ANNEXURE

SCHEME AND SYLLABUS TO THE POST OF
ANALYST GRADE-II IN A.P. POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
SCHEME OF THE EXAMINATRION
(Annexure-V of G.O. Ms. No. 141, Finance (HR-I Plg. & Policy) Department,
Dt.:01.08.2016 amended in G.O.Ms.No.201, Finance (HR-I Plg, & Policy) Dept.,
Dt: 21/12/2017)
WRITTEN EXAMINATION (OBJECTIVE TYPE) DEGREE STANDARD
Paper Subject
No. of
Question
s
Duration
in
Minutes
Maximum
Marks
Paper-I General Studies & Mental Ability 150 150 150
Paper-
II Common Paper 150 150 150
TOTAL 300
N.B: As per G.O.Ms. No.235 Finance (HR-1, Plg & Policy) Dept, Dt:
06/12/2016, for each wrong answer will be penalized with 1/3rd of
the marks prescribed for the question in all Objective type papers.

SYLLABUS
PAPER – I
GENERAL STUDIES AND MENTAL ABILITY
1. Major Current Events and Issues pertaining to International, National
and State of Andhra Pradesh.
2. General Science and its applications to the day to day life Contemporary
developments in Science & Technology and Information Technology.
3. History of India – emphasis will be on broad general understanding of
the subject in its social, economic, cultural and political aspects with a
focus on AP and Indian National Movement.
4. Geography of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh.

5. Indian polity and Governance: constitutional issues, public policy,
reforms and e-Governance initiatives.
6. Indian Economy and planning
7. Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
8. Disaster management: vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation
strategies, Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in the assessment of
Disaster
9. Logical reasoning, analytical ability and logical interpretation.
10. Data Analysis: Tabulation of data, Visual representation of data, Basic
data analysis (Summary Statistics such as mean, median, mode and
variance) and Interpretation.
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Paper-II (Common Paper)
Chemistry
Unit.1:
Chemistry of Non -Transition Elements : Characteristics of Non -Transition
Elements and its halides & oxides properties, Polymorphism of Carbon and
sulphur, Boranes and Carboranes properties, Electronic counting in boranes.
Photochemistry: Thermal and Photochemical Processes, Laws of
Photochemistry, Photochemical reaction mechanism – HCl & HBr,
Fluorescence and Phosphorescence, Jablonski diagram.
Unit. II:
Spectroscopy: Electromagnetic radiation, Interaction with matter, Beer
Lambert’s law, Single & Double beam Spectrophotometers, Applications of Beer
Lamberts law for Quantitative analysis of Chromium and Manganese in
K2Cr2O7 and MnSO4.
Chromatography: Principles and classification of chromatography. Retention
time, retardation factor, Rf values in chromatography. TLC, Gas Liquid, Paper,
Column and High performance Liquid Chromatography basic principles,
instrumentation, detectors and applications.
Terpenoids: Classification, occurrence, isolation, Isoprene rule, Structural
determination and synthesis of Zingeberine and cadinene.

Unit.III
Amino acids and proteins : Classification of amino acids, Natural and
essential amino acids with examples, classification of alpha amino acids with
examples, Synthesis of alpha amino acids (Glycine, Valine) by halogenated
carboxylic acid and malonic ester synthe sis methods with physical and
chemical properties. Structure and nomenclature of peptides and proteins.
Solvent free reactions : Solvent free techniques – reactions on solid mineral
support and Phase transfer catalysis (N -alkylation, witting reaction),
Ultrasound assisted green synthesis (Oxidation and reduction), Microwave
assisted green synthesis (Biginelli reaction and Suzuki reaction)
Heterocyclic compounds: Simple five membered ring compounds with hetero
one atom (Furan, pyrrole), Aromatic character, pr eparation from 1,4 –
dicarbonyl compounds. Synthesis and properties of pyrrole.
Biochemistry
Unit:1
Enzyme Inhibition : Types of Enzyme Inhibition – Reversible (Competitive,
Non-competitive). Mechanism of reaction catalysed by chymotrypsin, trypsin
and lysozyme.
Co-enzyme: The mechanistic role of Co -enzymes in enzyme catalysed
reactions: nicotinamide nucleotides, flavin nucleotides, Co -enzymes A lipoic
acid, blotin and Co -enzyme B12. Modern concepts of evaluation of catalysis –
catalytic RNA (rybozyme).
Monomeric enzyme : Definition & structure – serine protease, zymogen
activation, oligomeric enzymes and multi -enzyme compl exes (pyruvate
dehydrogenase complex).
Immunology: Organs and cells of immune system, Innate and adaptive
immune system, classification of immunoglobulins, structure of IgG. Concepts
of haptens, antigen – antibody reactions, Blood group antigens.
Immunodiagnostics – ELISA, Vaccines and their classification. Outline of
hypersensitive reactions.
Unit:II
Composition of blood and lymph: Plasma and cells- RBC, WBC, Platelets, blood
clotting, plasma protein, separation and applications, lymph.

