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TGPSC Group 3 fills degree-level posts across state departments, corporations and public undertakings — statistical, accounts and administrative roles that sit below the supervisory posts of Group 2 and above the ministerial posts of Group 4.
It is the least understood of the four groups, largely because it is notified less often. Its syllabus is drawn from the same body of material as Group 2, and the practical question for a candidate is not what to study but how to sit three recruitments off one preparation.
TGPSC Group 3 · 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
Objective papers; no interview
Three in recent cycles — general studies and general abilities, history, polity and society, and economy and development
Notification
Checked 11 September 2026. The most recent Group 3 cycle is Notification No. 29/2022 of 30 December 2022, and it is still being closed out — the written examination was held almost two years after the notification, and selections were still being released in mid-2026. No newer Group 3 notification has been issued.
| Stage | When |
|---|---|
| Notification issued | 30 December 2022 |
| Applications | 24 January to 23 February 2023 |
| Written examination held | 17 and 18 November 2024 |
| General ranking list | 14 March 2025 |
| Provisional selection | 18 December 2025 |
| Further selections released | Sports quota on 1 June 2026; Post Code 105 and the MH category on 24 June 2026 |
The commission’s 2026 recruitment list carries specialised posts — Town Planning, Seed Certification Officer, Assistant Executive Engineer, DIET Lecturer and similar — and no Group 3 cycle. Vacancy counts and application dates being published elsewhere for a "Group 3 2026 notification" do not appear in any commission document. Check the direct recruitment list yourself before acting on one.
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Overview
Group 3 has filled degree-level posts across departments and public undertakings, in statistical, accounts and administrative work. It is notified less regularly than Group 2 or Group 4, which means candidates often meet it as a recruitment that opens at short notice while they are already preparing for something else.
That is the right way to approach it. In recent cycles the examination has been three objective papers covering general studies and general abilities, history, polity and society, and economy and development — the same subjects Group 2 examines, bundled differently. A candidate prepared for Group 2 is substantially prepared for Group 3, and the reverse is nearly true.
Group 3 has appeared with different paper structures across its history. Three objective papers is what the recent cycle used. Before planning around any structure — including this one — download the syllabus attached to your notification, because it is the document the paper is actually set from.
Eligibility
| Requirement | What the notification set |
|---|---|
| Qualification | A degree from a university in India established by a Central, Provincial or State Act, or an equivalent qualification. A few post codes ask for more: Post Code 31 for a degree including computer science, Post Code 42 for computers as an optional subject or a technical board certificate, and Post Codes 60 and 105 for a post-graduate diploma in computers. |
| Typewriting | Post Code 105, Junior Assistant cum Typist, additionally required a pass in the Government Technical Examination in Typewriting, Higher Grade in Telugu. This is an educational qualification to be held at application, not a skill test in the selection. |
| Age | 18 to 44 years as on 1 July 2022 — the upper limit having been raised from 34 to 44 by government order in March 2022. |
| Age relaxation | Telangana government employees up to 5 years by length of regular service; ex-servicemen 3 years plus service rendered; NCC instructors 3 years plus service; SC, ST, BC and EWS candidates 5 years; persons with disability 10 years. No candidate remains eligible past 61 years after relaxation. |
| Application processing fee | ₹200, payable by every applicant with no exemption. |
| Examination fee | ₹80, from which unemployed candidates were exempt on filing a declaration. Government employees at any level paid it. There was no fee concession by community or gender. |
Post Code 78, in the Endowments Department, is reserved under Rule 3 of the Telangana Ministerial Service Rules 1988 to candidates professing the Hindu religion. It is the kind of clause that only appears in the post-code table, which is why the table is worth reading in full rather than skimming the general eligibility paragraph.
Selection process
Each stage in order, and what it actually tests.
| Stage | Format | What it involves |
|---|---|---|
| Written examination | Objective, multiple papers | Papers covering general studies and general abilities, history, polity and society, and economy and development, with Telangana-specific content inside each. Marks are aggregated across the papers. |
| Certificate verification | Documents | Age, qualification, category, local status and any claimed relaxation verified against the originals for candidates called in order of merit. |
| Post allotment | Merit and preference | Allotment by merit against submitted preferences, within the reservation and zonal rules applying to the recruitment. |
Exam pattern
| Paper | Subject | Questions | Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper I | General Studies and General Abilities | 150 | 150 | 2½ hours |
| Paper II | History, Polity and Society — three sections of 50 questions each | 150 | 150 | 2½ hours |
| Paper III | Economy and Development — three sections of 50 questions each | 150 | 150 | 2½ hours |
Three papers of the same size means the syllabus is not weighted the way a prelims-and-mains exam is. Paper II and Paper III each carry as many marks as the whole general studies paper, so Telangana history, polity, society, the Indian economy and the state’s own development record are two-thirds of the examination. A candidate who treats them as supporting material for a general studies core has the weighting exactly backwards.
Study plan
In the last cycle almost two years passed between the notification and the written examination. That is long enough for current affairs to turn over completely and long enough for motivation to lapse. Plan a maintenance routine you can hold for a year, rather than a sprint timed to the date printed in the notification.
Sources
Checked 11 September 2026. Vacancies, eligibility, fees, qualifying marks and the scheme of examination are taken from Notification No. 29/2022 and the commission’s Group-III scheme and syllabus. The commission publishes no Group 3 previous-year question papers: its old question papers page carries none for this examination in any year, so material offered elsewhere as an official Group 3 paper did not come from the commission's archive.
Exam resources
Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.
Questions
The recent Group 3 cycle used three objective papers — general studies and general abilities; history, polity and society; and economy and development — with marks aggregated across the papers and no interview. Certificate verification follows the written result. Because Group 3 is notified irregularly and its structure has varied, confirm the paper list, marks and duration in the notification for your recruitment.
They are drawn from the same syllabus but bundled differently. Group 2 has used four papers including one devoted entirely to the Telangana movement and state formation; Group 3 has used three, with that material examined inside the history, polity and society paper and the general studies paper. Group 3 posts sit a level below Group 2 posts, and both are decided by the written papers alone.
Group 3 has filled degree-level posts across state departments, corporations and public undertakings, in statistical, accounts and administrative work. The post list and the vacancies in each are set by the notification for that recruitment, and they vary considerably between cycles.
Largely, yes. The general studies core, the Telangana content and the statehood movement material are examined in all of them. What differs is the paper structure — Group 4 pairs general studies with a secretarial abilities paper, while Groups 2 and 3 examine subject papers. Prepare the syllabus by subject and adapt to the structure when a notification appears.
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