Telangana PSC Group-I Services

Preliminary · General Studies & Mental Ability

• Ancient India
  1. 1.Ancient India: Civilizations, Religious Movements and Social-Cultural Life from the Mauryas to the Guptas
• Medieval India
• Modern India & the Freedom Struggle
  1. 1.The Establishment of British Colonial Rule and the Economic Impact of Empire
  2. 2.Anti-British Uprisings, the Revolt of 1857, and Socio-Religious and Anti-Caste Reform Movements
  3. 3.Three Phases of the Indian Freedom Struggle, 1885-1947
• Indian Art & Culture
  1. 1.Indian Art and Culture: Classical Schools, Bhakti-Sufi Traditions and the Making of a Composite Culture
• Physical Geography of India & World
  1. 1.India's Physical Setting: Physiography, Drainage, Climate, Soils, Vegetation, Wildlife and Resources
• Economic & Social Geography
  1. 1.Agriculture, Industry, Transport and Population Geography of India
• Resources, Agriculture & Industry
  1. 1.Telangana Physical Setting and Resources
  2. 2.Telangana Geography: Agriculture, Industry and Population
  3. 3.Urbanisation and Growth of Hyderabad
• Environment & Ecology
• Indian Constitution & Polity
  1. 1.Evolution of the Indian Constitution: Drafting, Preamble, Salient Features, Basic Structure and Amendments
  2. 2.Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties
  3. 3.System of Government: Union and State — Executive, Parliament and State Legislature
  4. 4.The Judicial System in India: Supreme Court, High Courts and Subordinate Judiciary; Judicial Review, Activism, Independence and Accountability
  5. 5.Federalism, Centre-State Relations, and Local Self-Government in India
• Governance & Public Policy
  1. 1.Union Governance Machinery and Constitutional Bodies
  2. 2.Debates on Development, State, Market and Civil Society
  3. 3.Ethics, Transparency and Administrative Reforms
  4. 4.Participatory Development and Inclusive Governance
• Panchayati Raj & Local Government
  1. 1.State and District Governance
• International Relations
  1. 1.Foreign Policy Overview: India's International Relations
• Indian Economy & Planning
  1. 1.National Income — Concepts, Measurement, and India's Structural Trends
  2. 2.Poverty and Unemployment: Concepts, Measurement and Trends
  3. 3.Five Year Planning and NITI Aayog
• Budget, Banking & Fiscal Policy
  1. 1.Public Finance and the Union Budget: Tax Structure, Expenditure, Debt and Fiscal-Monetary Policy (2026-27)
  2. 2.Money, Banking and RBI
• Agriculture, Industry & Services
  1. 1.National Agriculture, Industry and Services Sectors
  2. 2.Industry and Service Sectors
  3. 3.Telangana Geography: Agriculture, Industry and Population
• Inclusive Growth & Welfare
  1. 1.Telangana Welfare Schemes
  2. 2.Social Policies and Welfare Schemes: Women, Scheduled Castes and Tribes, Backward Classes and Minorities, Population Policy and Poverty Alleviation in India
  3. 3.Participatory Development and Inclusive Governance
• Science & Technology
  1. 1.Classical and Emerging Science & Technology for National Development
  2. 2.National Policy of Science & Technology and ICT Basics
  3. 3.Energy Resources and Energy Security: India's Power Mix, Nuclear Push and Renewable Transition
  4. 4.Crop Science in India; Characteristics of Plants
  5. 5.Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
  6. 6.Microbial Infections and Disease
  7. 7.Vaccines and Immunity
• Space, IT & Defence Tech
  1. 1.India's Space Programme: Institutions, Launch Vehicles, Applications and the Road Ahead
  2. 2.Space Technology Applications and Disaster Management
• Environment & Climate Change
  1. 1.Environment vs Development: Policy, Instruments and the Growth-Ecology Tension
  2. 2.Environment Pollution and Solid Waste Management
  3. 3.Natural Resources: Forest, Water, Land and Mining in India and Andhra Pradesh
  4. 4.Climate Change and Sustainable Development
  5. 5.Ecosystems and Biodiversity
• Disaster Management
  1. 1.Space Technology Applications and Disaster Management
• Current Affairs — Regional, National & International
• Government Schemes & Reports
• Telangana — History, Art & Culture
  1. 1.Ancient Telangana
  2. 2.Medieval Telangana: Kakatiyas, Velama Kingdoms, Qutb Shahis and Protest Movements
  3. 3.The Asaf Jahi (Nizam) Era in Telangana
  4. 4.Socio-Cultural Awakening in Telangana
• Telangana — Geography & Resources
• Telangana — Economy & Development
• Telangana — Polity, Administration & Current Affairs
  1. 1.Policies of Telangana State
• Telangana Movement & State Formation
  1. 1.Hyderabad Princely State and the Mulki Issue
  2. 2.Formation of Andhra Pradesh (1956) and the Early Telangana Agitation
  3. 3.The Six Point Formula and G.O. 610
  4. 4.Regional Disparities and Identity in Telangana (1980s-90s)
  5. 5.Establishment of TRS and the 2009 Telangana Agitation
  6. 6.Cultural Revivalism and the 2014 Reorganization Act

