🏙️ TGPSC — TELANGANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

For: Telangana state government posts — Group 1 (Deputy Collector, DSP, CTO…), Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, and departmental/technical posts. Official site: tgpsc.gov.in (formerly TSPSC).

Confirm the current pattern, syllabus and vacancies on the official TGPSC notification.

Group 1 (highest — gazetted)

 PRELIMS — objective (General Studies & Mental Ability), screening only
 MAINS — descriptive:
     General English (qualifying) + 6 papers:
     I  General Essay
     II History, Culture & Geography (incl. Telangana)
     III Indian Society, Constitution & Governance
     IV Economy & Development (incl. Telangana)
     V  Science, Technology & Data Interpretation
     VI Telangana Movement & State Formation
 INTERVIEW

Group 2

 Objective papers (150 Q each):
     I  General Studies & General Abilities
     II History, Polity & Society (India & Telangana)
     III Economy & Development (India & Telangana)
     IV Telangana Movement & State Formation

Group 3 & Group 4

Group 3: General Studies + subject/statistics papers. Group 4: General Studies & General Abilities + Secretarial Abilities (mostly objective).

Syllabus themes (Telangana focus added)

Core GS — history, polity, geography, economy, S&T, environment, current affairs + Mental Ability.
Telangana-specific (very high weight): Telangana Movement & State Formation (1948–2014), Telangana history & culture, geography, economy, and government schemes.

What to study on this site

Core GS: Polity · History · Geography · Economy · Environment · Science & Tech
Mental Ability / DI: CSAT Reasoning & DI · CSAT Maths
Answer writing (Group 1 Mains): Mains frameworks · Essay: Essay manual
Current affairs: Monthly Digest

Telangana-specific add-ons (study separately — heavily tested)

Telangana Movement & State Formation (the whole arc from 1948 → 2014, key figures, agitations, GO 610, 2014 bifurcation) · Telangana geography (rivers — Godavari, Krishna; districts) · Telangana economy, culture, festivals (Bathukamma, Bonalu) · Telangana state schemes. Use TGPSC previous papers + a standard Telangana-GK book.

Official links

Notification & apply: tgpsc.gov.in
Live openings: Govt Job Alerts

The decisive section: Telangana Movement & State Formation appears as its own paper in Group 1 & 2. National GS is on this site; give the Telangana layer dedicated, repeated revision.