APPSC Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector and AP Transport Department Recruitment

Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector, usually shortened to AMVI, is the technical enforcement post of the Andhra Pradesh Transport Department. It is filled by direct recruitment through the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, it asks for an automobile or mechanical qualification together with a driving licence, and its vacancies are few and infrequent. Those three facts explain most of the confusion online: forwarded messages describe a large "transport department recruitment" that the official record does not show, and old articles quote an exam pattern that the Commission has since changed.

This guide sets out what the official record shows, as on 7 October 2026. It reads the Commission's most recent notification for the post in full, says plainly whether anything is open, describes the department and its cadres, explains how the qualification relates to the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and gives a preparation outline with a primer on the Act and the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. Where we could not verify something, we say so. We do not invent an exam pattern: the scheme below is the one printed in the last notification, and a future notification may change it.

1. The short answer: is anything open today?

As on 7 October 2026, the Recruitment Notifications page of the Commission's portal (portal-psc.ap.gov.in) lists notifications numbered 07/2026 to 26/2026, issued between 15 September and 6 October 2026, for posts such as Group-I Services, Forest Range Officer, Forest Beat Officer, Horticulture Officer, Inspector of Factories, Assistant Statistical Officer and several welfare and pollution-control posts. None of them is for a Motor Vehicle Inspector, an Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector, or any other post of the Transport Department. So there is no open AMVI notification and no open APPSC notification for the Transport Department on that date.

The most recent AMVI notification is No. 21/2025, dated 24 September 2025, for "Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector in A.P. Transport Service (Limited Recruitment)". Its application window ran from 25 September to 15 October 2025 and has closed. It notified a single carried-forward vacancy. The Commission's web note of 20 September 2026 lists the post among recruitments whose candidate marks are available through each candidate's OTPR login, with the written examination dates shown as 27 January 2026 (forenoon) and 28 January 2026 (forenoon). We did not find the selection list.

Before it, Notification No. 12/2022 (30 September 2022) notified 17 vacancies, with a supplemental notification No. 08/2023 of 16 August 2023 that moved the first paper to a bilingual question paper. Section 7 sets the two notifications side by side. If you are reading this to decide whether to apply now, the answer is that you cannot; if you are reading to prepare for the next notification, the material below is built for that.

2. Which posts exist: AMVI, MVI and the question of a "transport constable"

The Transport Department's own Citizens' Charter (August 2022) describes a department headed by the Transport Commissioner, with Joint and Deputy Transport Commissioners, Regional Transport Officers, Motor Vehicles Inspectors, Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspectors and Administrative Officers besides ministerial staff. The charter gave the field strength in 2022 as 26 Deputy Transport Commissioners or District Transport Officers, 29 Regional Transport Officers, 177 Motor Vehicles Inspectors, 246 Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspectors and 68 Administrative Officers. The department's present About Us pages give different, undated figures (for example 206 Motor Vehicles Inspectors and 218 Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspectors), so treat any strength figure as a snapshot and not as the current sanction.

From the official sources we could open, the direct-recruitment post that the Commission has notified for the department is Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector. We could not verify how Motor Vehicles Inspector posts are filled, and nothing we opened says that they are filled by direct recruitment through the Commission, so we make no claim about the route. In the 2022 charter the unit office is headed by a Motor Vehicles Inspector, which tells you where the next rank sits, not how it is reached.

What about a "Transport Constable"? We found no such cadre in the Transport Department in any official page we opened, and the Commission's notification list shows no such post. The nearest real posts belong elsewhere. The State Level Police Recruitment Board's press note of 16 September 2026 sanctioned posts of Stipendiary Cadet Trainee Police Constables (Mechanics) (Men) and Constables (Drivers) (Men) in the Police Transport Organisation, 213 in all, and 10 posts of Sub-Inspector (Police Transport Organisation). These are police posts, recruited by the SLPRB, and have nothing to do with the Transport Department's enforcement staff. Our AP Police recruitment update covers that notification. Driver and conductor posts in the road transport corporation are a third thing again; see APSRTC driver and conductor. Do not mix the three, because their qualifications, selection bodies and syllabi have nothing in common.

