APPSC Departmental Tests 19/2025 Nov Session Notification, Dates

• APPSC Departmental Tests Nov 19/2025 Notification has been released.
• Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has released the APPSC Departmental Test November 2025 Session Notification.
• As Per the Schedule, the Online Applications are accepted from 14/10/2025 to 03/11/2025.

APPSC Departmental Examination 19/2025 Notification PDF

 Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has released Notification No: 19/2025 for the APPSC Departmental Tests 2025 November Session. Candidates can download the notification using the link below. 

APPSC Departmental Tests November 2025 Session

Applicants shall primarily register for the One-Time Profile Registration (OTPR) through the Commission’s Website, viz., http://psc.ap.gov.in. Once an applicant registers his/her particulars, a User ID is generated and sent to his/her registered mobile number and email ID. Applicants must apply for the Tests using the OTPR User ID through the Commission’s website.

APPSC Departmental Test November 2025 Scheme of Examination

• All the Tests, except the Language and Survey Tests, will be in Objective Type
• The Language Test papers (P.C.Nos.5, 6, 7, 19, 28, 36,49, 67,37, 58, 74) and Survey & Settlement papers (P.C.Nos.69, 87, 109, 111, 116, 118, 120, 122, 133, 135, 161, 162, 163 and 164) will be of the conventional mode.
• All the objective-type papers will be held on computer-based Departmental Tests.
• Candidates appearing for Objective-Type papers Nov use the Mock Test facility available on the Commission’s Website to familiarize themselves with computer-based Tests.
• The candidates appearing for Conventional Papers (Descriptive Exams) will be supplied with Bar code sheet attached Answer Books to be answered with Blue or Black Pen.

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ELIGIBILITY TO APPEAR FOR THE APPSC Departmental Tests

• The employees of the Government of Andhra Pradesh are eligible to apply for the Tests that are prescribed in their respective Departmental Service.
• The Secretariat employees are allowed to appear for the following Tests, wherever the rules permit in order to get eligibility for appointment by transfer/ promotion to other Services
  7. Commercial Taxes Department: Paper Code No:  6 &
  8. Treasuries and Accounts Department: Paper Code No:31,46,64,79,89,100,114 &129.
• Typists-cum-Assts. working in Finance and Planning (Finance Wing) are eligible to appear for the Treasuries & Accounts Service
• The candidates intending to apply for the following Tests should refer to the respective Service Rules for the
  143. Sericulture Department: Paper Code No: 32, 47,65,80,90,101,115,130&143.
  144. Mines & Geology Department: Paper Code No: 150
  145. Divisional Test: Paper Code No: 30, 63, 81,113 &
  146. Works Accounts Service: Paper Code No: 44, 78, 99, and
  147. Workshop Officers: Paper Code No: 14 &
  148. P. Public Service Commission: Paper Code No: 149.

The Paper Code bearing numbers 5, 8, 10, 18, 19, 27, 28, 36, 43, 45, 49, 62, 67, 77, 98, 108, 127, 136, 137, 141, 142, 144 to 148 and 155 are open to all, whether the applicant is in Government Service or not.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS PRESCRIBED FOR CERTAIN TESTS

1. DIVISIONAL TEST (PC.Nos.30, 63, 81,113 &138): – Senior Assistants working in the Offices of Director of Accounts in Projects and Accounts Branches of the Divisions of the Public Works Department, Roads & Buildings Irrigation, Public Health Engineering Department, Panchayat Raj Engineering Department and Ports Department, who have been working as such for a period of three years or more are allowed to appear for this examination. Superintendents working in the above Departments are also allowed to appear for the

The Service Certificate given below shall be filled and get the signature with the Seal of the Controlling Officer of the parent department. The Service Certificate duly signed by the Controlling Officer should be scanned and uploaded.  Otherwise, their applications will be summarily rejected. Local Body Employees Nov also apply for this Test. But their admission is provisional, subject to their eligibility as per G.O.Ms.No.86, Finance & Planning (FW.WA-1) Department, dt. 22/05/1998. Commerce graduates who claim exemption from passing Paper-I of Part-I of Divisional Test should furnish information in the Application Form. Failing which, their Applications are not considered for exemption of Paper-I of Part-I of the Divisional Test.