General English (Qualifying)

• Comprehension
• Precis
• Grammar
• Composition

Paper I · General Essay

• Essay on contemporary & analytical themes

Paper II · History, Culture & Geography (incl. Telangana)

• Ancient India
  1. 1.Ancient India: Civilizations, Religious Movements and Social-Cultural Life from the Mauryas to the Guptas
• Medieval India
• Modern India & the Freedom Struggle
  1. 1.The Establishment of British Colonial Rule and the Economic Impact of Empire
  2. 2.Anti-British Uprisings, the Revolt of 1857, and Socio-Religious and Anti-Caste Reform Movements
  3. 3.Three Phases of the Indian Freedom Struggle, 1885-1947
• Indian Art & Culture
  1. 1.Indian Art and Culture: Classical Schools, Bhakti-Sufi Traditions and the Making of a Composite Culture
• Physical Geography of India & World
  1. 1.India's Physical Setting: Physiography, Drainage, Climate, Soils, Vegetation, Wildlife and Resources
• Economic & Social Geography
  1. 1.Agriculture, Industry, Transport and Population Geography of India
• Resources, Agriculture & Industry
  1. 1.Telangana Physical Setting and Resources
  2. 2.Telangana Geography: Agriculture, Industry and Population
  3. 3.Urbanisation and Growth of Hyderabad
• Environment & Ecology
• Telangana — History, Art & Culture
  1. 1.Ancient Telangana
  2. 2.Medieval Telangana: Kakatiyas, Velama Kingdoms, Qutb Shahis and Protest Movements
  3. 3.The Asaf Jahi (Nizam) Era in Telangana
  4. 4.Socio-Cultural Awakening in Telangana

Paper III · Polity, Constitution, Governance & Society

• Indian Constitution & Polity
  1. 1.Evolution of the Indian Constitution: Drafting, Preamble, Salient Features, Basic Structure and Amendments
  2. 2.Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties
  3. 3.System of Government: Union and State — Executive, Parliament and State Legislature
  4. 4.The Judicial System in India: Supreme Court, High Courts and Subordinate Judiciary; Judicial Review, Activism, Independence and Accountability
  5. 5.Federalism, Centre-State Relations, and Local Self-Government in India
• Governance & Public Policy
  1. 1.Union Governance Machinery and Constitutional Bodies
  2. 2.Debates on Development, State, Market and Civil Society
  3. 3.Ethics, Transparency and Administrative Reforms
  4. 4.Participatory Development and Inclusive Governance
• Panchayati Raj & Local Government
  1. 1.State and District Governance
• International Relations
  1. 1.Foreign Policy Overview: India's International Relations
• Indian Society & Social Issues
  1. 1.Salient Features of Indian Society: Unity in Diversity, Social Institutions and Social Change
  2. 2.Social Exclusion and Vulnerable Groups: Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, Minorities and Women
  3. 3.Social Issues in India: Poverty, Unemployment and Communalism
  4. 4.Social Movements in Telangana
  5. 5.Telangana-Specific Social Issues
• Social Justice & Welfare Schemes
  1. 1.Social Policies and Welfare Schemes: Women, Scheduled Castes and Tribes, Backward Classes and Minorities, Population Policy and Poverty Alleviation in India
  2. 2.Telangana Welfare Schemes
• Human Resource Development