3. What an Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector does

We could not open an official job description for AMVI, so this section is built from what the department and the Act say, and it is a description of the work and not an official list of duties.

The department says it was established to enforce the Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1963, the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the rules under them, and that it functions under Section 213 of the 1988 Act. Its listed functions are citizen services such as driving licences, registration of vehicles and permits, collection of taxes, road-safety measures and control of vehicular pollution. The Citizens' Charter describes a unit office headed by a Motor Vehicles Inspector that issues learner's licences, fresh non-transport driving licences, registers non-transport vehicles and issues fitness certificates, while check posts issue temporary permits and collect taxes at State borders.

Section 213 of the Act provides that the State Government may establish a Motor Vehicles Department and appoint officers, and it lets the officers so empowered examine and inquire into compliance, inspect, demand documents and launch prosecutions. An AMVI is therefore an officer who works on the enforcement and technical side: checking the roadworthiness of transport vehicles at fitness inspection, checking documents and loads on the road, detecting offences such as overloading, defective vehicles and missing papers, and assisting in conducting driving tests. This is why the written test devotes 300 of its 450 marks to Automobile Engineering, and why the qualification asks for a licence and years of driving: an officer who inspects a heavy vehicle and tests a driver should himself or herself have driven one.

The central government has also prescribed minimum qualifications for Motor Vehicle Inspectors under Section 213(4). By a Gazette notification (S.O. 1215(E), 8 March 2019, seen as a copy on a news portal), the minimum is Class 10, a three-year diploma in automobile or mechanical engineering, and a driving licence authorising a motorcycle with gear and a light motor vehicle. The AP requirement for AMVI, in section 4, is different and in some respects higher. We have not verified whether the central notification governs the AMVI cadre or only the Motor Vehicles Inspector cadre, so treat that point as a background and rely on the Commission's text.

4. Qualifications in Notification 21/2025

The notification says the candidate must hold the prescribed qualification as on the date of the notification, which is also the crucial date for counting experience. The educational qualification has two parts, and both must be met.

Part	Requirement as printed
(i) Education	A degree in Mechanical Engineering or Automobile Engineering of a recognised university in India, or an equivalent qualification; or a Diploma in Automobile Engineering issued by the State Board of Technical Education and Training, Andhra Pradesh, or the Technological Diploma Examination Board, Hyderabad, or an equivalent qualification
(ii) Licence and experience	A Motor Driving Licence, and not less than three years of experience in driving motor vehicles, with a Heavy Transport Vehicle endorsement

Two provisos follow. Where persons with three years of driving experience are not available, persons with two years may be appointed. For women, the candidate must hold a Motor Vehicle driving licence; a woman who holds only a Light Motor Vehicle licence must acquire the Heavy Transport Vehicle endorsement within two years of joining as Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspector, failing which her services are terminated without reasons being assigned. The notification records that this follows a clarification of 9 September 2022 from the Transport Department.

The notification also quotes the definition of a motor vehicle from Section 2 of the 1988 Act, to settle what counts as "driving motor vehicles" for the experience clause: any mechanically propelled vehicle adapted for use on roads, including a chassis to which a body has not been attached and a trailer, but excluding vehicles running on fixed rails, vehicles of a special type adapted for use only in a factory or enclosed premises, and a vehicle with fewer than four wheels fitted with an engine not exceeding 25 cubic centimetres. Experience on a moped of that size does not count.

For equivalent qualifications, the notification says the decision of the concerned department's unit officer is final, and a candidate relying on a Government Order for equivalence must send a copy to the Commission within 10 days of the last date for applications, or the application is rejected. Degrees from open or distance universities must be recognised by the Distance Education Council.

5. Age, reservation, physical standards, fee and rules

The age limit in Notification 21/2025 is a minimum of 21 and a maximum of 36 years as on 1 July 2025, under G.O.Ms.No.75 of the Transport, Roads and Buildings (Tr-II) Department dated 21 December 2016 read with G.O.Ms.No.37 of 4 March 2025. The relaxations printed are 5 years for SC, ST, BC and EWS; for ex-servicemen, 3 years plus the length of service; for National Cadet Corps instructors, similarly; for regular State Government employees, the length of regular State service up to a maximum of 5 years (employees of corporations and municipalities are not eligible for this); and 3 years for retrenched temporary employees of the Census Department with at least six months of service. After the deductions, an ex-serviceman's net age must not exceed the maximum. Our age relaxation guide explains the pattern across posts.

