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TGPSC Group-I: Exam Pattern, Syllabus & Posts
Telangana's top state services exam: Deputy Collector, DSP, Commercial Tax Officer, MPDO and more. Prelims is objective; Mains is six descriptive papers.
Applications for this notification closed in March 2024. TGPSC has not announced the next Group-I notification yet. New official updates appear below automatically.
- Posts in the latest notification
- 563
- Prelims
- General Studies & Mental Ability, 150 objective questions, 150 marks (OMR or computer based)
- Mains
- Six descriptive papers of 150 marks (900 total) plus a qualifying General English paper
Latest official updates
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Posts (from notification 02/2024)
- Deputy Collector (45)
- Deputy Superintendent of Police Cat-II (115)
- Commercial Tax Officer (48)
- Mandal Parishad Development Officer (140)
- Assistant Audit Officer (41)
- Regional Transport Officer (4)
Exam pattern
Preliminary Test (objective)
Main Examination (descriptive, 3 hours per paper)
- Three essays, one from each section, 50 marks each
- History and culture of India (modern period 1757-1947)
- History and cultural heritage of Telangana
- Geography of India and Telangana
- Indian society, structure, issues and social movements
- Constitution of India
- Governance
- Indian economy and development
- Telangana economy
- Development and environmental problems
- Role and impact of science and technology
- Modern trends in application of science
- Data interpretation and problem solving
- The idea of Telangana (1948-1970)
- Mobilisational phase (1971-1990)
- Towards formation of Telangana State (1991-2014)
Total: 900 marks (Papers I to VI)
Syllabus at a glance
Main topic areas from the official notification. The official PDF has the complete syllabus.
Prelims: General Studies & Mental Ability
- Current affairs: regional, national and international; international relations and events
- General science; India's achievements in science and technology
- Environmental issues; disaster management
- Economic and social development of India
- World, Indian and Telangana geography
- History and cultural heritage of India
- Indian Constitution and polity; governance and public policy
- Policies of Telangana State; society, culture, heritage, arts and literature of Telangana
- Social exclusion, rights issues and inclusive policies
- Logical reasoning, analytical ability and data interpretation
Mains: General English (qualifying, Class X standard)
- Spotting errors, fill in the blanks, rewriting sentences, jumbled sentences
- Comprehension, precis, expansion, letter writing
TGPSC web note dated 21/09/2026: the Commission has not constituted any syllabus committee. Major syllabus changes will be announced one year in advance; minor changes come with the recruitment notification.
Telangana current affairs
Current affairs are a scored section of this exam. Every NeoPathShala digest has an AP & Telangana section.
- 13 Oct 2026ANDHRA PRADESH & TELANGANA: Reorganization Act and bifurcation issues
- 13 Oct 2026ANDHRA PRADESH & TELANGANA: Hyderabad infrastructure expansion
- 13 Oct 2026Telangana Plans 5,800 MW Renewable Energy Procurement to Meet Soaring Power Load
- 12 Oct 2026Telangana eyes Asia and Africa for rice exports
- 12 Oct 2026El Nino impacts Telangana water and power supply
- 11 Oct 2026Telangana Secures 5,000 Crore Rupee KfW Infrastructure Loan
Other TGPSC guides: TGPSC Group-II · TGPSC Group-IV