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ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION: HYDERABAD

NOTIFICATION NO.05/2017, Dt.30/03/2017
SPECIAL RECRUITMENT FOR THE POST OF JUNIOR ASSISTANT CUM TYPIST
IN. A.P. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
(DISABLED BACKLOG VACANCY)

PARA 1:

Applications are invited On-line for recruitment to the post of Junior Assistant-
Cum-Typist in Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services.

The proforma Application will be available on Commissions Website

(www.psc.ap.gov.in) from 31/03/2017 to 30/04/2017 (Note: 30/04/2017 is the last date
for payment of fee up- to 11:59 mid night).
Before applying for the post, an applicant shall register her bio-data particulars
through One Time Profile Registration (OTPR) on the Commission Website viz.,
www.psc.ap.gov.in. Once applicant registers her particulars, a User ID is generated and
sent to her registered mobile number and email ID. Applicants need to apply for the post
using the OTPR User ID through Commissions website.
The Commission Conducts Screening Test in Off-line mode incase applicants
exceed 25,000 in number and Main Examination in Online-mode for candidates selected
in screening test.
The Main Examination is likely to be held On-line through computer based test
on 15/06/2017. The objective type question papers are to be answered on computer
system. Instructions regarding this computer based recruitment test are detailed in the
Annexure -III.
MOCK TEST facility will be provided to the applicants to acquaint themselves with
the computer based recruitment test. Applicant shall visit the website and practice the
answering pattern under MOCK TEST option available on main page of website
www.psc.ap.gov.in
HALL TICKETS can be downloaded 7 days before commencement of
Examination.
All desirous and eligible applicants shall apply through ON-LINE after satisfying
themselves that they are eligible as per the terms and conditions of this recruitment
notification. The details are as follows:-

Age as on
Sl. No. of Scale of Pay
Name of the Post 1/7/2017
No Vacancies Rs.
Min. Max.
Junior Assistant-Cum-Typist in
01 Director General of Prisons
16,400-
49,870

01
and Correctional Services VH(W)(L) 18-42
District post : Guntur

IMPORTANT NOTE: Distribution of vacancies among roster points is subject to variation

and confirmation from the Unit Officer/ Appointing authority.
PARA-2: EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Applicants must possess the qualifications from a recognized University as
detailed below or equivalent thereto, subject to various specifications in the relevant
Service rules and as per the indent received from the Department as on the date of
notification.
Sl.
Name of the Post Educational Qualifications
No
Junior Assistant- Graduation or equivalent and Type Writing Higher Grade both
Cum-Typist in in English and Telugu.
01 Director General of
Prisons and
Correctional Service.
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Note: The qualifying test i.e., PROFICIENCY IN OFFICE AUTOMATION WITH

USAGE OF COMPUTERS AND ASSOCIATED SOFTWARE will be
conducted as per G.O. Ms.No.133 G.A (Ser-A) Dept., Dt.12/5/2014 and G.O.
Ms.No.134 G.A (Ser-A) Dept., Dt.12/5/2014. The details of Scheme &
Syllabus has been shown in Annexure-II(A).
Para 3: Age minimum 18 years maximum 42 years as on 01/7/2017(as per G.O. Ms.
No396 General Administration (Ser-A) dept, dt.05/11/2016 and usual age concession of
10 years for physically Challenged Persons
Age Relaxation: The upper age limit prescribed above is relaxable in the following cases:
Sl. Relaxation of age
Category of candidates
No permissible
Retrenched temporary employees in the State Census
1. 3 Years
Department with a minimum service of 6 months.
5 Years based on the
A.P. State Government Employees (Employees of
2. length of
APSEB, APSRTC, Corporations, Municipalities etc. are
regular Service(ceiling for
not eligible).
5 years)
Widows, divorced women and women judicially
separated from their husbands, who are not remarried
and not belonging to SC/ST category covered under Upper age limit is 43
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Rule 12(b)(iii) of AP State and Subordinate Service years
Rules, 1996 with reference to posts of Junior
Assistants or less.
4 Physically Handicapped Persons 10 Years
PARA - 4: RESERVATION TO LOCAL CANDIDATES :
It is District Post Reservation to the Local candidates is applicable as provided in the
Rules and as amended from time to time as in force on the date of Notification.