Vertical reservations apply for SC, ST, BC and EWS, and a horizontal reservation of one-third for women. Persons with benchmark disabilities are not eligible for the post, under G.O.Ms.No.04 of the same department dated 22 March 2021. Local reservation applies under Article 371-D, and the notification recalls that the provisional list is divided into two parts, 30 percent combined merit and 70 percent locals. Our local status and reservation roster guide explains it.

Physical standards are printed in the notification under three Government Orders of 2009, 2011 and 2016. For men the minimum height is 165 cm and the chest 86.3 cm on full inspiration with an expansion of at least 5 cm; for SC and ST men, 160 cm and 83.8 cm. For women, the height is 157.5 cm and chest 82.3 cm; for SC and ST women, 152.5 cm and 79.8 cm. Each eye must have distance vision of 6/6 and near vision of 0.5 on Snellen's chart without glasses, a full field of vision, and colour blindness, squint or morbid conditions of the eyes are disqualifications. Knock knees, pigeon chest, flat foot, varicose veins, hammer toes, fractured limbs and decayed teeth are listed disqualifications. Satisfy a competent medical board at the appropriate stage.

The fee printed is a processing fee of 250 rupees and an examination fee of 120 rupees. The examination fee is exempt for SC, ST, BC and ex-servicemen, for households with a white card, and for unemployed youth under G.O.Ms.No.439 of 18 October 1996 who submit a declaration. Candidates from other States pay the fee and cannot claim reservation. The notification names the governing rules as the Andhra Pradesh Transport Services Rules (G.O.Ms.No.180 of 1 July 1994 as read with G.O.Ms.No.16 of 10 April 2023), the A.P. State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996, and special or ad hoc rules. A rule set called "AP Motor Vehicles Subordinate Service Rules" did not appear in any official page we opened, and we could not open the Transport Services Rules themselves, so the qualification text in this post is the notification's quotation of them. Read the Rules and the notification together.

6. Selection scheme and syllabus as per Notification 21/2025

The notification says selection is on merit in a written examination followed by a Computer Proficiency Test. The written examination is objective, held in offline OMR mode, and, for this notification, at Vijayawada only. Both papers are compulsory, and absence from any paper disqualifies. Each wrong answer is penalised by one-third of the marks prescribed for the question (G.O.Ms.No.235 of 6 December 2016).

Paper	Subject	Questions	Minutes	Marks
I	General Studies and Mental Ability (degree standard)	150	150	150
II	Automobile Engineering (diploma standard)	150	150	300
Total				450

The Computer Proficiency Test is a practical test of 100 marks in 60 minutes. Candidates are shortlisted for it on written-test merit, and nobody is appointed without qualifying it under G.O.Ms.No.26 of 24 February 2023. The minimum qualifying marks in it are 40 for OC, 35 for BC and 30 for SC, ST and PBD candidates. For the written examination, the minimum qualifying aggregate is 40 percent for OC, ex-servicemen and EWS, 35 percent for BC, and 30 percent for SC and ST, though meeting the minimum gives no right to selection. On 450 marks that is 180, 157.5 and 135 marks. Ties are resolved by age, with the older candidate placed first, and then by the earlier educational qualification. Zonal preferences are taken at certificate verification, and the notification says there is no waiting list.

Paper I (General Studies and Mental Ability). The ten items are: major current events and issues of international, national and Andhra Pradesh importance; general science and its applications, with contemporary developments in science, technology and information technology; history of India with emphasis on its social, economic, cultural and political aspects, a focus on Andhra Pradesh and the national movement; geography of India with a focus on Andhra Pradesh; Indian polity and governance (constitutional issues, public policy, reforms and e-governance); Indian economy and planning; sustainable development and environmental protection; disaster management, including remote sensing and GIS; logical reasoning, analytical ability and logical interpretation; and data analysis (tabulation, visual representation, basic summary statistics such as mean, median, mode and variance, and interpretation). For the last two items, see data interpretation and mental ability.

