APPSC Forest Officer Syllabus 2022: Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has released the Syllabus for the Forest Beat Officer, Assistant Beat Officer. You can check the exam patterns and download the syllabus pdf now at psc.ap.gov.in.
AP Forest Department Model Paper 2022 Syllabus, Exam Pattern
Exam Pattern: (Screening Test) (Prelims)
| Exam Type | Sections | Subjects | Questions | Marks | Exam Duration |
| Objective Type | Section-A | General Studies & Mental Ability | 75 | 75 | 100 Minutes |
| Section-B | General Science & General Mathematics (SSC Standard) | 75 | 75 | 50 Minutes | |
| Total | 150 | 150 | 21/2 hours | ||
Exam Pattern: Main Examination
| Exam Type | Sections | Subjects | Questions | Marks | Exam Duration |
| Objective & Descriptive Type Type | Section-A (Descriptive Type) | Writing an Essay in English, Telugu or Urdu Language | 1 | 50 Marks (Qualifying Examination) | 45 Minutes |
| Section-B (Objective Type) | General Studies & Mental Ability | 100 Questions | 100 Marks | 100 Minutes | |
| Section-C (Objective Type) | General Science & General Mathematics (SSC Standard) | 100 Questions | 100 Marks | 100 Minutes | |
| Total | 200 Questions | 200 Marks | 4 hours | ||
APPSC Forest Officer Preliminary Examination Syllabus
Section-A: General Studies & Mental Ability:
- General Science – Contemporary developments in Science and Technology and their implications including matters of everyday observation and experience, as may be expected of an individual who has passed
- Intermediate and not made a special study of any scientific discipline.
- Current events of national importance and the state of Andhra Pradesh
- History of India – emphasis will be on a broad general understanding of the subject in its social, economic, cultural and political aspects with a focus on AP and Indian National Movement.
- Geography of India with a focus on Andhra Pradesh state.
- Indian polity and Economy – including the country’s political system- Rural development – Planning and economic reforms in India.
- Mental Ability – Reasoning & Inferences.
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection.
- Disaster Management.
a) The concepts in disaster management and vulnerability profile of
India and State of A.P.
b) Causes and effects of earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, floods,
drought.
c) Manmade disasters – Prevention strategies, mitigation strategies and
mitigation measures.
Section-B: (General Science) (SSC Standard)
1. Source of Energy: Renewable and Non-renewable sources of energy
a) Renewable sources: Solar energy (Solar Cooker, Solar water heater, Solar Cell); Wind energy, Hydro energy (Tides of Ocean, Hydroelectric), Geothermal wood, Biogas, Hydrogen and Alcohol.
b) Non-renewable sources: – Fossil fuel (Coal, Petroleum and Natural gas), conditions for combustion choice of good fuel, fuel efficiency, nuclear fusion and nuclear fission, chain reaction, nuclear reactor (basic principles; safety measures), advantages and hazards of nuclear energy, mangal Turbine (Fuel less turbine)- Principle, working and uses.
2. Living world:
a) Life Processes such as nutrition, modes of nutrition – Autotrophic,
heterotrophic, Parasitic and saprophytes.
b) Nutrition of plants – Photosynthesis & factors affecting the photosynthesis
c) Nutrition in animals like Amoeba & grasshoppers.
d) Human digestive system.
e) Respiration in Plants and Animals.
f) Type of respiration- Aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
g) Respiration through Skin, Gills, trachea lungs. (Earthworm, Fishes, Grasshopper and Human)
h) Knowledge of the structure and function of the human respiratory system.
3. Transportation & Excretion
a) Transportation in Plants and animals. (Water, minerals, food).
b) Transportation in Human – Composition and function of blood, clotting of blood, blood Groups, transfusion of blood, heart, structure and functions of blood vessel (elementary knowledge) and lymphaticsystem.
c) Excretion in animals (Amoeba and earth worm), excretion in human, Osmoregulation.
d) Nervous system and hormones in Human- reflex action.
4. Reproduction, growth, heredity and evolution:
A) Reproduction and growth
i) Types of Reproduction) Asexual: Fission budding, regeneration, vegetative propagation in
plants, cutting, grafting and layering, and Parthenogenesis.
b) Sexual reproduction and its significance – reproductive parts of plants, pollination and fertilization.
c) Human reproductive system, mental and physical change during human development.
B) Heredity and Evolution:
a) Heredity and Variations,
b) Physical basis of Heredity – chromosomes; D.N.A. (elementary
knowledge), Genes, Sex determination.
c) Elementary knowledge of evolution.
5. Natural Resources:
a) Metals: – Ores and minerals, metallurgy, Enrichment of ores, extraction of metal from ores, refinement and purification of metal with reference to Iron and aluminum, Activity series of metals, general properties and corrosion of metals, Alloys, Components, properties and uses of steel; stainless steel, Brass, magnalium, alloys of gold.
b) Non-metals: –Importance and general properties, method of preparation of hydrogen, properties and its uses, manufacturing of ammonia (Only reactions), properties and uses, sulfur – occurrence, extraction, properties (allotropy and effect of heat) and uses. Properties and uses of Sulphur dioxide, manufacture of sulphuric acid (Only reactions), its properties and uses.
6. Carbon Compounds: Functional groups (only oxygen-containing) Alcohols – preparation, properties and uses, preparation methods, properties and uses of formaldehyde, Acetone and Acetic acid. Some common synthetic polymers, soaps and detergents.
7. Environment and Environmental Problems: –
a) Causes, prevention and control of environmental problems, Land, Water, Air, noise pollution and accumulation of waste materials.
b) Biodegradable and Non-biodegradable materials,
c) Interaction between biotic and non-biotic components of the ecosystem.
d) Ecological balance, efforts and measures for conservation of the environment.
e) Process of water management and conservation:
- Rainwater harvesting.
- Ground water recharging,
- Conservation of forests.
- Land management and conservation.
- Public awareness for environmental protection,
- Green House effect,
- Global warming,
- Ozone layer depletion,
- Acid rain.
8. Ethnobotany:
a) Morphological study of medicinal plants, their classification on the basis of their use and life span.
b) Study of botanical names and medicinal use of the following seasonal and perennial plants.
9. a) The Universe – Solar system and exploring space – Solar System, planets, asteroids, comets and meteors; Earth origin, evolution and structure stars, constellations, milky way, galaxy, the structure of the universe and its theories.
b) Brief history of space explorations: – Elementary ideas about space crafts, different types of artificial satellites and their orbits, uses of artificial satellites in Communication, weather forecasting, remote sensing and space exploration.
Mathematics:
Arithmetic:
a) Number System-Natural numbers, Integers,
b) Rational and Real numbers,
c) Fundamental operations, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square roots, Decimal fractions.
d) Unitary method-time and distance, time and work, percentages, applications to simple and compound interest, profit and loss, ratio and proportion, variation.
e) Elementary Number Theory – Division algorithm, Prime and composite numbers. Tests of divisibility by 2,3,4,5,9 and 11.
f) Multiples and factors, factorization Theorem. H.C.F. and L.C.M. Euclidean algorithm. Logarithms to base 10, laws of logarithms, use of logarithmic tables.
Algebra:
a) Basic Operations, simple factors, Remainder Theorem, H.C.F., L.C.M.
b) Theory of polynomials, solutions of quadratic equations, relation between its roots and coefficients (Only real roots to be considered). Simultaneous linear equations in two unknowns – analytical and Graphical solutions. Simultaneous linear in equations in two variables and their solutions.
c) Practical problems leading to two simultaneous linear equations or in equations in two variables or quadratic equations in one variable and their solutions.
d) Set language and set notation, rational expressions and conditional identities, laws of indices.
Trigonometry:
Sine x, Cosine x, Tangent x when Oo = x = 90o values of sin x, cos x and tan x, for x= Oo , 30o, 45o, 60o and 90o.
Simple trigonometric identities. Use of trigonometric tables, Simple cases of heights and distances.
Geometry:
1) Lines and angles, Plane and plane figures,
2) Theorems on
a) Properties of angles at a point,
b) Parallel lines,
c) Sides and angles of a triangle,
d) Congruency of triangles,
e) Similar triangles,
f) Concurrence of medians and altitudes,
g) Properties of angles, sides and diagonals of a parallelogram,
rectangle and square,
h) Circles and its properties including tangents and normals
i) Loci.
Mensuration:
a) Areas of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, triangles and circles.
b) Areas of figures which can be split up into the figures (Field Book),
c) Surface area and volume of cuboids, lateral surface and volume of right circular cones and cylinders, surface area and volume of spheres.
Statistics:
a) Collection and tabulation of statistical data,
b) Graphical representation – frequency polygons, histograms, bar charts, pie charts etc.
c) Measures of central tendency.
APPSC Main Examination Syllabus
Essay Writing (Qualifying Test):
Writing an essay in English or Telugu or Urdu (Descriptive type). (Essay on the theme relates to Forests and Environment)
Section-A: General Studies & Mental Ability:
1. General Science – Contemporary developments in Science and Technology and their implications including matters of everyday observation and experience, as may be expected of an individual who has passed Intermediate and not made a special study of any scientific discipline.
2. Current events of national importance and the state of Andhra Pradesh
3. History of India – emphasis will be on the broad general understanding of the subject in its social, economic, cultural and political aspects with a focus on AP and Indian National Movement.
4. Geography of India with a focus on Andhra Pradesh state.
5. Indian polity and Economy – including the country’s political system- Rural development – Planning and economic reforms in India.
6. Mental Ability – Reasoning & Inferences.
7. Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection.
8. Disaster Management.
a) The concepts in disaster management and vulnerability profile of India and State of A.P.
b) Causes and effects of earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, floods, and drought.
c) Manmade disasters – Prevention strategies, mitigation strategies and mitigation measures.
Section-B: (General Science & General Mathematics)
1. Source of Energy: Renewable and Non-renewable sources of energy
a) Renewable sources: Solar energy (Solar Cooker, Solar water heater, Solar Cell); Wind energy, Hydro energy (Tides of Ocean, Hydroelectric), Geothermal wood, Biogas, Hydrogen and Alcohol.
b) Non-renewable sources: – Fossil fuel (Coal, Petroleum and Natural gas), conditions for combustion choice of a good fuel, fuel efficiency, nuclear fusion and nuclear fission, chain reaction, nuclear reactor (basic principles; safety measures), advantages and hazards of nuclear energy, mangal Turbine (Fuel less turbine)- Principle, working and uses.
2. Living world:
a) Life Processes such as nutrition, modes of nutrition – Autotrophic,
heterotrophic, Parasitic and saprophytes.
b) Nutrition of plants – Photosynthesis & factors affecting the photosynthesis
c) Nutrition in animals like Amoeba & grasshoppers.
d) Human digestive system.
e) Respiration in Plants and Animals.
f) Type of respiration- Aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
g) Respiration through Skin, Gills, trachea lungs. (Earthworm, Fishes, Grasshopper, and Human)
h) Knowledge of the structure and function of human respiratory system.
3. Transportation & Excretion
a) Transportation in Plants and animals. (Water, minerals, food).
b) Transportation in Human – Composition and function of blood, clotting of blood, blood Groups, transfusion of blood, heart, structure and functions of blood vessel (elementary knowledge) and lymphatic system.
c) Excretion in animals (Amoeba and earth worm), excretion in human, Osmoregulation.
d) Nervous system and hormones in Human- reflex action.
4. Reproduction, growth, heredity and evolution:
A) Reproduction and growth
i) Types of Reproduction) Asexual: Fission budding, regeneration, vegetative propagation in
plants, cutting, grafting and layering, and Parthenogenesis.
b) Sexual reproduction and its significance – reproductive parts of plants, pollination and fertilization.
c) Human reproductive system, mental and physical change during human development.
B) Heredity and Evolution:
a) Heredity and Variations,
b) Physical basis of Heredity – chromosomes; D.N.A. (elementary
knowledge), Genes, Sex determination.
c) Elementary knowledge of evolution.
5. Natural Resources:
a) Metals: – Ores and minerals, metallurgy, Enrichment of ores, extraction of metal from ores, refinement and purification of metal with reference to Iron and aluminum, Activity series of metals, general properties and corrosion of metals, Alloys, Components, properties and uses of steel; stainless steel, Brass, magnalium, alloys of gold.
b) Non-metals: –Importance and general properties, method of preparation of hydrogen, properties and its uses, manufacturing of ammonia (Only reactions), properties and uses, sulfur – occurrence, extraction, properties (allotropy and effect of heat) and uses. Properties and uses of Sulphur dioxide, manufacture of sulphuric acid (Only reactions), its properties and uses.
6. Carbon Compounds: Functional groups (only oxygen-containing) Alcohols – preparation, properties and uses, preparation methods, properties and uses of formaldehyde, Acetone and Acetic acid. Some common synthetic polymers, soaps and detergents.
7. Environment and Environmental Problems: –
a) Causes, prevention and control of environmental problems, Land, Water, Air, noise pollution and accumulation of waste materials.
b) Biodegradable and Non-biodegradable materials,
c) Interaction between biotic and non-biotic components of the ecosystem.
d) Ecological balance, efforts and measures for conservation of the environment.
e) Process of water management and conservation:
- Rainwater harvesting.
- Ground water recharging,
- Conservation of forests.
- Land management and conservation.
- Public awareness for environmental protection,
- Green House effect,
- Global warming,
- Ozone layer depletion,
- Acid rain.
8. Ethnobotany:
a) Morphological study of medicinal plants, their classification on the basis of their use and life span.
b) Study of botanical names and medicinal use of the following seasonal and perennial plants.
9. a) The Universe – Solar system and exploring space – Solar System, planets, asteroids, comets and meteors; Earth origin, evolution and structure stars, constellations, milky way, galaxy, the structure of the universe and its theories.
b) Brief history of space explorations: – Elementary ideas about space crafts, different types of artificial satellites and their orbits, uses of artificial satellites in Communication, weather forecasting, remote sensing and space exploration.
General Mathematics:
Arithmetic:
a) Number System-Natural numbers, Integers,
b) Rational and Real numbers,
c) Fundamental operations, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square roots, Decimal fractions.
d) Unitary method-time and distance, time and work, percentages, applications to simple and compound interest, profit and loss, ratio and proportion, variation.
e) Elementary Number Theory – Division algorithm, Prime and composite numbers. Tests of divisibility by 2,3,4,5,9 and 11.
f) Multiples and factors, factorisation Theorem. H.C.F. and L.C.M. Euclidean algorithm. Logarithms to base 10, laws of logarithms, use of logarithmic tables.
Algebra:
a) Basic Operations, simple factors, Remainder Theorem, H.C.F., L.C.M.
b) Theory of polynomials, solutions of quadratic equations, relation between its roots and coefficients (Only real roots to be considered). Simultaneous linear equations in two unknowns – analytical and Graphical solutions. Simultaneous linear in equations in two variables and their solutions.
c) Practical problems leading to two simultaneous linear equations or in equations in two variables or quadratic equations in one variable and their solutions.
d) Set language and set notation, rational expressions and conditional identities, laws of indices.
Trigonometry:
Sine x, Cosine x, Tangent x when Oo = x = 90o values of sin x, cos x and tan x, for x= Oo , 30o, 45o, 60o and 90o.
Simple trigonometric identities. Use of trigonometric tables, Simple cases of heights and distances.
Geometry:
1) Lines and angles, Plane and plane figures,
2) Theorems on
a) Properties of angles at a point,
b) Parallel lines,
c) Sides and angles of a triangle,
d) Congruency of triangles,
e) Similar triangles,
f) Concurrence of medians and altitudes,
g) Properties of angles, sides, and diagonals of a parallelogram,
rectangle and square,
h) Circles and their properties including tangents and normals
i) Loci.
Mensuration:
a) Areas of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, triangles, and circles.
b) Areas of figures which can be split up into the figures (Field Book),
c) Surface area and volume of cuboids, lateral surface, and volume of right circular cones and cylinders, surface area and volume of spheres.
Statistics:
a) Collection and tabulation of statistical data,
b) Graphical representation – frequency polygons, histograms, bar charts, pie charts etc.
c) Measures of central tendency.
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