Autoimmunity: Definition, Class of auto immuno diseases
Immunoglobins(Igs): Types of Igs, nature and structure of Igs (light & heavy
chain functions), enzymatic cleavage of Igs, heptens.
Nervous system and excretory system: General organization of nerous stem,
Neurons-structure, types, properties and functions; Excretory system –
Organisation of kidney, structure and functions of nephron, Role of kidney in
maintain acid-base and electrolyte balance in the body.
Unit:III
Endocrinology: Organization of Endocrine system, classifi cation of hormones,
physical role & chemistry and disorder of hormones of (thyroid, pituitary and
hypothalamus). Gastrointestinal hormones – mechanism of hormonal action –
Glucocorticoids and insulin.
Nutritional Biochemistry : Balanced diet, calorific value of food and its
determination by bomb calorimeter, Specific dynamic action of foods, energy
requirement and recommended dietary allowance for children and adults.
Sources of complete and incomplete proteins. Biological valu e of proteins .
Vitamins- Source, structure and biochemical roles, deficiency disorder of water
and fat soluble vitamins. Nutraceutical and functional foods. Bulk and trace
elements.
Clinical Biochemistry : Plasma protein in health and disease. Liver disease
jaundice. Liver functional test – Conjugated and total bilurubin in serum,
albumin -globulin ratio, serum enzymes in liver diseases. Normal and
abnormal constituents of urine. Renal, GTT, gastric and pancreatic function
tests.
Biology
1. Cell biology: Bacter ia: General characters of Bacteria, Ultra structure of
typical Bacteria (E.Coli), Classification of bacteria based on nutrition,
Bacterial reproduction and Economic importance of bacteria (harmful
and Beneficiary). Virus: Discovery of Virus, types of virus based on
symmetry and nucleic acids Structure of TMV (plant virus), polio(animal
virus) and HIV (retrovirus). Ultra Structure of typical plant cell and
Animal cell (Paramecium) and functions of cell organelles (chloroplast,
Mitochondria, Ribosome, Nucleus and Cytoskeleton) observed in ultra
structure. Outlines of mitosis and meiosis, types of chromosomes (based
on both centromere and size)

2. Genetics and Evolution: Mendel’s laws of inheritance, Mono hybrid cross
,Dihybrid cross Linkage and Crossing over Cyt oplasmic inheritance
Mutations: Types of Mutations, Classification of mutagens, Point
mutations and Chromosomal mutations (both number and aberration).
Evolution: Origin of life, Darwin’s theory of evolution -Natural selection,
Divergent evolution and convergent evolution (outlines); Hardy -Weinberg
law
3. Molecular Biology: Structure of Nucleosome and organization of
chromosome. Structure of DNA, types of DNA (A, B and Z) Semi
conservative method of DNA replication, DNA damage and repair,
Structure of RNA, Types of RNA and their structures (m -RNA, r-RNA and
t-RNA) Protein synthesis: Transcription, Translation (Polypeptide chain
initiation, elongation and termination)
Environmental Science
1. Fundamental environmental concepts and Ecology: Definition and
importance of environment, Components of environment (Atmosphere,
Hydrosphere, Lithosphere and Biosphere), Concepts of Ecology,
Definition and divisions of ecology, structure and function of ecosystem,
energy flow, food chain, food web and ecological pyramids, eco logical
succession.
2. Natural Resources and environment pollution: Forest resources, water
resources, mineral resources, and energy resources. Environment
pollution; Sources, methods of management of Air pollution, water
pollution, soil pollution and waste management
3. Environmental issues and sustainable development: Green house gases,
Global warming, Ozone hole. Waste management, conventional and non
conventional energy sources, biogas production. Environmental
assessment methods: plant survey, flora assessme nt, animal assessment
and aquatic assessment. Eco planning in India: Land use policy, urban
and rural planning.
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SCHEME & SYLLABUS OF THE COMPUTER PROFICIENCY TEST
(CPT)
Scheme for Computer Proficiency Test
(As per G.O.Ms.No.26, G.A. (Ser.B) Dept., dt: 24.02.2023)
Scheme of the examination (Practical Type)
Test Duration
(Minutes)
Maximum
Marks
Minimum Qualifying Marks
SC/ST/PBD B.C’s O.C’s
Proficiency in Office
Automation with usage of
Computers and
Associated Software.
60 100 30 35 40