Paper II (Automobile Engineering, diploma standard). The printed syllabus has 23 headings. They cover basic thermodynamics (systems, laws, Rankine cycle); air-standard cycles (Otto, Diesel, dual, with mean effective pressure and efficiency); gears and torque; shafts; friction and screws; fuels (flash point, calorific value, octane and cetane numbers); single and multi-cylinder engines and combustion, knock and detonation; firing order, pistons and rings; fuel systems (carburetion, petrol and diesel injection, common rail); balancing of single-cylinder engines; lubrication and cooling; transmission (gearbox, synchromesh, automatic); propeller shaft, universal joint, differential and axles; clutches; brakes (mechanical, hydraulic, air); steering and the Ackermann condition; the electrical system; exhaust gas analysis and emissions of petrol and diesel engines; air conditioning; wheel alignment (camber, caster, king pin inclination, toe); tyre maintenance and traffic rules; materials and heat treatment of steels; and instrumentation and control systems.

Computer Proficiency Test. Part A is multiple-choice on computer fundamentals, software types, operating systems, internet, e-mail and the web, and carries 20 percent. Part B is practical: a word-processed document with typing speed (25 percent), organising and inserting objects (15 percent), a spreadsheet with formulas, conditional formatting and charts (20 percent), and a presentation (20 percent).

7. The last verified cycle and how it differs from 2022

Item	Notification 12/2022 (with 08/2023)	Notification 21/2025
Date	30 September 2022; supplement 16 August 2023	24 September 2025
Vacancies	17 (15 fresh and 2 carried forward)	1 carried forward (Zone IV, BC-C, local; horizontal for women)
Service named	A.P. Transport Subordinate Service	A.P. Transport Service
Pay scale printed	31,460 to 84,970 (revised 48,440 to 1,37,220)	48,440 to 1,37,220
Mode	Computer-based test	Offline OMR
Total marks	300 (150 and 150)	450 (150 and 300)
Medium	English only, then Paper I bilingual after 08/2023	See the notification; Paper II is technical
Computer test	Not mentioned in the scheme we read	Required, qualifying

The pattern to take from this table is that the scheme changes between notifications, and a one-vacancy notification can have a different scheme from a seventeen-vacancy one. That is the reason not to prepare from a forwarded pattern. The 2022 Paper I syllabus also listed the coefficient of variation among the summary statistics and a topic on the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, which the 2025 syllabus does not. We could not confirm from the sources opened what happened to the 17 vacancies of the 2022 cycle after the examination.

A note on "Limited Recruitment". In the notification the phrase appears with a single carried-forward vacancy, which the Commission describes as a zonal post under the BC-C category, reserved horizontally for women in Zone IV, to be filled by men if no eligible woman is available. We could not find a definition of the phrase in the pages we read, so we do not give one.

8. Worked examples

All the arithmetic below was computed with a script and checked.

Age. For this notification the age is counted as on 1 July 2025. On the usual completed-years reading, which the notification does not define, a candidate born on 1 July 1988 has completed 37 years and is out, while one born on 2 July 1988 has completed 36 and is in. At the lower end, a candidate born on 1 July 2004 is 21 and is in, and one born on 2 July 2004 is 20 and is out. With the 5-year relaxation, a SC, ST, BC or EWS candidate born on 2 July 1983 is 41 and is in, and one born on 1 July 1983 is 42 and is out.

Ex-servicemen. A candidate born on 10 March 1979 is 46 on 1 July 2025. With 8 years of service, the deduction is 3 plus 8, which is 11 years, so the net age is 35, within the limit.

Net score. Suppose a candidate answers 100 correctly and 30 wrongly in Paper I (1 mark each) and 110 correctly and 30 wrongly in Paper II (2 marks each). Paper I gives 100 minus 30 times one-third, which is 90. Paper II gives 220 minus 30 times two-thirds, which is 200. The total is 290 out of 450, which is above the 180 needed in the OC category. Notice that a wrong answer in Paper II costs two-thirds of a mark, twice what it costs in Paper I.

