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A Group 1 mock has to do two different jobs, because the examination has two different formats. Treating both as the same exercise is why mock scores and mains results diverge.
TGPSC Group 1 · checked 19 September 2026
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.
Checked 19 September 2026
Telangana Government Public Service Commission, formerly TSPSC
A bachelor’s degree from a recognised university
Prelims (screening) → descriptive Mains. No interview under the current scheme
Screening only — the marks do not carry into the merit list
Practice
For the prelims, a mock is a measurement instrument: sit it to time, score it honestly, and read the result as a list of topics rather than as a mark. For the mains, a mock is a writing session — a full paper answered by hand in the allotted time, which is uncomfortable enough that most candidates avoid doing it often enough.
When you review a handwritten answer, mark three things separately: whether it answered the question asked, whether its structure is visible at a glance, and whether it finished inside the time. Content gaps are the easiest of the three to fix and the least likely to be what is costing you marks.
| What you observe | What it usually means | What to change |
|---|---|---|
| High accuracy, low attempts | You are reading every option before committing. Knowledge is fine; decision speed is not. | Practise a fixed commit rule on questions you know, to buy minutes for the ones you do not. |
| High attempts, low accuracy | You are guessing past the point where the guess is informed. | Mark every question you guessed and study only those topics. Do not raise attempts further. |
| Telangana questions missed disproportionately | The state layer is the gap, and it is the one national material will not close. | Move state history, geography and the movement to the front of the daily schedule for a month. |
| Mains answers unfinished | Writing speed rather than knowledge — the most common single failure in this examination. | One handwritten answer daily at twenty minutes, every day, until the paper finishes itself. |
| Essay marked lower than expected | Usually structure and balance rather than content. | Plan for five minutes before writing, and keep the plan visible in the margin. |
A mains mock is only a mock if it is written by hand, to time, in one sitting, and then marked by someone who is not you — or, failing that, marked by you a week later when you have forgotten what you meant to say. An answer that made sense while you were writing it and does not make sense seven days on is an answer a marker would also have failed to follow.
Exam resources
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