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Updated on 17th Nov, 2023 by Prabakaran K
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About APPSC AEE 2022
AP Public Service Commission conducts APPSC AEE through which candidates are hired for the posts of AEE (Civil) in A.P. PH & ME Department, AEE (Civil/ Mech) in A.P. Tribal Welfare Engineering Department, AEE (Civil) in A.P. Water Resources Department, AEE (Mechanical) in A.P. Water Resources Department, AEE (Civil/ Mech) in A.P Panchayat Raj Engineering Service, AEE (Mechanical/ Agriculture) in A.P Ground Water Department to name a few.
APPSC AEE 2022 Highlights
| Full Exam Name | Andhra Pradesh PSC Assistant Executive Engineer Exam |
| Short Exam Name | APPSC AEE |
| Conducting Body | Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission |
| Frequency of Conduct | Vacancy Based |
| Exam Level | State Level Exam |
| Languages | English |
| Mode of Application | Online |
| Application Fee (General) | 250 Rs [Online] |
| Mode of Exam | Online |
| Mode of Counselling | Offline |
| APPSC AEE Paper 1 - Duration | 2 Hours 30 Minutes+2 More |
| Number of Seats | 23 Seats |
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APPSC AEE 2022 Important Dates
APPSC AEE (Session 2022)
Past Dates and Events
09 Nov, 2023
Result | Mode: Online
09 Nov, 2023
Answer Key - Final answer key | Mode: Online
29 Aug, 2023 - 31 Aug, 2023
Answer Key - Paper 1, 2 & 3- raise objections | Mode: Online
28 Aug, 2023
Answer Key - Paper 1, 2 & 3 | Mode: Online
26 Oct, 2022 - 15 Nov, 2022
Application | Mode: Online
14 Nov, 2022
Fee payment - Last date | Mode: Online
28 Sep, 2022
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APPSC AEE 2022 Eligibility Criteria
Educational Eligibility – According to the APPSC AEE eligibility criteria, any applicant must possess the qualifications as detailed below, subject to various specifications in the relevant service rules. Educational qualifications for some posts are mentioned below:
AEE (Civil) in A.P PH & ME Department | Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering of university in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, State Act or an Institution Recognized by the University Grants Commission /AICTE or pass in sections A and B of AMIE (India) examination in Civil Engineering. |
AEE (Civil/Mech) in A.P Tribal Welfare Engineering Department | Must be a Graduate in Engineering (Civil/Mechanical) from any University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, or a State Act or an Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission or equivalent qualification. |
AEE (Civil) in A.P. Water Resources Department | Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering of a University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, Provincial Act or State Act or Institution Recognized by the University Grants Commission/All India Council for Technical Education or equivalent qualification. |
AEE (Mech) in A.P. Water Resources Department | Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering of university in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, Provincial Act or a State Act or an institution recognized by the University Grants Commission/All India Council for Technical Education or equivalent qualification. |
AEE (Civil/Mech) in A.P Panchayat Raj Engineering Service | Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering of a University in India established or incorporated by or under Central Act, or a Provincial Act or a State Act or an Institution Recognized by the University Grants Commission or pass in sections A and B of AMIE examination conducted by Institute of Engineers in Civil or Mechanical or AMIE and B.Sc. (Engg.) of Ranchi University or equivalent qualification. |
AEE (Mech/Agrl.) in A.P Ground Water Department | Must possess a B.E. degree (Mechanical) or B.Tech. (Agricultural Engineering) of university or an institution recognized by the University Grants Commission or equivalent qualification. |
Age - Only applicants above 18 years of age and below 40 years as on September 1 of the year are eligible to apply for APPSC AEE. The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable in following cases:
Category | Relaxation of age permissible |
Retrenched temporary employees in the State Census Department with a minimum service of 6 months | 3 years |
A.P. State Government Employees (Employees of APSEB, APSRTC, Corporations, Municipalities etc. are not eligible) | 5 Years based on the length of regular service |
Ex-Service men | 3 years & length of service rendered in the armed forces |
N.C.C.(who have worked as Instructor in N.C.C.) | 3 Years & length of service rendered in the N.C.C |
SC/ST and BCs | 5 years |
Physically Handicapped Persons | 10 years |
APPSC AEE 2022 Application Process
Mode of Application : Online
Mode of Payment : Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card | NEFT | Other
The application process of APPSC AEE includes the steps provided below:
STEP 1: Applicant had to fill the OTPR application to obtain ID Number. Candidates had to fill in their particulars very carefully as no changes after submission of the form will be entertained.
STEP 2: The applicant had to fill and submit the application form and click on the link with notification number and name, OTPR ID number and date of birth to proceed further. He/she had to verify the details as obtained from OTPR database displayed on the screen. If any details were to be changed, applicants had to 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. 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.
STEP 3: Once the application fee ID is generated, select the payment of fee option for paying through either net banking/ credit card/ debit card or AP online centre.
STEP 4: After payment of fee, the PDF of application form was generated containing the particulars furnished by the applicant. The application ID number mentioned in the application form should be kept safely for future reference/correspondence.
