[ADMISSIONS OPEN] IASbaba’s APPSC Prelims Exclusive Programme (PEP) – Most Comprehensive Program for APPSC GROUP-2 (897 Vacancies)

GENERAL STUDIES AND MENTAL ABILITY (150 Marks)

Indian History (30M)

Ancient History: Salient features of Indus Valley Civilization and Vedic age – Emergence of Buddhism and Jainism – Mauryan Empire and Gupta Empire: Their administration, Socio-Economic and Religious Conditions, Art and Architecture, Literature – Harshavardhana and his Achievements.

Medieval History: The Chola Administrative System – Delhi Sultanate and The Mughal Empire:Their Administration, Socio-Economic and Religious Conditions, Art and Architecture, Language and Literature – Bhakti and Sufi Movements – Shivaji and the rise of Maratha Empire – Advent of Europeans.

Modern History: 1857 Revolt and its Impact – Rise and Consolidation of British Power in India – Changes in Administration, Social and Cultural Spheres – Social and Religious Reform Movements in the 19th and 20th Century – Indian National Movement: it’s various stages and important contributors and contributions from different parts of the country – Post Independence Consolidation and Reorganization within the country.

Geography (30M)

General and Physical Geography: The Earth in our Solar System – Interior of the Earth – Major Landforms and their features – Climate: Structure and Composition of Atmosphere-Ocean Water: Tides, Waves, Currents – India and Andhra Pradesh: Major Physiographic features, Climate, Drainage System, Soils and Vegetation – Natural Hazards and Disasters and their Management.

Economic Geography of India and AP: Natural resources and their distribution – Agriculture and Agro-based Activities – Distribution of Major Industries and Major Industrial Regions. Transport, Communication, Tourism and Trade.

Human Geography of India and AP: Human Development – Demographics – Urbanization and Migration – Racial, Tribal, Religious and Linguistic groups.

Indian Society (30M)

Structure of Indian Society: Family, Marriage, Kinship, Caste, Tribe, Ethnicity, Religion and Women

Social Issues: Casteism, Communalism and Regionalisation, Crime against Women, Child Abuse and Child Labour, Youth Unrest and Agitation

Welfare Mechanism: Public Policies and Welfare Programmes, Constitutional and Statutory Provisions for Schedule Castes, ScheduleTribes, Minorities, BCs, Women, Disabled and Children.

Current Affairs (30M)

Major Current Events and Issues pertaining to –

• International
• National and
• State of Andhra Pradesh

Mental Ability (30M)

Logical Reasoning (Deductive, Inductive, Abductive): Statement and Assumptions, Statement and Argument, Statement and Conclusion, Statement and Courses of Action.

Mental Ability: Number Series, Letter Series, Odd Man out, Coding-Decoding, Problems relating to Relations, Shapes and their Sub Sections.

Basic Numeracy: Number System, Order of Magnitude, Averages, Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Simple and Compound Interest, Time and Work and Time and Distance. Data Analysis (Tables, bar diagram, Line graph, Pie-chart).

The classes are meticulously designed that are intense and high value to make maximum use of your time and attention. These sessions are designed to add value to your basic understanding of important concept and issues. The classes include high-quality sessions on current affairs as well.

• Indian History 21
• Geography 18
• Indian Society 8
• Current Affairs (National and International) 13
• Current Affairs (Andhra Pradesh) 17
• Mental Ability 11

Each subject will be taken by Subject Experts.

Each class will be of 3 hours duration. 

By practising tests, the thoroughly researched questions prepared by the IASbaba team, you will boost your confidence to tackle even the most unexpected paper set by APPSC.

• Prelims oriented Current Affairs Tests – 10 Tests
• 5 Full-Length Mock Tests

Precise and to the point Class PPT’s on static subjects and current affairs will give you a ready reckoner, a tool that will help you during your preparation, particularly near the exam as you grapple with the challenge of last-minute revision.

• For more conceptual clarity and interlinking, Current Affairs of specific subjects will be taken by the subject faculty. This is done so that you can understand the current affairs in connection with the subject rather than reading and mugging them separately.

10 Current Affairs Tests  will be provided.

• A platform (stydy.iasbaba.com) has been designed for this initiative. Discussion Classes and Tests will be uploaded on this Platform.
• Subject-wise Mentorship: Weekly Live Doubt Clearing Sessions by the subject faculty.
• Though the Tests are flexible, we would advise you to stick to the schedule to ensure discipline in your preparation.
• Once the payment is done, an acknowledgement will be sent immediately.