APPSC FBO Syllabus 2026 – AP Forest Beat Officer Syllabus & Exam Pattern

APPSC Forest Beat Officer Exam Syllabus Pattern 2026

APPSC FBO Syllabus 2026: Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission APPSC has released the syllabus and examination scheme for the Forest Beat Officer post in A.P. Forest Subordinate Service. There 23 FBO vacancies are going fill through his APPSC Recruitment Notification 2026. The examination consists of a Qualifying Test, Paper-I General Studies & Mental Ability and Paper-II General Science & General Mathematics. The detailed syllabus is given below.

APPSC Forest Beat Officer Exam Pattern 2026

Paper	Subject	Questions	Marks	Duration
Qualifying Test	Essay in English/Telugu/Urdu	1	50	45 Minutes
Paper-I	General Studies & Mental Ability	100	100	100 Minutes
Paper-II	General Science & General Mathematics	100	100	100 Minutes
Total		200	200

There will be a 1/3 negative marking for every wrong answer in the objective papers.

APPSC FBO Qualifying Test Syllabus

The qualifying test consists of essay writing in English, Telugu or Urdu. The essay will be based on themes related to:

• Forests
• Environment

Paper-I: General Studies & Mental Ability Syllabus

General Science

• Contemporary developments in Science and Technology
• Applications and implications of science in everyday life

Current Affairs

• Current events of national importance
• Current events related to Andhra Pradesh

History of India

• Social, economic, cultural and political aspects of Indian history
• Andhra Pradesh history
• Indian National Movement

Geography

• Geography of India
• Geography with special focus on Andhra Pradesh

Indian Polity and Economy

• Indian political system
• Rural development
• Planning and economic reforms in India

Mental Ability

• Reasoning
• Inferences

Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection

• Sustainable development
• Environmental protection and conservation

Disaster Management

• Concepts of disaster management
• Vulnerability profile of India and Andhra Pradesh
• Earthquakes, cyclones, tsunami, floods and droughts
• Man-made disasters
• Prevention and mitigation strategies

Paper-II: General Science Syllabus

Sources of Energy

• Renewable and non-renewable energy sources
• Solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biogas and other renewable energy
• Fossil fuels
• Nuclear energy, nuclear fission and fusion

Living World

• Nutrition in plants and animals
• Photosynthesis
• Human digestive system
• Respiration in plants and animals

Transportation, Excretion and Nervous System

• Transportation in plants and animals
• Blood, heart and blood vessels
• Excretion and osmoregulation
• Nervous system and hormones

Reproduction, Heredity and Evolution

• Asexual and sexual reproduction
• Human reproductive system
• Heredity and variations
• Chromosomes, DNA and genes
• Basic concepts of evolution

Natural Resources

• Metals, ores and minerals
• Metallurgy and extraction of metals
• Non-metals and their properties
• Hydrogen, ammonia, sulphur and sulphuric acid

Carbon Compounds

• Functional groups
• Alcohols
• Formaldehyde, acetone and acetic acid
• Synthetic polymers
• Soaps and detergents

Environment and Environmental Problems

• Air, water, land and noise pollution
• Waste management
• Biodegradable and non-biodegradable materials
• Ecosystem and ecological balance
• Forest conservation
• Rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge
• Greenhouse effect, global warming, ozone depletion and acid rain

Ethnobotany

• Medicinal plants and their uses
• Botanical names of important seasonal and perennial medicinal plants

Universe and Space

• Solar system, planets, asteroids, comets and meteors
• Earth, stars, galaxies and universe
• Space exploration
• Artificial satellites and their uses

Paper-II: General Mathematics Syllabus

Arithmetic

• Number system
• Rational and real numbers
• Basic operations and decimal fractions
• Time and distance
• Time and work
• Percentages
• Simple and compound interest
• Profit and loss
• Ratio and proportion
• Factors, multiples, HCF and LCM
• Elementary number theory and logarithms

Algebra

• Basic algebraic operations
• Polynomials
• Quadratic equations
• Simultaneous linear equations
• Set notation
• Rational expressions
• Laws of indices

Trigonometry

• Sine, cosine and tangent
• Standard trigonometric values
• Basic identities
• Heights and distances

Geometry

• Lines and angles
• Triangles and congruency
• Similar triangles
• Parallelogram, rectangle and square
• Circles
• Loci

Mensuration

• Areas of plane figures
• Surface area and volume
• Cuboids, cones, cylinders and spheres

Statistics

• Collection and tabulation of data
• Graphical representation
• Frequency polygons, histograms, bar charts and pie charts
• Measures of central tendency

APPSC FBO Physical Tests

Candidates selected for the next stage are required to undergo a Walking Test and Medical Examination conducted by the Forest Department.

Check Notification and Syllabus pdf here

APPSC FBO Syllabus 2026 – Key Points

The APPSC Forest Beat Officer syllabus is mainly based on General Studies, Mental Ability, General Science and General Mathematics at SSC standard. Candidates should give particular attention to forests, environment, environmental protection, ethnobotany, Andhra Pradesh-related topics and disaster management.

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