Another net score. A candidate answers 90 correctly and 30 wrongly in Paper I and 100 correctly and 40 wrongly in Paper II. Paper I gives 90 minus 10, which is 80. Paper II gives 200 minus 26.67, which is 173.33. The total is 253.33, or 56.3 percent of 450.

9. A preparation outline

Because there is no open notification, the right use of the time is to build the base that every later notification will test. The outline below assumes an engineer or diploma holder with a licence, and about twelve weeks.

Weeks 1 to 4 belong to Paper II, because it carries two-thirds of the marks. Work through the 23 headings in the order of the engine: thermodynamics and cycles first, because they are numerical and reward practice; then fuels, combustion and fuel systems; then lubrication, cooling and the electrical system; then the drive line (clutch, gearbox, propeller shaft, differential, axles); then brakes, steering and alignment; then emissions, air conditioning and maintenance. For each heading, do twenty numerical or conceptual questions and keep a one-page formula and definition sheet. Diploma-standard questions are direct, so a candidate who reads the topics from a polytechnic textbook and solves previous papers will cover the ground.

Weeks 5 to 7 belong to Paper I. Divide the ten items into three groups: current affairs (monthly notes, with an Andhra Pradesh section); static general studies (history, geography, polity, economy, environment, disaster management, science); and reasoning with data analysis. Use our Andhra Pradesh GK top 100 and government schemes notes for the state material, and the data interpretation guide for the last two items.

Week 8 belongs to the Motor Vehicles Act, which is where this post offers a primer below, and to the traffic rules that Paper II lists under tyre maintenance and traffic rules. Weeks 9 to 10 belong to the Computer Proficiency Test: practise typing, a formatted document with a table and mail merge, a spreadsheet with formulas and a chart, and a short presentation. Weeks 11 and 12 belong to full-length timed papers of 150 questions in 150 minutes for each paper, with the one-third penalty applied when you score them. Our guide on negative marking and time management shows a method.

Parallel to all of this, keep your documents ready: the educational certificates, licence with the Heavy Transport Vehicle endorsement and proof of the years of driving, study or residence certificates for local status, caste or EWS certificates, and your OTPR registration (OTPR guide). The licence and experience clause is the point at which otherwise strong candidates fall out, so check the dates on your licence against the cut-off date of the notification before you apply.

10. A Motor Vehicles Act primer

The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 is the statute that an AMVI enforces. The notes below pick out what a candidate is likely to meet. We checked them against the Gazette text of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 32 of 2019), a summary of its commencement published by the Press Information Bureau, the Commission's notification and reference pages reproducing the original sections. Because the 2019 amendment rewrote several provisions that older books still describe in their old form, read the amended text in the current India Code version before relying on a number.

Definitions and scope. Section 2(28) defines a motor vehicle as quoted in section 4 of this post. Section 2(47) defines a transport vehicle as a public service vehicle, a goods carriage, an educational institution bus or a private service vehicle.

Licensing of drivers (Chapter II). Section 3 requires an effective driving licence to drive a motor vehicle in a public place. Section 4 sets the minimum age at 18 years, with 16 for a motorcycle without gear of engine capacity not exceeding 50 cc, and 20 years for a transport vehicle. Since the 2019 amendment, which the PIB listed among the provisions applicable from 1 September 2019, a licence to drive a transport vehicle is valid for five years (three years for a transport vehicle carrying hazardous goods) and not three years as older books say. For other licences the validity depends on the holder's age at issue or renewal: until the age of 40 if the holder has not reached 30; ten years if the holder is between 30 and 50; until the age of 60 if the holder is between 50 and 55; and five years if the holder has reached 55. Section 15 now lets a holder apply for renewal from one year before expiry to one year after it, and after that a fresh test of competence is required. The same amendment removed the minimum educational qualification for driving a transport vehicle. Section 19 lets the licensing authority disqualify a licence holder, and the 2019 amendment added a three-month disqualification on a first offence in the cases forwarded to it under section 206(4), with revocation on a second offence, and a driver refresher training course before the licence is returned.