Application Fees
| Category | Quota | Mode | Gender | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General, SC, OBC, ST | Online | Male, Transgender, Female | ₹ 250 |
APPSC AEE 2022 Syllabus
General studies and mental ability (paper-I)
General studies and mental ability (paper-I): Unit 01
Events of national and international importance |
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General studies and mental ability (paper-I): Unit 02
Current affairs-international, national, and regional |
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General studies and mental ability (paper-I): Unit 03
General science and it applications to the day to day life contemporary developments in science and technology and information technology |
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General studies and mental ability (paper-I): Unit 04
Social economic and political history of modern India with emphases on Indian national movement |
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General studies and mental ability (paper-I): Unit 05
Indian polity and governance |
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| Constitutional issues, public policy, reforms and e-governance initiatives |
General studies and mental ability (paper-I): Unit 06
Economic development in India since independence |
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General studies and mental ability (paper-I): Unit 07
Physical geography of India sub-continent |
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General studies and mental ability (paper-I): Unit 08
Disaster management |
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| Vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation strategies, application of remote sensing and GIS in the assessment of disaster |
General studies and mental ability (paper-I): Unit 09
Sustainable development and environmental protection |
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General studies and mental ability (paper-I): Unit 10
Logical reasoning, analytical ability, and data interpretation |
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General studies and mental ability (paper-I): Unit 11
Data analysis |
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| Tabulation of data, visual representation of data, basic data analysis (summary statistics such as mean and variance coefficient of variation etc.) and interpretation |
General studies and mental ability (paper-I): Unit 12
Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and its administrative, economic, social, cultural, political, and legal implications/ problems |
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Civil and mechanical engineering (paper-II)
Civil and mechanical engineering (paper-II): Unit 01
Strength of material |
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| Forces, moments, equilibrium; applying the equation of equilibrium, planar trusses; friction |
| Simple stresses and strains: Elasticity and plasticity, types of stresses and strains, generalized Hooke’s law-stress, strain diagram for mild steel, working stress, factor of safety, lateral strain, Poisson’s ratio and volumetric strain |
| Simple stresses and strains: Elastic modulii and the relationship between them, bars of varying section, composite bars, temperature stresses. Strain energy-resilience, gradual, sudden, impact, and shock loadings |
| Shear force (SF) and bending moment (BM): Definition of beam, types of beams, concept of shear force and bending moment, SF and BM for cantilever, simply-supported and overhanging beams subjected to point loads |
| Shear force (SF) and bending moment (BM): UDL, uniformly varying loads and combination of these loads-point of contraflexure, relation between SF, BM, and rate of loading at a section of a beam |
| Flexural stresses: Theory of simple bending, assumptions, bending equation: Neutral axis-bending stresses, section modulus of different sections, design of simple beam sections |
| Shear stresses: Derivation of formula-shear stress distribution across various beam sections, principal stresses and strains: Stresses on an inclined section of a bar under axial loading-compound stresses |
| Principal stresses and strains: Normal and tangential stresses on an inclined plane for biaxial stresses, two perpendicular normal stresses accompanied by a state of simple shear, Mohr’s circle of stresses, principal stresses and strains |
| Principal stresses and strains: Analytical and graphical solutions |
| Different theories of failure: Various theories of failure. Columns and struts-Euler’s column theory, types of end conditions; critical load on the column-derivations, Rankin’s formula for columns |
| Different theories of failure: Lifting machines, definitions, law of machine, study of important lifting machines; virtual work principle |
| Torsion of circular shafts: Theory of pure torsion, torsion equations: Assumptions made in the theory of pure torsion, torsional moment of resistance, polar section modulus, power transmitted by shafts, combined bending and torsion and end thrust |
| Torsion of circular shafts: Springs-helical and leaf springs |
| Thin and thick cylinders and spherical shells: Thin seamless shells, formula for longitudinal and circumferential stresses and max shear stresses, hoop, longitudinal and volumetric strains-changes in diameter, and volume of thin shells |
Civil and mechanical engineering (paper-II): Unit 02
Fluid mechanic and machinery |
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| Fluid statics: Dimensions and units, physical properties of fluids, specific gravity, viscosity, and surface tension, vapour pressure and their influence on fluid motion, atmospheric, Pascal’s law, gauge and vacuum pressures, measurement of pressure |
| Fluid statics: Dimensions and units-piezometer, U-tube and differential manometers. hydrostatics, fluid forces on planes and curved surfaces, submerged and floating bodies, buoyancy and stability |
| Fluid kinematics: Description of flow pattern and types of fluid flows, velocity and acceleration: Convective, temporal, tangential and normal accelerations, control volume, basic principles of fluid flow, continuity equation for 3-D, 2-D, 1-D flow |
| Fluid kinematics: Rotational and irrotational motion, velocity potential, stream function, flow net |
| Fluid dynamics: Surface and body forces, Euler’s and Bernoulli’s equations for flow along a stream line and its applications, momentum equation and its applications. Flow measurement devices, gross measurement: Venturimeter, orificemeter |
| Fluid dynamics: Gross measurement-turbine flow meters, rotameters; pressure measurement: Pitot tubes, hot wire/ film anemometer, their measurement principles and sources of errors; calibration |
| Closed conduit flow: Reynolds experiment, major and minor losses in pipes, pipes in series and pipes in parallel-total energy line-hydraulic gradient line, water hammer |
| Boundary layer concepts: Definition, thicknesses, characteristics along thin plate, laminar and turbulent boundary layers boundary layer in transition, separation of boundary layer, submerged objects-drag and lift |
| Basics of turbomachinery: Hydrodynamic force of jets on stationary and moving flat, inclined, and curved vanes, velocity diagrams, work done and efficiency, hydraulic turbines: Classification of turbines, heads and efficiencies |
| Hydraulic turbines: Impulse and reaction turbines, Pelton wheel, Francis turbine and Kaplan turbine-working proportions, work done, efficiencies, hydraulic design-draft tube theory-functions and efficiency |
| Performance of hydraulic turbines: Geometric similarity, unit and specific quantities, characteristic curves, governing of turbines, selection of type of turbine, cavitation |
| Centrifugal pumps: Classification, working, work done-barometric head-loss and efficiencies specific speed, performance characteristic curves, NPSH. Selection of pumps and economic evaluation of pumping |