1. The applicants for the Departmental Tests for Mines & Geology (Paper Code 150), shall also upload the scanned service certificate format given below, duly signed by the controlling officer.
2. Applicants for Fisheries Department Test-II should furnish the information regarding satisfactory completion of training from the State Fisheries Training Institute, Kakinada in the Application.
3. Applicants for Criminal Judicial Test with Law Qualification should furnish the information in the Application Form to seek exemption from passing Paper-I & II of the above Test, failing which their Applications will not be considered for exemption from passing Papers I & II of the Test.
4. Applicants for the Deputy Inspectors Test must appear for all three papers on their first attempt. In subsequent attempts, however, they can appear for each paper separately. For Papers on “Educational Statistics,” the Public Instructions Report for the year 1980-81 is prescribed. Candidates who have applied previously should furnish the information in the Application Form.
5. Applicants for the Translation Test (Paper Code No. 19 and 28) should invariably mention the language for Paper Code No.
6. Second Class Language Test (Paper Code No.05) will be held in various Languages, i.e., Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil &
7. In case of Gujarathi (P.C.No.6) and Marwari (P.C.No.7) Language Tests,  the Application (Candidates shall download the filled-in application form and upload in the Commission Website duly attested by HoD) should be forwarded by the Head of the  Department  as  an evidence  to  claim his/her eligibility as per relevant
8. Special Language Test for Officers of Education Department of Higher Standard P.C.No.37 will be conducted in Telugu/Urdu/Hindi/Tamil/Kannada/ Oriya/Marathi. P.C.No.36 Lower Standard will be translated from English into a Language chosen. The Candidate should also opt the language in which he/she desires to appear in addition to English for the Translation Test in the Application Form. Otherwise the Application will be
9. Special Language Test for Officers of Education Department (Advanced Standard)(P.C.NOs.58 & 74) will be conducted in Telugu and Urdu.
10. Candidates should pass all the parts of Second Class (P.C.Nos.5,6 &7)/Third Class Language Tests (P.C.No.155)at a time as per the revised scheme of examination in terms of G.O.Ms.No.190, GA (Ser. C) Department, dt: 18/04/2002. However, candidates appearing for Paper Codes 5, 6 and 7 will be admitted to Parts B, C & D (Viva-Voce) only if they pass the Part-A Written Examination.  For Third Class Language Test,  only VIVA-VOCE   in A,B,C parts will conducted without any written test. They will be informed of the date and place of the  Oral  Test separately at the appropriate time.
11. Staff of the Survey and Land Records Department shall answer Surveyor’s Test Higher Grade/ Lower Grade and Survey & Settlement Surveyor’s Test Higher Grade/ Lower Grade, in one language only i.e., either in English or Telugu or Applicants for Sericulture Department Test, Part-III (Paper Code No. 154-Practical Test) must pass Part – I of the Test consisting 4 papers and that they are required to furnish the information in the Application Form.

1. The Question Papers for Departmental Tests will be in English only. However for

(i) “Surveyor’s Test” (Higher Grade/ Lower Grade) (ii) “Survey and Settlement Surveyor’s Test”(Higher Grade/ Lower Grade) and (iii)”Translation Tests”, the question papers will be in the chosen language, besides English.

FEE & payment procedure:

• The Fee mentioned in the above paragraph is to be paid online using a Payment Gateway using Net Banking, Credit card, or debit Card. The list of Banks providing service for the purpose of online remittance of the Fee will be available on the Commission’s Website.
• Once remitted, the fee will not be refunded or adjusted under any circumstances. Failure to pay the examination fee and application fee (in non-exempt cases) will result in the application being rejected completely.
• IPOs / Demand Drafts are not accepted.
• Rs.100/- per correction will be charged in case of corrections. However changes are not allowed for Name, Personal details and Fee etc.,

How to Apply for APPSC Departmental Tests

1. HOW TO UPLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM:

• The Applicants shall read the Instructions Manual in Annexure-I and go through the User Guide on the Website before submitting of Applications
• STEP: The applicant has to fill out the OTPR application to obtain an ID Number. While filling out the application, the candidates have to ensure that there are no mistakes. The Commission bears no responsibility for the mistakes, if any, made by the applicants who had already generated OTPR earlier. The applicants who have already generated OTPR can start the application process from step II below.