Registration (Chapter IV). Section 39 forbids driving, or permitting the driving of, an unregistered vehicle in a public place. Section 41 deals with how registration is made; a certificate for a non-transport vehicle is valid for 15 years, and the 2019 amendment extended this clause to transport vehicles and allows the Central Government to prescribe different periods. Section 47 requires a new registration mark when a vehicle has been kept in another State for more than 12 months. Section 56 is the certificate of fitness for transport vehicles, which is issued by the prescribed authority or an authorised testing station; the 2019 amendment adds that after a date to be notified by the Central Government a certificate will be granted only to a vehicle tested at an automated testing station, and that fit transport vehicles must carry a distinguishing mark. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, the version we opened gives the validity of a fitness certificate for a new transport vehicle as two years and for a renewal as one year; that copy is undated and may predate later amendments, so check the current Rule 62.

Permits (Chapter V) and traffic control (Chapter VIII). Section 66 requires a permit to use a vehicle as a transport vehicle, with exceptions. Section 112 fixes limits of speed, section 113 limits of weight, and section 114 gives the power to have a vehicle weighed. Section 128 restricts a two-wheeler to one pillion rider seated on a proper seat. Section 129, as substituted in 2019, requires every person above four years of age on a motorcycle in a public place to wear protective headgear, except a Sikh wearing a turban. Section 130 requires a driver to produce the licence and registration certificate on demand. Section 134 sets the driver's duty after an accident to secure medical attention, and section 134A, inserted in 2019, protects a Good Samaritan from civil and criminal liability for negligence while helping the victim.

Insurance and compensation. Section 146 makes third-party insurance compulsory for a vehicle used in a public place. Section 161, as amended, provides fixed compensation in hit-and-run cases of two lakh rupees for death and fifty thousand for grievous hurt. Section 164B constitutes the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund.

Offences and penalties. The 2019 amendment raised many fines, summarised by the PIB. The principal ones are: driving without a licence (section 181) 5,000 rupees; driving despite disqualification (section 182) up to 10,000; dangerous driving (section 184) imprisonment of 6 months to a year and/or 1,000 to 5,000 for a first offence; drunken driving (section 185) up to 6 months and/or 10,000 for a first offence and up to 2 years and/or 15,000 for a second; over-speeding (section 183) 1,000 to 2,000 for a light motor vehicle and 2,000 to 4,000 for a medium passenger or goods vehicle; driving an uninsured vehicle (section 196) 2,000 and/or up to three months for a first offence; carrying excess passengers (section 194A) 200 per excess passenger; no safety belt (section 194B) 1,000; riding without protective headgear (section 194D) 1,000 and three months' disqualification; failure to give way to an emergency vehicle (section 194E) up to six months or 10,000 or both; and the unnecessary or continuous use of a horn (section 194F) 1,000, rising to 2,000 for a repeat. An offence by a juvenile (section 199A) draws 25,000 rupees and imprisonment of up to three years for the guardian or owner, and cancellation of the vehicle's registration for twelve months. Note that section 210A lets a State Government notify a multiplier from one to ten to be applied to each fine, and section 199B contemplates an annual increase of up to 10 percent as notified by the Central Government, so the figure on a roadside challan may differ from the headline figure in the Act.

The officers (section 213 and section 206). Section 213 allows the State to create a Motor Vehicles Department and appoint officers, and it lets the Central Government prescribe their minimum qualifications. Section 206(4), inserted in 2019, lets a police officer or an authorised person seize the driving licence of a driver believed to have committed an offence under sections 183, 184, 185, 189, 190, 194C, 194D or 194E and forward it to the licensing authority for proceedings under section 19, giving a temporary acknowledgement that does not authorise driving.

The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. The Rules are long, and the useful method is to know the chapters. The copy we opened gives, among much else, the overall width limit of a motor vehicle in Rule 93(1) as 2.6 metres, with rear-view mirrors and similar fittings excluded from the measurement. Treat any single number from the Rules as something to confirm against the current text, since the Rules are amended often.