| Hydraulic directional control: Check valves, shuttle valves, two-three- and four-way directional control valves, directional control valve actuation |
| Hydraulic pressure control: Pressure relief valves, unloading valves, pressure reducing valves, sequence valves, counterbalance valves, pressure compensated pumps |
| Hydro projects and plant: Classification-typical layouts, plant auxiliaries, plant operation, pumped storage plants |
| Hydroelectric power plant: Water power, hydrological cycle/ flow measurement, drainage area characteristics, hydrographs, storage, and pondage, classification of dams and spillways |
Electrical engineering (paper-II)
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 01
Electric circuits |
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| Active and passive network elements, dependent and independent sources, response of passive elements to arbitrary excitations, energy stored in inductance and capacitance, Kirchoff’s loss, formation of Mesh and Nodal integro differential equations |
| Their solutions by classical and Laplace transformation methods, transient and steady state response of RL, RC elements to impulse, step, ramp, and sinusoidal inputs, single phase AC circuits, methods of solutions, polyphase circuits |
| Analysis of balanced and unbalanced circuits, measurements of three phase power |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 02
Electrical measurements and instruments |
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| Absolute and secondary instrument types, principle of operation of different type of instrument, extension of instrument ranges, measurement of voltage, current, power and energy, localization of cable faults |
| Murray loop and Varley loop tests, cathode ray oscilloscope |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 03
Illumination |
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| Solid angle, luminous flux, luminous intensity-illumination and candle power, laws of illumination, flood lighting, street lighting, electric lamps |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 04
DC generators and motors |
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| Types of DC generators, EMF equation, constructional details, characteristics of shunt, series and compound generators-armature reaction, types of DC motors, torque developed in a DC motor, speed controls of DC motors and starters |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 05
Transformers |
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| Constructional details, principle of operation, vector diagrams on no load and load, regulation and efficiency, equivalent circuits and tests for the determination of parameters of equivalent circuits |
| Types of three phase transformers and their applications, scott connection of transformers |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 06
3-phase induction motors |
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| Principle of operation, cage and slip ring motors, torque slip characteristics, methods of speed control |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 07
3-phase alternators |
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| Principle of operation and constructional details, types of alternators, synchronous impedance, voltage regulation, short circuit ratio and its importance, phasor diagrams of round rotor and salient pole machines, synchronization |
| Behaviour of an alternator connected to infinite bus, effect of varying excitation current and mechanical torque, power angle curves, control of active and reactive powers |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 08
3-phase synchronous motors |
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| Principle of operation, torque developed and methods of starting, V and inverted V curves, effects of variations of excitation, synchronous condensers |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 09
Single phase induction motors |
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| Types of single phase motors, types of single phase induction motors, characteristics and methods of starting, shaded pole induction motor |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 10
Transmission and distribution |
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| Line constant, inductance and capacitance calculations, representation of over head lines, short, medium and long lines, ABCD constants, mechanical design, sag, tension calculations, tuned power lines |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 11
Overhead line insulators |
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| Types of insulators, potential distributions over a string of suspension insulators, string efficiency, methods of improving string efficiency |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 12
Underground cables |
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| Insulation of cables, grading of cables, capacitance measurement in cables, testing of cables, power frequency withstand tests |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 13
Fault calculations |
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| Balanced fault calculations on systems, symmetrical components, types of faults, analysis of unbalanced faults |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 14
Generating stations |
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| Location and types, types of hydroelectric power stations, layout of a hydro-power plant, types of turbines used, pumped storage installations, layout of thermal electric power stations, types of turbines used, condensers, cooling towers, boiler feed pump |
| Energy flow diagram of steam power plant |
| Nuclear power generation; nuclear fission, types of nuclear power reactors, principle of a fast breeder reactor |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 15
Protection |
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| Characteristic of relays, over current, directional and distance protection of lines |
| Protection of alternators against stator faults, rotor faults, loss of excitation, unbalanced loading, overloading, failure of prime-mover |
| Over speeding and over voltage |
| Protection of transformers against winding faults, overloads and external short circuits |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 16
Circuit breakers |
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| Air-blast, oil, minimum oil, vacuum, sulphur hexafluoride and DC circuit breakers, relative merits and demerits |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 17
Economic aspects |
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| Generation costs and their classification, load curve, load utilization and plant capacity factors |
| Load sharing between base load and peak-load stations |
| Load forecasting |
| Economical distribution of load between unit within a plant and between plants |
| Modeling of fuel costs for thermal generation |
| Optimal operation of an all thermal generating system and of a hydro-thermal system |
| Consideration of transmission losses |
Electrical engineering (paper-II): Unit 18
Utilization of electrical energy |
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| Industrial drives, motors for various drives, estimating and rating, testing of DC and AC motors, neutral earthing |
Civil engineering (paper-III)
Civil engineering (paper-III): Unit 01
Building materials |
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| Timber: Different types and species of structural timber, density-moisture relationship, strength in different directions, defects, preservations, and plywood |
| Bricks: Types, Indian standard classification, absorption, saturation factor, strength in masonry, influence of mortar strength on masonry strength |
| Cement: Compounds of different types, setting times, strength |
| Cement mortar: Ingredients, proportions, water demand, mortars for plastering, and masonry |
| Concrete: Importance of w/c ratio, strength, ingredients including admixtures, workability, testing for strength, mix design methods, nondestructive testing |
Civil engineering (paper-III): Unit 02
Structural analysis |
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| General theorems: Theorems relating to elastic structures, principles of virtual work, strain energy in elastic structures, complementary energy, Castigliano’s theorem, Betti’s and Maxwell’s reciprocal theorems |
| Analysis of determinate structures-deflection of determinate beams by double integration Macaulay’s moment area and conjugate beam methods, analysis of indeterminate skeletal frames-moment distribution |
| Analysis of indeterminate skeletal frames-slope deflection, Kani’s, stiffness and force methods, energy methods, plastic analysis of indeterminate beams and simple portal frames |
Civil engineering (paper-III): Unit 03
Design of steel structures |
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| Principles of limit state method |
| Plastic sections, design of bolted and welded connections, design of tension, compression members and beams, axially and eccentrically loaded joints, simple connection of bracket plates to columns, beam to beam and beam to column connections |
| Design of framed, unstiffened and stiffened seat connections |
| Design of industrial roofs |
| Principles of ultimate load design |
| Design of simple members |
Civil engineering (paper-III): Unit 04
Design of concrete and masonry structures |
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| Limit state design for bending, shear, axial compression and combined forces |
| Codal provision for slabs, beams, columns, and footings |
| Principles of prestressed concrete design, materials, methods of prestressing, losses |
| Design of simple members and determinate structures |
| Design of brick masonry as per is codes |
Civil engineering (paper-III): Unit 05
Construction planning and management |
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| Bar chart, linked bar chart, work breakdown structures, activity-on-arrow diagrams |
| Critical path, probabilistic activity durations, event based networks |
| PERT network: Time-cost study, crashing, resource allocation |
Civil engineering (paper-III): Unit 06
Hydraulics, and water resource engineering |
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| Open channel flow: Types of flows, type of channels, velocity distribution, energy and momentum correction factors, uniform flow and calculation of uniform flow, most economical section, specific energy, critical flow conditions |
| Open channel flow: Critical depth computation, non-uniform flow: Assumptions and equation for gradually varied flow, types of channel bottom slopes, classification of surface profiles. Rapidly varied flow, hydraulic jump, energy dissipation |
| Hydraulic similitude: Dimensional analysis, Rayleigh’s method and Buckingham’s pi theorem, geometric, kinematic and dynamic similarities, dimensionless numbers, model and prototype relations. Distorted and undistorted models |
| Hydrological cycle and its components, precipitation and related data analysis, evaporation and transpiration; S-hydrograph, unit hydrographs |
| Floods and their management, probable maximum flood; streams and their gauging; routing of floods; capacity of reservoirs |
| Multipurpose uses of water; soil-plant-water relationships, irrigation systems, water demand assessment; storages and their yields, ground water yield and well hydraulics; water logging, drainage design |
| Design of rigid boundary canals, Lacey’s and tractive force concepts in canal design, lining of canals, sediment transport in canals, non overflow and overflow section of gravity dams and their design, energy dissipators, tail water rating |
| Design of head works, distribution works, falls, cross-drainage works, outlets, river training |
Civil engineering (paper-III): Unit 07
Environmental engineering |
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| Water supplying engineering: Sources of supply, yields, design of intakes and conductors, estimation of demand. Water quality standards, control of water borne diseases. Primary and secondary treatment. Conveyance and distribution systems of treated water |
| Water supplying engineering: Leakages and control. Rural water supply. Institutional and industrial water supply |
| Waste water engineering: Urban rain water disposal, systems of sewage collection and disposal. Design of sewers and sewerage systems, pumping. Characteristics of sewage and its treatment. Disposal of products of sewage treatment. Plumbing systems |
| Waste water engineering: Rural and semi urban sanitation |
| Solid waste management: Sources and effects of air pollution, monitoring of air pollution, noise pollution, standards, ecological chain, and balance. Environmental impact assessment |
Civil engineering (paper-III): Unit 08
Soil mechanics and foundation engineering |
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| Properties and classification of soil, compaction, permeability and seepage, flow nets, compressibility and consolidation |
| Stress distribution in soils, shearing resistance, stresses and failure |
| Soil testing in laboratories and in situ, earth pressure theories, soil exploration |
| Types of foundations, selection criteria, bearing capacity, settlement, laboratory and field tests, design of shallow foundations |
| Types of piles and their design and layout |
| Foundations on expansive soils |
Civil engineering (paper-III): Unit 09
Surveying and transport engineering |
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| Classification of surveys, scales, accuracy, measurement of distances, direct and indirect methods, optical and electronic devices, measurement of directions, prismatic compass, local attraction, theodolites, types, measurement of elevations |
| Spirit and trigonometric leveling, contours, digital elevation modeling concept, establishment of control by triangulations and traversing, measurement and adjustment of observations, computation of coordinates, field astronomy |
| Concept of global positioning system, map preparation by plane tabling and by photogrammetry, remote sensing concepts, map substitutes |
| Planning of highway systems, alignment and geometric design, horizontal and vertical curves, grade separation, highway materials and construction methods for different surfaces and maintenance |
| Principles of pavement design, drainage |
| Traffic surveys, intersections, signaling, mass transit systems, accessibility, networking |
Mechanical engineering (paper-III)
Mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 01
Thermodynamics |
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| Definition of system and control volume, properties and state of a substance, units of mass, length, time, force, energy and work; equality of temperature, zeroth law; properties of pure substances-pure substance; phase change and phase equilibrium |
| Properties tables and diagrams; ideal gas law, deviation from ideal law and compressibility factor; work and energy-definition of work and energy; first law of thermodynamics; internal energy, enthalpy and specific heat of gases, liquids, and solids |
| Energy analysis of closed system; mass and energy analysis of control volumes; second law of thermodynamics, thermal efficiency and coefficient of performance; Kelvin-Planck and Clausius statements and their equivalence; reversibility and its departure |
| Carnot cycle; thermodynamic temperature scale; entropy-Clausius inequality; entropy change for pure substance; entropy generation and principle of entropy increase; entropy change for reversible process; entropy change for ideal gases |
| Energy-work potential of energy; reversible work and irreversibility; second law efficiency; energy change of a system; energy transfer by heat, work and mass; energy balance for closed system and control volumes |