The candidates claiming reservation as Local candidates should obtain the

required Study Certificate(s) (from IV Class to X Class or SSC) OR Residence Certificate
in the proforma only for those candidates who have not studied in any Educational
Institutions as the case may be. The relevant certificates with authorized signature shall
be produced as and when required.
DEFINITION OF LOCAL CANDIDATE:
"LOCAL CANDIDATE" means a candidate for direct recruitment to any post in
relation to that Local area(s) where he/she has studied in Educational Institution(s)
for not less than four consecutive academic years prior to and including the year in
which he/she appeared for S.S.C or its equivalent examination. If however, he/she
has not studied in any educational institution during the above four years period, it
is enough if he/she has resided in that area which is claimed as his/her local area
during the above said period.
In case a candidate does not fall within the scope of above then, if he/she has
studied for a period of not less than seven years prior to and inclusive of the year
in which he/she has studied SSC or its equivalent, he/she will be regarded as local
candidate on the basis of the maximum period out of the said period of seven
years AND where the period of his/her study in two or more local areas is equal,
such local area where he/she has studied last in such equal periods will be taken
for determining the local candidature. Similarly, if he/she has not studied during the
above said period in any Educational Institution(s) the place of residence during
the above period will be taken into consideration and local candidature determined
with reference to the maximum period of residence or in the case of equal period
where he/she has resided last in such equal periods.
If the claim for local candidature is based on study, the candidate is required to
produce a certificate from the Educational Institution(s) where he/she has studied
during the said 4/7-year period. If, however, it is based on residence, a certificate
should be obtained from an officer of the Revenue Department not below the rank
of a Mandal Revenue Officer in independent charge of a Mandal.
If, however, a candidate has resided in more than one Mandal during the relevant
four/seven years period but within the same District or Zone as the case may be
separate certificates from the Mandal Revenue Officers exercising jurisdiction
have to be obtained in respect of different areas.
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NOTE:
(A) Single certificate, whether of study or residence would suffice for enabling the
candidate to apply as a "LOCAL CANDIDATE".
(B) RESIDENCE CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, IF A CANDIDATE HAS
STUDIED IN ANY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION UPTO S.S.C. OR EQUIVALENT
EXAMINATION, SUCH CANDIDATES HAVE TO PRODUCE STUDY CERTIFICATES
INVARIABLY. THE CANDIDATES, WHO ACQUIRED DEGREE FROM OPEN
UNIVERSITIES WITHOUT STUDYING SSC/ MATRICULATION OR EQUIVALENT
IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, HAVE TO SUBMIT RESIDENCE CERTIFICATE
ONLY. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS MEANS A RECOGNIZED INSTITUTION BY
THE GOVERNMENT / UNIVERSITY/COMPETENT AUTHORITY.
(C) Candidates are advised to refer to provisions of the PRESIDENTIAL ORDER 1975 in
this regard
(D) At the time of verification, candidates who have migrated from Telangana to Andhra
Pradesh in between 2nd June, 2014 and 1st June, 2017 shall produce local Status
certificate as laid out in circular memo No.4136/SPF & MC/2015-5,
Dated.08/08/2016.
(E) The following are the districts.
Districts:

S.L. Name of the District S.L. Name of the District S.L. Name of the District
No. No. no.

01 Srikakulam (SKM) 02 Visakahpatnam (VSP) 03 Vizianagaram (VZM)

04 East Godavari (EG) 05 West Godavari(WG) 06 Krishna(KST)

07 Guntur (GNT) 08 Prakasam (PKM) 09 Nellore (NLR)

10 Chittoor (CTR) 11 Kadapa (KDP) 12 Anantapur (ATP)

13 Kurnool (KNL)

PARA - 5 HOW TO APPLY:

A) HOW TO UPLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM:
(i) The Applicants have to read the User manual for On-Line submission of application and
then proceed further. User manual is available at www.psc.ap.gov.in
I STEP: The applicant has to fill the OTPR application to obtain ID Number. While filling
the same, the candidates have to ensure that there are no mistakes in it. The Commission
bears no responsibility for the mistakes, if any, made by the candidates.
II STEP: The applicant has to fill and submit Application and Click on the Link with
Notification Number and Name, OTPR ID Number and Date of Birth to proceed further.
Applicant has to verify the details as obtained from OTPR database displayed on
the screen. If any details are to be changed, applicant should go back to the website and
use the Modify OTPR link. In addition to the details obtained from OTPR database,
Notification specific details such as Examination City opted, eligibility and accepting
declarations etc. are to be filled by the applicant. (Preview and Edit facility is available to
make changes) and SUBMIT the application form. An Application Fee ID is generated and
sent through the SMS/email after successful submission of application form, which is to be
used for payment of Fee.
III STEP:- Once the Application Fee ID is generated, select the payment of Fee option for
paying through either Net banking / Credit Card / Debit Card.
IV STEP:-After payment of fee, the PDF Application will be generated which contains the
particulars furnished by the applicant. The Application Fee ID No in the PDF Application
form has to be quoted for future reference/correspondence.
Applicant shall note that, the details available with OTPR database at the time
of submitting the application will be considered for the purpose of this
notification. If, any changes are made by the applicant to OTPR database at a
later date will not be considered for the purpose of this Notification.
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Hand written/ Typed/ Photostat copies/ outside printed Application Form will
not be accepted and liable for rejection.
iii) For any Technical problems related to Online submission and downloading
of Hall Tickets please contact 040- 29802633 (Call Time: 10.30 A.M to 1.00
P.M && 1.30 P.M to 5.00 P.M) or mail to [email protected]
NOTE:
The Commission is not responsible, for any omissions by the applicant in bio-data
particulars while submitting the application form On-Line. The applicants are
therefore, advised to strictly follow the instructions given in the User guide before
submitting the application.
All the candidates are requested to submit their application with correct data. It is
noticed that some of the candidates are requesting for change in the data, after
submission of the application. It is informed that such requests will not be entertained
after one week of the last date of submission for application.
The particulars furnished by the applicant in the Application Form will be taken as
final, and data entry processed, based on these particulars only by Computer.
Candidates should, therefore, be very careful in Uploading / Submitting the Application
Form Online.
INCOMPLETE/INCORRECT APPLICATION FORM WILL BE SUMMARILY
REJECTED. THE INFORMATION IF ANY FURNISHED BY THE CANDIDATE
SUBSEQUENTLY WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED BY THE COMMISSION UNDER
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. APPLICANTS SHOULD BE CAREFUL IN FILLING-UP
THE APPLICATION FORM AND SUBMISSION. IF ANY LAPSE IS DETECTED
DURING THE SCRUTINY, THE CANDIDATURE WILL BE REJECTED EVEN
THOUGH HE/SHE COMES TO THE FINAL STAGE OF RECRUITMENT PROCESS
OR EVEN AT A LATER STAGE.
Before Uploading/Submission Application Form, the Candidates should carefully
ensure his/her eligibility for this examination. NO RELEVANT COLUMN OF THE
APPLICATION FORM SHOULD BE LEFT BLANK; OTHERWISE APPLICATION
FORM WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
PARA - 6: (a) FEE:
Applicant must pay Rs. 250/- (Rupees Two Hundred and Fifty Only) towards
application processing fee.
Examination Fee: All candidates are exempted from payment of Fee.
b) Mode of Payment of Fee:
i) The Fee mentioned in the above paragraph is to be paid through Payment
Gateway or Net Banking/ Credit card / Debit Card. The list of Banks providing
service for the purpose of online remittance of Fee will be appended separately.
ii) The fee once remitted shall not be refunded or adjusted under any circumstances.
Failure to pay the examination fee, application fee will entail total rejection of
application.
Iii) IPOs / Demand Drafts are not accepted
PARA-7: SCHEME OF EXAMINATION:- The Scheme & Syllabus for the examination
has been shown in Annexure-II & II(A).
PARA - 8: CENTRES FOR THE ON-LINE EXAMINATION (WRITTEN):
The Main Examination will be held at Vijayawada & Guntur only.
THE SCREENING TEST WILL BE HELD AT VIJAYAWADA AND ALL DIST. HEAD
QUARTERS in case the number of applicants exceeds 25,000. However the Commission
reserves the right to allot the applicant to any centre of examination depending on the
availability of the resources like centres / systems.
PARA 9 RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES RELATED TO QUESTION PAPER,

ANSWER KEY AND OTHER MATTER

In the case of objective type examination, the Commission would publish on its
website, the key, after conduct of the examination. Any objections with regard to the key
and any other matter shall be filed with in one week of the publication of the key on the
website of the Commission.
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The objections if any would be examined and the decision of the Commission in
this regard shall be final. Any objection filed after expiry of one week from the date of
publication of key would not be entertained.
PARA -10 NOTE ON IMPORTANT LEGAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE
RECRUITMENT PROCESS:

Vacancies: The recruitment will be made to the notified vacancies only. There shall
be no waiting list as per G.O. Ms. No. 81 General Administration (Ser. A)
Department, Dated 22/02/1997 and Rule 6 of APPSC Rules of procedure. In any
case, no cognizance will be taken by Commission of any vacancies arising or
reported after the completion of the selection and recruitment process or the last date
as decided by the Commission as far as this Notification is concerned, and these will
be further dealt with as per G.O. & Rule cited above.
The Recruitment will be processed as per this Notification and also as per the Rules
and Instructions issued by the Government and also as decided by the Commission
from time to time in terms of respective Special Rules/ Adhoc Rules governing the
Recruitment applicable in this regard.
Rules: The various conditions and criterion prescribed herein are governed by the
General Rules of A.P. State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996 read with the
relevant Special Rules applicable to any particular Service in the departments. Any
guidelines or clarification is based on the said Rules, and, in case of any necessity,
any matter will be processed as per the relevant General and Special Rules in force.
DISTRICT/ LOCAL: In terms of Para 4 of the G.O., A.P. Public Employment
(Organization of Local cadres and Regulations of Direct Recruitment) Order, 1975
(G.O.Ms. No.674, G.A. (SPF-A) Dept., dt: 20/10/1975) read with G.O.Ms.No.08,
General Administration (SPF-A) Dept., dt:08/01/2002, and other orders/instructions
issued by the Government in this regard, the first part shall comprise 20% of the
posts consisting of combined merit list of Locals as well as non-locals and the
remaining second part shall comprise the balance 80% of the posts consisting of
locals only.
The Commission is empowered under the provisions of Article 315 and 320 of the
Constitution of India read with relevant laws, rules, regulations and executive
instructions and all other enabling legal provisions in this regard to conduct
examination for appointment to the posts notified herein, duly following the principle
of order of merit as per Rule 3(vi) of the APPSC Rules of Procedure read with
relevant statutory provisions and ensuring that the whole recruitment and selection
process is carried out with utmost regard to maintenance of secrecy and
confidentiality so as to ensure that the principle of merit is scrupulously followed. A
candidate shall be disqualified for appointment, if he himself or through relations or
friends or any others has canvassed or endeavored to enlist for his candidature,
extraneous support, whether from official or non-official sources for appointment to
this service.
The persons already in Government Service/ Autonomous bodies/ Government aided
institutions etc., whether in permanent or temporary capacity or as work charged
employees are however required to inform in writing, their Head of Office/
Department that they have applied for this recruitment.
The Commission is also empowered to invoke the penal provisions of the other
Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractices and Unfair means) Act 25/97 for
matters connected therewith or incidental thereto in respect of this Notification. Any
regulations with reference to malpractices in force at the time of examination also will
be applicable.
Reservation and eligibility in terms of General Rule 22 of A.P. State and Subordinate
Service Rules are applicable.
Reservation to Disabled persons is subject to their eligibility to any of the above
category of posts and shall be subject to Special Rules/Adhoc Rules governing the
posts. The required extent of deformity and the genuineness of the Medical
Certificate and in case of ambiguity or doubt, the same shall be referred to the
Appellate Medical Boards as per the instructions of the Government Orders of
Honble Supreme Court with reference to reservations for PH will be applied.
The Reservation to Women will apply as per G.O. Ms. No. 40, DWCDA & SC (Prog.
II) Dt. 25/07/2016.
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PARA- 11 Please read the following Annexures appended to the notification before
filling the application form

