AP Legislature Service Telugu Reports Syllabus

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
II	Transcription in Longhand		150 min	150
			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 1/3^rd of the marks prescribed for the question in all objective type papers.

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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