Syllabus for Computer Proficiency Test
PART-A
1. INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS: Introduction to Computers –
Components and their classification – Peripheral devices and
their purpose. Input Devices – Keyboard, Mouse, Scanner,
Lighten, Touch screens, Joystick, Mic ro phone, Scanner, Digital
camera, Bar code reader, Biometric sensor. Output Devices:
Display devices, Printers, Monitor, Speaker, Plotter, Secondary
Storage Devices – Feature- Driven Development (FDD), Magnetic
tape, Universal Serial Bus(USB), Pen Drives, Disks – The Role of
input Processing / output processing devices – Computing
Concepts – Data – Information – Random – Access Memory (RAM)
– Read-Only Memory(R OM) – Control Unit – Memory Unit –
Arithmetic Logic Unit(ALU).
2. COMPUTER SOFTWARE TYPES: System So ftware, Application
Software, Embedded software, Proprietary Software, Open source
software (their purpose and characteristics only).
3. OPERATING SYSTEM: Purpose of operating sy stem, Single User
and Multi User Operating Systems with Examples.
4. WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM: Interfacing Graphical User
Interface (GUI), Differences between Character User Interface
(CUI) and Graphical User Interface(GUI) – working With Files and
Folders – More About Files – Running An Application Through the
File Manager – Running an Application Through the Program

Manager – Setting up of Printer, Webcam, Scanner and other
peripheral devices.
5. LINUX/MAC OS (only basic concepts): Introduction to Linux –
Features and advantages of Linux, File handling commands,
directory handling co mmands – User Management – File
permissions Macintosh Apple Computer (MAC) OS – Introduction
– Advantages of Macintosh Apple Computer (MAC) OS. Basics
commands
6. INTERNET CONCEPTS (only basic concepts): Minimum
Hardware a nd Software Requirements for a system to use
internet, Communication Protocols and Facilities – Various
browsers – What is Internet Protocol (IP) Address – Steps required
in connecting system to network – Uploading and Downloading
Files from Internet
7. ELECTRONIC MAIL (only basic concepts): Sending and
receiving mails, Basic E -Mail Functions, Using your word
processor for E -mail, Finding E -Mail Address, Mailing Lists and
lists Servers.
8. WORLD WIDE WEB (only basic concepts): WWW advantages of
the Web – how to navigate with the Web – Web Searching.

PART – B
1. OFFICE SUITE: MSOFFICE or any open source office like Libre
Office /Apache Open Office Neo office for
Windows/Linux/Macintosh Apple Computer (MAC)OS.
2. GETTING STARTED WITH OFFICE: Introduction to Office
Software- Starting and Exiting the Office Applications –
Introducing the Office Shortcut Bar – Customizing Office
Shortcut Bar.
3. FILE OPERATIONS IN THE OFFICE: Common Office Tools and
Techniques – Opening An Application – Creating Files – Entering
And Editing Text – Saving Files – Opening Files – Closing a File –
Exiting The Application – Managing Your files With the Office
Applications.
4. TOOLS IN THE OFFICE APPLICATIONS: Key Combinations –
Cut, Copy and Paste – Drag And Drop Editing – Menu Bars And
Toolbars – Undo and – Redo – Spell Checking – Auto Correct –
Find and Replace – Help And The Office Assistants – Templates
and Wizards.
5. WORD PROCESSING (MS WORD or its equivalent in Libre
office /Apache Open Office / Neo office for
Windows/s/Linux/Mac OS): Starting Word

