APPSC Syllabus – Page 5

APPSC has informed that the results of Panchayat Secretary screening test will be announced within 3 to 4 weeks. APPSC Chairman Udaya Bhaskar has announced that the preliminary / primary key of Panchayat Secretary exam will be released on Thursday, 25th April 2019.

APPSC Chairman has accepted the problems in translation of questions from English to Telugu in Panchayat Secretary exam. In such cases, English version of the questions will be considered as final.

Group 2 Updates:

APPSC is all set to conduct Group 2 recruitment exam on 5th April 2019. About 2.95 lakhs candidates have applied for Group 2 examination. Screening test will be conducted in 600 centers across the state.

Those qualified in screening test will be shortlisted for Group 2 main examination. Preliminary exam will have 150 questions for 150 marks with 150 minutes time. Cut off marks depends on the difficulty of the question paper and competitition levels.

Here we are giving some important points related to Constitutional Law. The study material with important points is useful for UPSC, APPSC, TSPSC, and various other competitive and recruitment examinations.

1) Supreme Court is the ultimate authority to interpret the constitution and its principles. It can also look into the meaning of the language used in the Constitution.

2) Keshavananda Bharti v. State of Kerala 1973 – Constitution can not be amended in violation of its basic structure.

3) S R Bommai and others v. Union of India – 1994: This case is related to secularism. (Supreme Court has asserted the right to freedom of religion by saying that the state will have no religion of its own and all persons are equally entitled to the freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practice and propagate the religion of their choice.)

Important Articles:

Part I: The Union and its Territory

Article 1: India is a Union of States
Article 2: Parliament can form new states
Article 3: Parliament can alter the territory or names of states (without the consent of states and alter the area, boundaries or names of existing states by law passed by a simple majority.

Part II: Citizenship:

1) Article 11: Parliament can regulate citizenship by legislation.
2) Citizenship Act – 1955