TSPSC Group 2 Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2020

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TSPSC Group 2 Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2020

TSPSC Group 2 Exam Pattern

Telangana State Public Service Commission Group 2 Services exam pattern details for the following posts are given in the table below

1. Municipal Commissioner Gr-III (Municipal Administration Sub Service)
2. Assistant Commercial Tax Officer (Commercial Tax Sub-Service)
3. Sub-Registrar Gr-II (Registration Sub-Service)
4. Extension Officer (Rural Development Sub Service, Panchayat Raj)
5. Prohibition and Excise Sub Inspector (Excise Sub-Service)

Exam Pattern:

The examination consists of 4 Papers

• Paper-I
• Paper-II
• Paper-III

Each paper carries 150 marks and is of duration 2 and a half hours.

Scheme of Examination:

1. The Exam Pattern is as shown in the table below

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TSPSC Group 2 Syllabus

Telangana State Public Service Commission or Group 2 Services is given below.

Paper-I: General Studies and General Abilities

1. Current Affairs – Regional, National & International.
2. International Relations and Events.
3. Environmental Issues; Disaster Management- Prevention and Mitigation Strategies.
4. World Geography, Indian Geography, and Geography of Telangana State.
5. History and Cultural Heritage of India.
6. Society, Culture, Heritage, of Telangana.
7. Policies of Telangana State.
8. Social Exclusion, Rights Issues, and Inclusive Policies.
9. Logical Reasoning; Analytical Ability and Data Interpretation.
10. Basic English. (10th Class Standard)
11. General Science; India’s Achievements in Science and Technology

Paper-II: History, Polity, and Society

I. Socio-Cultural History of India and Telangana:

Salient features of Indus Valley Civilization:

1. Society and Culture – Early and Later Vedic Civilizations
2. Religious Movements in Sixth Century B.C. – Jainism and Buddhism.
3. Socio, Cultural Contribution of Mauryas, Guptas, Pallavas, Chalukyas, Cholas Art and Architecture – Harsha and the Rajput Age.

The Advent of Islam and the Establishment of Delhi Sultanate

1. Socio, Cultural Conditions under the Sultanate –Sufi and Bhakti Movements.
2. The Mughals: Social and Cultural Conditions; Language, Literature, Art, and Architecture.
3. Rise of Marathas and their contribution to Culture;
4. Socio-Cultural conditions in the Deccan under the Bahamanis and Vijayanagara – Literature, Art, and Architecture.

Advent of Europeans

1. Rise and Expansion of British Rule: Socio-Cultural Policies – Cornwallis, Wellesley, William Bentinck, Dalhousie, and others.
2. The Rise of Socio-Religious Reform Movements in the Nineteenth Century.
3. Social Protest Movements in India –Jotiba and Savithribai Phule, Ayyankali, Narayana Guru, Periyar Ramaswamy Naicker, Gandhi, Ambedkar, etc.

Socio-Cultural conditions in Ancient Telangana

1. Satavahanas, Ikshvakus, Vishnukundins, Mudigonda, and Vemulawada Chalukyas. Religion, Language, Literature, Art, and Architecture
2. Medieval Telangana – Contribution of Kakatiyas, Rachakonda and Devarakonda Velamas, Qutub Shahis
3. Socio-Cultural developments: Emergence of Composite Culture. Fairs, Festivals, Moharram, Ursu, Jataras, etc.

Foundation of Asaf Jahi Dynasty

1. from Nizam –ul- Mulk to Mir Osaman Ali Khan
2. Salar Jung Reforms
3. Social system and Social conditions-Jagirdars, Zamindars, Deshmukh, and Doras- Vetti and Bhagela system and position of Women.

Rise of Socio-Cultural Movements in Telangana

1. Arya Samaj, Andhra Maha Sabha, Andhra Mahila Sabha, Adi-Hindu Movements, Literary and Library Movements.
2. Peasant and Tribal Revolts: Ramji Gond, Kumaram Bheemu, Telangana Peasant Armed Struggle
3. Police Action and the End of Nizam Rule.
4. Overview of the Indian Constitution and Politics
5. Indian Constitution: New Challenges.

II. Overview of the Indian Constitution and Politics

1. Indian Constitution: New Challenges.
2. Union and State Governments – President – Prime Minister and Council of Ministers; Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers – Powers and Functions.
3. Evolution of Indian Constitution – Nature and salient features – Preamble.
4. Fundamental Rights – Directive Principles of State Policy – Fundamental Duties
5. Distinctive Features of Indian Federalism – Distribution of Legislative and Administrative Powers between Union and States
6. Rural and Urban Governance with special reference to the 73rd and 74th Amendments.
7. Electoral System: Free and fair Elections, Malpractices; Election Commission; Electoral Reforms and Political Parties.
8. Judicial System in India – Judicial Activism.
   1. Special Provisions for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, Women, and Minorities.
   2. Welfare Mechanism for Enforcement – National Commission for Scheduled Castes, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes and National Commission for Backward Classes.

III. Social Structure, Issues, and Public Policies

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

Paper-III: Economy and Development

Indian Economy: Issues and Challenges

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

Economy and Development of Telangana.

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

Issues of Development and Change

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

Paper-IV Telangana Movement and State Formation

The idea of Telangana (1948-1970)

1. Formation of Telangana Praja Samithi and Course of Movement
2. Historical Background
3. Hyderabad State in Independent India
4. Formation of Andhra Pradesh, 1956
5. Violation of Employment and Service Rules

 Mobilization phase (1971 -1990)

1. Quest for Telangana identity-intellectual discussions and debates
2. Court Judgements on Mulki Rules
3. SocioEconomic and Cultural fabric of Telangana, Rise of Regional Parties in the 1980s and Changes in the Political, Liberalization, and Privatisation policies in the 1990s.
4. Rise and Spread of Naxalite Movement, causes and consequences

Towards Formation of Telangana State (1991-2014)

1. Parliamentary Process; UPA Government’s stand on Telangana
2. Public awakening and Intellectual reaction against discrimination
3. Political Realignment and Electoral Alliances in 2004, Establishment of Telangana Rashtra Samithi in 2001, and later Phase of Telangana Movement
4. Role of Political Parties
5. Cultural Revivalism in Telangana

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