| Power and refrigeration cycles, air standard power cycles: Otto cycle, diesel cycle, Stirling and Ericsson cycle; Brayton cycle and its variants; second law analysis of gas power cycles; Rankine cycle and its variants |
| Vapour compression cycle; second law analysis of vapour power cycles |
Mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 02
Heat transfer |
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| Steady state conduction in one and two-dimensional systems, one dimensional unsteady state conduction; analytical and numerical methods |
| Extended surface heat transfer (fins) |
| Convection: Basic equations, dimensional analysis, boundary layers; forced convections: External and internal flows, correlations, natural convection, and mixed convection |
| Design of heat exchangers: LMTD and NTU methods |
| Radiation heat transfer: Basic laws, properties of surfaces, view factors, network method and enclosure analysis for gray, diffuse enclosures containing transparent media, engineering treatment of gas radiation; boiling and condensation |
Mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 03
Refrigeration and air conditioning |
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| Refrigerating machines, heat pump, vapour compression system, second law efficiency of vapour compression cycle, refrigerants, selection of a refrigerant; thermodynamic, chemical and physical requirements, substitutes of CFC refrigerants |
| Multi-stage systems, components of a refrigerator-compressor, condensers, expansion devices, evaporators; gas cycle refrigeration; vapour absorption |
| System; properties of moist air and psychrometric chart; psychrometry of air-conditioning processes; solar radiation, heat transfer through buildings and load calculations; component design of air-conditioning units |
Mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 04
Turbo machines |
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| Dimensional analysis, incompressible and compressible fluid analysis, performance characteristics for low and high speed machines, cavitation; 2D Cascades, Cascade geometry, flow characteristics, forces, performance, turbine Cascades |
| Axial flow turbines, mean line analysis, velocity vector diagram, thermodynamic analysis, multi-staging and losses per stage of axial turbines, effect of reaction on efficiency, turbine blade cooling; axial compressor-mean line analysis, velocity diagram |
| Thermodynamic analysis, multistage analysis, high mach number compressors, Stall and Surge phenomenon; centrifugal pumps, fans, and compressors-their definitions and differences, thermodynamic analysis, diffuser performance, slip factor |
| Performance analysis, choking in a compressor; hydraulic turbines-pelton, Francis and Kaplan turbines, cavitation |
Mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 05
Theory of machines |
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| Basic kinematic concepts: Introduction to mechanisms, links, kinematic pairs, kinematic chains, mechanism and inversions, Kennedy’s theorem, velocity and acceleration in mechanism, relative velocity methods, instantaneous center of rotation |
| Basic kinematic concepts: Acceleration diagram, acceleration center |
| Cams: Synthesis of translating flat-face, translating roller and oscillating roller follower cams |
| Gears: Terminology, fundamental law of gearing, involute profile, Interference and undercutting, minimum number of teeth, contact ratio, bevel, helical, spiral and worm gears, gear trains-simple, compound and epicyclic gear trains |
| Gears: Sliding gear boxes and synchronous gear boxes |
| Dynamics of machines: Dynamics of rigid bodies in plane motion; dynamic force analysis of machines |
| Balancing of inertia forces: Balancing of rotors, balancing of inline internal combustion engines |
| Friction devices: Introduction to friction, belt, chain and rope drive, transmission of power through friction clutch |
Mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 06
Machine design |
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| Design consideration-limits, fits, tolerances, and standardization, a brief introduction to strength of materials, modes of failure, failure theories, design of shafts under static and fatigue loadings, design of springs-helical, compression |
| Tension, torsional, and leaf springs, design of joints-threaded fasteners, preloaded bolt joints, welded and glued joints, design and analysis of sliding and rolling contact bearings, analysis and applications of power screws and couplings |
| Analysis of clutches and brakes, design of belt and chain drives, design of spur and helical gears |
Mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 07
Machine drawing and solid modelling |
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| Principle of drawing |
| Introduction to machine drawing, production drawing, assembly drawing |
| Different sectional views |
| Fits, limits, tolerances, and surface finish |
| Introduction to computer aided design, fundamentals of computer graphics; geometric modelling of synthetic curves: Hermite, Bezier, B-spline, NURBS |
| Parametric representation of surfaces: Plane, ruled, revolution; part modelling techniques: Wireframe, surface, and solid modelling, data representation and exchange formats, geometry and topology |
| Three-dimensional transformations and projections |
| Solid modelling of different machine elements. Example, threads, bolts, and nuts, welded and riveted joints, shafts, keys, cotter, and pin joints; couplings and clutches, springs, belts, and pulleys; bearings, gears |
| Assembly of different components of ic engine |
Mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 08
Engineering materials |
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| Concepts of metallurgy and materials science, types of materials (metals, ceramics, polymers, hybrids), material properties (structural and functional), application orientated material design, some case studies: Biomaterials, automotive, aerospace, etc |
| Structure of metals, determination of structure and chemical composition, concepts of alloys, phase and phase diagrams |
| Imperfections in crystals, point defects, dislocations and voids, theory of dislocations, strengthening mechanisms, diffusion in solids heat treatments and phase transformations, mechanical response and microstructure-property relationship |
Mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 09
Manufacturing science |
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| Introduction to manufacturing and its evolution, net and near-net shape manufacturing; metal casting: solidification of alloys and its mechanism, gating system design and estimation of solidification time, riser design, and riser placement |
| Process variations, defects, and product design; metal forming: Mechanism of plastic deformation, fundamentals of plasticity, introduction to force equilibrium method, state of stress and boundary conditions in upsetting/ forging, rolling |
| Wire and tube drawing, extrusion and deep drawing, defects, load estimation for one plane strain and one axisymmetric bulk deformation processes, analysis of deep drawing and bending, introduction to high velocity forming processes |
| Powder processing (metals and ceramics), polymer part manufacturing, introduction and properties of polymer melts and viscoelasticity |
| Processing of thermoplastics (extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, rotational molding) and thermosets (compression and transfer molding), tool and product design principles |
| Rapid manufacturing: Need for rapid prototyping/ rapid tooling/ rapid manufacturing, introduction to processes for prototyping, tooling, and manufacturing; joining and welding: Introduction, solid state and fusion joining, brazing, and soldering |
| Mechanical and adhesive joining, metal and nonmetal joining; metrology: Tolerancing (dimensional and geometric) principles and their measurements (geometrical tolerances using point data), interferometry-principles, flatness testing using optical flat |
| Interferometry-optical interferometers |
| Conventional removal and finishing processes: Importance of material removal and allied processes, classification; chip formation; types of chips |
| Tool specification: Coordinate and orthogonal systems; mechanics of metal cutting: Merchant’s circle diagram, stress, strain and strain rate, determination of shear plane angle; tool wear and tool life; variables affecting tool life |
| Practical machining operations: Turning, drilling, milling; finishing operations: Grinding (MRR estimation, wheel specifications, wheel wear) and other processes; economics of machining: Minimum production cost criterion |
| Maximum production rate and maximum profit rate criteria; unconventional removal and finishing processes: Abrasive jet machining, ultrasonic machining; electro discharge machining; abrasive jet machining; electron beam machining |
| Laser beam machining, finishing processes (AFM and other variants); miniaturization and its importance, micro manufacturing processes (additive, formative, and removal), scaling laws with emphasis on micromanufacturing |
Mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 10
Computer integrated manufacturing |
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| Current developments in CAD, feature based modeling, design by feature, function, feature linkages, application of feature based models, parametric modeling; computer aided manufacturing: Fundamentals of part programming, path generation |
| Computer aided manufacturing: Post processing and verification; group technology, computer aided process planning (CAPP), computer aided inspection and reverse engineering, manufacturing process simulation, virtual and distributed manufacturing |
| Computer aided manufacturing: Computer integrated manufacturing |
Mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 11
Industrial engineering |
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| Basics of probability and statistics, linear programming and applications, queuing theory and its applications, forecasting approaches, Monte Carlo simulation procedure |
| Inventory models discussion (deterministic and probabilistic models), newsvendor model, inventory planning and control, decision support system tools, economic order quantity (EOQ) |
| Product design: Design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA), concurrent engineering work systems design: Work study and classifications, method study-work measurement, work sampling, cost estimation, calculation of machining times, cost depreciation |
| Concurrent engineering work systems design: Productivity, productivity measurement, time study, recording techniques for work study, information collection techniques, job evaluation, ranking system, incentive schemes, individual group-company |
| Concurrent engineering work systems design: Wide bonus schemes, behavioural aspects of incentives plant layout, ergonomics, craft, cellular manufacturing, scheduling, assembly line balancing, future directions in production |
| Quality management and control: Quality improvement, cost of quality, statistical process control, central tendency and dispersion, control charts, acceptance sampling, new quality concepts, Taguchi methods, design of experiments (DOE), robust design |
| Ishikawa diagram, ISO certification, Kaizen, zero defects program, total quality management (TQM), six sigma; maintenance management: Preventive and breakdown maintenance approaches, reliability, work study for maintenance |
| Total productive maintenance (TPM), spare parts management, characteristics and classification of spare parts; supply chain design, scheduling, layout design: Materials requirement planning (MRP), MRP-II, enterprise resource planning (ERP) |
| Logistic, distribution and supply chain management, applications of newsvendor model in supply chain |
Mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 12
Modelling and simulation |
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| Introduction to modelling and simulation, introduction to symbolic and numerical computations, degrees of freedom, modelling in dependent and independent coordinates, lagrange equations, state space formulation, Newton-Raphson method |
| Explicit integrator, implicit integrator, dynamics of constrained mechanical systems as differential algebraic equations, baumgarte stabilization, gauss principle, and inverse problems |
Civil and mechanical engineering (paper-III)
Civil and mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 01
Engineering drawing |
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| Conic sections including the rectangular hyperbola |
| Cycloid, epicycloid and hypocycloid, involute |
| Scales-plain, diagonal, and vernier scales |
| Principles of orthographic projections-conventions, projections of points and lines projections of plane regular geometric figures, projections of regular solids-auxiliary views |
| Sections or sectional views of right regular solids-prism, cylinder, pyramid, cone-auxiliary views, sections of sphere |
| Development of surfaces of right regular solids-prism, cylinder, pyramid and cone principles of isometric projection-isometric scale, isometric views, conventions, isometric views of lines, plane figures |
| Simple and compound solids-isometric projection of objects having non-isometric lines |
| Isometric projection of spherical parts |
| Conversion of isometric views to orthographic views and vice-versa, conventions autoCAD: Basic principles |
Civil and mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 02
Environmental science |
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| Definition, scope, and importance-need for public awareness |
| Renewable and nonrenewable resources-natural resources and associated problems, forest resources, use and over, exploitation, deforestation-timber extraction, mining, dams and other effects on forest and tribal people, water resources |
| Use and over utilization of surface and ground water-floods, drought, conflicts over water, dams-benefits and problems, mineral resources: Use and exploitation, environmental effects of extracting and using mineral resources |
| Food resources: World food problems, changes caused by agriculture and overgrazing, effects of modern agriculture, fertilizer-pesticide problems, water logging, salinity |
| Energy resources: Growing energy needs, renewable and nonrenewable energy sources use of alternate energy sources |
| Land resources: Land as a resource, land degradation, man induced landslides, soil erosion, and desertification. Role of an individual in conservation of natural resources. Equitable use of resources for sustainable lifestyles |
Civil and mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 03
Ecosystems |
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| Concept of an ecosystem |
| Structure and function of an ecosystem |
| Producers, consumers, and decomposers |
| Energy flow in the ecosystem-ecological succession |
| Food chains, food webs, and ecological pyramids |
| Introduction, types and characteristic features, structure and function of forest, grassland, desert and aquatic ecosystems |
Civil and mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 04
Biodiversity and its conservation |
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| Introduction-definition: Genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity |
| Biogeographical classification of India-value of biodiversity: Consumptive use, productive use, social, ethical, aesthetic, and option values |
| Biodiversity at global, national, and local levels |
| India as a mega diversity nation, hotspots of biodiversity, threats to biodiversity: Habitat loss, poaching of wildlife, man wildlife conflicts |