Annexure- I- Break up of vacancies

Annexure- II- Scheme & Syllabus
Annexure- II (A) - Scheme & Syllabus for PROFICIENCY IN OFFICE AUTOMATION
WITH USAGE OF COMPUTERS AND ASSOCIATED SOFTWARE

Annexure- III- Instructions to candidates

PARA-12: PROCEDURE OF SELECTION:

Incase screening test is conducted as referred above, based on the Merit in

screening test, candidates will be picked up in the ration 50 per one notified post for the
main examination, in order of General Merit. In case where no screening test is held, all
the eligible applicants would be allowed to appear for the main examination.
THE FINAL SELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE
POSTS SHALL BE BASED ON THE MERIT IN THE COMPUTER BASED MAIN
EXAMINATION, TO BE HELD AS PER THE SCHEME OF EXAMINATION ENUNCIATED
AT PARA 7 ABOVE.
The qualifying test i.e., PROFICIENCY IN OFFICE AUTOMATION WITH USAGE
OF COMPUTERS AND ASSOCIATED SOFTWARE will be conducted as per G.O.
Ms.No.133 G.A (Ser-A) Dept., Dt.12/5/2014 and G.O. Ms.No.134 G.A (Ser-A) Dept.,
Dt.12/5/2014. The details of Scheme & Syllabus has been shown in Annexure-I(A).
1. The minimum qualifying marks in the examination for consideration of a candidate
to the selection process in case of OC category is 40%, BC category is 35% and for SC,
ST and PH categories is 30% or as per the relevant rules. The minimum qualifying mark is
relaxable in the case of SC/ST/BC/PH at the discretion of the Commission.
2. The candidates will be selected and allotted to Service/ Department as per their
rank in the merit list.
N.B.: Mere securing of minimum qualifying marks does not confer any right to the
candidate for being considered to the selection.
3. Appearance in all the papers is compulsory. Absence in any of the papers will
automatically render the disqualification of the candidate.
4. Any candidate shall produce Original documents, as and when called for by the
Commission for certificate verification. If any candidate fails to produce the certificates and/or
the particulars furnished in the Application do not tally with the Original documents produced
by the candidate, his/her candidature will be rejected and he/she would be disqualified without
any further correspondence. As candidature for the recruitment is processed through
Computer/Electronic devices based on the particulars furnished in the Application Form, the
candidate is advised to fill in all the relevant particulars carefully.
5. While the Commission calls for preference of candidates in respect of Posts in the
Application Form, it is hereby clarified that the said preferences are only indicative for
being considered to the extent possible but not binding or limiting the Commissions
powers enjoyed under Article 315 and 320 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, the
Commission has the power to assign a successful candidate to any of the notified posts
for which he is considered by them to be qualified and eligible, subject to fulfilling the
selection criterion.
6. The appointment of selected candidates will be subject to their being found medically
fit in the appropriate medical classification, and if he/she is of sound health, active habits free
from any bodily defect or infirmity.
PARA-13: DEBARMENT:
Candidates should make sure of their eligibility to the post applied for and that the
declaration made by them in the format of application regarding their eligibility is
correct in all respects. Any candidate furnishing in-correct information or making
false declaration regarding his/her eligibility at any stage or suppressing any
information is liable TO BE DEBARRED FOR FIVE YEARS FROM APPEARING FOR
ANY OF THE EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE COMMISSION, and summary
rejection of their candidature for this recruitment.
The Penal Provisions of Act 25/97 published in the A.P. Gazette No. 35, Part-IV.B
Extraordinary dated: 21/08/1997 shall be invoked if malpractice and unfair means are
noticed at any stage of the recruitment. Further candidates shall be liable for penalty
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as per G.O. Ms. No.385, G.A (Ser-A) Dept, Dt.18.10.2016. The Chief Superintendent
of the examination centre is authorized to take decision in case of malpractice or
usage of unfair means or creation of disturbance or use of physical force by any
candidate and report the matter to the competent authority as well register a police
case.
The Commission is vested with the constitutional duty of conducting recruitment and
selection as per rules duly maintaining utmost secrecy and confidentiality in this
process and any attempt by anyone causing or likely to cause breach of this
constitutional duty in such manner or by such action as to violate or likely to violate the
fair practices followed and ensured by the Commission will be sufficient cause for
rendering such questionable means as ground for debarment and penal
consequences as per law and rules as per decision of the Commission.
Any candidate found impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person or
resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his / her
candidature for selection or obtaining support of candidature by any means, such a
candidate may in addition to rendering himself/ herself liable to criminal prosecution,
will be liable to be debarred permanently from any exam or selection held by the
Service Commissions in the country.
MEMORANDUM OF MARKS: Answer key would be published on the website and
also as marks of each candidate are also displayed on website no separate
memorandum of marks would be issued.
PARA-14: COMMISSIONS DECISION TO BE FINAL:
The decision of the Commission in all aspects and all respects pertaining to the
application and its acceptance or rejection as the case may be, conduct of examination
and at all consequent stages culminating in the selection or otherwise of any candidate
shall be final in all respects and binding on all concerned, under the powers vested with it
under Article 315 and 320 of the Constitution of India. Commission also reserves its right
to alter and modify the terms and conditions laid down in the notification for conducting the
various stages up to selection, duly intimating details thereof to all concerned, as
warranted by any unforeseen circumstances arising during the course of this process, or
as deemed necessary by the Commission at any stage.

