APPSC AEE Syllabus 2026: Exam Pattern, Paper I & II, CPT

APPSC AEE Syllabus 2026: The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has released Notification No. 08/2026 (dated 15.09.2026) for 40 Assistant Environmental Engineer (AEE) posts in the A.P. Pollution Control Board. Apply online from 06.10.2026 to 27.10.2026. Selection is through a single-level online exam of 450 marks, plus a Computer Proficiency Test. There is no Screening Test.

APPSC AEE 2026 Important Dates

APPSC AEE Exam Pattern 2026

• Mode: Computer Based Recruitment Test (CBRT). If the exam runs in more than one session, marks may be normalised.
• Single-level exam: no Screening Test, however many people apply.
• Basis: Annexure-VII of G.O.Ms. No. 201, Finance (HR-I) Plg & Policy Dept., dated 21.12.2017.

APPSC AEE Marking Scheme

Negative marking follows G.O.Ms. No. 235 Finance (HR-I, Plg & Policy) Dept., dated 06.12.2016.

APPSC AEE Syllabus 2026: Paper I

General Studies & Mental Ability (150 marks):

1. Current Affairs: major events and issues at the international, national and Andhra Pradesh levels
2. General Science: science in daily life; recent developments in Science & Technology and IT
3. History of India: social, economic, cultural and political aspects, with focus on Andhra Pradesh and the Indian National Movement
4. Geography of India: physical, economic and social, with focus on Andhra Pradesh
5. Indian Polity and Governance: constitutional issues, public policy, reforms and e-Governance
6. Indian Economy and Planning
7. Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
8. Disaster Management: vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation, and the use of Remote Sensing and GIS
9. Logical Reasoning: analytical ability and logical interpretation
10. Data Analysis: tabulation, visual representation, mean, median, mode, variance and interpretation

Topics 7 and 8 connect directly to environmental engineering, so they need little extra effort.

APPSC AEE Syllabus 2026: Paper II

Common Subject (300 marks): Paper II carries double the marks of Paper I and has ten units.

1. Ecosystems

Definition, scope and importance; classification, structure and function; food chains, food webs, ecological pyramids, energy flow and biogeochemical cycles; bioaccumulation, biomagnification, ecosystem services and carrying capacity.

2. Natural Resources

Living and non-living resources; use and overuse of surface water and groundwater; floods, droughts and dams; mineral resources and the effects of mining; land and forest resources; energy resources, renewable and non-renewable sources, and alternate energy.

3. Biodiversity and Biotic Resources

Genetic, species and ecosystem diversity; the value of biodiversity; India as a mega-diversity nation; hotspots; threats such as habitat loss, poaching and man-wildlife conflict; in-situ and ex-situ conservation; the National Biodiversity Act.

4. Engineering Materials

Structure and properties of engineering materials, phase diagrams, heat treatment and stress-strain diagrams.

5. Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

• Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, fluid properties, and pressure measurement with manometers
• Fluid kinematics: stream function and velocity potential
• Continuity, Bernoulli and impulse-momentum equations
• Laminar and turbulent pipe flow, Reynolds number, Hagen-Poiseuille and Darcy-Weisbach equations, friction factor
• Head losses in pipes, bends and fittings
• Dimensional analysis, similarity laws, elementary boundary layer theory

6. Process Calculations and Thermodynamics

Conservation of mass and energy; tie components; recycle, bypass and purge calculations; degrees of freedom; the first and second laws of thermodynamics; equations of state and the properties of real systems.

7. Air, Water, Soil and Noise Pollution and Control Technologies

• Air: primary and secondary pollutants, particulate control, SOx and NOx control, automobile and industrial pollution, ambient air quality standards
• Water: sources and types, drinking water standards, primary/secondary/tertiary treatment, grit chambers, sedimentation tanks, trickling filters, oxidation ponds, activated sludge, septic tanks, sludge disposal, wastewater recycling
• Soil: sources and types, effects of modern agriculture, soil degradation
• Noise: sources, health hazards and standards

8. Solid and Industrial Waste Management

Collection, segregation, transport and processing of municipal solid waste; e-waste composition and management; bioremediation.

9. Global Environmental Problems, Policies and Legislations

Climate change, ozone depletion and ODS, deforestation and desertification; the Earth Summit, Kyoto Protocol, Montreal Protocol and Paris Agreement; the Environment (Protection) Act, Air Act, Water Act, Forest Act and Wildlife Act; rules on municipal solid waste, biomedical waste and hazardous waste.

10. Environmental Impact Assessment Towards a Sustainable Future

• EIA structure, baseline data and impacts on air, water, biological and socio-economic aspects
• Risk assessment and the Environmental Management Plan (EMP)
• Sustainable development, population, consumerism, environmental education, urban sprawl, health and ethics
• Green buildings, ecological footprint, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and low-carbon lifestyles

APPSC AEE Computer Proficiency Test Syllabus

The CPT is a practical test under G.O.Ms. No. 26, G.A. (Ser.B) Dept., dated 24.02.2023. You must score the minimum qualifying marks for your category.

• Part A (theory): computer basics, input/output and storage devices, RAM, ROM, CPU, types of software, operating systems, Windows GUI vs CUI, basic Linux and Mac commands, and internet basics (IP address, browsers, email, WWW)
• Part B (practical): office suites (MS Office, LibreOffice and others), Word (formatting, tables, mail merge, macros), Spreadsheets (formulas, charts, sorting, CSV) and Presentations (slides, animations, transitions)

APPSC AEE Syllabus 2026 Preparation Strategy

1. Prioritise Paper II. Spend about 60–65% of your time on it, starting with Units 7 to 10 (pollution control, waste, laws and EIA).
2. Solve numericals. Fluid Mechanics, Process Calculations and Thermodynamics need regular problem practice.
3. Keep an environmental law notebook. Note the year, key sections and purpose of each Act and protocol.
4. Use the overlap. Sustainable development and disaster management help in both papers.
5. Study Andhra Pradesh topics. Cover AP schemes, economy, history and geography for Paper I.
6. Take CBRT mocks. You have about a minute per question in each paper.
7. Don't guess blindly. A wrong answer in Paper II costs 0.67 marks.
8. Practise for the CPT. Spend 20–30 minutes a day on typing and on Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Useful books: Environmental Engineering (Peavy, Rowe & Tchobanoglous), Textbook of Environmental Studies (Erach Bharucha), Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines (R.K. Bansal), Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering (Himmelblau), Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (Smith, Van Ness & Abbott), Materials Science and Engineering (Callister), Indian Polity (M. Laxmikanth).

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This APPSC AEE Syllabus 2026 article summarises APPSC Brief Notification No. 08/2026 dated 15 September 2026 and its syllabus annexure. Always check the official notification before applying. If anything differs, the official notice is correct.