APPSC FAO/TO & STO Syllabus 2026 — Every Paper and Unit, Explained
APPSC (Arunachal Pradesh) has notified the syllabus for direct recruitment to Finance & Accounts Officer / Treasury Officer (FAO/TO) and Sub-Treasury Officer (STO) — Notification No. PSC-R/10/2026, dated 16 July 2026. The Recruitment Test carries Commercial Mathematics of 200 marks, plus optional papers in Commerce, Economics, Mathematics or Statistics.
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What this syllabus covers, in one view
The Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission, Itanagar notified this syllabus on 16 July 2026 (No. PSC-R/10/2026) for direct recruitment to Finance & Accounts Officer / Treasury Officer and Sub-Treasury Officer. Two things decide your preparation: a Commercial Mathematics paper of 200 marks in the Recruitment Test, and optional papers in one subject — Commerce, Economics, Mathematics or Statistics — each set out in its own annexure of the notification.
Commercial Mathematics (200 marks) — every unit, explained
One further unit of this paper did not reproduce legibly from the scanned notification and is deliberately not named here rather than guessed — the original PDF linked below carries the complete list.
| Unit the notification lists | What it means for your prep |
|---|---|
| Percentage | Conversions between fraction, decimal and percentage; increase-decrease; successive change — the base arithmetic of every finance calculation. |
| Profit, Loss and Discount | Cost price, selling price, margins and discount chains. |
| Simple Interest (SI) | Interest that does not compound — flat-rate borrowing and lending sums. |
| Compound Interest (CI) | Interest on interest — growth over periods, the treasury-work staple. |
| Banker's Discount and Bills of Exchange | How a bank discounts a bill before its due date. |
| Partnership and Division of Money | Splitting profit in ratio of capital and time. |
| Ratio and Proportion | Scaling quantities and comparing shares. |
| Time and Interest Applications | Word problems joining time periods with interest. |
| Probability | Basic chance calculations. |
| Linear Equations | Forming and solving first-degree equations from word problems. |
| Basic Statistics | Averages, dispersion and reading simple data. |
The optional subject — four choices, paper by paper
Pick the subject of your own graduation strength: the units above are the notification's own headings, and each unit's detailed sub-topics run several pages in the annexures of the official PDF.
| Optional subject | Papers and units as notified |
|---|---|
| Commerce | Paper-I: Accounting & Finance — Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Taxation, Auditing; then Financial Management and Financial Markets & Institutions. Paper-II: Organisation Theory & Behaviour, HRM and Industrial Relations. |
| Economics | Paper-I: Advanced Micro-Economics, Advanced Macro-Economics, Money-Banking & Finance, International Economics, Growth & Development. Paper-II as per the notification. |
| Mathematics | Paper-I: Linear Algebra, Calculus, Analytic Geometry, Ordinary Differential Equations, Dynamics & Statics, Vector Analysis. Paper-II: Algebra, Real Analysis, Linear Programming, Partial Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis & Computer Programming, Mechanics & Fluid Dynamics. |
| Statistics | Paper-I: Probability, Statistical Inference, Linear Inference & Multivariate Analysis, Sampling Theory & Design of Experiments. Paper-II: Industrial Statistics, Quantitative Economics and Official Statistics, among others. |
What the notification does not state
The notification states marks for one component only — Commercial Mathematics, 200 marks. It does not state question counts, paper durations, or any negative-marking rule, and this page will not invent them. It also does not carry vacancy numbers or application dates — it is a syllabus notification only; those belong to the recruitment advertisement.
Source
Every unit above is taken from the commission's own notification (No. PSC-R/10/2026, 16 July 2026) and explained here in our own words. The original document:
- Official syllabus PDF (appsc.gov.in): https://appsc.gov.in/upload/RECINS001/FAO_STO_Syllabus_20260716_174216.pdf
At a glance
| Conducting Body | Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) |
| Post Name | Finance and Accounts Officer/Treasury Officer (FAO/TO) and Sub-Treasury Officer (STO) |
| Official Website | appsc.gov.in |
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