APPSC ASO Syllabus 2026 & Exam Pattern PDF: Download Official Syllabus

• Events of national and international importance
• Current affairs- international, national and regional
• General Science and its application to the day-to-day life, contemporary developments in science and technology and information technology
• Social, economic and political history and modern India
• 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 the Indian sub-continent and Andhra Pradesh.
• Disaster management: vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation strategies, Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in the assessment of Disaster
• Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
• Logical reasoning, analytical ability and data interpretation
• Data Analysis: a) Tabulation of data b) Visual representation of data c) Basic data analysis (Summary Statistics such as mean, median, mode, variance and coefficient of variation) and Interpretation

• Production, consumption, demand
• Elasticity
• Market structure, price determination
• National income (employment, savings, investment)
• Money, money supply, banks, credit creation
• Inflation (meaning, measurement, control)
• Public finance (budget, taxes, deficit)

International Economics

• Free trade vs protection
• Balance of payments
• Exchange rate system
• IMF, World Bank, Bretton Woods system
• Sources of growth (capital, human capital, trade, productivity)

Indian Economy

• Population, poverty, unemployment, inequality
• Rural-urban disparities
• Foreign trade, external debt
• Inflation, parallel economy
• Fiscal deficit
• Economic planning, NITI Aayog
• Economic policies (fiscal, monetary, agriculture, industry, trade)

 Financial Accounting

• Basic accounting concepts
• Journal, ledger, trial balance
• Cash book, bank reconciliation
• Final accounts
• Errors, depreciation, reserves
• Single entry system

Basics of Computers

• Number systems (binary, octal, decimal, hex)
• Data representation (bits, bytes)
• Memory, operations
• Algorithms, flowcharts
• Spreadsheet basics (Excel-type work)

 Statistics (Basics)

• Data collection (primary, secondary)
• Sampling methods
• Frequency distribution, charts, tables
• Probability basics

Central Tendency

• Mean, median, mode
• Geometric & harmonic mean
• Quartiles, deciles, percentiles

Dispersion & Skewness

• Range, deviation, standard deviation
• Coefficient of variation
• Skewness, kurtosis, normal distribution

Correlation

• Types of correlation
• Karl Pearson & Spearman methods
• Uses and interpretation

Time Series & Index Numbers

• Trend and seasonal analysis
• Index numbers (price, quantity, cost of living)
• Construction and limitations
• Base shifting and deflation