11. Common traps

• Believing there is a standing "transport department recruitment" or a "transport constable" post. The official record shows neither.
• Quoting the 2022 scheme (two papers of 150 marks, computer-based) for a later notification.
• Counting the age on the date of the exam instead of the date printed in the notification, or forgetting that experience is counted to the date of the notification.
• Holding a licence without the Heavy Transport Vehicle endorsement and assuming it can be added after selection; the proviso allows that only for women, and only for a Light Motor Vehicle licence holder, within two years.
• Using three years for the validity of a transport licence. The 2019 amendment made it five.
• Treating the one-third penalty as one-third of a mark in both papers. It is one-third of the marks of the question, so two-thirds of a mark in Paper II.
• Treating the Police Transport Organisation, the Transport Department and the road transport corporation as one employer.

Key facts for exams

• As on 7 October 2026, no AMVI or Transport Department notification is open on the APPSC Recruitment Notifications page.
• Last AMVI notification: No. 21/2025 dated 24 September 2025, one carried-forward vacancy; application window 25 September to 15 October 2025.
• Qualification: degree in Mechanical or Automobile Engineering, or Diploma in Automobile Engineering; a driving licence with Heavy Transport Vehicle endorsement and three years of driving experience (two years where three-year persons are not available).
• Age 21 to 36 as on 1 July 2025; 5 years relaxation for SC, ST, BC and EWS.
• Written test (OMR): Paper I General Studies and Mental Ability, 150 questions and 150 marks; Paper II Automobile Engineering, 150 questions and 300 marks; each wrong answer costs one-third of the marks of the question; then a Computer Proficiency Test of 100 marks.
• Section 213 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 provides for the Motor Vehicles Department.
• Transport licence validity is five years since the 2019 amendment (three for hazardous goods).

10 practice questions

1. In Notification 21/2025, Paper II (Automobile Engineering) carries how many marks? (a) 150 (b) 200 (c) 300 (d) 450

2. A candidate answers 100 correctly and 30 wrongly in Paper II of Notification 21/2025. The marks from Paper II are: (a) 170 (b) 180 (c) 190 (d) 200

3. The minimum qualifying aggregate for a Backward Class candidate on 450 marks is: (a) 135 (b) 157.5 (c) 180 (d) 225

4. An ex-serviceman is 46 years old on the cut-off date and has served 8 years in the armed forces. After the printed deduction, his net age is: (a) 35 (b) 38 (c) 43 (d) 46

5. A woman holds only a Light Motor Vehicle licence. Under the notification, she must acquire the Heavy Transport Vehicle endorsement within: (a) six months (b) one year (c) two years (d) three years

6. Which section of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 provides for a State Motor Vehicles Department and its officers? (a) Section 112 (b) Section 129 (c) Section 213 (d) Section 146

7. Since the 2019 amendment, a licence to drive a transport vehicle is valid for: (a) three years (b) five years (c) ten years (d) twenty years

8. The fine for a first offence of drunken driving under section 185, as amended in 2019, is: (a) 2,000 rupees (b) 5,000 rupees (c) 10,000 rupees (d) 15,000 rupees

9. Riding a motorcycle without protective headgear attracts under section 194D: (a) a fine of 100 rupees (b) a fine of 1,000 rupees and three months' disqualification (c) a fine of 5,000 rupees (d) imprisonment of six months

10. In the definition of a motor vehicle in section 2(28), which is excluded? (a) A trailer (b) A chassis without a body (c) A vehicle with fewer than four wheels and an engine not exceeding 25 cubic centimetres (d) A goods carriage

Answers:

1. (c) 300. Paper II has 150 questions of 2 marks each.
2. (b) 180. 200 marks for correct answers minus 30 times two-thirds, which is 20, gives 180.
3. (b) 157.5. 35 percent of 450.
4. (a) 35. The deduction is 3 plus 8, which is 11 years.
5. (c) two years.
6. (c) Section 213.
7. (b) five years. Three years applies to vehicles carrying hazardous goods.
8. (c) 10,000 rupees, with imprisonment of up to 6 months, or both.
9. (b) 1,000 rupees and three months' disqualification.
10. (c) The excluded vehicle is one with fewer than four wheels and an engine not exceeding 25 cubic centimetres.

