APPSC Assistant Statistical Officer (ASO) Syllabus and PDF
SCREENIG TEST SYLLABUS
GENERAL STUDIES AND MENTAL
ABILITY
PART - A
No. of. Questions: 75 Marks: 75
1. Events of national and international importance.
2. Current affairs- international, national and regional.
3. General Science and it applications to the day to day life Contemporary developments in Science & Technology and information Technology.
4. Social- economic and political history of modern India with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh.
5. Indian polity and governance: constitutional issues, public policy, reforms and e-governance initiatives with specific reference to Andhra Pradesh.
6. Economic development in India since independence with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh.
7. Physical geography of Indian sub-continent and Andhra Pradesh.
8. Disaster management: vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation strategies, Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in the assessment of Disaster.
9. Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
10. Logical reasoning, analytical ability and data interpretation.
11. Data Analysis:
a) Tabulation of data
b) Visual representation of data
c) Basic data analysis (Summary Statistics such as mean, median, mode, variance and coefficient of variation) and Interpretation
12. Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and its Administrative, Economic, Social, Cultural, Political, and Legal implications/problems.
PART – B
(Subject)
No. of. Questions: 75 Marks: 75
1. Economic Concepts: Concepts of Production, Consumption and Demand –
Concept of Elasticity - Market Structures and Equilibrium – Price
determination.
National Income: concepts and determinants
– employment, consumption, savings and investment. Rate of Interest and
Profit. Concepts of Money and measures of money supply, velocity. Banks
and credit creation, Banks and portfolio management, Central Bank and
control over supply of money. Determination of price level - Inflation:
meaning, measurement and control. Public Finance: Budgets, Taxes and
non-tax revenues, Budget deficits.
2. International Economics: Free Trade and Protection - Balance of payments
accounts and adjustment - Exchange rate under the exchange markets -
International Monetary System and World Trading order - Brettonwoods
system. IMF and the World Bank and their associates. Sources of growth -
capital, Human capital, productivity, Trade and aid, non-economic
factors.
3. Indian Economics: Main features: Population; size, composition,
quality and growth trend, occupational distribution, Effects of Births
and Deaths. Mass poverty - Unemployment and its types - Inequality and
types thereof - Rural-urban disparities. Foreign Trade: Balance of
Payments and External Debt. Inflation and parallel economy and its
effects. Fiscal deficit. Sectoral trends and regional disparities.
Economic Planning in India: Major controversies on planning in India,
NITI Ayog. Broad Fiscal, monetary, industry, trade and agricultural
policies.
4. Financial Accounting: Introduction to accounting - Accounting concepts
and conventions – Accounting process - Journalizing, Posting to ledger accounts
- Subsidiary books including Cash book - Bank Reconciliation Statement -
Preparation of Trial Balance and Final Accounts - Errors and
Rectification - Depreciation and Reserves – Single entry and non trading
concerns.
5. Basics of Computers: Binary system, Octal and Hexadecimal systems.
Conversion to and from Decimal systems. Codes, Bits, Bytes and Words.
Memory of a computer, Arithmetic and Logical operations on numbers.
Algorithms and Flow charts. Using Spread Sheet: Basics of Spreadsheet;
Manipulation of cells; Formulas and Functions; Editing of Spread Sheet,
printing of Spread Sheet.
6. Introduction to Statistics: Collection of data: primary and Secondary data.
methods of Sampling (Random, Non Random), Definition of Probability –
Census- Schedule and questionnaire - Frequency distribution – Tabulation
- Diagrammatic and graphic presentation of data.
7. Measures of Central Tendency: Meaning objectives and characteristics of measures
of central tendency –Types of Averages: Arithmetic Mean, Geometric Mean ,
Harmonic Mean , Median, Mode, Quartiles Deciles, Percentiles-Properties
of averages and their applications.
8. Measures of Dispersion and Skewness:
Dispersion: Meaning and properties
–Types : Range ,Quartile Deviation, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation,
Coefficient of Veriation. Skewness: Meaning – Karl Pearson and Bowl’s
measures of skewness, concept of kurtosis – normal distribution.
9. Measure of Relation: Correlation meaning and uses – types of correlation
– Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient – Spearman’s rank correlation –
probable error.
10. Analysis of time series and Index
Numbers: Time Series analysis: Meaning and
Uses - Components of time series – Measurement of trend and seasonal
variations - Utility of decomposition of time series - Decentralization
of data.
Index Numbers: Meaning and importance – Methods of construction of Index Numbers: Price Index Numbers, Quantity index Numbers – Tests of Adequacy of Index Numbers -base shifting and deflation of Index Numbers - Cost of living Index Numbers – Limitations of Index Numbers. Concepts of price, quantity and cost Index Numbers. Deflation of Index Numbers.