| Endangered and endemic species of India-conservation of biodiversity: In-situ and ex-situ conservation of biodiversity |
| Definition, cause, effects, and control measures of air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, marine pollution, noise pollution |
| Thermal pollution and nuclear hazards |
Civil and mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 05
Solid waste management |
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| Causes, effects and control measures of urban and industrial wastes |
| Role of an individual in prevention of pollution |
Civil and mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 06
Disaster management |
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| Floods, earthquake, cyclone, and landslides |
Civil and mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 07
Social issues and the environment |
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| From unsustainable to sustainable development-urban problems related to energy, water conservation, rain water harvesting, watershed management-resettlement and rehabilitation of people; its problems and concerns |
| Environmental ethics: Issues and possible solutions |
| Climate change, global warming, acid rain, open zone one layer depletion, nuclear accidents, and holocaust |
| Wasteland reclamation |
| Consumerism and waste products |
| Environment protection act |
| Air (prevention and control of pollution) act |
| Water (prevention and control of pollution) act |
| Wildlife protection act |
| Forest conservation act-issues involved in enforcement of environmental legislation |
| Public awareness |
Civil and mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 08
Human population and the environment |
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| Population growth, variation among nations |
| Population explosion-family welfare programme |
| Environment and human health |
| Human rights |
| Value education |
| Hiv/aids |
| Women and child welfare |
| Role of information technology in environment and human health |
Civil and mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 09
Principles of electrical and electronic engineering |
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| Electrical circuits: RLC parameters, voltage and current independent and dependent sources, source transformation-VI relationship for passive elements, Kirchoff’s laws, network reduction techniques-series, parallel, series-parallel, star-to-delta |
| Electrical circuits: Delta-to-star transformation |
| Single phase AC circuits: RMS and average values, form factor, steady state analysis of series, parallel and series parallel combinations of R, L, and C with sinusoidal excitation, concept of reactance, impedance |
| Single phase AC circuits: Susceptance and admittance-phase and phase difference, concept of power factor, j-notation |
| PN junction diode: Diode equation, energy band diagram, volt-ampere characteristic, temperature dependence, static and dynamic resistances, equivalent circuit, diffusion and transition capacitances |
| Bipolar junction transistor (BJT): Construction, principle of operation, symbol, amplifying action, common emitter, common base and common collector configurations. Concepts of feedback amplifiers and oscillators |
| Special purpose devices: Breakdown mechanisms in semiconductor diodes, zener diode characteristics, use of zener diode as simple regulator |
| Rectifiers and linear ICs: PN junction diode applications as half ware, full ware and bridge rectifiers, characteristics of op-amp, application of op-amps (inverting, non inverting, differentiator, and integrator) |
Civil and mechanical engineering (paper-III): Unit 10
Computer fundamentals |
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| Basics of computer and its operation: Functional components and their inter-connections, concept of booting, use of operating system for directory listing, hierarchical directory structure, renaming, deleting files/ folders, memory and types of memory |
| Working with USB flash drives, copying files, concepts of path and pathname, switching between tasks, installation/ removal of applications |
Electrical engineering (paper-III)
Electrical engineering (paper-III): Unit 01
Transmission and distribution |
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| Line constants-inductance and capacitance calculations, representation of over head lines, short, medium, and long lines-ABCD constants, mechanical design, sag, tension calculations, tuned power lines |
Electrical engineering (paper-III): Unit 02
Overhead line insulators |
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| Types of insulators, potential distributions over a string of suspension insulators, string efficiency, methods of improving string efficiency |
Electrical engineering (paper-III): Unit 03
Underground cables |
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| Insulation of cables, grading of cables, capacitance measurement in cables, testing of cables, power frequency withstand tests |
Electrical engineering (paper-III): Unit 04
Fault calculations |
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| Balanced fault calculations on systems, symmetrical components, types of faults, analysis of unbalanced faults |
Electrical engineering (paper-III): Unit 05
Generating stations |
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| Location and types, types of hydroelectric power stations, layout of a hydro-power plant, types of turbines used, pumped storage installations, layout of thermal electric power stations, types of turbines used, condensers, cooling towers, boiler feed pump |
| Energy flow diagram of steam power plant |
| Nuclear power generation; nuclear fission-types of nuclear power reactors, principle of a fast breeder reactor |
Electrical engineering (paper-III): Unit 06
Protection |
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| Characteristic of relays-over current, directional and distance protection of lines |
| Protection of alternators against stator faults, rotor faults, loss of excitation, unbalanced loading, overloading, failure of prime-mover |
| Over speeding and over voltage |
| Protection of transformers against winding faults, overloads and external short circuits |
Electrical engineering (paper-III): Unit 07
Circuit breakers |
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| Air-blast, oil, minimum oil, vacuum-sulphur hexafluoride and DC circuit breakers, relative merits and demerits |
Electrical engineering (paper-III): Unit 08
Economic aspects |
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| Generation costs and their classification, load curve, load utilization and plant capacity factors |
| Load sharing between base load and peak-load stations |
| Load forecasting |
| Economical distribution of load between unit within a plant and between plants |
| Modeling of fuel costs for thermal generation |
| Optimal operation of an all thermal generating system and of a hydro-thermal system |
| Consideration of transmission losses |
Electrical engineering (paper-III): Unit 09
Utilization of electrical energy |
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| Industrial drives-motors for various drives, estimating and rating, testing of DC and AC motors, neutral earthing |
APPSC AEE 2022 Preparation Tips
Applicants preparing for APPSC AEE must know the complete syllabus. They must allocate time for each paper separately so that no unit/topic is left behind. Meticulous planning and sticking to the plan is very much required for the exam preparation of APPSC AEE. Take short breaks. Make notes of all the important points you come across. These will come handy while revising. Also, in case one comes across any difficult point, they should get it sorted as soon as possible. Last but not the least, eat healthy, exercise and take proper rest. These points is followed correctly will definitely help one crack the APPSC AEE exam.
