APPSC Extension Officer Syllabus 2025 PDF Download | AP EO Exam Pattern (Prelims, Mains)

• General Science and it applications to the day to day life Contemporary developments

in Science & Technology and information Technology

• Social- economic and political history of modern India with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh.
• Indian polity and governance: constitutional issues, public policy, reforms and

e-governance initiatives with specific reference to Andhra Pradesh.

• Economic development in India since independence with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh.
• Physical geography of Indian sub-continent and Andhra Pradesh.
• Disaster management: vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation strategies,
• Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in the assessment of Disaster.
• Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
• Current Events of National and International Importance
• Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and its various parts and its significance:- Historical, Social, Economical,Political,etc.

• Logical reasoning, analytical ability and data interpretation.
• Data Analysis:

a) Tabulation of data

b) Visual representation of data

c) Basic data analysis (Summary Statistics such as mean, median, mode, variance and

coefficient of variation) and Interpretation

• Basic food group which will provide nutrition, requirement for normal health; bodybuilding goods, energy food and protective foods – Cereals – millets, legumes, oilseeds, milk and milk products, flesh goods, egg, fish, vegetables, fruits – Nutritive Value; selection, storage, processing and cooking methods their effect on nutritive value and palatability – 13 evaluation of food quality – subjective methods of measuring quality of products – products – preparation of score cards.
• Food poisoning, food allergy – Biological function, food sources and deficiency signs of carbohydrates, fat, proteins, vitamins and minerals – Nutritional inter-relationships.
• Food and Nutrient requirement in human life cycle – Adulthood pregnancy – lactation – infancy – preschool age, school age, preadolescence and adolescence – nutritionally vulnerable groups – factors effect in nutrient requirements.
• Principles of meal planning – principle of diet in diseases. Therapeutic modification of normal diet during dietary deficiencies diseases – Anemia, PCM, Vit.A and other common diseases – Fever Diseases of gastrointestinal tract, obesity, Diabetes – Heart diseases and Renal diseases.
• Assessment of nutritional status of communities and their interpretation-clinical Biochemical – Anthropometry – Biophysical and Diet surveys.

• Factors affecting growth and development of child prenatal care preparation for childbirth – premature baby – causes postnatal care breastfeeding v.s. bottle feeding weaning – immunization, physical intellectual, and emotional development during infancy toddlerhood – childhood and adolescence developmental talks – physical and physiological needs of young children – Learning types and effects importance of play – language growth – Habit of formation.
• Creches and Balwadies – Importance of pre-school education needs and characteristics of pre-school child – Needs of Importance in the growth and development of children
• Population education, Child and family Welfare services of State National and International Agencies. Demographic characteristics of child population, emerging philosophy of Child Welfare and emphasized in the Children’s Character of Rights, Indian Constitution and other legislative provision.Children in need of special care, the disabled, the deserted and disturbed in the role of professional help and services available.
• Agriculture productivity trends – Demand and supply of food grain – Agriculture planning and Government policy – Credit and credit institutions in the agricultural sector – Agricultural marketing – Storages losses – Rural reconstruction – Community development and Panchayats – their principles and organisations.
• Principles and methods of Extension work – Individual group and mass media. Audio visual aids in extension work. Programme planning – execution and evaluation in extension work. Developings leadership – organisation of women in villages.
• The Five Year Plan of Government of India – Principles of Rural Reconstruction – Problems of Indian villages – Community development – National Programmes for rural women and children ANP, IRDP, SNP Adult literacy, ICDS – Family Welfare Programme – Social Welfare Boards etc. Problems involved in improving nutritional status of Community, Nutrition intervention programmes – International agency involved in alleviating malnutrition – UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, FAO

• Methods of Social Work: Definition, Scope, Principles and values of casework, Group

work and Community Organization.

• Fields of Social Work: Government and Voluntary efforts, difference between Consent, Scope and Nature of Social Work. Definition of the terms Social Welfare,
• Social Service, Social Reform and Social Action.
• A historical review of social work in India and abroad. The philosophy of Social Work

and its relationship to changing Indian Culture. Professional and ethical values of Social

Work.

• Government – Professional – Voluntary work in the various fields of Social Work practice

such as: Youth Welfare, Labor Welfare, Correctional Social Work, Medical and Psychiatric

• Social Work, Rural and Urban Community Development – Local Self Government,

Panchayati Raj.

• Family and Child Welfare: Importance of Family and Child Welfare, Status, Problems

of Women in India and Special Legislation relating to: Marriage, dowry, inheritance and maintenance of women, problems of working women, women in need of special care.