AP ICET study guide
AP ICET · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
AP ICET (Integrated Common Entrance Test) is a state-level entrance examination conducted under the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE), a statutory body of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The APSCHE Common Entrance Tests portal lists it as "AP ICET - 2026 Integrated Common Entrance Test" and, in earlier cycles, as "ICET-2025 Admissions (M.B.A & M.C.A)" and "AP ICET - 2024 Integrated Common Entrance Test". Its purpose, as stated on the portal, is admissions to M.B.A and M.C.A programmes in participating institutions in Andhra Pradesh. The test is delivered in multiple-choice format. Topics on this exam: Analytical Ability, Mathematical Ability, Communication Ability, and Computer and Business Fundamentals. The AP ICET study guide has 4 sections and about 1,135 words.
01Analytical Ability: Data Sufficiency, Problem Solving and Data Interpretation
Analytical Ability is Section A of AP ICET: 75 one-mark questions in the 200-question, 150-minute paper. It tests reasoning rather than calculation - data sufficiency, problem solving (blood relations, directions, seating, syllogisms, coding-decoding, series), and data interpretation from tables and charts.
294 words, about 1 min02Mathematical Ability: Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry and Statistics
Mathematical Ability is Section B: 75 one-mark questions. Arithmetic dominates - percentages, profit and loss, ratio, averages, time-work, time-speed-distance, simple and compound interest, mixtures - with smaller blocks of algebra, geometry, mensuration, trigonometry and statistics.
255 words, about 1 min03Communication Ability: Grammar, Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension
Communication Ability is Section C: 50 one-mark questions. It covers vocabulary (synonyms, antonyms, one-word substitutes, idioms), functional grammar, reading comprehension, and business and computer terminology.
278 words, about 1 min04Computer and Business Fundamentals: Core Vocabulary and Concepts
Computer and Business Fundamentals is tested inside Communication Ability, typically through terminology and basic awareness questions rather than programming. Revise the vocabulary of hardware, software, memory, the internet, office applications, and common commercial documents.
308 words, about 2 min