APPSC Group -1 Services Mains Examination, 2017 All Question Papers (General English + 5 Papers) – PDF Free Download
Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has successfully conducted the Group -1 Services (2016 Notification) Mains Exam from 17th August, 2017 to 28th August, 2017. In this Post, we are providing the Question Papers for all exam papers in PDF format of APPSC Group -1 Services Main Examination, 2017.
You can download the APPSC Group -1 Mains Exam, 2017 Question Papers from below links:
Paper -2 (Indian & AP History and Indian Polity)
Paper -3 (Indian & AP Economy)
congrats to those who have cleared mains….all the best for interview.
I’m out…Good bye to Appsc preparation. I’m done and dusted. Time to move on.
Hai basileus iam also out.Iam planning to file RTI on appsc regarding marks and answer booklets.if you are interested join me.
Hi Veeru I am also planning to file an RTI to get my answer sheets. But I doubt whether they are exempted from providing the same.
Hi ajay they are not exempted.In fact they are saying by disclosing the answer booklets it might affect the selection process.But I don’t understand how it would affect if the corrections are foolproof.Anyway iam going ahead.
Hi .. I am also interested in filing RTI for answersheet … There are allegations coming out about the correction of papers…
What are the allegations? Can you be more specific. We can pursue the matter if it is the case.
Hai mahesh May I know what the allegations are?kindly mention it.Have you filed RTI?
They won’t provide answer booklets as it will open Pandora’s box. If I’m correct Upsc was taken to supreme Court for disclosing answer sheets but Court supported Upsc and the matter ended there. You can try by filing Rti. Regarding marks they will disclose anyway on the last day of interviews. I think the cut off was high as seats are less and many veterans of 2011 competed with an advantage of writing re exam of 2016. So they has to just revise.
I hoped that you would be IN. Anyways all the best for your future endeavours. What did they do with underlining issue. Have they considered it or not. Did anyone clear from this group??
They didn’t disqualify any one based on underlining. It is a non issue. The information was disclosed by Appsc secretary Mr Sai.
Congratulations to all who cleared
Congratulations and all the best for those who have cleared!!!
Did u clear
Congrats to all selected candidates. I am out. people who are IN can you please share how many questions you have attempted in each paper.
You are not alone KungfuPanda. I am with you
It’s Jan 31 we have reached even the expected results date. I hope at least they maintain transparency and stick to tentative dates in the notification. This lag erodes the confidence on institutions.
At Max today 12.30pm the results will be out, from resources, don’t know exactly… Let’s see
Source ?
Are you in bro. Indgan,Bharath, Basileos Basileus are you in. Did anyone clear from this page.
Thanks for update. Fingers cross.
Any information about expected date of results could be more helpful. Anxiety levels are breaching their broder.
hopeless institution!!!! 5 months for correcting 2400 candidates papers!!!!
inefficiency at its best !!!!
Any info? Had anyone called APPSC?
Please give the contact name number
I cannot find it anywhere
Please run a Google search with the following
“Appsc commission phone number list”
The search results will land you on a PDF document where you can access all the members contact details.
not just tensions bro frustrating wait too
True! UPSC gave results in less than 70 days. It had around 14k papers to be evaluated and APPSC has less than 4000 papers but still it takes so long!
Tensions are at peak…
where r u from??
Any info on result date??
any further update regarding declaration of results?
any reply from sai garu??
Any information on results?
SAKSHI news – result will be declared towards end of January.
Sai sir replied that ” Mains results will be after sankranthi before end of January “
thank you for the info !!! can you share the screen shot if possible
anyone cleared civils mains here?
Is there any chance of results this week?
We can expect results in the next week i.e., after 15th as mentioned by Sai sir in TV interview.
hopefully!!!
but any concrete information from appsc after that interview hasnt come
Yes. But all results were released as per their statements in TV interviews.
okay thank you!!!! al d best for results
hi…friends, any status on gr1 mains result
Looking at the pace at which APPSC is releasing results, mains results may be declared very soon. May be in a week or two.
is there any chance of results coming this week????
Can any one give clarification . I belongs to Telangana state with Open category . I appeared in APPSC Group 1 mains . Am I eligible to compete for all open general posts in AP Group 1 .there are 26 posts in Open general in Group 1 – 2016 notification . Please clarify .
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Is there any whatsapp group for group 1 people for chitchat discussions and everything about appsc
Give your mobile number, I will add you in a group exclusively devoted to group 1.
can you please post the link of the group
Any Insider Info on Group 1 2017 Mains results date and Cutoff.
ha ha insider info!!! forumias & upsc 🙂
HaHa .. Upsc hangover dude!! ☺
will this 2011 result delay the result of 2017 mains???
