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TGPSC Group 4 fills the junior assistant and ministerial posts that keep state offices running — Junior Assistant, Junior Accountant, Junior Auditor, Ward Officer, Matron and Supervisor among them. It is the largest recruitment the commission runs by number of applicants, and the last cycle notified more than eight thousand posts.
Its structure is the simplest of the four groups: two objective papers, one on general studies and one on secretarial abilities. That second paper is what makes Group 4 different from everything else TGPSC sets, and it is the one most candidates underestimate.
TGPSC Group 4 · 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 — Group 4 is graduate-level despite the junior posts
Two — General Studies, and Secretarial Abilities
Objective; no interview
Notification
Checked 11 September 2026. The most recent Group 4 cycle is Notification No. 19/2022 of 1 December 2022 — the largest recruitment the commission has run. The written examination was held in July 2023 and selections were still being released in July 2026, because a run of court cases about degree validity held part of the list back.
| Stage | When |
|---|---|
| Notification issued | 1 December 2022 |
| Applications | 30 December 2022 to 3 February 2023, the closing date having been extended from 30 January |
| Written examination held | 1 July 2023 |
| Certificate verification | June to November 2024 |
| First provisional selection | 14 November 2024 — 8,084 candidates selected, 59 withheld |
| Further selections released | Seven further tranches, the latest on 23 July 2026 |
Selections were withheld from candidates whose degrees were obtained outside the awarding university’s territorial jurisdiction, on the view that such a degree was not a valid qualification. The commission’s July 2026 notification records that this was resolved under court orders in a batch of writ petitions decided in April 2026, and released the next candidates in merit order. Provisional selections in this recruitment have throughout been published subject to the outcome of pending litigation, which is why a place on a provisional list is not the same as an appointment.
As at the date checked above, the commission’s recruitment list carries no new Group 4 cycle. Vacancy counts circulating for a "Group 4 2026 notification" are not from any commission document.
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Overview
Group 4 is the entry point into the state’s ministerial service. The posts are office-based — maintaining records, processing files, handling accounts and collections at the municipal and departmental level — and they are the posts most Telangana graduates first apply for. The consequence is a field measured in lakhs and a cutoff that moves with accuracy rather than with knowledge.
The examination is two objective papers. The general studies paper is the familiar one, covering current affairs, history, polity, geography, economy, science and Telangana-specific content including the statehood movement. The secretarial abilities paper is not familiar: it examines mental ability, reasoning, comprehension, sentence rearrangement, communication in English and basic computer knowledge — the skills the job itself uses.
Group 4 is a graduate-level recruitment despite the junior nature of the posts. Individual post codes vary — some ask for a commerce degree, one for B.Com (Computers), and Ward Officer required a graduate with 50% aggregate, 40% for SC and ST candidates. Check the qualification clause for the specific post code you are applying to rather than for the group as a whole.
Eligibility
| Requirement | What the notification set |
|---|---|
| Qualification | A bachelor’s degree from a university in India established by a Central, State or Provincial Act, or an institution recognised by the UGC. Group 4 is a graduate-level recruitment despite the junior nature of the posts. |
| Post-specific variations | Some post codes ask for a commerce degree, one asks for B.Com (Computers), and Ward Officer required a graduate in any discipline with 50% aggregate — 40% for SC and ST candidates. The requirement is set per post code, so read the notification’s own table rather than the general clause. |
| Women-only post codes | Post Codes 11(B), 55(B), 75(B) and 88(B), together with the Matron posts, are reserved for women under standing government orders. |
| 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. Eligibility ends at 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. There was no concession by community or gender. |
Selection process
Each stage in order, and what it actually tests.
| Stage | Format | What it involves |
|---|---|---|
| Written examination | Objective, two papers | Paper I on general studies and general abilities, and Paper II on secretarial abilities. Both are objective, both count, and the total across them builds the merit list. |
| Certificate verification | Documents | Age, qualification, category, local status and claimed relaxations verified against originals for candidates called in order of merit — at three times the number of vacancies, and five times for candidates with disabilities. |
| Medical certificate, for two post codes only | Physical requirements | Matron Grade-II and Supervisor posts carry notified height, weight and chest requirements, certified by a government Civil Assistant Surgeon. Re-examination of the physical measurement is not entertained. No other Group 4 post has a physical standard. |
| Post allotment | Merit and preference | Allotment by merit against submitted preferences, within the reservation and local-cadre rules applying to the recruitment. |
Exam pattern
| Paper | Subject | Questions | Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper I | General Studies | 150 | 150 | 150 minutes |
| Paper II | Secretarial Abilities — mental ability verbal and non-verbal, logical reasoning, comprehension, re-arrangement of sentences to improve analysis of a passage, and numerical and arithmetical abilities | 150 | 150 | 150 minutes |
The Group 4 scheme of examination is the two papers above and nothing else — no interview, no skill test and no typewriting requirement in the educational qualification for any post code. Typewriting does appear in Telangana ministerial recruitment, but in Group 3, for Post Code 105 Junior Assistant cum Typist, and there it is a qualification to be held at the time of applying rather than a test conducted during selection. If you are budgeting months for typing practice on the strength of a Group 4 page saying you will be tested on it, check the notification first.
Half the examination is Secretarial Abilities, and it is the half that is trainable. General studies rewards a year of accumulated reading; sentence rearrangement, comprehension, reasoning and arithmetic reward drilled method and reward it quickly. In a recruitment where the mark that separates candidates is accuracy under time rather than breadth of knowledge, that is where the marks are actually won.
Study plan
Sources
Checked 11 September 2026. Vacancies, eligibility, fees, qualifying marks and the scheme of examination are taken from Notification No. 19/2022, its addendum and the commission’s Group-IV scheme and syllabus, with the selection chronology from the commission’s own selection notifications. The commission publishes no Group 4 previous-year question papers — its old question papers archive holds none for this examination in any year.
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Exam resources
Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.
Questions
Group 4 is two objective papers — Paper I on general studies and general abilities, and Paper II on secretarial abilities, which covers mental ability, arithmetic, comprehension and sentence rearrangement, and basic computer knowledge. Each paper carries 150 questions and 150 marks, for a total of 300. Both count towards the merit list, and the scheme has no interview and no skill test. Confirm question counts, marks, duration and the marking rules in your notification.
Yes. Group 4 is a graduate-level recruitment despite the junior nature of the posts, and a bachelor’s degree from a recognised university is the general requirement. Some post codes ask for more — a commerce degree, B.Com (Computers), or a minimum aggregate — so check the qualification clause for the specific post code rather than for the group.
It is an objective paper testing the skills the job uses: mental ability and reasoning, school-level arithmetic, reading comprehension and rearrangement of sentences, and basic computer knowledge. Unlike general studies it is a closed syllabus, which means a prepared candidate can approach full marks — and because the Group 4 cutoff is high and the field very large, this is usually the paper that decides selection.
Junior Assistant, Junior Accountant, Junior Auditor, Ward Officer, Matron and Supervisor are among the posts filled through Group 4, across state departments and municipal bodies. In the last cycle the single largest item was 1,862 Ward Officer vacancies under municipal administration. The exact post list and vacancy numbers are set by each notification.
Four to six months of consistent work is a realistic estimate for a graduate starting fresh, with the secretarial abilities paper prepared first because it is the one that can be completed. Candidates already preparing for Group 2 or Group 3 share most of the general studies work and need to add the secretarial abilities paper specifically.
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