APPSC AMVI 2026 — Official 450-Mark CBRT, General Studies and Automobile Engineering Syllabus

Notification 36/2026 · Annexure-II, pages 15–16 · Written merit examination · Date not announced.

The competitive test for Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector is an online Computer Based Recruitment Test (CBRT) with two compulsory objective papers. Paper-I assesses general aptitude at degree standard; Paper-II tests Automobile Engineering at diploma standard. The official distribution makes Automobile Engineering worth two-thirds of written merit, even though it contains the same number of questions as General Studies. A separate qualifying CPT follows shortlisted candidates; do not combine it into a fictional 550-mark ranking.

📊 Exact pattern from the official examination table

📊 Official written-test marks, subject by subject

Negative marking applies at one-third of the value of each incorrectly answered question: Paper-I wrong answer −1/3; Paper-II wrong answer −2/3. The notice does not give a separate additional penalty for leaving a question unattempted. Both papers must be attempted as required by Para 14.1; absences in a paper disqualify candidature.

Language is not identical across papers. General Studies questions are set in English and translated into Telugu, with the English version authoritative for valuation. Automobile Engineering is English-medium only. Those are the notified language rules—not a guaranteed Telugu bilingual technical paper.

Paper-I — all ten official General Studies / Mental Ability areas

1. Current affairs: major international, Indian and Andhra Pradesh events and issues; not restricted to national news alone.
2. General science and technology: scientific applications in daily life, contemporary science/technology and IT developments.
3. Indian and A.P. history: broad social, economic, cultural and political developments with the Indian national movement and Andhra Pradesh emphasis.
4. Geography: geography of India, specifically with Andhra Pradesh context.
5. Polity and governance: Constitution, public policy, reforms and e-governance initiatives.
6. Economy and planning: Indian economy and economic planning.
7. Sustainability: sustainable development and environmental protection.
8. Disaster management: vulnerability, prevention/mitigation and remote sensing/GIS for disaster assessment.
9. Reasoning: logical reasoning, analytical ability and logical interpretation.
10. Data analysis: tables and visual representation; basic statistics including mean, median, mode and variance; interpreting datasets.

Each heading follows Annexure-II's ten subjects. APPSC has not announced a per-unit question count or subtopic mark weight, so an asserted “30 questions from Indian Polity” or guaranteed topic split would be speculative.

Paper-II — full 23-point official Automobile Engineering content

1. Thermodynamics: Open/closed systems; properties/cycles and equilibrium; zeroth, first and second laws; pure substances, Mollier diagram, vapour power and Rankine cycles.
2. Air-standard cycles: Otto, Diesel and dual-combustion cycles; mean effective pressure derivation, diagram factor, efficiency and Stirling-engine fundamentals.
3. Gear trains: Gear nomenclature, simple/compound/epicyclic trains, calculations of torque.
4. Shaft mechanics: Solid and hollow shafts; torque, shear stress, angular deflection, bending and combined moment.
5. Friction mechanisms: Inclined planes, screws/nuts, screw jacks and self-locking conditions.
6. Fuel quality and combustion values: Flash and fire points, calorific value, calorimeters, octane and cetane values, stoichiometric air-fuel ratio.
7. Internal combustion engines: Single/multi-cylinder engines; pre-whirl chambers, ignition/combustion delays, knock and detonation.
8. Engine configuration: Firing order, pistons, piston rings and piston temperature profile.
9. Fuel supply and injection: Carburetion/carburettors, petrol and diesel injection systems including common-rail arrangements and fuel tank.
10. Engine balancing: Balancing of single-cylinder engines.
11. Engine auxiliary systems: Lubrication and cooling of automobiles.
12. Transmission systems: Clash, synchromesh and automatic gearboxes and transmission systems.
13. Driveline: Propeller shafts, universal coupling, differential, half shafts and floating arrangements.
14. Clutches: Single and multi-plate clutch; bearing pressure, pressure plate, axial load and fluid clutch.
15. Braking: Mechanical, hydraulic and air-brake mechanisms.
16. Steering: Correct-steering condition and Ackermann steering geometry.
17. Automobile electrical: Delco/ignition system, wiring circuits and operation of vehicle electrical equipment.
18. Vehicle emissions and exhaust-gas analysis: Pollutant sources, formation, health/environmental effects, regulated/unregulated standards; SI engine HC/CO/NO formation/smoke; diesel NOx, particulates, odour, sulphur and aldehyde emissions and operating-variable effects.
19. Air-conditioning: Automobile air-conditioning systems.
20. Wheel alignment: Camber, caster, kingpin inclination, toe-in and toe-out.
21. Tyres and road rules: Tyre maintenance and traffic rules.
22. Automotive materials: Metal structure/imperfections, ferrous and nonferrous materials and heat treatment of steel.
23. Instrumentation and control: Motion, level, force and temperature transducers; closed-loop and open-loop control systems.

How to approach the technical syllabus without misreading it

The published contents cover vehicle fundamentals and engineering mathematics, engines, combustion and emissions, power transmission and steering/braking, and inspection-relevant road rules, tyre, instrumentation and control. These are editorial study groupings of the 23 officially printed topics, not APPSC's separate scoring sections. The scheme gives no chapter-wise numerical weightage and announces no separate practical workshop examination under Paper-II.

Because each Paper-II MCQ is worth 2 marks, a candidate choosing between random guesses and leaving uncertain questions should account for the larger 2/3-mark penalty. Paper-I applies its own 1/3-mark loss. The exam will be held on a date announced later, not on 6 or 26 November (those are application-related dates).