Two scenarios:
1) The result may get delayed thanks to this untimely result of 2011
2) The result may come in a short while and qualified candidates may be done with interviews and training of 2011 batch and 2016 batch selected candidates may go simultaneously.
Interviews of 2017 candidates only after February 20th…Training will be combined. Result may come in January and they will give one month gap between result and interviews. So most probably result in last week of january.
For 152 posts, only 294 have been called for interview which is less than 1:2 ratio. If that is the case, for 78 posts in 2016 notification, APPSC may call 150 only!
Posts are 147 not 152. Appsc clearly said in result notification they are calling in 1:2 ratio. They can’t rescind their guidelines,they have to follow them under any circumstances.
But as per this news item, posts are 152 http://www.andhrajyothy.com/artical?SID=508582
Apps going to release g1 mains result 2016 @from etv2
2011 re exam, conducted in 2016, results released.
Called appsc. They told the results would be declared in 1 st week of Jan 2018
I think this could be true. It was just like last year as pointed by you some time ago. So one more month!
There is a video on Gr 1 mains expected cut off….google it. See it and comment pl
Hello Friends , As Per APPSC Help Desk , Evaluation Schedule is given to them , Expected to release Mains results in January – 2018 . So I Request all to Participate and Give your Views on Papers of Group – I like Paper Standard , Performance , Good Scores , Competition .
did u call them?
I called APPSC Help Desk on 25th of November , They told as stated above
called Appsc for results date. They said the results would be announced next year and correction of papers was under process. I think next year means just like previous group 1(2011)re exam mains results announced on 11 jan 2017, we can expect in Jan 2018 our results.
“Under Process”?…Does it mean correction started or it is still in preparation stage?
In which month were mains re exams for 2011 conducted in 2016?
September 2016
Oh, by that measure, we can expect result by next month or in the worst case Mid January
How many people would be qualified for interview? Is it 1:2 or 1:3? I feel that Appsc is maintaining secrecy regarding the correction of papers. They might have started correction but not giving out the information.
APPSC would be calling candidates in the ratio 1:2 for interview. Like Prelims, Mains also was designed to reject candidates than to select for interview.
Correction not yet started.At this rate result may come next year. Better not to think about it as the results will be declared when Appsc feels like declaring. By anticipating results we are wasting our time and energy. Better to ignore and stay happy.
YES …YOU ARE RIGHT…
how you got to know that?
did you call appsc?
Clairvoyance…
dont say like that pls….
APPSC has uploaded reply for the clarifications asked in various papers.
Does that mean, correction of papers starts from now?
Technically yes. But only God knows about appsc.
What are the minimum qualifying marks in each paper? Do we have that concept in group 1??
There wont be any minimum qualifying marks in individual paper ,you may get 50 in one paper and 130 in other paper , at end total score matters .
hi, does anyone know the exact take home salary for Group 1 cadre if we crack top 3 posts? please let me know the gross per month and take home per month.
In Group 1 Exam , Top 3 posts Basic Pay is 40,270 . DA at Present is 22.008% (8,863 Rs) , HRA depends on Posting Location. it may be 12% or 14.5% or 20% or 30 % .If Govt Quarters are given , HRA will be exempted . Deductions are APGLI , CPS etc will be around 6500 Rupees.
This day is 70th day from the end of the exam. Still result is not in sight. Great going Appsc, you are doing a great job. Keep it up.
I thought that after bifurcation AP state services would be more prompt than earlier but everything reversed. No proper timelines, so many court cases and everything is moving at snail pace. They have to streamline a lot.
Ha Ha Frustrations building up!!! While preparing for APPSC and UPSC this becomes a part and parcel 🙂 🙂
By the way as per friend of mine who is MRO now had met a person whos working in APPSC on some department work. He said that corrections were started in month of October and can expect results in december.
Lets see How APPSC performs!!
I think even government will take prestigious to complete atleast 1 recruitment before it goes to elections!!!
I messed up economy paper as I had limited knowledge about AP economy. I have prepared for UPSC and I just covered AP economy in the last month. Could not remember facts. How did everyone write economy paper.
me too prepared for upsc….i too felt very much difficult while preparing ap subjects like horrible really within one month…
I heard people saying that if one prepares for UPSC APPSC would become cakewalk. But to me only 40% of syllabus is overlapping with UPSC remaining 60% is particular to APPSC. We need to dedicate appropriate time for that 60%. Even paper 5 was not at all easy. Even paasages were hard to interpret. I mean some questions in passages are vague. Even quant section was time taking. And I see people here predicting cutoff around 420. I really wonder if the cutoff would be that high. Maybe people who prepared for group 1 particularly would have found papers easy. But to me all papers were not that easy.
actually…papers are not that much easy….hope for the best…….yes paper 5 , i am also felt difficult in quant section , actually i attempted only 2 out of 5 quant, i went for passages..by utilysing our upsc analysis strategy i answred questions, which may not be correct, so dont worry..
