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APPSC Assistant Engineer Syllabus 2026, Exam Pattern

APPSC AE Syllabus 2026, Exam Pattern, Exam Date 2026

Detail Information about APPSC has published notification 2026 for the recruitment of AE (Assistant Engineer) vacancies. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online. In this page we provide the Complete Syllabus of this Recruitment with Latest Update Exam Pattern and the Exam Date also.

APPSC AE Syllabus 2026 - Overview

Name of the Organization Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC)
Post Name Assistant Engineer
Number of Vacancies Notified Soon
Recruitment Test Date Notified Soon
Main Exam Date Notified Soon
Category Syllabus and Exam Pattern
Location Andhra Pradesh
Official Website psc.ap.gov.in

APPSC AE Syllabus 2026

Recruitment Test Syllabus :

General Awareness & Logical Reasoning : 

current affairs, recent developments, day to day pragmatic observations and matters of importance, especially in the field of science and technology.
general Awareness related to International, National and North-East Inclia

Logical Reasoning: This section would include questions of verbal & non-verbal tvpe reasoning, analytical reasoning. analogies, coding-decoding, syllogism, logical
reasoning. analytical ability, decision making. problem solving, general mental ability and fundamental numeracy.

Mains Exam Syllabus :-

General English: Questions in this section will be designed to test fundamental language skills, Grammar rules, vocabulary skills, reading and comprehension.

General Studies: Questions in this section will aim at testing the candidate's general awareness of the surrounding environment and its implication to the society as expected from an educated person without any specialized study. It will include current affairs, recent developments, day to day pragmatic observations and matters of importance, especially in the field of science and technology. This section will also include questions pertaining to general awareness related to International, National and North-East India.

Aptitude: The questions will cover range of topics that assess technical knowledge and aptitude. The questions will include logical reasoning, quantitative aptitude, analytical ability, engineering mathematics, numerical analysis etc. It will also include questions on ethics and values in the engineering profession.

Civil Engineering :

1. Surveying

Geomatics Engineering: Principles of surveying; Errors and their adjustment; Maps - scale, coordinate system; Distance and angle measurement; Traversing and triangulation survey; Total station; Horizontal and vertical curves; Basics of photogrammetry and remote sensing; Uses of drones.

2. Structural Engineering

Engineering Mechanics: System of forces, free-body diagrams, equilibrium equations; Internal forces in structures; Frictions and its applications; Centre of mass. Solid Mechanics: Bending moment and shear force in statically determinate beams; Simple stress and strain relationships; Simple bending theory, flexural and shear
stresses, shear centre; Uniform torsion; Buckling of column; Combined and direct bending stresses.

Structural Analysis: Statically determinate and indeterminate structures by force/ energy methods; Method of superposition; Analysis of trusses, arches, beams and cables; Displacement methods: Slope deflection and moment distribution methods;
Influence lines.

Concrete Structures: Limit state design concepts; Design of beams, slabs, columns; Bond and development length; Water tanks; Prestressed concrete beams.

Steel Structures: Limit state design concepts; Design of tension and compression members, beams and beam-columns, column bases; Connections - simple and eccentric, beam-column connections, plate girders and trusses; Concept of plastic analysis - beams and frames; Steel tanks.

3. Geotechnical Engineering

Soil Mechanics: Three-phase system and phase relationships, index properties; Unified and Indian standard soil classification system; Permeability - one dimensional flow, Seepage through soils, flow nets, uplift pressure, piping, capillarity, seepage force; Principle of effective stress and quicksand condition; Compaction of soils; Onedimensional consolidation, time rate of consolidation; Shear Strength, Mohr's circle, effective and total shear strength parameters.

Foundation Engineering: Sub-surface investigations; Earth pressure theories; Stability of slopes; Stress distribution in soils; Shallow and deep foundations.

4. Water Resources Engineering

Fluid Mechanics: Basic properties of fluids, fluid statics; Continuity, momentum and energy equations and their applications; Laminar and turbulent flow; Flow in pipes, pipe networks; Concept of boundary layer and its growth; Concept of lift and drag.

Hydraulics: Flow measurement in channels and pipes; Dimensional analysis; Open channel hydraulics - Energy-depth relationships, specific energy, critical flow, hydraulic jump, uniform flow, gradually varied flow and water surface profiles.

Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle; evapo-transpiration, watershed, infiltration, unit hydrographs, hydrograph analysis, reservoir capacity, flood estimation and routing,
ground water hydrology - steady state well hydraulics and aquifers.

Irrigation: Types of irrigation systems and methods; Crop water requirements - Duty, delta, evapo-transpiration; Gravity dams and Spillways; Lined and unlined canals, Design of weirs on permeable foundation; Cross drainage structures.

PART-II

1. Transportation Engineering

Highways: Geometric design of highways - alignments, cross-sectional elements; Specifications of hilly roads; Materials - desirable properties as per IRC and tests: Desirable properties of bituminous paving mixes; Design factors for flexible and rigid pavements; Design of flexible and rigid pavement (PQC) using IRC codes; Durability aspects of pavements; New machinery and technology adopted in highway construction and maintenance; Basics for preparation of DPRs.

Traffic Engineering: Traffic studies on flow and speed, peak hour factor, accident study, statistical analysis of traffic data; Traffic signs; Signal design; Types of intersections; Highway capacity.

Bridges: Site selection; Economic spans, bridge components; Types of bridges and
selection of suitable type, IRC specifications and standard loading; Types of bridge
foundations; Pier, pier caps, abutments; Approaches and bearing; Basics of T-beams
with diaphragm, culverts, box girder bridges, cable-stayed and suspension bridges;
Construction procedures of foundation and super structures.

2. Environmental Engineering

Water and Wastewater Quality and Treatment: Sources of water; Basics of water quality standards - Physical, chemical and biological parameters; Water requirement; Water quality index; Drinking water standards, Unit processes and operations of water treatment; Water distribution system; Sewerage system design, quantity of domestic wastewater, Primary and secondary treatment; Effluent discharge standards; Sludge disposal; Reuse of treated sewage for different applications.

Air Pollution: Types of pollutants, their sources and impacts, air pollution control, air quality standards, Air Quality Index and limits, Effects of air pollution on human health.

Municipal Solid Wastes: Characteristics, generation, collection and transportation of solid wastes, engineered systems for solid waste management (reuse/ recycle, energy recovery, treatment and disposal).

3. Construction Materials and Management

Construction Materials: Structural Steel - Composition, material properties and behaviors; Concrete - Constituents, mix design, quality control, short-term and longterm properties.

Construction Management: Types of construction projects; Project planning and network analysis - PERT and CPM; Cost estimation.

Electrical Engineering :

Paper-I

1. Electric Circuits

Network Elements: Ideal voltage and current sources, dependent sources, R, L, C, M elements; Network solution methods: KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh analysis; Network Theorems: Thevenin Theorem, Norton theorem, Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorem; Transient response of DC and AC networks, sinusoidal steady-state analysis, resonance, two port networks, balanced three phase circuits, star-delta transformation, complex power and power
factor in AC circuits.

2. Electromagnetic Fields

Coulomb's Law, Electric Field Intensity, Electric Flux Density, Gauss's Law, Divergence, Electric field and potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distributions, Effect of dielectric medium, Capacitance of simple configurations, Biot-Savart's law, Ampere's law, Curl, Faraday's law, Lorentz force, Inductance, Magneto motive force, Reluctance, Magnetic circuits, Self and Mutual inductance of simple configurations.

3. Electrical Machine-I

Magnetic circuits, Single phase transformer: equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, open circuit and short circuit tests, regulation and efficiency; Three-phase transformers: connections, vector groups, parallel operation; Auto-transformer, Electromechanical energy conversion principles; DC machines: separately excited, series and shunt, motoring and generating mode of operation and their characteristics, speed control of dc motors.

4. Power Systems-I

Overview of different conventional generation systems. Renewable power generation systems, Hybrid power generation systems. Economic analysis of renewable and hybrid generation systems; Cogeneration systems. AC and DC transmission and distribution systems. Different types of conductors, Mechanical designs of overhead lines including sag. Line insulators. Underground cables. Complex power, PU systems. Line parameter: resistance, capacitance and
inductance of shot medium and long, lines, Skin effect, corona effects, performance of short, medium and long transmission lines. Efficiency and Voltage regulation of shot, medium and long transmission line. Introduction to Load flow analysis, Generation and absorption of reactive power in the transmission systems. Line compensation, Economic operation of power systems. Unit power commitment.

