Exam Guides

TGPSC Group 1 is decided in two stages. A Preliminary Test of one objective paper (150 questions, 150 marks, 150 minutes) selects candidates for a written Main examination of six papers of 150 marks each, plus a qualifying General English paper. Paper VI — Telangana Movement and State Formation — is the paper that sets this exam apart from every other.

APPSC and TGPSC Group 1 share their shape — an objective first stage, then 150-mark written papers — but differ where it matters. APPSC screens with two objective papers and ends with a 75-mark interview after five merit papers; TGPSC uses one 150-question preliminary paper and six merit papers, including a full paper on the Telangana movement. Most of the general studies overlaps; the state content does not.

The UPSC Civil Services Examination has three stages. The Preliminary Examination is two objective papers of 200 marks each, the second of them qualifying at 33%. The Main Examination is nine written papers — two qualifying language papers of 300 marks and seven ranking papers of 250 marks — and the Interview carries 275 marks. Ranking rests on 2,025 marks: 1,750 from the Main Examination and 275 from the Interview.

The APPSC Group 1 examination has three stages. A Screening Test of two objective papers (120 marks each, with one-third negative marking) is followed by a written Main examination of five merit papers of 150 marks each plus two qualifying language papers, and then an Interview of 75 marks. This guide walks through each paper as Notification No. 07/2026 sets it out.