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When lakhs of candidates sit two short objective papers, the exam measures reliability rather than ceiling. Mocks are how reliability is built.
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
Practice
The number to watch in a Group 4 mock is not the score but the error type. A candidate losing marks to unknown facts needs to study; a candidate losing them to slips needs to slow down by a few seconds a question. Those are opposite remedies, and applying the wrong one is the most common way a plateau sets in.
Group 4 scores commonly stall for weeks and then move suddenly. A plateau almost never means you need more material; it usually means the error mix has shifted from knowledge gaps to slips, and slips respond to pace rather than to study. If your error log shows more careless mistakes than unknown facts for three mocks running, slow down by a few seconds a question and watch the score before adding anything new to read.
| What the result shows | What it means | What to do about it |
|---|---|---|
| General studies fine, abilities poor | The common shape. Knowledge accumulated, skill never drilled. | Fifteen minutes daily on one abilities family, rotating. Stop adding general studies material for a month. |
| Abilities fine, general studies poor | Coverage gaps, usually in current affairs and the state layer. | Finish subjects one at a time; keep a monthly current-affairs consolidation rather than a daily diary. |
| Both papers fine on topic tests, both poor on full papers | Pacing. You are working comfortably rather than at exam speed. | Practise at the paper’s real seconds-per-question, which will feel uncomfortably fast at first. |
| Accuracy falling in the last quarter of a paper | Concentration, not knowledge. | Full-length sittings without breaks, and the same time of day as the examination. |
| A plateau across several weeks | Revision has replaced learning. | Switch from reading to solving. Score movement comes from questions attempted, not pages reread. |
Because Group 4 has only two papers, a full mock is short enough to sit weekly without disrupting a working week — which removes the usual excuse. Weekly full mocks from three months out, each followed the same evening by an error log, is a routine that fits around a job and outperforms sporadic long study sessions.
Exam resources
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