TSPSC Group-3 Syllabus, Exam Pattern

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TSPSC Group-3 Exam Pattern

Number Of Papers	Test Type	Name of the Subjects	Total Questions	Number Of Marks	Time Duration
Paper I	Objective Type of Questions		150	150	2 1/2 hours
Paper II	History, Polity & Society	General Studies and General Abilities	150	150	2 1/2 hours
Paper III	Economy and Development		150	150	2 1/2 hours
Total			450	450

Environmental Issues; Disaster Management- Prevention and Mitigation Strategies.
International Relations and Events.
Current Affairs – Regional, National & International.
World Geography, Indian Geography, and Geography of Telangana State.
History and Cultural Heritage of India.
Social Exclusion, Rights Issues, and Inclusive Policies.
Policies of Telangana State.
General Science; India’s Achievements in Science and Technology.

Peasant’s Movements, Tribal Movements, Backward Class Movements, Dalit Movements, Environmental Movements, Women’s Movements, Regional Autonomy Movements, Human Rights Movements.
Salient Features of Indian society: Caste, Family, Marriage, Kinship, Religion, Tribe, Women Middle class
Socio-Cultural Features of Telangana Society.
Social Issues
Social Movements
Affirmative Policies for SCs, STs, OBC, Women, Disabled and Children; Minorities, Labour, Welfare Programmes: Employment, Poverty Alleviation Programmes; Rural and Urban, Women and Child Welfare, Tribal Welfare.
Telangana Specific Social Issues:
Vetti, Jogini, Devadasi System, Child labor, Girl Child, Fluorosis, Migration, Farmer’s and Weaver’s Distress.
Inequality and Exclusion: Casteism, Communalism, Regionalism, Child Labour, Human Trafficking, Violence against Women, Disability and Aged.
Social Policies and Welfare Programmes
Indian Social Structure

Industry and Service Sectors: Industrial Development; Structure and Growth of Industry sectorMicro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Sector; Industrial Infrastructure; Industrial Policy of Telangana; Structure and Growth of Service sector.
Telangana Economy in undivided Andhra Pradesh (1956-2014)- Deprivations (Water (Bachavat Committee), Finances (Lalit, Bhargava, Wanchu Committees) and Employment( Jai Bharat Committee, Georgian Committee) and Under Development.
Agriculture and Allied Sectors: Share of Agriculture and Allied sectors in GSDP; Distribution of land holdings; Dependence on Agriculture; Irrigation- Sources of Irrigation; Problems of Dryland Agriculture; Agricultural credit.
Land Reforms in Telangana: Abolition of Intermediaries: Zamindari, Jagirdari, and Inamdar; Tenancy Reforms; Land ceiling; Land alienation in Scheduled Areas

Indian Economy: Issues and Challenges.
Growth and Development: Concepts of Growth and Development –Relationship between Growth and Development
Measures of Economic Growth: National Income- Definition, Concepts and Methods of measuring National Income; Nominal and Real Income.
Planning in Indian Economy: Objectives, Priorities, Strategies, and Achievements of Five-year Plans – 12th FYP; Inclusive Growth – NITI Aayog
Poverty and Unemployment: Concepts of Poverty – Income based Poverty and Non-Income based poverty; Measurement of Poverty; Unemployment- Definition, Types of Unemployment

Economic Reforms: Growth, Poverty, and Inequalities – Social Development (education and health); Social Transformation; Social Security.
Development Dynamics: Regional Inequalities in India – Social Inequalities – Caste, Ethnicity (tribe), Gender and Religion; Migration; Urbanisation.
Sustainable Development: Concept and Measurement; Sustainable Development Goals
Development and Displacement: Land Acquisition Policy; Resettlement and Rehabilitation.