• STEP: The applicant has to fill out and submit the Application and Click on the Link with the Notification Number and Name, OTPR ID Number and Date of Birth to proceed. The applicant must verify the details obtained from the OTPR database displayed on the screen. If any details are to be changed, the applicant should return to the website and use the Edit OTPR link. In addition to the details obtained from the OTPR database, the applicant will fill in Notification details such as Examination Centre opted, eligibility and accepting declarations, etc.. Preview and Edit facility is available to make changes and submit for proceeding to Next step of making online payment of the fee. Based on the Exams selected an Exam Fee ID is generated and sent through the SMS/email, which is to be used to pay the Fee.
• STEP:- Once the Exam Fee ID is generated, select the payment of Fee option for paying through either Net banking/ Credit card/ Debit
• After fee payment, the PDF Application will be generated, which contains the particulars furnished by the applicant. The ID No in the PDF Application form has to be quoted for future reference/correspondence.

1. The applicant shall note that the details available with the OTPR database when applying will be considered for this notification. If, the applicant makes any changes to OTPR database at a later date will not be considered for this
2. Hand written/ Typed/ Photostat copies/ outside printed Application Form will not be accepted and liable for

• For any Technical problems related to Online submission and downloading of Hall- Tickets don’t hesitate to get in touch with 040- 29802633 (Call Time: 10.30 A.M to 1.00 P.M & 1.30 P.M to 5.00 P.M) or mail to appschelpdesk@com

NOTE:

1. The Commission is not responsible for any omissions by the applicant in Bio-data particulars while submitting the application form Online. The applicants are, therefore, advised to strictly follow the instructions given in the User guide before applying.
2. The particulars furnished by the applicant in the Application Form will be taken as final, and the application system only processes data based on these particulars. Applicants should, therefore, be very careful when Uploading / Submitting the Application Form.
3. Incomplete/incorrect application forms will be summarily rejected. The information if any furnished by the applicant subsequently in any form will not be entertained by the Commission under any circumstances. Applicants should be careful in filling up the application form and
4. Before Uploading/Submission of Application Form, the Applicants should carefully ensure his/her eligibility for this examination. No relevant column of the application form should be left blank; otherwise, application form will not be
5. No request for change of Tests/papers will be entertained once the application is

GENERAL PROVISIONS

• The applicant must compulsorily complete all relevant columns of the application and submit it through the website only. The particulars made available on the website shall be processed through a computer, and the eligibility will be decided in terms of notification.
• The applications received online in the prescribed proforma available in the website and within the time shall only be considered and the Commission will not be held responsible for any kind of discrepancy.
• Applicants must upload his/her scanned photo and signature in JPEG format, and the size shall be for a Photo of 3.5Cms X 4.5Cms (<50 KB) and for a Signature of 3.5Cms X1.5Cms (<30 KB) only.
• Applicants should not furnish false, tampered, or fabricated particulars or suppress any material information while making an application through the website.

Important – The applicants’ claim about the eligibility for the Test, the Tests applied for are accepted provisionally on the information furnished in their application form and is subject to verification and satisfaction of the Commission as per the eligibility conditions.  Mere admission to any test or viva voce will not confer any right to the final result on the candidate. The candidature is, therefore, provisional at all stages and the Commission reserves the right to reject candidature at any stage.

REJECTIONS:

The application will be rejected for the following reasons:–

1. Failure to upload the Photo/
2. Failure to pay a fee towards the Test and

• If the scanned Service Certificate is not uploaded duly filled in and signed by the applicant and the Controlling Officer with

1. If the filled-in Application Form is not in terms of this
2. If the applicant is not eligible to appear for the Test in terms of Para (4) of the Notification.
3. If the candidate applies during debarment

SCHEME OF THE AP DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATION:

• All the Tests, except Language and Survey Tests, will be in Objective Type in terms of O.Ms.No.602, G.A. (Ser.C) Department, dated. 01.11.2011.
• The Language Test papers (P.C.Nos.5,6,7,19,28,37,49,67,36,58,74) and Survey & Settlement papers (P.C.Nos.69,87,109,110,111,112,116,117,118,,119,120,121,122,133,134 and 135) will be of conventional
• All the objective-type papers will be held on the Computer system. Instructions regarding this Computer Based Test are detailed in the Instructions Manual at Annexure –
• The candidates appearing for Objective Type papers Nov use the Mock Test facility available on the Commission’s Website to acquaint with the computer-based
• The candidates appearing for Conventional Papers (Descriptive Exams) will be supplied with an OMR sheet and attached to Answer Books to be answered in Blue or Black.