HYDERABAD Sd/-
DATE:30/03/2017 SECRETARY
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Annexure I
Break up of disabled backlog vacancies

Sl. No Name of the Post No. of Vacancies

01 Junior Assistant-Cum-Typist in Director General of 01

Prisons and Correctional Services VH(W)(L)
District post : Guntur

Annexure-II
SCHEME &SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF JUNIOR ASSISTANT CUM-TYPIST GROUP-IV SERVICE
SCHEME

WRITTEN (Objective Type) EXAMINATION

Max. Marks No. of Qns Duration

PAPER-1 150
General Studies 150 Marks 150 Qns
Minutes
PAPER-2 150
Secretarial Abilities 150 Marks 150 Qns
Minutes
Total Marks 300 Marks
NEGATIVE MARKS: As per G.O.Ms. No.235, Finance (HR-I, Plg & Policy)
Dept., Dt. 06/12/2016, for each wrong answer will be penalized
with 1/3rd of the marks prescribed for the question.

PAPER-I
GENERAL STUDIES
(SSC STANDARD)
1. History, Economics, Civics and Geography.
2. Physical Science.
3. Natural Science.
4. Current Affairs.
5. Reasoning and Analytical Ability.
6. Basic things about disaster management (CBSE- VIII & IX Standard)
7. Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
8. Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
9. Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and its Administrative,
Economic, Social, Cultural, Political, and legal implications/problems,
Including
a). Loss of capital city, challenges in building new capital
and its financial implications.
b). Division and rebuilding of common Institutions.
c). Division of employees, their relocation and nativity issues.
d). Effect of bifurcation on commerce and entrepreneurs.
e). Implications to financial resources of state government.
f). Task of post-bifurcation infrastructure development and
opportunities for investments.
g). Socioeconomic, cultural and demographic impact of bifurcation.
h). Impact of bifurcation on river water sharing and consequential issues.
i). AP REORGANISATION ACT, 2014 on AP and the
arbitrariness of certain provisions.

PAPER-II
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SECRETARIAL ABILITIES
Mental Ability (Verbal and Nonverbal)
Logical Reasoning
Comprehension
Descriptive Passage
Logical Passage
Narrative Passage
a) Re-arrangement of sentences with a view to improving the
structure of a passage.
b) Spelling, Punctuation, Proof-Reading, Editing Skills
Numerical and Arithmetical abilities.
Annexure-II(A)
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION (Practical Type)
Minimum qualifying
Duration Maximum marks
TEST
(Minutes) Marks
SC/ST/PH B.Cs O.Cs
Proficiency in Office Automation
with usage of Computers and 30 50 15 17.5 20
Associated Software

SYLLABUS
The test shall comprise the following four parts:

Name of
Name of the Question to be answered Marks
the part

Example: Typing a letter/passage/paragraph ( about 100-

Part A 15
150 words ) in MS-Word

Example: Preparation of a Table/Graph in MS-Excel

Part B 10

Part C Example: Preparation of Power Point Presentations/Slides 10

(Two) on MS-Power Point.
Part D Example: Creation and manipulation of data bases. 10

