APPSC AP Forest Section Officer (FSO) Screening Test 2025 – Syllabus, Exam Pattern & Complete Details

 AP FSO Screening Test 2025 – Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility, Subjects & PDF Download. Andhra Pradesh Forest Department FSO Screening Test 2025 syllabus and exam pattern released. Check detailed syllabus for General Studies, Mathematics & General Forestry, marks distribution, and important topics.

The Andhra Pradesh Forest Department conducts the Forest Section Officer (FSO) Screening Test to recruit eligible candidates into the A.P. Forest Subordinate Services. If you are preparing for this exam, understanding the exam pattern and syllabus is the most crucial step. In this article, we cover the complete syllabus, exam pattern, marks distribution, important topics, and subject-wise breakdown based on the official notification.

📝 AP Forest Section Officer Screening Test 2025 – Overview

Exam Name	Forest Section Officer (FSO) Screening Test
Conducting Authority	Andhra Pradesh Forest Department
Category	State Government Job
Exam Level	Degree Standard
Total Questions	150
Total Marks	150
Exam Type	Objective (Multiple Choice)
Negative Marking	1/3 mark deducted for each wrong answer
Duration	150 minutes

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📘 Exam Pattern – AP FSO Screening Test

Part	Subject	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
A	General Studies, Mental Ability & Mathematics (SSC Standard)	75	75	150 min
B	General Forestry	75	75	150 min
Total	-	150	150	150 min

👉 Note: For each wrong answer, 1/3rd of the mark allotted to that question will be deducted.

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📚 Detailed Syllabus – AP FSO Screening Test 2025

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🔎 Part A: General Studies & Mental Ability

• General Science: Latest developments, everyday science applications

• Current Affairs: National and Andhra Pradesh events

• History of India: Social, cultural, economic, and political history with focus on AP & freedom movement

• Geography: Indian geography with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh

• Indian Polity & Economy: Political system, rural development, planning & reforms

• Mental Ability: Logical reasoning, inference-based questions

• Sustainable Development & Environmental Protection

• Disaster Management: Earthquakes, cyclones, floods, droughts, mitigation strategies

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✏️ Mathematics (SSC Standard)

📐 Arithmetic

• Number systems, real and rational numbers

• Basic operations, square roots, decimal fractions

• Time & work, profit & loss, simple & compound interest

• HCF, LCM, prime and composite numbers

• Logarithms and their applications

📏 Geometry

• Lines, angles, triangles, parallelograms, circles, tangents

• Properties of triangles, congruence, similarity

📊 Statistics

• Data collection & tabulation

• Graphs: Histogram, frequency polygon, bar & pie charts

• Central tendency measures

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🌳 Part B: General Forestry Syllabus

🌱 Plant Science

• Cell structure, plant classification

• Photosynthesis, respiration, plant growth hormones

• Pollination, seed development, propagation techniques

• Plant diseases & control methods

• Types of forests in Andhra Pradesh, deforestation & afforestation

🌿 Forests & Ecology

• Biodiversity, ecosystem structure & functions

• Threats to biodiversity, endangered species

• In-situ & ex-situ conservation, CBD, forest protection

🍊 Horticulture

• Importance, branches & economic value

• Propagation techniques: cutting, grafting, layering

• Greenhouse crop production

🪵 Soil Science

• Soil types, formation, properties

• Soil erosion causes & conservation methods

• Reclamation of saline/alkaline soils

💧 Water Resources & Watershed Management

• Water quality, standards, pumping systems

• Forest hydrology, water harvesting, watershed functions

🌾 Silviculture, Agro-Forestry & Social Forestry

• Natural and artificial regeneration

• Economic importance of tree species

• Urban and community forestry initiatives

🐄 Animal Health & Nutrition

• Feed management, common diseases in livestock

• Genetic disorders and DNA use in forensics

🐝 Economic Zoology

• Beneficial and harmful insects, snakes, molluscs

• Industrial fish, human disease vectors

🏛️ Forest Administration & Remote Sensing

• Structure of AP Forest Department

• Use of GIS, remote sensing in forest monitoring

🌍 Environmental Science

• Pollution types and control

• Waste management, climate change, ozone depletion

• Renewable and non-renewable resources

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✅ Preparation Tips for AP FSO Exam

• Understand the syllabus thoroughly – focus on high-weightage topics

• Revise NCERT basics for science, maths, and environment

• Read daily current affairs – focus on Andhra Pradesh events

• Practice previous papers and mock tests to improve accuracy

• Work on time management to attempt all questions in the given duration

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📥 AP FSO Syllabus PDF Download

You can download the official AP FSO Screening Test 2025 Syllabus PDF directly from the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department website (or attach link to official site once available).