APPSC guides, each checked against the documents

APPSC guides arranged by exam. Start with the 2026 cycle, then open your exam: what it is, how to prepare for it, and the numbers to aim for. Each guide answers one question first, then shows the notification, result or government order behind every figure. When a document changes what we wrote, the guide says so with a date.

The 2026 cycle

For every APPSC exam: what was notified, who can apply, and which claims are wrong.

What is happening now

• What did the APPSC 2026 notification say, and what comes next?APPSC Group 1 notification 07/2026: 166 posts, apply 6-27 Oct 2026, Prelims on 24 Jan 2027. Age, fee, posts, pay, pattern and rules, from the PDF.Checked 6 October 2026
• Which claims about APPSC 2026 are not true?Thirteen claims about APPSC Group 1 and Group 2 in 2026, each set beside the notification, result or government order that shows what is true.Checked 7 October 2026
• What is the APPSC age limit for 2026, and who can apply?G.O.Ms.No.187 of 14 September 2026 raised the APPSC upper age limit to 44 for non-uniform posts. Group 1 notification 07/2026 counts age on 1 July 2026: 18 to 44 for most posts, 21 to 30 for DSP (Civil).Checked 6 October 2026

Group 2

673 posts. A qualifying Screening, then a 300-mark Mains that sets your rank.

Understand the exam

• What is the APPSC Group 2 exam in 2026, as it stands today?APPSC Group 2 2026 in one place: the notification due on 15 October for 673 posts, salary, the age limit of 44, the exam pattern, results and wrong claims.Checked 7 October 2026
• How does the APPSC Group 2 exam work, step by step?APPSC Group 2 has three steps: a qualifying Screening, a 300-mark objective Mains that alone sets your rank, then verification and a computer test.Checked 23 September 2026
• What is the APPSC Group 2 syllabus, chapter by chapter?The whole APPSC Group 2 syllabus, chapter by chapter, in reading order, with the marks each chapter carried in the 2024 and 2025 papers. Notification 11/2023.Checked 18 September 2026
• What are the APPSC Group 2 posts, and what do they pay?The 673 APPSC Group 2 posts of 2026, post by post: the office each sits in, its 2022 pay scale, estimated monthly gross, and how to order your choices.Checked 23 September 2026

Prepare

• APPSC Group 2: what is the exam, and how do you prepare for it?673 posts, the Screening, the 300-mark Mains and the computer test, and a plan in three stretches that you pace yourself.Checked 27 September 2026
• Where are the APPSC Group 2 previous papers, and how do I use them?22 APPSC Group 2 papers and keys from 2008 to 2025 as PDFs, which paper to use at each stage of preparation, and what the 2025 Mains asked.Checked 23 September 2026
• How do I use the APPSC Group 2 Mains weightage to plan my study?In the 2025 APPSC Group 2 Mains, 23 of 106 chapters carried half the marks. How to turn that into a study week, and what one paper cannot tell you.Checked 23 September 2026

Know the target

• What is the APPSC Group 2 cut-off, and what score should I aim for?APPSC printed no Group 2 cut-off for the 2024 or 2025 exams. Here are the figures it did publish, the stage counts, and how to set a target of your own.Checked 7 October 2026

Group 1

166 posts in notification 07/2026. Screening, descriptive Mains and an interview.

Understand the exam

• What is the APPSC Group 1 exam in 2026, as it stands today?APPSC Group 1 2026 in one place: 166 posts in notification 07/2026, applications 6 to 27 October, pay, age limit, exam pattern and the last cycle.Checked 7 October 2026

Prepare

• How do you prepare for APPSC Group 1?What decides your rank, what past papers asked, the plan in stretches, and writing answers from the first week.Checked 7 October 2026

Group 1 and Group 2 together

Choosing between them, or preparing for both at once.

Choose

• APPSC Group 1 vs Group 2: how do the two exams differ, and where do they meet?APPSC Group 1 and Group 2 side by side: 166 and 673 posts, stages, marks, interview, pay, the shared age rule, both 2026 timelines and the syllabus overlap.Checked 7 October 2026

Prepare

• Can you prepare for APPSC Group 1 and Group 2 together, and how?The shared subjects, the order, a week's shape, and which exam takes priority when.Checked 7 October 2026

EO Grade-III

104 Endowments posts, applications 16 October to 5 November 2026.

Understand and prepare

• What is the APPSC EO Grade 3 exam in 2026, and who can sit it?104 Endowments posts, applications 16 October to 5 November 2026, who can apply, the two papers, syllabus and pay.Checked 23 September 2026

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