I think APPSC was easy before 2012…Now they have made it difficult with huge syllabus, analytical questions, sub-questions and lengthy paper. Further the preparation for upsc and appsc is different, and it is better to concentrate on one as syllabus overlap is only 30 percent. It was a cakewalk for upsc aspirants before because Appsc also had two optional papers and gs papers,then the syllabus used to overlap nearly 85%. One has to choose one or else one cannot do justice to either.
Exactly!! We can’t do justice to both of them at the same time. But we can’t rely on state services as they don’t follow timelines and court cases come as bonus with them. Unless they follow strict calendar and proper exam structure we can’t rely on state services. By the way did they start correction of group 1 papers??
Just to correct around 3000 papers they are taking 2 months time. Ridiculous.
not 3000 papers laxmikanth….it is 3000×6 = 18000
Sorry I mean papers of 3000 candidates. UPSC corrects more than 13000 candidates papers and takes not even more than 3 months. And as per the comments above it seems that appsc has not yet started correction of papers. And what they are going to do with 2011 group 1 case is still mysterious. I fear they would correct our papers only after 2011 group 1 case.
If that is the case our result will come in next December. The 2011 case will go to supreme Court and it will take at least 6 months for it’s culmination and another 2 to 3 months for interviews and result.
It’s 2500*6 =15000 papers.
Called Appsc today. They said the mains results would take atleast 2 months.
They are saying 2 months since the day exam is over. Call them after 15 or 20 or after one month, still they will say after 2 months. The plain fact is they haven’t started the paper correction.
AP State Public Service is definitely loosing their sheen. May be one day they might privatise the services or they may outsource them.
I TOO UNDERLINED IN ALL PAPERS…
THANK YOU ….IS THAT CORRECTION OF PAPERS STARTED?
Than you veeru..do have any rough estimate of cut off would be … I am expecting 380 nearly giving max marks to any question is 6.
Hai mahesh regarding awarding of marks suppose answer is below average 2 or 3 marks/10 irrelevant 0 marks average 4 or 5 good 7 or 8 outstanding 9 so getting 9 is rare .everyone thinks that I wrote the exam well including me.but it all depends on whether he/she addressed the question in the right way. That’s why 3 evaluations are there.underlining is a very minor issue. So don’t worry let us hope for the best and wait patiently for 60 days
I messed up economy paper as I had limited knowledge about AP economy. I have prepared for UPSC and I just covered AP economy in the last month. Could not remember facts. How did everyone write economy paper.
Anyone who got selected for interview for group 1 2011? Any update on that.
Hi friends, anybody knows about the underline issue update.. as the corrections started ,what happened to the candidates who had underlined the headings in the anaswer sheet? Is Appsc allowed those answer sheets for correction? Please discuss this.
Hai mahesh underlining by itself would not invalidate anyone.but if the underlining makes your paper unique then the examiner will see whether malpractice can be done.in the instructions it may be avoided not must.appsc has only good intention to prevent the influence.do not worry.
hello sir, do you know the expected result date?
Results will be out by end of Dec as it was said by appsc secretary sai
Results can be expected by end of DEC as it was said by appsc secretary
When did he say? Can you please provide link.
Result date no one knows…They did not start correction( as of 25/10/2017) and as far as I know correction starts only after giving final notification on objections. It has to be there because one series problem is wrong(2,4,15,70).
The series problem is right. The papers are error free. That is the reason why they didn’t publish the final decision on objections.As of now Appsc is saying result will come in December.
Go to google search and type APPSC contact…Then click the page which says contact appsc. There you will get 7 contact numbers and they will pick the call if you try 4 to 5 times. Generally they are higher level functionaries and give you accurate info.
Hi friends , I heard that corrections are going on in Usmania university and results are expected in November end or first week of December.
where did you come to know this??
through friends
Corrections are held in APPSC itself, they never send papers outside. According to APPSC facilitation cell they are yet to begin correction( as of 25/10/2017). You can call to confirm.
Whom should I call
Of course APPSC…
I mean on what number I’ve called help desk number but they are eternally busy
Any news on recent Gr 1mains held in 2017 .?
any news on group 1
Any news on gr 1 results?? Or cut off
Any other
discussion forum of aspirants please help me know
yes pls let us know about happenings of appsc
When will be the result
Expected cut off for OC general pl?
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whatsup group for group 1 2017 mains written people.
This invitation is revoked
Can u please share the invitation
If they invalid all underlined papers then we can go to court. We have a strong case for the following reasons:
1) In hall ticket it is not mentioned while the other instructions like using different pens, sketch pens etc were mentioned
2) In answer booklet it is clearly mentioned underlining “may” be avoided, it is only advisory not a compulsion.
