📚 APPSC Assistant Environmental Engineer (AEE) 2026

 

📚 APPSC Assistant Environmental Engineer (AEE) 2026

Exam Pattern & Complete Syllabus

📝 Written Examination Pattern

PaperSubjectQuestionsDurationMarks
Paper-IGeneral Studies & Mental Ability150150 Minutes150
Paper-IICommon Subject150150 Minutes300
Total300300 Minutes450
  • Exam Type: Objective Type
  • Exam Standard: Degree Standard
  • Exam Mode: Online CBRT
  • Screening Test: లేదు
  • Examination: Single-Level Examination
  • Negative Marking: ప్రతి తప్పు సమాధానానికి ప్రశ్నకు కేటాయించిన మార్కులలో 1/3 మార్కులు తగ్గింపు. AEE_082026 AEE_082026

📘 PAPER-I: GENERAL STUDIES & MENTAL ABILITY

150 Marks | 150 Questions | 150 Minutes

Syllabus

  1. Current Affairs

    • International, National & Andhra Pradesh Current Events and Issues

  2. General Science

    • General Science
    • Science applications in day-to-day life
    • Contemporary developments in Science & Technology
    • Information Technology

  3. Indian History

    • Social, Economic, Cultural & Political aspects
    • Andhra Pradesh focus
    • Indian National Movement

  4. Geography

    • Geography of India
    • Special focus on Andhra Pradesh

  5. Indian Polity & Governance

    • Constitutional issues
    • Public Policy
    • Reforms
    • e-Governance initiatives

  6. Indian Economy & Planning

  7. Sustainable Development & Environmental Protection

  8. Disaster Management

    • Vulnerability profile
    • Prevention & mitigation strategies
    • Remote Sensing
    • GIS applications in disaster assessment

  9. Logical Reasoning

    • Logical reasoning
    • Analytical ability
    • Logical interpretation

  10. Data Analysis

    • Tabulation of data
    • Visual representation of data
    • Mean, Median & Mode
    • Variance
    • Data interpretation

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📗 PAPER-II: COMMON SUBJECT

300 Marks | 150 Questions | 150 Minutes

1. ECOSYSTEMS

  • Definition, scope & importance of ecosystem
  • Classification, structure & function
  • Food chains
  • Food webs
  • Ecological pyramids
  • Flow of energy
  • Biogeochemical cycles
  • Bioaccumulation
  • Biomagnification
  • Ecosystem value & services
  • Carrying capacity

2. NATURAL RESOURCES

  • Living & non-living resources
  • Water resources
  • Surface & groundwater
  • Over-utilization of water
  • Floods & droughts
  • Dams – benefits & problems
  • Mineral resources
  • Environmental effects of mineral extraction
  • Land resources
  • Forest resources
  • Energy resources
  • Renewable & non-renewable energy
  • Alternate energy sources

3. BIODIVERSITY & BIOTIC RESOURCES

  • Genetic, species & ecosystem diversity
  • Biodiversity values
  • India as a mega-diversity nation
  • Biodiversity hotspots
  • Threats to biodiversity
  • Habitat loss
  • Wildlife poaching
  • Man-wildlife conflicts
  • In-situ & Ex-situ conservation
  • National Biodiversity Act

4. ENGINEERING MATERIALS

  • Structure & properties of engineering materials
  • Phase diagrams
  • Heat treatment
  • Stress-strain diagrams

5. FLUID MECHANICS & HYDRAULICS

  • Newtonian & non-Newtonian fluids
  • Fluid properties
  • Pressure measurement
  • Manometers
  • Fluid kinematics
  • Stream function & velocity potential
  • Continuity equation
  • Bernoulli's equation
  • Impulse momentum equation
  • Laminar & turbulent flow
  • Reynolds number
  • Hagen-Poiseuille equation
  • Darcy-Weisbach equation
  • Friction factor
  • Head losses in pipes, bends & fittings
  • Dimensional analysis
  • Similarity laws
  • Boundary layer theory

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6. PROCESS CALCULATIONS & THERMODYNAMICS

  • Conservation of mass & energy
  • Tie components
  • Recycle, bypass & purge calculations
  • Degrees of freedom
  • First Law of Thermodynamics
  • Second Law of Thermodynamics
  • Applications of thermodynamic laws
  • Equations of state
  • Thermodynamic properties of real systems

7. AIR, WATER, SOIL & NOISE POLLUTION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES

Air Pollution

  • Classification of pollution
  • Causes & effects
  • Primary & secondary pollutants
  • Particulate emission control
  • SOx & NOx control
  • Automobile & industrial pollution
  • Ambient air quality standards

Water Pollution

  • Sources & types
  • Drinking water quality standards
  • Primary, Secondary & Tertiary wastewater treatment
  • Grit chambers
  • Sedimentation tanks
  • Trickling filters
  • Oxidation ponds
  • Activated sludge process
  • Septic tanks
  • Sludge disposal
  • Wastewater recycling

Soil Pollution

  • Sources & types
  • Impacts of modern agriculture
  • Soil degradation

Noise Pollution

  • Sources
  • Health hazards
  • Standards

8. SOLID & INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

  • Municipal Solid Waste Management
  • Collection, segregation & transportation
  • Solid waste processing technologies
  • E-Waste composition & characteristics
  • E-Waste management
  • Bioremediation

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9. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, POLICIES & LEGISLATIONS

  • Climate change & impacts on human environment
  • Ozone depletion
  • Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)
  • Deforestation
  • Desertification
  • Earth Summit
  • Kyoto Protocol
  • Montréal Protocol
  • Paris Convention
  • Indian Environmental Protection Act
  • Air Act
  • Water Act
  • Forest Act
  • Wildlife Act
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management & Handling Rules
  • Biomedical Waste Management & Handling Rules
  • Hazardous Waste Management & Handling Rules

10. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

  • EIA structure
  • Baseline data acquisition
  • Air, water, biological & socio-economic impacts
  • Risk assessment strategies
  • Environmental Management Plan (EMP)
  • Sustainable Development
  • Population explosion
  • Consumerism
  • Environmental Education
  • Urban Sprawl
  • Human Health
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Green Building
  • Ecological Footprint
  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
  • Low Carbon Lifestyle

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💻 COMPUTER PROFICIENCY TEST (CPT)

CPT Exam Pattern

TestDurationMaximum MarksSC/ST/PBDBCOC
Office Automation & Computer Proficiency60 Minutes100303540

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CPT Syllabus

Part-A – Computer Basics

  • Computer components & peripherals
  • Input & output devices
  • Storage devices
  • RAM, ROM, CPU-related concepts
  • Computer software types
  • Operating Systems
  • Windows
  • Linux / Mac OS basics
  • Internet concepts
  • Email
  • World Wide Web

Part-B – Office Applications

  • MS Office / LibreOffice / equivalent
  • File operations
  • Office tools
  • MS Word
  • MS Excel
  • MS PowerPoint
  • Tables, formatting & document operations
  • Excel formulas, functions, charts & data handling
  • PowerPoint slides, images, tables, animations & transitions

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CPT Assessment

  • Part-A MCQs: 20%
  • Typing Speed: 25%
  • Objects Insertion & Organization: 15%
  • Excel Sheet / Formula / Formatting / Graphs: 20%
  • PowerPoint Presentation: 20%

Total: 100%

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