Leveling, Surveying of Building Sites with Chain and Level of Calculation of earth work. Plotting of Longitudinal/ cross section, drawing of contours.
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