3) Instructions should be unequivocal and they can never vary from one set to another. Further underlining cannot be equated with symbols or different pens because it is common practice and we have to underline for our own clarity and examiners ease of correcting our papers.
We have a strong case and let’s see what future beholds.
Even UPSC have not given such bizzare instructions like not to underline etc.. me too underlined in all papers..
If Appsc implements underlining thing then we can go to court based on the three reasons:
1) In hall ticket it is not mentioned while the other things like using different pens, sketch pens are mentioned.
2) In answer booklet it is clearly mentioned underlining “may” be avoided it means it’s only advisable and not a compulsion.
3) All the instructions should be similar and they can’t vary from one set to another. Further instructions cannot be arbitary and underling is quite common as it is a routine practice.
Based on the above facts we will get a favorable decision. Anyway let’s see what future beholds.
And if they strictly implement underlining then 20 to 30 percent people will be disqualified and then results will come in 40 to 45 days.
@Basileos.. Are there any objections in papers? What is expected date of results?
No objections. Papers are perfect. Results may come by November last week or may be earlier. They have to correct only 2500 papers per paper. It may take a month or so. Results can be expected any day after October.
Basileous bro, looks like you are a pro in competitive exams. I heard somewhere results maybe out by mid October or By the end of October.
110+ in paper 1 may be difficult to get..
Nice..Time constraint is a major problem. How many answers could be attempted with in a short time?
If one can write at least 8 to 10 good answers then one will get around 90.
My analysis of papers:
1) Paper 1 essay was multi dimensional and people who have written covering all the nuances will get 110+
2) Paper 2 history and polity were analytical and good score will be 90+
3) Paper 3 again is analytical and all questions are based on divergent viewpoints can score 90+
4) Comparatively easy when considered with last year paper where sub questions were asked but questions were technical. Score can be 90+
5) Difficult paper because it is lengthy and 110+ could be good score.
The scores mentioned by you are unbelievable! Like the question papers, correction also might be made tough. 75+ scores in GS papers and 90+ scores in Essay and 100+ in Paper 5 could be decent score as per my guess
Dear friends.. what’s your overall analysis of the papers? Is there any WhatsApp group?
Is there any whats up group of people who wrote mains 2017 exam. Please notify.
Don’t worry. We will examine. If your paper is not specifically identifiable, there would not be any problem. The idea is that no scope for manipulation should be there. If there is no such scope, normally we don’t disqualify. We will request the Commissionand a fair decision would be taken. No need to be tense
The above is the message received by me from Mr Sai Secretary APPSC, when i enquired about underlining. I underlined in all papers as i have read instruction in answer booklet where it is mentioned as UNDERLINING MAY BE AVOIDED. As it is only tentative i went ahead and underlined. I thought in question paper the instruction was erroneous and further no such instruction was their in hall ticket.
APPSC asked to submit objections in question papers upto 11/09/17. Send if any..
Are there any issue with questions… As it was the case last time…. I’m new to APPSC … Don’t know…. Can you tell me your paper wise performance
Though questions seemed easy, writing quality answers was difficult within a very less time of 10-12 mins. Wrote many generic answers. In Paper 5,section-1 was bad for me.
Now APPSC is taking utmost care in framing papers. They are trying to avoid legal hurdles as far as possible.
In my view, no major deviations from the syllabus. I think that they will declare the results within 2 months.
Dear friends, it is important and necessary for us all to have a good platform to have discussions and to vent out our grievances. Suggest if any..
Yes, we need a common platform
Hi friends.. what is the expected date for mains results?
No idea…. If any of friends here have any knowledge about the time gap generally taken to declare results , can be helpful in estimating the date…. What were previous year cut offs for general candidates? Any idea?
No definite trend has been followed by APPSC.. How were the question papers? How many questions could be answered? What would be the maximum marks scored in each subject..
I already stated above…. Left 60 marks…. Paper4 and Paper5 were my spoilers……What about you?
Can you tell me your paper wise performance?
http://appscgrouptimes.blogspot.in/2012/10/analysis-on-group-12011-marks_11.html
Previous cutoffs category and post wise
Whats your performance friends?
Then u have decent chances as far as I know
Hope so… How was your performance?
fine
I did put box around the final answer in data interpretation paper will it make my answer sheet invalid??? seriously worried…
What can be a decent score? I left 50-60marks on the whole…..when can we expect result
You left or wrote something irrelevant ??
I filled 30 with generic answers… And 30 Marks I left blank
Some one do throw light on invalidating answer sheets for underlining in essay paper
I don’t think that they will make too much issue out of it…… don’t worry
Don’t worry..
Madam any information on invalidating underlined papers?