APCOB Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2026: Staff Assistant & Assistant Manager Marking Scheme

Aspirants preparing for the Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Bank (APCOB) recruitment must understand the detailed examination scheme, section-wise weightage, and marking criteria. APCOB conducts its written examinations in technical partnership with the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), ensuring a competitive, standard computer-based test (CBT) across test centers in Andhra Pradesh.

APCOB Staff Assistant (Clerk) Exam Pattern 2026

The Staff Assistant examination is a single-stage online objective test consisting of 100 questions carrying 100 marks with a total time duration of 60 minutes. The paper is bilingual (English and Telugu), except for the English Language section.

Section / Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Allocated Time	Medium of Exam
English Language	30	30	20 Minutes	English
Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 Minutes	English & Telugu
Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	20 Minutes	English & Telugu
Total	100	100 Marks	60 Minutes	Bilingual

APCOB Assistant Manager (Scale-I) Exam Pattern

For Assistant Manager positions, the selection includes an Online Written Examination followed by a Personal Interview. In certain cycles where General/Financial Awareness is included, the test structure comprises 4 sections:

• Reasoning Ability: 40 Questions (40 Marks)
• Quantitative Aptitude: 40 Questions (40 Marks)
• English Language: 40 Questions (40 Marks)
• General / Financial Awareness (focus on AP rural credit & cooperative banking): 40 Questions (40 Marks)
• Interview Stage: Candidates clearing the CBT are shortlisted for an interview carrying 20–25% weightage in final merit.

Negative Marking & Sectional Cutoff Scheme

Candidates must take note of the penalty scheme applied to objective multiple-choice questions:

• Penalty for Wrong Answers: For every question answered incorrectly, 0.25 (one-fourth) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
• Unanswered Questions: No penalty is applied for questions left blank.
• Qualifying Cutoff: Candidates must secure minimum qualifying cutoff marks in each individual test as well as minimum total marks to qualify for merit listing.

Subject-Wise Detailed Syllabus

1. Reasoning Ability

Puzzles and Seating Arrangements (Linear, Circular, Floor, Box-based), Syllogism, Blood Relations, Direction Sense, Coding-Decoding, Inequalities, Order and Ranking, Alphanumeric Series, and Input-Output.

2. Quantitative Aptitude

Data Interpretation (Bar Graphs, Pie Charts, Tabular, Radar, Caselet DI), Number Series (Missing & Wrong Number), Quadratic Equations, Simplification & Approximation, Arithmetic word problems (Percentages, Profit & Loss, Ratio & Proportion, Simple & Compound Interest, Time & Work, Time, Speed & Distance, Averages, and Mixtures & Allegations).

3. English Language

Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Error Detection, Sentence Improvement, Para Jumbles, Fill in the Blanks, Phrase Replacement, and Vocabulary (Synonyms/Antonyms in context).

4. General & Financial Awareness

Recent RBI monetary policies, NABARD agricultural credit schemes, Andhra Pradesh state welfare schemes (Rythu Bharosa, cooperative credit societies, PACS), Banking awareness terminologies, Union and State Budgets, and National/International Current Affairs of the last 6 months.

For official notification updates, vacancies, and application deadlines, explore the main APCOB Recruitment 2026 Portal on MySarkariNaukri.