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Telangana Technical Posts Syllabus

One shared paper and one discipline paper. The shared one is published in full with every TGPSC notification; the discipline one is where the real reading list sits.

Telangana Technical Posts · checked 19 September 2026

Telangana Technical Posts at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

Telangana Technical Posts: the facts that matter now

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    Telangana Government Public Service Commission, formerly TSPSC

    Conducted by

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    A degree in the relevant engineering or science discipline; accounts posts have their own requirement

    Qualification

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    Objective, with a general studies paper and a core subject paper

    Format

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    Assistant Engineer, Assistant Executive Engineer, Assistant Scientist, Divisional Accounts Officer

    Typical posts

Syllabus

Telangana Technical Posts — What the syllabus covers

General Studies and General Abilities
Current affairs of regional, national and international importance; general science and developments in science and technology; environmental issues and disaster management; world, Indian and Telangana geography; Indian history and cultural heritage; society, the Constitution and governance; the Indian and Telangana economy; logical reasoning and data interpretation; and the Telangana movement and state formation.
Core paper — civil engineering
Strength of materials and structural analysis, reinforced concrete and steel design, fluid mechanics and hydraulics, water resources and irrigation engineering, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, surveying, environmental engineering, and construction planning and estimation. Irrigation and water resources carry particular weight in a state where the department is a major employer.
Core paper — electrical engineering
Circuits and network theory, electrical machines, power systems including generation, transmission, distribution and protection, control systems, measurements and instrumentation, power electronics and drives, and utilisation of electrical energy.
Core paper — mechanical engineering
Thermodynamics, heat transfer and applied thermal engineering, fluid mechanics and hydraulic machines, theory of machines and machine design, strength of materials, manufacturing processes, industrial and production engineering.
Core paper — science and laboratory posts
The relevant science discipline at degree level, with emphasis on analytical methods, laboratory practice, instrumentation and the regulatory framework the department works within.
Core paper — accounts posts
Accounting principles and practice, auditing, financial and treasury rules, government accounting and budgeting, and the service and financial regulations applying to state government accounts work.

The core syllabus for an engineering post is close to the standard undergraduate curriculum, which means graduation notes and standard texts remain the right material. What differs from a campus examination is the format — objective questions answered at speed, rewarding recall of formulae and standard results rather than long derivations.

Syllabus is published per notification and per discipline

TGPSC publishes a separate syllabus for each technical notification and each discipline within it. Departmental emphasis varies — an irrigation post and a municipal engineering post weight the civil syllabus differently. Work from the document attached to your notification.

How a technical notification divides its paper. The discipline column changes with the post; the general column rarely does.
ComponentWhat it coversHow it behaves under preparation
Core discipline paperThe degree-level subjects of the engineering or science discipline the post requires.Deep and finite. Responds to systematic revision of subjects you have already studied once.
General studiesCurrent affairs, polity, economy, geography, science, and the Telangana layer.Broad and open-ended. Responds to daily contact and to question practice rather than to reading.
The state layerTelangana geography, resources, irrigation, power and the statehood movement.Finite, differentiating, and directly relevant to the departments these posts sit in.
Departmental contextThe irrigation, panchayat raj, public health or municipal system the post works within.Rarely a syllabus line and frequently useful — for the paper, and unmistakably for the interview stage where one exists.

The characteristic mistake in these recruitments is treating the core paper as revision and the general studies paper as the real work. It is usually the other way round. Core subjects were studied for a degree and can be rebuilt from a formula sheet in weeks; general studies and the state layer are accumulated over months and cannot be compressed. Start the slow half first, and use the core paper as the thing you revise while it accumulates.

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