Frequently asked questions

Is any Transport Department recruitment open now? As on 7 October 2026, the APPSC Recruitment Notifications page shows no AMVI or other Transport Department notification. Check the Commission's website, which is the only source of official communication.

What was the last AMVI notification? Notification No. 21/2025 dated 24 September 2025, for one carried-forward vacancy. Before it, Notification No. 12/2022 notified 17 vacancies.

Is there a Transport Constable post in Andhra Pradesh? We found no such cadre in the Transport Department. The Police Transport Organisation has constable posts for mechanics and drivers, recruited by the State Level Police Recruitment Board, and those are police posts.

Can a diploma holder apply? Notification 21/2025 accepts a Diploma in Automobile Engineering from the named boards or an equivalent, together with the licence and experience conditions.

Do I need a heavy vehicle licence? The notification requires a Heavy Transport Vehicle endorsement and three years of driving experience. A woman holding only a Light Motor Vehicle licence may acquire the endorsement within two years of joining.

Is the exam computer-based? In 2022 it was notified as computer based. Notification 21/2025 says OMR-based. A future notification may differ.

Is there negative marking? Yes, in Notification 21/2025: one-third of the marks of the question for each wrong answer.

Where is the written test held? For Notification 21/2025, at Vijayawada only. Check any later notification.

Related reading

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• AP government jobs for BTech, diploma and ITI holders
• APSRTC driver and conductor
• AP Police recruitment 2026 update
• Age limit relaxation in AP government exams
• Local status and reservation roster
• APPSC OTPR registration guide
• Telugu version of this post
• Andhra Pradesh state guide: history, geography, government and every AP exam

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Sources and verification

Pages and documents actually opened for this post:

• Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission portal home page and Recruitment Notifications page (portal-psc.ap.gov.in), read on 7 October 2026 for the list of notifications.
• APPSC Notification No. 21/2025 dated 24-09-2025, Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector in A.P. Transport Service (Limited Recruitment), full text with Annexures (psc.ap.gov.in).
• APPSC Notification No. 12/2022 dated 30-09-2022 and Supplemental Notification No. 08/2023 dated 16-08-2023, same post (psc.ap.gov.in).
• APPSC web note of 20-09-2026 on marks of candidates in various recruitments, and the portal page for AMVI candidate marks under Notification 21/2025 (psc.ap.gov.in, portal-psc.ap.gov.in).
• Andhra Pradesh Transport Department, Citizens' Charter, August 2022 (aptransport.org), and the department's About Us pages (aptransport.org).
• State Level Police Recruitment Board, home page and Press Note dated 16-09-2026 (slprb.ap.gov.in), read as a scanned image.
• The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 32 of 2019), Gazette of India Extraordinary, 9 August 2019 (egazette.gov.in).
• Press Information Bureau, summary of sections of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 applicable from 1 September 2019 (static.pib.gov.in).
• Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, section pages on devgan.in (sections 2, 14, 213 and chapter pages), used as reference copies and not as the Gazette.
• Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, consolidated copy hosted by a State transport department (cgtransport.gov.in), undated.
• Gazette notification S.O. 1215(E) of 8 March 2019 on minimum qualifications of Motor Vehicle Inspectors under section 213(4), seen as a copy on gconnect.in.
• Our linked guides, for the other posts and rules mentioned.

Not verified: the text of the Andhra Pradesh Transport Services Rules (we rely on the notification's quotation), any rule named "AP Motor Vehicles Subordinate Service Rules", the recruitment route for Motor Vehicles Inspector, the selection list and outcome of Notification 21/2025 and of the 2022 cycle, the meaning of "Limited Recruitment", the current strength of the department, an official AMVI job description, whether the central minimum qualifications govern the AMVI cadre, and the current wording of Rule 62 and other Central Motor Vehicles Rules. The Act points come from the Gazette text of the 2019 amendment, the PIB summary and reference pages, not from the consolidated India Code text, which our access did not open. Check the latest notification and the current text of the Act before relying on any figure.