MAIN EXAMINATION SYLLABUS
PAPER –I
GENERAL STUDIES AND MENTAL ABILITY
1. Events of national and international
importance.
2. Current affairs- international, national and
regional.
3. General Science and it applications to the day
to day life Contemporary developments in Science & Technology and
information Technology.
4. Social- economic and political history of modern
India with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh.
5. Indian polity and governance: constitutional
issues, public policy, reforms and e-governance initiatives with specific
reference to Andhra Pradesh.
6. Economic development in India since independence
with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh.
7. Physical geography of Indian sub-continent and
Andhra Pradesh.
8. Disaster management: vulnerability profile,
prevention and mitigation strategies,
Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in the
assessment of Disaster.
9. Sustainable Development and Environmental
Protection
10. Logical reasoning, analytical ability and data
interpretation.
11. Data Analysis:
a) Tabulation of data
b) Visual representation of data
c) Basic data analysis (Summary Statistics
such as mean, median, mode, variance and coefficient of variation) and
Interpretation
12. Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and its Administrative, Economic, Social, Cultural, Political, and Legal implications/problems.
PAPER – 2
1. Economic Concepts: Concepts of Production, Consumption and Demand –
Concept of Elasticity - Market Structures and Equilibrium – Price
determination.
National Income: concepts and
determinants – employment, consumption, savings and investment. Rate of
Interest and Profit. Concepts of Money and measures of money supply,
velocity. Banks and credit creation, Banks and portfolio management, Central
Bank and control over supply of money. Determination of price level -
Inflation: meaning, measurement and control. Public Finance: Budgets,
Taxes and non-tax revenues, Budget deficits.
2. International Economics: Free Trade and Protection - Balance of payments
accounts and adjustment - Exchange rate under the exchange markets -
International Monetary System and World Trading order - Brettonwoods
system. IMF and the World Bank and their associates. Sources of growth -
capital, Human capital, productivity, Trade and aid, non-economic
factors.
3. Indian Economics: Main features: Population; size, composition,
quality and growth trend, occupational distribution, Effects of Births
and Deaths. Mass poverty - Unemployment and its types - Inequality and
types thereof - Rural-urban disparities. Foreign Trade: Balance of Payments
and External Debt. Inflation and parallel economy and its effects. Fiscal
deficit. Sectoral trends and regional disparities. Economic Planning in
India: Major controversies on planning in India, NITI Ayog. Broad Fiscal,
monetary, industry, trade and agricultural policies.
4. Financial Accounting: Introduction to accounting - Accounting concepts
and conventions – Accounting process - Journalizing, Posting to ledger accounts
- Subsidiary books including Cash book - Bank Reconciliation Statement -
Preparation of Trial Balance and Final Accounts - Errors and
Rectification - Depreciation and Reserves – Single entry and non trading
concerns.
5. Basics of Computers: Binary system, Octal and Hexadecimal systems.
Conversion to and from Decimal systems. Codes, Bits, Bytes and Words.
Memory of a computer, Arithmetic and Logical operations on numbers.
Algorithms and Flow charts. Using Spread Sheet: Basics of Spreadsheet;
Manipulation of cells; Formulas and Functions; Editing of Spread Sheet,
printing of Spread Sheet.
6. Introduction to Statistics: Collection of data: primary and Secondary data.
methods of Sampling (Random, Non Random), Definition of Probability –
Census- Schedule and questionnaire - Frequency distribution – Tabulation
- Diagrammatic and graphic presentation of data.
7. Measures of Central Tendency: Meaning objectives and characteristics of measures
of central tendency –Types of Averages: Arithmetic Mean, Geometric Mean ,
Harmonic Mean , Median, Mode, Quartiles Deciles, Percentiles-Properties
of averages and their applications.
8. Measures of Dispersion and Skewness:
Dispersion: Meaning and properties
–Types : Range ,Quartile Deviation, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation,
Coefficient of Veriation. Skewness: Meaning – Karl Pearson and Bowl’s
measures of skewness, concept of kurtosis – normal distribution.
9. Measure of Relation: Correlation meaning and uses – types of correlation
– Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient – Spearman’s rank correlation –
probable error.
10. Analysis of time series and Index
Numbers: Time Series analysis: Meaning and
Uses - Components of time series – Measurement of trend and seasonal
variations - Utility of decomposition of time series - Decentralization
of data.
Index Numbers: Meaning and importance –
Methods of construction of Index Numbers: Price Index Numbers, Quantity
index Numbers – Tests of Adequacy of Index Numbers -base shifting and
deflation of Index Numbers - Cost of living Index Numbers – Limitations of
Index Numbers. Concepts of price, quantity and cost Index Numbers.
Deflation of Index Numbers.
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