Part E Example: Displaying the content of E-mail (Inbox). 05

Total 50

Note: The candidates shall be given the text / matter in the Question Paper and they
must type / reproduce it in the Answer Sheet. The formatting of the text should also be
of the same type as given in the Question Paper.
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NAME CONTENTS OF PART-A MARKS

1. Create and save a document using MS WORD

a. Deletion of Character, Word, line and block of text
b. Undo and redo process
c. Moving, Copying and renaming
2. Format the Text document
a. Character formatting
b. Paragraph formatting
c. Page formatting
3. Spell check the document
a. Finding and Replacing of text
b. Bookmarks and Searching for a Bookmarks
c. Checking Spelling and Grammar automatically
d. Checking Spelling and Grammar using Dictionary
4. Print the document
a. Print Preview
b. Print Dialog box 15
WORD
5. Mail Merge in Ms-word
a. Create main document and data file for mail merging
b. Merging the files
c. From letters using mail merging
d. Mailing labels using mail merging
6. Table creation in Ms-word
a. Create a table in the document
b. Add row, column to a table
c. Changing column width and row height.
d. Merge, split cells of table.
e. Use formulae in tables.
f. sorting data in a table.
g. formatting a table.
7. Ability to type on Qwerty key board of
Computer at a speed of at least equivalent to 30 Words
per 1 minute (Lower type writing test).
NAME CONTENTS OF PART-B MARKS
1. Create and save a new work book in Excel
2. Entering Data into Worksheet
3. Editing data of Worksheet
EXCEL 4. Formatting the text in the cells 10
5. Formatting the numbers in the cells.
6. Formatting cells.
7. Copying format of cell along with data format.
8. Changing the height and width of cells.
9. Freezing Titles, splitting screen
10. Enter formulae for calculation in the cells.
11. Copying the formula over a range of cells.
12. Inserting built-in functions in to the cells.
13. Create graphs for the data using Chart Wizard.
14. Format graphs in Excel.
15. Printing of worksheet.
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NAME CONTENTS OF PART-C MARKS

1. Create and save a new presentation using MS Power
Point
layout of opening screen in Power Point
the tool bars in MS Power Point
2. Choose Auto Layout for a new slide.
POWER 3.
POINT
Insert text and pictures into a blank slide. 10
4. Insert new slides into the presentation.
5. Apply slide transition effects.
6. Slide show.
7. Set animation to text and pictures in a slide
8. Set the sounds, order and timing for animation.
NAME CONTENTS OF PART-D MARKS

ACCESS
Creation and manipulation of data bases 10
NAME CONTENTS OF PART-E MARKS
1. Browse the Net using Browser software (Internet
Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome etc.,).
2. Search the Web using Search Engines.
3. Create an E-mail account.
INTERNET 4. Send and receive E-mail.
5. E-commerce transactions. 05
6. Web content uploading.
7. Ability to operate Mac OS / pages / key note /
Numbers.
GRAND TOTAL
50
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Annexure-III
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
A) INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE USER GUIDE AND
SATISFY THEMSELVES AS TO THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS RECRUITMENT
CAREFULLY BEFORE APPLYING AND ENTER THE PARTICULARS COMPLETELY
ONLINE.
APPLICANT MUST COMPULSORILY FILL-UP ALL RELEVANT COLUMNS OF
APPLICATION AND SUBMIT APPLICATION THROUGH WEBSITE ONLY. THE
PARTICULARS MADE AVAILABLE IN THE WEBSITE SHALL BE PROCESSED
THROUGH COMPUTER AND THE ELIGIBILITY DECIDED IN TERMS OF
NOTIFICATION AND CONFIRMED ACCORDINGLY.
THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED ONLINE IN THE PRESCRIBED PROFORMA
AVAILABLE IN THE WEBSITE AND WITHIN THE TIME SHALL ONLY BE
CONSIDERED AND THE COMMISSION WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANY KIND OF DISCREPANCY.
APPLICANTS MUST COMPULSORILY UPLOAD HIS/HER OWN SCANNED PHOTO
AND SIGNATURE THROUGH J.P.G FORMAT.
THE APPLICANTS SHOULD NOT FURNISH ANY PARTICULARS THAT ARE
FALSE, TAMPERED, FABRICATED OR SUPPRESS ANY MATERIAL INFORMATION
WHILE MAKING AN APPLICATION THROUGH WEBSITE.
IMPORTANT:- HAND WRITTEN/TYPED/PHOTOSTAT COPIES/PRINTED
APPLICATION FORM WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED.
THE APPLICANT SHALL PRODUCE ALL THE ESSENTIAL CERTIFICATES ISSUED
BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY, FOR VERIFICATION BY THE COMMISSION,
AS AND WHEN CALLED FOR. IF CANDIDATES FAIL TO PRODUCE THE SAME,
HIS/HER CANDIDATURE SHALL BE REJECTED / DISQUALIFIED WITHOUT ANY
FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE.
The following certificate formats are available on the Commissions Website
(www. psc.ap.gov.in) for reference.

Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate

Declaration by the Un-Employed
School Study Certificate
Certificate of Residence
a) Medical Certificate for the Blind
b) Certificate of Hearing Disability and Hearing Assessment
c) Medical Certificate in respect of Orthopedically Handicapped
Candidates
Creamy Layer Certificate
Local status certificate (if applicable)
B) INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING OFF-LINE EXAMINATION FOR CANDIDATES:
1. The candidates should go through the instructions given on the cover page of test
booklet and carefully write his/her Registration Number, Subject / Subject Code,
Booklet Series, Name of the Examination Centre etc., in the Answer Sheet, which will
be provided to him/her in the examination hall.
2. Since the answer sheets are to be scanned (valued) with Optical Mark Scanner
system, the candidates have to USE BALL POINT PEN (BLUE/BLACK) ONLY FOR
MARKING THE ANSWERS. The candidates will be supplied OMR Sheet consisting of
two copies i.e., the Original Copy (Top Sheet) and Duplicate Copy (Bottom Sheet).
The candidate is required to use Ball Point Pen (Blue or Black) for filling the relevant
blocks in the OMR Sheet including bubbling the answers. After writing the examination
the candidate has to handover the original OMR sheet (Top Sheet) to the invigilator in
the examination hall. If any candidate takes away the original OMR Sheet (Top Sheet)
his/her candidature will be rejected. However the candidate is permitted to take away
the duplicate (Bottom Sheet) OMR Sheet for his/her record. The candidates should
bring Ball Point Pen (Blue/Black and smooth writing pad) to fill up relevant columns on
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the Answer Sheet. The candidate must ensure encoding the Registration Number,
Subject/Subject Code, Booklet Series correctly, write the Name of the Examination
Centre, appending Signatures of the Candidate and Invigilator, etc., on the O.M.R.
Answer sheet correctly, failing which the Answer sheet will not be valued. Use of
whitener / correcting fluid / Blade / Powder/ Eraser / folding / Tearing / Rough Work or
any kind of tampering to change the answers on OMR Sheet will lead to
disqualification / invalidation / rejection. No correspondence whatsoever will be
entertained from the candidates in this regard.
3. The OMR Sheet is to be bubbled by Ball Point Pen (Blue/Black) only. Use of any other
colour like whitener etc., shall make the answer sheet invalid. Bubbling by Pencil / Ink
Pen / Gel Pen is not permitted in this examination. Any kind of tampering to change
the answers on the OMR Sheet will lead to disqualification / invalidation / rejection. No
correspondence whatsoever will be entertained from the candidates in this regard.
C) INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING ON-LINE EXAMINATION FOR CANDIDATES:
1) The candidates should take their seats at the prescribed time before the
commencement of the examination. Biometric identification would be conducted before
entry into examination hall. The entry time would be mentioned in the hall ticket. Late
entry after the given entry time would not be allowed. Candidates should not leave the
examination hall till the expiry of fulltime. Loaning and interchanging of articles among the
candidates is not permitted in the examination hall. Electronic devices including cell
phones and pagers are not allowed in the examination hall. Non programmable
calculators would be permitted, wherever necessary.
2) The starting time of each examination paper and the entry time would be mentioned in
the hall ticket
3) The examination link with the login screen will already be available on your system.
Please inform the invigilator if this is not the case.
4) 10 minutes prior to the exam, youll be prompted to login. Please type the Login ID (Roll
No) and the Password (Password for Candidate will be given on exam day) to proceed
further.
5) Invigilator will announce the password at 09.50 AM and 02.20 PM.
6) Copying or noting down questions and/or options is not allowed. Severe action will be
taken if any candidate is found noting down the questions and/or options.
7) After logging in, your screen will display:
*Profile Information - Check the details & click on I Confirm or I Deny.
*Detailed exam instructions - Please read and understand thoroughly.
*Please click on the I am ready to Begin button, after reading the instructions.
8) You have to use the mouse to answer the multiple choice type questions with FOUR
alternative answers.
9) To answer any numerical answer type question, you need to use the virtual numeric
key pad and the mouse.
10) On the online exam question screen, the timer will display the balance time remaining
for the completion of exam.
11) The question numbers are color coordinated and of different shapes based on the
process of recording your response: White (Square) - For un-attempted questions. Red
(Inverted Pentagon) - For unanswered questions. Green (Pentagon) - For attempted
questions. Violet (Circle) - Question marked by candidate for review, to be answered
later. Violet (Circle with a Tick mark) - Question answered and marked by candidate for
review.
12) After answering a question, click the SAVE & NEXT button to save your response and
move onto the next question.
13) Click on Mark for Review & NEXT to mark your question for review, and then go to the
next question.
14) To clear any answer chosen for a particular question, please click on the CLEAR
RESPONSE button.
15) A summary of each section, (i.e. questions answered, not answered, marked for
review) is available for each section. You have to place the cursor over the section name
for this summary.
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16) In case you wish to view a larger font size, please inform the Invigilator. On the
Invigilator's confirmation, click on the font size you wish to select. The font size will be
visible on the top.
17) You may view INSTRUCTIONS at any point of time during exam, by clicking on the
INSTRUCTIONS button on your screen.
18) The SUBMIT button will be activated after 150 Minutes. Please keep checking the
timer on your screen.
19) In case of automatic or manual log out, all your attempted responses will be saved.
Also, the exam will start from the time where it had stopped.
20) You will be provided a blank sheet for rough work. Do write your Login ID and
Password on it. Please ensure that you return it to the invigilator at the end of the exam
after tearing only the password from it.
21) Please dont touch the key board as your exam ID will get locked. If your ID gets
locked, please inform a nearby invigilator who will help in unlocking your ID and then you
can continue with the exam.
22) Please inform the invigilator in case of any technical issues.
23) Please do not talk to or disturb other candidates.
24) In case you are carrying articles other than the admit card, photo identity proof and
pen, please leave them outside the exam room.
25) You cannot leave exam room before submitting the paper. Please inform the
invigilator if you want to use the wash room.
D) GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
1) If the candidate notices any discrepancy printed on the Hall ticket, as to community,
date of birth etc., he/she may immediately bring it to the notice of Commissions
officials/Chief Superintendent in the examination centre and necessary corrections can be
made in the Nominal Roll, in the Examination Hall against his/her Hall Ticket Number for
being verified by the Commissions Office.
2) The candidate should satisfy the Invigilator of his/her identity with reference to the
signature and photographs available on the Nominal Rolls and Hall Ticket.
3) The candidates should take their seats at the given time before the commencement of
the examination and are not to be allowed after of the scheduled time. The time of
Examination and entry time would be mentioned in the hall ticket. Late entry after the
given entry time would not be allowed. Candidates should not leave the examination hall
till the expiry of fulltime.
4) The candidates must note that his/her admission to the examination is strictly
provisional. The mere fact that an Admission to the examination does not imply that
his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission or that the entries made
by the candidate in his/her application have been accepted by the Commission as true
and correct. The candidates have to be found suitable after verification of original
certificates; and other eligibility criteria. The Applicants have to upload his/her scanned
recent colour passport photo and signature to the Application Form. Failure to produce the
same photograph, if required, at the time of interview/ verification, may lead to
disqualification. Hence the candidates are advised not to change their appearance till the
recruitment process is complete.
5) The candidates are not allowed to bring any Electronic devices such as mobile /
cellphones, programmable calculators, tablets, iPad, Bluetooth, pagers, watches or any
other computing devices to examination Hall. Non programmable calculators would be
permitted, wherever necessary. Loaning and interchanging of articles among the
candidates is not permitted in the examination hall and any form of malpractice will not be
permitted in the exam hall.
6) The candidates are expected to behave in orderly and disciplined manner while writing
the examination. The candidature will be rejected and in case of impersonation/ disorder/
rowdy behaviour during Examination, necessary F.I.R. for this incident will be lodged with
concerned Police Station, apart from disqualifying his / her candidature. The chief
superintendent of the centre is authorize to take spot decision in this matter.
7) Candidates trying to use unfair means shall be disqualified from the selection. No
correspondence whatsoever will be entertained from the candidates.
8) The Penal Provisions of Act 25/97 published in the A.P. Gazette No. 35, Part-IV.B
Extraordinary dated: 21/08/1997 shall be invoked if malpractice and unfair means are
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noticed at any stage of the Examination. Action will be taken to penalize as per any other
Regulations/Rules in force as on date of examination.
6). (a) Wherever the candidates who are totally blind will be provided a scribe to write the
examination and 20 minutes extra time is permitted to them per hour. Eligible candidates
are also allowed to bring their own scribe after due intimation to the Commission after duly
providing the full identification details of the scribe like name, address and appropriate
proof of identification.
(b) The applicants shall upload the certificate relating to percentage of disability for
considering the appointment of scribe in the examination.
(c) An extra time of 20 minutes per hour is also permitted for the candidates with
locomotor disability and CEREBRAL PALSY where dominant (writing) extremity is
affected for the extent slowing the performance of function (Minimum of 40% impairment).
No scribe is allowed to such candidates.
(d) The candidate as well as the scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming
the rules applicable
9). In case the Hall-Ticket is without photo or too small, he/she should affix a passport size
photo on Hall-ticket and appear by duly getting attested by Gazetted Officer. He/she shall
handover similar photo for each paper to Chief Superintendent for affixing the same on
the Nominal Rolls.
10) The candidate will not be admitted to the examination Hall without procedural
formatives.
11) The candidates admission to the Examination is provisional, subject to the eligibility,
confirmation/satisfaction of conditions laid down in this Notification.
12) The candidates should put his/ her signature and get the signature of the invigilator at
the appropriate places in the Nominal Roll or OMR Answer Sheet.
13) Instructions to be followed scrupulously in the Examination Hall.