Written qualifying percentages and ranking

These are qualifying minima, not the final category cutoffs or last-selected marks. The special SC/ST rank consideration in Para 14.5 is also governed by the printed rule and should not be converted into a predicted cut-off. In a tie, the notification generally favours the older candidate, with earlier qualification date as the next factor; the competent Commission applies the full notified tie rules. The notice does not provide a waiting list for subsequent vacancies.

Test cities and sitting instructions

The four stated CBRT centres are Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Tirupati and Anantapuramu. Applicants may provide three preferences, while APPSC retains allocation discretion. Annexure-III specifies biometric identification, prescribed reporting time, computer-based login and answer-saving controls. On the answer screen, use Save & Next to preserve responses and Mark for Review when needed; mobile phones, calculators and smart gadgets are prohibited unless a later official instruction expressly allows an item.

Answer key, objection and normalization rules

After CBRT, APPSC will publish an initial key. The candidate may file objections within three days after that key's publication, with a ₹100 charge per objection that can be refunded for a sustained/accepted objection. Final expert review follows the notice's objection procedure. In multiple sessions, APPSC may normalize scores using the Annexure-V method; the normalized score governs ranking when that method applies. Published key dates and objection dates are future contingencies, not actual released result notices for 36/2026.

What happens after CBRT?

Written-merit applicants shortlisted by APPSC must qualify the separate 100-mark CPT, and thereafter prove original qualifications, valid driving documentation, local status and medical fitness. An applicant may score over 40% in written papers and still be ineligible if the mandatory practical test or AMVI vision standards are not satisfied.

Authority: APPSC Notification 36/2026 and official announcements.

APPSC Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector 2026 — Full Official Computer Proficiency Test Syllabus

Notification 36/2026, Annexure-II pages 17–19 · 100 marks · 60 minutes · Qualifying practical test, date to be notified.

The Computer Proficiency Test (CPT) is not an extra 100 marks added to the 450-mark written-merit score. Para 9.5 and 14.2 require candidates provisionally shortlisted after CBRT to qualify a practical test in office automation using computers and associated software, before they can be finally considered. Its date and hall-ticket details are still subject to future APPSC notices.

CPT structure — the real five components

📊 Five officially stated CPT assessment components

The notice says Part-A may be designed as MCQs; it does not guarantee a definite MCQ count. The remaining practical tasks test creation and formatting in an office suite. The notification's 25% typing component has the caveat that it may be made mandatory for qualification as per prevailing norms; it gives no specific WPM speed. Therefore no invented mandatory 30/35/40 WPM speed should be stated.

Minimum passing marks for the 100-mark CPT

The CPT scheme mentions PBD in its general qualifying table; this does not override Para 4.4, which explicitly says there is no PwBD vacancy reservation for AMVI. The scheme provides no distinct EWS-labelled CPT threshold: do not invent one as a category-specific notification rule.

Part-A — computer fundamentals, operating systems, Internet and email

1. Computer hardware and organisation: components, peripherals, keyboards, mouse, scanner, touchscreens, joystick, microphone, digital camera, barcode and biometric devices; monitors, speakers, printers, plotters, external media, storage and RAM/ROM; control, memory and arithmetic-logic units.
2. Types of software: purpose and characteristics of system, application, embedded, proprietary and open-source software.
3. Operating-system concepts: what an operating system does and the difference between single-user and multi-user systems.
4. Windows GUI and operations: GUI versus character interface; folders/files; managing applications, printer, webcam and scanner setup.
5. Linux/Mac basics: platform features, elementary file/directory commands, permissions and user management, introductory Mac OS commands. This is labelled basic concepts, not a prescribed professional system-administrator certification.
6. Internet usage: how a device connects, protocols, browsers, IP addresses, uploading/downloading and minimum connectivity requirements.
7. Email: sending and receiving, mailing lists, addressing and related elementary functions.
8. World Wide Web: website navigation, searching and benefits of WWW.

Part-B — office-software practical skills

Office environment: The scheme recognises MS Office or equivalent open-source office suites (LibreOffice/OpenOffice/NeoOffice); official test arrangements still decide which tools are actually available in the room.

Word processing: create/open/save/print documents; choose layouts, page breaks, styles and themes; fonts, paragraphs, borders, columns, tables and sorting; use headers, footers, page numbers, images, diagrams, WordArt, references, bookmarks, hyperlinks, footnotes, mail merge, templates, and keyboard/editing tools. The assessment explicitly checks typing speed and document organisation, not only terminology.

Spreadsheet work: enter, edit and format cells; use formulas, references and functions; copy/fill, calculate, sort, merge/split and conditionally format; prepare charts, graphs, subtotals and printable workbooks. The published syllabus also includes CSV/database-style worksheets and macro/workspace features. A usable, correctly calculated spreadsheet is more valuable than memorised toolbar locations.

Presentation work: start and format slides, layouts, themes and master slides; insert images, tables, drawings and graphical objects; create consistent transitions/animations; select slide-show settings and finalise the file. This is the 20-mark presentation component, not a separate interview.

Practice strategy distinct from the official syllabus

An appropriate self-check is to create one page of well-formatted text with a table and picture, enter data with a formula and chart in a spreadsheet, then prepare a short slide deck. That is study advice, not a declaration that APPSC has released exact mock-test tasks. Do not treat a proprietary software brand, fixed typing speed or published exam date as compulsory unless APPSC issues specific test-centre instructions.

Official source: APPSC Notification 36/2026 and upcoming CPT updates.