Paper IV · Economy & Development (incl. Telangana)

• Indian Economy & Planning
  1. 1.National Income — Concepts, Measurement, and India's Structural Trends
  2. 2.Poverty and Unemployment: Concepts, Measurement and Trends
  3. 3.Five Year Planning and NITI Aayog
• Budget, Banking & Fiscal Policy
  1. 1.Public Finance and the Union Budget: Tax Structure, Expenditure, Debt and Fiscal-Monetary Policy (2026-27)
  2. 2.Money, Banking and RBI
• Agriculture, Industry & Services
  1. 1.National Agriculture, Industry and Services Sectors
  2. 2.Industry and Service Sectors
  3. 3.Telangana Geography: Agriculture, Industry and Population
• Inclusive Growth & Welfare
  1. 1.Telangana Welfare Schemes
  2. 2.Social Policies and Welfare Schemes: Women, Scheduled Castes and Tribes, Backward Classes and Minorities, Population Policy and Poverty Alleviation in India
  3. 3.Participatory Development and Inclusive Governance
• Economy & Development of Telangana
  1. 1.Industry and Service Sectors
  2. 2.Land Reforms: First Generation, Second Generation, and Land Alienation in Scheduled Areas
  3. 3.Economic History: Hyderabad State to Bifurcation
  4. 4.Human Resources and Demographic Transition

Paper V · Science, Technology & Data Interpretation

• Science & Technology
  1. 1.Classical and Emerging Science & Technology for National Development
  2. 2.National Policy of Science & Technology and ICT Basics
  3. 3.Energy Resources and Energy Security: India's Power Mix, Nuclear Push and Renewable Transition
  4. 4.Crop Science in India; Characteristics of Plants
  5. 5.Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
  6. 6.Microbial Infections and Disease
  7. 7.Vaccines and Immunity
• Space, IT & Defence Tech
  1. 1.India's Space Programme: Institutions, Launch Vehicles, Applications and the Road Ahead
  2. 2.Space Technology Applications and Disaster Management
• Environment & Climate Change
  1. 1.Environment vs Development: Policy, Instruments and the Growth-Ecology Tension
  2. 2.Environment Pollution and Solid Waste Management
  3. 3.Natural Resources: Forest, Water, Land and Mining in India and Andhra Pradesh
  4. 4.Climate Change and Sustainable Development
  5. 5.Ecosystems and Biodiversity
• Disaster Management
  1. 1.Space Technology Applications and Disaster Management
• Data Interpretation & Problem Solving

Paper VI · Telangana Movement & State Formation

• Idea of Telangana (1948-1970)
  1. 1.Hyderabad Princely State and the Mulki Issue
  2. 2.Formation of Andhra Pradesh (1956) and the Early Telangana Agitation
• Mobilisational Phase (1971-1990)
  1. 1.The Six Point Formula and G.O. 610
  2. 2.Regional Disparities and Identity in Telangana (1980s-90s)
• Towards Formation of Telangana State (1991-2014)
  1. 1.Regional Disparities and Identity in Telangana (1980s-90s)
  2. 2.Establishment of TRS and the 2009 Telangana Agitation
  3. 3.Cultural Revivalism and the 2014 Reorganization Act

Interview

• Personality Test / Interview