APPSC Departmental Test Syllabus

The list of books allowed for each Test and the syllabus is available on the Commission’s Website. The syllabus for Paper Codes 92 and 102 of Departmental Tests for Commercial Taxes has been revised as suggested by the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes and hosted on the website separately.
The list of books allowed for each Test and syllabus is available on the Commission’s Website. The syllabus for Paper Codes 92 and 102 of Departmental Tests for Commercial Taxes has been revised as suggested by the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes and hosted on the website separately.

EXAMINATION CENTRES:

• All the Departmental Tests will be conducted at all 13 District Head
• The candidates shall be admitted at the respective District Centre only, where the candidate is presently working as mentioned in the

PUBLICATION OF RESULTS:

The results of the candidates who are provisionally declared to have passed the Tests will be displayed on the Notice Board of the Commission’s Office and also hosted on the Commission’s Official Website “https://psc.ap.gov.in ”, which would be considered as authentic publication for extending all benefits to the candidates who are provisionally declared to have passed the Tests, vide G.O.Ms.No.591, General Administration (Services-A) Department, dt:20-10-2011.
No individual Pass Certificate will be issued to the candidates by the Commission.

DEBARMENT:

The candidate is liable to be debarred from appearing in any examination permanently or for such term of years as the Commission Nov think fit for the following reasons.

1. If incorrect information is furnished in the Application or elsewhere or if a false declaration is made regarding eligibility, Service, etc.
2. If he/she is found guilty of malpractice in the Examination hall.
3. If he /she behaves improperly towards the Chief Superintendent / Invigilators / Deputed Officials of APPSC in the Examination Hall.
4. If he/she applies to a Test before the expiry of the debarment period.
5. The Commission has the right to cancel the results of the candidates whose applications were rejected or who are involved in malpractice or found to be under debarment period or if the information furnished in the Application is found incorrect at any time.
6. If he/she behaves improperly towards the Chief Superintendent/ Invigilators/Deputed Officials of APPSC in the Examination.

• If the Commission debarred the candidate earlier, the relevant details should be furnished in the Application Form. Otherwise, the application will be rejected, and suitable action will be taken as deemed fit.
• If a debarred candidate is already in the government service, the competent authority will deem him/her liable for disciplinary action under appropriate rules, and the controlling officer will make an entry in the S.R. to that effect.
• The candidate will be liable for punishment as per regulation PME notified vide G.O.Ms.No.385, G.A. (Ser-A) Dept., dt.18.10.2016, for indulging in Malpractices /Misbehavior during the Examinations.
• In addition, the penal provisions of Act No. 25/97 published in A.P. Gazette No. 35 Part-IV-B Extraordinary, dated 21/08/1997, shall be invoked if malpractice and unfair means are noticed at any stage of examination.
• The candidates who have already passed the Test shall not reappear for the same.
• Violation is liable for disciplinary action besides debarment.
• Communications running in the name of Pleader or Agent will receive no attention.

INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING COMPUTER-BASED TEST (OBJECTIVE TYPE)

• Candidates shall report at the venue one hour (60 minutes) before the Commencement of Examination as the candidates have to undergo certain procedural formalities required for online examination, like the biometric registration process.
• The CBT Exam Center gates will be closed 30 Minutes before the scheduled session time, and no candidate will be allowed once the registration process closes.
• Your system should already have the examination link with the login screen. If not, please inform the invigilator.
• 10 minutes before the exam, you’ll be permitted to login. Please type the Login ID (Roll
• No) and the Password (Password for Candidate will be given on exam day) to proceed further.
• The invigilator will announce the password at 09:50 AM and 2:00 PM for the Fore-Noon and After-Noon Sessions, respectively.
• Copying or noting down questions and options is not allowed. Severe action will be taken if any candidate is found, noting down the questions and options.
• After logging in, your screen will display: