Flash డిపార్ట్మెంట్ టెస్టుల్లో నెగటివ్ మార్కులు తొలగింపు ఉత్తర్వులు GO.No:101 జారీ

n the G.O. first read above, the Andhra Pradesh Departmental Tests Rules,

1965 were issued. In the G.O. second above, the duration of the examination was

reduced from three (3) hours to two (2) hours duly amending Rule 14 (a) (iii) of

the said Rules, 1965. In the G.O. third read above, Rule 14 (a) (iii) and

Annexure-III of Rule 20 were amended prescribing the duration of the tests of

Descriptive type pattern as three (3) hours except Second Language Test which is

of two (2) hours duration and for Objective Type pattern tests, it was prescribed

as two (2) hours duration.

2. In the G.O. fourth read above, among others, negative marking system was

introduced in Departmental Tests conducted by the APPSC from November, 2017

onwards duly amending the Rule 17 of the Andhra Pradesh Departmental Tests

Rules, 1965. In terms of the orders, for every wrong answer, 1/3rd (0.33) of

marks prescribed for the question shall be deducted, unanswered questions will

not be taken into account and also passing marks are lessened by 5% in all

Objective Tests i.e., 35 marks instead of 40. In case of Divisional Test and A.P.

Works Accounts Services examination, the minimum pass marks is reduced to

35% marks in each paper and 40% in aggregate instead of 40 marks and 45%

respectively.

3. In the letters fif