 Title Bar – Menu Bar – Format Bar – Standard Bar – Ruler –
Workspace Area – Scroll Bar – Status Bar – Different Toolbars –
Option a Menu Bar – Creating New Document When Word is
Running – Opening Pre existing Documents When W ord is
Running – Designing Your Document – Typing Text – Selection
text – Deleting Text – Formatting text and document – copying
and moving – Saving Document – Page Setup – Properties of a
document – Undo-Redo-Cut-Copy a Document – Pasting a
Document – Print Preview – Printing – Select All – Find – Replace –
Go To – Four Different View Of A Document – Normal, Web
Layout, Print Layout, and Outline Layout – Document Map – Full
Screen – Zoom – Objects – Page Break – Header and Footer – Page
Number – Auto Format – Auto Text – Inserting Date And Time –
Working With Header, Footers -footnotes-Fields-Symbols-Caption
Cross Reference -Index-Tabs-Table and Sorting – Working With
Graphics – Inserting Pictures – Modifying Pictures – Word Art –
Inserting Chart – Inserting F iles – Hyper Linking – Bookmark –
Using Different Fonts – Paragraph – Bullets Borders and
Shading-Columns-Drop Cap -Theme-Change Case Background –
Frames-Style-Spelling And Grammar – Set Language – Word
Count – Auto Summarize – Auto Correct – Merge Document –
Protect Document – Envelopes And Labels – – Templates, Wizards
And Sample Documents – drawing Tables – Merge Cell – Spilt
Cells – Spilt Table – Table Auto Format – Auto Fit – Sort – Formula
– Arrange All -Split- Micro Soft Word Help – Macros – Custom
Toolbars – Keyboard Shortcuts – Menus – Mail Merge.
6. SPREAD SHEET (MS Excel or its equivalent in Libre Office /
Apache Open Office / Neo office for Windows/Linux/Mac OS):
Features Of Excel – Excel worksheet – Selecting Cell – Navigating
With The Mouse And Keyboard – Entering And Editing Text – Text
Boxes – Text Notes – Checking Spelling – Undoing And Repeating
Action – Entering And Editing Formulas – Referencing Cells –
Order Of Evolution in Formulas – Copying Entries And Equations
To Minimize Typing – More Auto Fill Examples – Creating Custom
Fill Lists Protecting And Un Protecting Documents And Cell –
Creating A New Worksheet – Excel Formatting Tips And
Techniques – Moving cell – Copying Cells – Sorting Cell Data –
Insertion Cells Inserting As You Paste – Deleting Parts Of
Worksheet – Clearing Parts Of A Worksheet – Excel Page Setup –
Changing Column Width And Row Heights – Auto Format –
Manual Formatting – Using style – Format Code Alter A Number’s
Appearance – Format Painter Speeds -Up Format Copying –
Changing Font Size And Attribute s – Adjusting Al ignments –

Cantering Text Across Column – Using Border Buttons And
Commands – Changing Color And Shading – Inserting And
Removing Page Breaks – Hiding Rows And Columns –
Rearranging Worksheet – Entering Formula – Excel Functions –
Inserting Rows And Columns – Saving A Worksheet – Printing A
Worksheet – Printing Tips For Large Excel Project – Parts Of A
Function – Functions Requiring Add -ins – Function Wizard –
Example Of Functions By Category – Organizing Your Data –
Excel’s Chart Features – Chart Parts And Terminolo gy – Instant
charts with The chart wizard – Creating Chart On Separating
Worksheets – Resizing And Moving Charts – Adding Chart Notes
And Arrows – Editing Charts – Rotating 3 -D Charts – Printing
Charts – Deleting Charts Setting The Default Chart Type –
Creating Trend Lines Data Map – Working With Graphics in Excel
– Creating And Pacing Graphic objects – Resizing Graphs –
Possible Sources Of Excel Graphics – Creating and Running
Macro – Sorting Excel Data – Adding Subtotals To Databases –
Customizing Excel – Customizing Workspace – Comma Separated
Value (CSV) File format – Using Worksheet As Databases.
7. PRESENTATION SOFTWARE (MS Power Point or its
equivalent in Libre Office/Apache Open office /Neo office for
Windows/Linux/Mac Os): Introduction – Starting Presentation
Software – Views in Presentation Software – Slides – Terminology –
Color Sc hemes – Formatting Slides – Creating a Presentation –
Using the Auto Content Wizard – Masters- – Using a Template –
Creating a Blank Presentation – Working with Text in Power Point
– Adding Slides Editing And Working Text – Working in Outlaying
view – Spell checking – Finding And Replacing Text – Formatting
Text – Aligning Text – Developing Your Presentation –
Importing images From The Outside World – The Clipart Gallery –
Drawing in Presentation software- Bringing A Presentation to Life
– Inserting Objects in Your Presentation – Inserting A Picture –
Working With Graphics – Multimedia in Power Point – Animating
The Objects, Pictures, Graphics, – Enhancements to the Slide
Show Showing Slides Out Of Order Printing Presentation
Elements – Finalizing The Presen tation – Assigning Transitions
And Timings – Setting The Master Slide – Setting Up The Slide
Show – Running The Slide Show.

Assessment Pattern:
Part-A: Test may be designed to assess the candidate by means of
MCQs. (20%of Total Marks)
Part-B: A computer based assessment test where they need to:
1. Prepare a model document and organize the same in a formatted
manner. This should cover evaluating the typing speed,
organizing the document and covering several other aspects such
as inserting tables, inserting Images/WordArt, mail merge, etc.)
2. Evaluating typing speed (25% of Total Marks)
(This may be made mandatory for qualifying based on the
norms existing)
3. Organizing and inserting different objects
(15% of Total Marks)
4. Prepare an Excel Sheet to fill with data and format the sheet,
merging/splitting cells, formulae for calculation in the cells,
conditional formatting, preparation of different graphs based on
the data. (20% of Total Marks)
5. Prepare a Power Point presentation using the standard layou ts
available and filling different slides with content (Formatted text,
images, tables, transition effects, animation etc.).
(20%of Total Marks)

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