TSPSC is a state-level examination for being employed by Telangana state public service commission. TSPSC Group 1 exam consists of all high-rank positions and highly paid salaried posts.
TSPSC exam isn’t a very easy exam to crack but the right set of study materials, strategy and practice can help you do so. But how to find the right study material? The study material that is good or bad?
Proper study material will help you set a good score for yourself in the examination. The information gathered in the right manner will keep serving you in different ways. Everyone has a different way of studying.
Always try getting books that will give you more information than your requirement which will help you write a better descriptive paper.
TSPSC syllabus will help you find the right study material that will add a little more ease to your hard work for clearing the exam that you have been working for. Here are a few reference books that can help you find your study material.
TSPSC exam for group 1 Is conducted in three phases. Let us plan phase-wise the books that you can refer to clear the stages and get selected for the post you choose.
The first phase is the prelims.
This is an objective type of paper for 150 marks with a duration of 2 hours and 30 minutes. Right answers are given one mark each and the wrong answers have a negative marking of 1/3rd mark.
The prelims paper is just for eligibility for the next round and these marks will not be added to the merit list. The prelims paper is in three languages, English, Urdu, and Telegu.
The subject for the prelim paper is General science and mental abilities. This paper majorly focuses on how well you are updated about the things going around you.
Different books can help you gather the information to crack this exam and qualify for the main
- TSPSC general science and mental abilities set of 2 books
-TSPSC general science and mental abilities set of 5 books
-Current affairs for competitive exams
-The aptitude study material for competitive exams
As prelims are just a qualifying paper, that deals majorly with the daily update of your surroundings, referring to previous papers and solving this set of books would help you crack the exam.
The second phase is the written or main exam.
After qualifying through the prelims, you write the main exam which is a descriptive paper. This main exam plays an important role in the selection of your employment.
Mains consists of 6 papers and an English language qualifying exam, each of 150 marks with a duration of 3 hours. English language paper is just a qualifying paper and the marks scored are not added to the merit list. There is no negative marking for the main exam.
The mains have 6 papers each with different sub-topics, and the syllabus is easily available on the official website of TSPSC.
Few books that can be referred to while preparing for the mains are mentioned below.
- History of modern Indian- Bipin Chandra
- Indian’s ancient past- R.S Sharma
- History of medieval
- India- Satish Chandra.
- Essay for civil
- service- Pulkit Khare
- Telangana regional history
- Indian polity- M. Laxminath
- Social problem- Ram Ahuja
- Environmental studies
- Indian economy
- Verbal and nonverbal reasoning
- Culture and history of Telangana
These are a few books that can help cover the syllabus for main exams. Main exams have a syllabus being described and the topics generally revolve around focusing on improving knowledge in different aspects.
The above-mentioned books are a few that can be used as reference material.
The third phase is the interview
This mainly revolves around your personality and your confidence. This phase doesn’t need a study material to be prepared but it needs a good vocabulary for which you can refer few books which will help improve your confidence and vocabulary.
Few other points
The above mentioned are a few books that can be of reference help while you prepare for the competitive exam of TSPSC. Solving previous year’s papers would also be reference material briefing you about the type of questions that can be asked.
Few reference materials are easily available in the pdf format on the internet that can help efficiently study the topics.
