APPSC Assistant Director Syllabus 2021 PDF – Download Exam Pattern Here!!!!

APPSC Assistant Director Syllabus 2021 PDF – Download Exam Pattern Here!!!!The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) will going to conduct an examination for the position of Assistant Director of Survey Settlement and Land Records. So, here is the APPSC Assistant Director Examination Syllabus. Aspirants who have been waiting for the Syllabus and Exam Pattern have finally received it from the board. Stay Connected with us for further updates

APPSC Assistant Director Syllabus 2021:

Name of the Board	Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC)
Name of the Post	Assistant Director
Exam Date	Announce Soon
Status	Syllabus Available

APPSC Assistant Director Exam Pattern 2021:

WRITTEN EXAMINATION (Objective Type)
Paper	Subject	No. Of Questions	Duration Minutes	Maximum Marks
Paper – I	General Studies & Mental Ability	150	150	150
Paper – II	Subject: Civil Engineering	150	150	300
Total				450

 

• As per G.O.Ms. No.235 Finance (HR-1, Plg& Policy) Dept, Dt: 06/12/2016, for each wrong answer will be penalized with 1/3rd of the marks prescribed for the question in all Objective type papers.
• Both the Question papers will be in English Language only.

APPSC Assistant Director Syllabus 2021:

Paper-I: General Studies and Mental Ability:

• Events of national and international importance.
• Current affairs- international, national and regional.
• General Science and it applications to the day to day life Contemporary developments in Science& Technology and information Technology.
• Social- economic and political history of modern India with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh. (Starts from 1707 AD)
• 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 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:

1. Tabulation of data
2. Visual representation of data
3. Basic data analysis (Summary Statistics such as mean, median, mode, variance and coefficient of variation) and Interpretation

• Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and its Administrative, Economic, Social, Cultural, Political, and Legal implications/problems.

Paper – II Civil Engineering

Strength of Materials, Theory of Structures and Designs. Strength of materials: Simple stresses and strains, Principal stresses and strains, shear force and Bending moment of determinate beams, Deflection of beams, Momemt-Area Method and Conjugate Beam Method, Direct, flexural and shear stresses in the determinate beams, torsion of circular shafts, columns and struts. Theory of structures: Propped cantilever and fixed beams. Castigliano’sI and II theorems. Deflection of determinate pin jointed trusses. slope-deflection, Moment distribution and Kani’s methods of analyses applied for indeterminate beams and rigid frames (Single bay two storey and Two bay single storey rigid frames) including settlement of supports and supports at different levels subjected to gravity and lateral loads. Influence Lines: Influence Line Diagram (ILD) for simply supported beams subjected to Point loads, uniformly distributed load (udl). Shear force and Bending moment at a section using the concept of ILD. Absolute maximum bending moment for the given loads. Influence lines for determinate Trusses.

Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Fluid Mechanics Soil Mechanics: Volume relationships, index properties of soil, soil classification, Permeability, Seepage and quick sand condition, Flow nets.Co-efficient of compressibility, consolidation settlement, pre-consolidation pressure, Compaction of soil, field compaction control.Mohr’s Coulomb failure theory, effective stress, shear tests and shear parameters. Foundation Engineering: Rankine’s and Coulomb’s earth pressure theories, earth pressure on retaining walls with horizontal and sloping back fill.Slope stability by Swedish circle and Friction circle method, Taylor’s Stability number, Terzaghi’sand Mayerhof’s bearing capacity analysis, general and local shear failure, effect of water table on bearing capacity.Types and selection of footings, settlement computation,Boussinesq’sand Westergaard’sequation for vertical stresses in soil, pressure bulb, Vertical stress in soil due to uniformly distributed load on circular area, Newmark’s influence chart.

Building Materials, Construction scheduling Building materials: Timber, stones, bricks, sand, limes, cement, paints, varnishes and damp proofing material.Brick work for walls, types of brick bonds, design of brick masonry walls as per IS code, detailing of walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, stair cases, doors and windows, finishing of buildings – plastering, pointing and painting – IS codes.Use of Ferro cement, fiber – reinforced and polymer concrete in construction, building estimates and specifications.Construction Scheduling, PERT and CPM methods.

Surveying and Photogrammetric Surveying: General surveying – chain, compass and plane table survey.Levelling and contouring, Estimation of earth work.Theodolite survey, Computation of areas by co-ordinate system. Curves: Types of curves and elements of curves.Tacheometric Surveying: Stadia and tangential methods of Tacheometry,Modern Surveying Methods: Principle and types of E.D.M. Instruments, Total station, Errors in Total Station Survey. Perspective geometry of aerial photograph, Stereoscopy, ground control extension for photographicmapping- aerial triangulation, radial triangulation, photographic mapping- mapping techniques.

Remote Sensing, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS): Elements and Terminology in Remote Sensing, Electromagnetic spectrum, Energy Sources, Energy Interactions with Earth Surface Features and Atmosphere, Resolution, Sensors and Satellites, Visual Interpretation Techniques-Basic Elements, Interpretation for Terrain Evaluation, Spectral Properties of Water Bodies. GIS Terminology, GIS Categories, Components of GIS, Fundamental Operations of GIS, A theoretical Framework for GIS, Raster Data Structures, Vector Data Structures. Data Acquisition and Data Input: Existing Data Sets, Developing Own Data, Digitization and Scanning, Pre-processing- Format Conversion, Data Reduction and Generalization, Error Detection and Editing, Merging, Edge Matching, Rectification and Registration, Interpolation. Space segment, control segment, user segment, factors influencing GPS accuracy, GPS positioning. Base line data computation, Coordinate change and satellite positions, GPS receivers. GPS applications.

Water resources and Irrigation Engineering: Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, infiltration. Run-off, hydrograph, unit hydrograph, flood estimation, frequency analysis.Specific yield, storage coefficient of permeability, confined and unconfined aquifers, radial flow into a well under confined and unconfined conditions, recuperation tests.Water Resources Planning: Single and multipurpose projects, storage capacity, zones of storage, reservoir losses, reservoir sedimentation, flood routing through reservoirs, economics of water resources projects. Consumptive use of water, Duty and Delta, frequency of irrigation, efficiency of irrigation, Irrigation methods.Types of Dams, Gravity dams, Principles of design, criteria for stability, control of seepage, Earth dams – Design principles, Spillways, Energy dissipation.Types of canals, design of unlined canals, Lacey’s regime theory, Aqueducts and super passages.Components of Diversion scheme, Wiers on permeable foundations – Bligh’s and Khosla’s theories.

Environmental and Transportation Engineering: Population forecast, Analysis of water, Hydrogen-ion concentration, Sedimentation, Coagulation, Chlorination, Methods of disinfection, Break point chlorination, Slow sand, Rapid sand and Pressure filters.Removal of temporary and permanent hardness. Analysis of distribution system using Hardy cross method, general principle of optimal design based on cost and head loss ratio criterion, Maintenance of distribution systems, pumping station and their operation.Methods of carrying refuses, systems of sewarage, Sewers of different materials and shapes, self cleansing velocity, purification of natural streams, empirical formulae used in the design of sewers, deep man holes and their location, Automatic flushing tank, Different types of traps and classification. Primary treatment to sewage, carbon cycle, B.O.D., C.O.D., and dissolved oxygen, Grit chamber, Detritus tank, skimming tank, sludge digestion process, contact beds, septic tank, imhoff tank, Activated sludge process, sludge volume index.Sources, effects and remedial measures of water, Air and Noise pollutions, particulate and Dust collection devices like internal separators, wet collection devices and electrostatic precipitators.

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