APPSC ASO study plan

Diagnose your baseline by sitting one 50-question reasoning paper and one 50-question arithmetic paper under strict exam timing, then tabulate topic-wise accuracy in a scorecard.

Solve 150 questions on number series, coding-decoding, analogies, odd-one-out and alphabetical order, writing the rule you missed against every wrong answer.

Drill tables up to 25, squares up to 40, cubes up to 20 and fraction-to-percentage equivalents for 10 minutes daily, testing recall without notes.

Compile a one-page formula sheet for percentages, ratio-proportion, averages, profit-loss and simple/compound interest, then apply it in 60 practice sums.

Work through 40 seating-arrangement, blood-relation, direction-sense, syllogism and ranking puzzles, drawing the diagram before choosing an option.

Practise 60 arithmetic questions on time-work, speed-distance, trains, boats, pipes and cisterns, timing each set at 45 seconds per question.

Interpret at least 15 data-interpretation sets (tables, bar, line, pie) and record the arithmetic shortcut that made each set fast.

Re-solve every question missed in Week 1 from memory before checking the solution, and reclassify each error as concept gap, speed gap or careless slip.

Chart the Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles, noting the article numbers and the leading case or amendment attached to each.

Map Parliament, the President, the Council of Ministers, the Supreme Court and High Courts, and summarise the law-making and amendment procedures in flow form.

Explain federalism, Centre-State relations, emergency provisions and the 73rd/74th Amendment panchayat and municipal framework in your own written notes.

Build a daily 15-minute current-affairs routine covering one national newspaper and one monthly compilation, converting each item into a flashcard.

Distinguish constitutional bodies, statutory bodies and executive bodies, listing the appointing authority and removal procedure for each.

Revise the Schedules, the major amendments and landmark constitutional judgments, testing yourself by writing article numbers from memory.

Analyse governance mechanisms: RTI, citizen charters, e-governance, grievance redressal and civil-services accountability, with one example each.

Track Andhra Pradesh state schemes, state budget headlines and national schemes of the last 12 months, sorting them into a two-column comparison table.

Sequence Indian history on a timeline from the Indus Valley through the Mauryas, Guptas, Delhi Sultanate and Mughals to the freedom struggle, marking dates you can reproduce from memory.

Detail Andhra Pradesh history: Satavahanas, Ikshvakus, Pallavas, Kakatiyas, Reddi kingdoms, Vijayanagara and Qutb Shahi rule, with capital, coinage and achievement for each.

Describe Andhra culture: Kuchipudi, festivals such as Sankranti and Ugadi, Telugu literary ages (Nannaya, Tikkana, Errana, Srinatha, Pothana) and major temple sites.

Cover Indian physical geography, drainage, climate, soils and vegetation, then locate Andhra Pradesh relief, the Godavari, Krishna and Penna rivers, ports, minerals and district divisions.

Summarise national income concepts, inflation measurement, monetary and fiscal policy tools, banking structure, GST and the budget cycle into a single revision sheet.

Profile the Andhra Pradesh economy: agriculture and aquaculture, industrial corridors, IT and services, GSDP trends and state welfare programmes, quoting approximate figures only where confident.

Consolidate exam-level science across physics, chemistry and biology basics, listing units, laws and definitions that are commonly asked.

Explain ecology, biodiversity hotspots, pollution control and climate commitments, and track current developments in space, defence, IT, AI and biotechnology.

Revise English grammar rules for error spotting, subject-verb agreement, articles, prepositions and tenses, applying each rule to 25 sentences.

Practise reading comprehension, cloze tests, sentence rearrangement and synonym-antonym sets under a 20-minute timer for each passage.

Cover computer fundamentals, operating systems, MS Office commands, internet and email use, shortcuts and cyber-security hygiene, noting shortcut keys in one sheet.

Revisit the reasoning and arithmetic error register from Weeks 1-2 and re-solve 40 previously missed questions without looking at the old solutions.

Sit three full-length simulated tests on consecutive alternate days, replicating exam timing, sectional order and no-break conditions.

Analyse each mock within 24 hours, tagging every error as concept, speed, silly or guess, and revise only the top three leak areas before the next mock.

Condense all ten domains into a final 15-page revision digest drawn from your own notes, flashcards and error register.

Refresh the most recent six months of current affairs, especially Andhra Pradesh state developments, schemes and appointments, and verify uncertain facts before memorising.