Forest Beat Officer: The Andhra Pradesh government has recently released a notification for Forest Beat Officer jobs, offering a total of 691 vacancies. The notification was issued on July 16, and the application deadline ends on August 5. As a result, only two days are left to apply, so interested candidates must act quickly.

Now, the key questions arise: What exactly do you need to study to crack this exam? More importantly, what carries the most weight in the selection process? Furthermore, how much time do you get for the walking test? And finally, how much salary can you expect if selected?

Let’s break down all the details about Forest Beat Officer:

❂ Physical Standards
To qualify, candidates must meet specific physical criteria:

⦿ Male candidates must have a minimum height of 163 cm

⦿ Female candidates must have a minimum height of 150 cm

Candidates holding an NCC certificate will receive bonus marks

❂ Selection Process:
The recruitment process includes:
⦿ Screening Test

⦿ Walking Test

❂ Main Examination:
Note: Candidates who qualify in the screening test will proceed to the walking test

⦿ Those who clear the walking test will be eligible for the main exam

⦿ Final selection will be based on merit in the main exam

❂ Walking Test Requirements:
⦿ Men must walk 25 kilometers in 4 hours

⦿ Women must walk 16 kilometers in 4 hours

❂ Screening Test Pattern:
⦿ General Studies & Mental Ability: 75 questions

⦿ General Science & General Mathematics: 75 questions (10th standard level)

⦿ The main exam follows the same subjects but with a different structure:

⦿ Paper 1: 100 questions, 100 marks (General Studies & Mental Ability)

⦿ Paper 2: 100 questions, 100 marks (General Science & Mathematics)

❂ Negative Marking System:
⦿ Keep in mind, this exam includes negative marking:

⦿ 1/3 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer

⦿ Negative marking applies to both Screening and Mains exams

❂ Syllabus Highlights:
⦿ General Science
⦿ Covers 10th-grade level topics from Science & Technology, Physics, Chemistry

❂ Current Affairs:
⦿ Focus on national and state-level events. Study major schemes and developments from the last six months

❂ Indian History:
⦿ Expect 3–4 questions, especially from the Indian National Congress (1885 onwards)

❂ Geography:
⦿ Questions may come from Indian and Andhra Pradesh geography

❂ Politics:

Specifically, topics include Directive Principles, Fundamental Rights, Economic Reforms, the President, and other important Articles.

❂ Environment & Sustainable Development:
⦿ 3–4 questions expected

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❂ Disaster Management:
⦿ Includes earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, floods – expect 2–3 questions

❂ Arithmetic:
⦿ Focus areas: Number Systems, Rational Numbers, Operations, Square Root, Time & Distance, Percentages, Logarithms

❂ Reasoning:
⦿ Practice topics like Analogy, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Direction, Calendar, Clock, Number Series, Seating Arrangement

❂ Main Exam Structure:
⦿ Qualifying Test

⦿ Essay writing for 50 marks

⦿ Paper 1
General Studies & Mental Ability: 100 questions – 100 marks

⦿ Paper 2
General Science & Mathematics: 100 questions – 100 marks
Candidates who score high in both Paper 1 and Paper 2 will be selected.

❂ Salary Details
Those selected for the job will receive a good salary package:

❂ Forest Beat Officer: ₹25,220 – ₹80,910
❂ Assistant Beat Officer: ₹23,120 – ₹74,770

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