Plan of Examination

Department Tests

• The total number of tests is 65 which contain 158 papers.
• The tests may be with books or without books, as prescribed. 

Examination Centers

• All the Departmental Tests, except “DT for the staff of the APPSC, Divisional Test and Legal Metrology Department Test” will be held at all the District Head Quarters including Hyderabad city. 
• The DT for the staff of the APPSC Divisional Test and Legal Metrology Department Test will be held at Hyderabad Centre only.
• An applicant must choose the District Head Quarters where he/she is employed as the Examination Centre. 
• The Commission, however, results the right to allot a candidate to the centre other than one chosen by the candidate.
• Examination Centre once chosen will be final and request for change will not be entertained.

Examination Hall Ticket

• The Hall tickers are normally dispatched to the admitted candidates, 10 days before commencing the examination. 
• The Hall ticket has the Register Number, Candidates name, Test applied, Date, Session and Exam center including full address along with scanned photo with signature in front side of the Hall Ticket.

Use of Reference Books

Candidates will be allowed to use reference books in the Examination Hall for certain tests under following conditions:

• Candidates should bring their own books without containing notes or commentaries.
• No books or papers or any description which serve as guides, digests, short notes, compilation of questions and answers, etc. will be allowed.
• A candidate should use the reference books containing Bare Acts only.
• A candidate is not allowed to use any reference books if the Tests are captioned “Without Books”.

Minimum Marks

• The maximum number of marks for each paper in a test will be one hundred (100) and the minimum number of marks required for a pass in each test will be forty (40) in each paper.

Exam Results