APPSC AEE 2022 Exam Pattern
APPSC AEE Paper 1 Exam Pattern
APPSC AEE Paper 1 will include topics related to General Studies and Mental Ability. There will be a total of 150 questions of 1 mark each and the time allotted for this paper will be 150 minutes.
APPSC AEE Paper 2 Exam Pattern
APPSC AEE Paper II will include topics related to concerned subject - Civil & Mechanical (Common) or Electrical Engineering. There will be a total of 150 questions of 1 mark each and the time allotted for this paper will be 150 minutes.
APPSC AEE Paper 3 Exam Pattern
APPSC AEE Paper 3 will include topics from Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering. Candidates will be given 150 questions of 1 mark each. The time allotted to solve this paper too is 150 minutes.
APPSC AEE 2022 Mock Test
APPSC releases mock test to help candidates get familiar with the exam pattern, marking scheme of the original exam. It also helps them answer the questions given in the stipulated time thereby creating the real-exam situation. The applicant is facilitated with APPSC AEE mock test to acquaint with the computer base recruitment test.
The hall ticket of APPSC AEE can be downloaded by entering user ID and mobile number. The hall ticket of APPSC AEE mains has been released in online mode only and no communication in any other form was made in offline mode. It is important to note that candidates were not allowed to sit for the exam without the hall ticket and thus, this document is of utmost important. The admit card must also be retained for further reference.
Documents Required at Exam
- Hall ticket
- Aadhaar card
- Voter ID card
- Employee ID card
- Driving license
After completion of each exam stage, the answer keys are hosted on the Commission's website and candidates can file objections, if any, within the specified period, with supportive documents towards his/her claim. To raise objections, candidates have to send hard copies in the format prescribed by APPSC. Candidates should also send a copy of the admit card along with the representation. The answer keys shall be finalized by the experts' group duly considering all the objections and selections shall be processed. Candidates must remember that no objections will be entertained after seven days from the date of publication of answer key.
APPSC will release the result of APPSC AEE (screening test) in the online mode. Based on the result for screening test, candidates are shortlisted for the online exam. Candidates can check their APPSC AEE result in online mode by visiting the official website.
Qualifying Marks Trend
| Year | Category | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | General | 40 |
| OBC | 35 | |
| SC | 30 | |
| ST | 29 |
APPSC AEE 2022 Counselling
Mode of Counselling: Offline
Candidate as and when called for by the Commission to certificate verification, shall produce original documents. If candidate fails to produce the certificates if any and/or the particulars furnished in the application form do not tally with the original documents produced by the candidate, the candidature will be rejected/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.
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when will the application form of APPSC AEE or AE 2021 release ?
27th Mar, 2021
Hello,
The officials have not yet released the notification for APPSC AEE 2021. The APPSC AEE selection process was held in three stages. The first is the screening test and the second is the main exam. Candidates clearing these stages appeared for interview/document verification. The Commission will release a new notification for the year 2021 soon. Keep an eye on the official website for the latest information. The age limit for an applicant applying for the post of Assistant Executive Engineer should be between 18 and 42 years.
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I saw your website ...you posted about APPSC AEE new notification along with dates..is it official note or your guessing..what is the source for it?
5th Nov, 2020
Hello,
Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission - APPSC will soon release the APPSC AEE 2020 exam dates. Aspirants can check the APPSC AEE exam schedule in the official notification. The dates have not yet been released and it will be released soon. Candidates can fill the APPSC AEE 2020 application form by visiting the APPSC official website psc.ap.gov.in. Keep an eye on the official website for the latest information.
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APPSC AEE exam consisits of one general studies paper and 2 papers for core subject .now i want to know that is there any minimum qualifying marks for general studies paper in APPSC AEE mains ?
7th Nov, 2020
Hello
APPSC AE is an examination conducted by Andhra Pradesh public service commission to recruit various Executive Engineering posts
The first round is a screening test round to qualify for the mains
The first round is only a qualifying round and it consists of gk, mental ability ,core subject and cut off is calculated to your over all score (out of 150)and not on your sections
Hope this helps you
All the best!
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