5. Electrical and Electronic Measurements.

Indicating instrument, deflecting torque, controlling, torque, damping torque, PMMC instruments, dynamometer type instruments, Moving Iron instrument, wattmeter, energy meter, Megger, measurement of power and energy, Bridges and Potentiometers, Measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor; Instrument transformers, Digital voltmeters and multi-meters, Phase, Time and Frequency measurement; Oscilloscopes, Error analysis

Paper-II

1. Signals and Systems :

Representation of continuous and discrete time signals, shifting and scaling properties, linear time invariant and causal systems, Fourier series representation of continuous and discrete time periodic signals, sampling theorem, Applications of Fourier Transform for continuous and discrete time signals, Laplace Transform and Z transform. R.M.S. value, average value calculation for any general periodic waveform.

2. Electrical Machine-II

Three-phase induction machines: principle of operation, types, performance, torque-speed characteristics, no-load and blocked-rotor tests, equivalent circuit, starting and speed control; Operating principle of single-phase induction motors; Synchronous machines: cylindrical and salient pole machines, performance and characteristics, regulation and parallel operation of generators, starting of synchronous motors; Types of losses and efficiency calculations of electric machines.

3. Power Systems-II :

Models and Economic Load Dispatch (with and without considering transmission losses), Series and shunt compensation, Electric field distribution and insulators, Distribution systems, Per-unit quantities, Bus admittance matrix, Gauss- Seidel and Newton-Raphson load flow methods, Voltage and Frequency control, Power factor correction, Symmetrical components, Symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault analysis, Principles of over- current, differential, directional and distance protection; Circuit breakers, System stability concepts, Equal area criterion.

4. Control Systems Engineering :

Mathematical modelling and representation of systems, Feedback principle, transfer function, Block diagrams and Signal flow graphs, Transient and Steady-state analysis of linear time invariant systems, Stability analysis using Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist criteria, Bode plots, Root loci, Lag, Lead and Lead-Lag compensators; P, PI and PID controllers; State space model, Solution of state equations of LTI systems.

5. Analog and Digital Electronics

Simple diode circuits: clipping, clamping, rectifiers; Amplifiers: biasing, equivalent circuit and frequency response; oscillators and feedback amplifiers; operational amplifiers: characteristics and applications; single stage active filters, Active Filters: Sallen Key, Butterwoth, VCOs and timers, combinatorial and sequential logic circuits, multiplexers, demultiplexers, Schmitt triggers, sample and hold circuits, A/D and D/A converters.

6. Power Electronics

Diodes, Zener diode, Diac, traic, BJT, Static V-I characteristics and firing/gating circuits for Thyristor, MOSFET, IGBT; DC to DC conversion: Buck, Boost and Buck-Boost Converters; Single and three-phase configuration of uncontrolled rectifiers; Voltage and Current commutated Thyristor based converters; Bidirectional ac to de voltage source converters; Magnitude and Phase of line current harmonics for uncontrolled and thyristor based converters; Power factor and Distortion Factor of AC to DC converters; Single phase and three-phase voltage and current source inverters, sinusoidal pulse width modulation, AC voltage controller.


APPSC AE Exam Pattern 2026

Recruitment Test (Expected) :
 
Paper Subject No.of Question Marks Duration
Paper A General Awareness & Logical Reasoning 50 100 2 Hour
Paper B Technical Subject (Civil/Electrical) 100 200
  Total 150 300 2 Hour

Mains Exam (Expected)
 
S.No Subject No.of Question Marks Duration
1 General Paper: General English, General Studies
& Aptitude Test (Objective)
150 150 150 Minutes
2 Civil/Electrical (Descriptive) - 150 180 Minutes
3 Civil/Electrical (Descriptive) - 150 180 Minutes
4 Viva Voice   50  

APPSC AE Exam Date : Notified Soon

APPSC AE Mains Exam Date 2026 : Notified Soon

Starting Date of Application Form : Notified Soon

Last Date of Application Form : Notified Soon

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