TSPSC Group 1 Preliminary exam 2022 - Preparation Strategy

 

Success in an exam depends completely on three factors. They are

a. Structure/ Design of Preparation Plan

b. Proper implementation of Preparation plan

c. Performance in the exam

 

Here in this post, I will discuss about the preparation strategy for the exam.

If you are preparing for the civil services exam there is no need for you to have a separate plan for TSPSC group 1 exam. Just continue your preparation for civil services exam but only thing to add in your preparation plan is Telangana state – Geography, economy, policies, society and culture.

I am writing this post to provide a proper preparation plan for those who are preparing for only TSPSC Group 1 exam.

If you are new to this, I mean if you started your preparation recently or if you are going to start your preparation soon, this post is going to provide some useful information regarding Preparation.

First recommended step for anyone who is about to start preparation is to read and remember syllabus ( CLICK HERE FOR SYLLABUS ) and to go through few previous papers. But as this will be the first Group 1 exam to be conducted after the state formation there are no previous question papers.

Do not worry as there are no availability of previous question papers and model question papers for you to gain some insights. But you can go through the civil service preliminary exam question papers of past 3 to 5 years. You can also check the APPSC group 1 preliminary exam papers conducted in the year 2017 and 2019. These will help you in understanding how the questions are being framed.

 Most of the aspirants do a mistake of giving lot of time in reading newspapers and focusing only on current events. They feel they are preparing well just by tracking few current affairs daily. If you are one of them just stop doing it.

You should start your preparation with the core subjects – History, Geography, Polity & Constitution, and Economy. (More than 60% of the question paper will consists questions from these subjects)

Initially you can take History and polity subjects. Split your preparation day into two parts. During the first part of the day you can read History and in the later part you can read Polity. Continue this for first two weeks.

Week # 1 and 2

PART – 1 of the Preparation Day	PART – 2 of the Preparation Day
(3 hours)    History	(3 hours)    Indian Polity and Constitution

 

After first two weeks in this way, later from third week you can split your preparation day into three parts. Include Geography. Continue this way in third and fourth week.

 

Week # 3 and 4

PART – 1 of the Preparation Day	PART – 2 of the Preparation Day	PART – 3 of the Preparation Day
(1.5 hour)   History	(1.5 Hour)   Indian Polity and Constitution	(3 hours)   Geography

 

After following this way for 4 weeks now you need to keep one subject out and include Economy in its place. By the end of 4^th week you will find either History or Polity interesting or easy to tackle. So keep that subject which you feel interesting/ easy out of preparation plan for few weeks and include Economy in its place.

 

Week # 5

Part – 1 of the preparation Day	Part – 2 of the preparation Day	Part – 3 of the Preparation Day
(1.5 Hour)   History / polity	(2.5 hours)   Geography	(2 hours)   Economy

 

 

Week # 6

Part – 1 of the preparation Day	Part – 2 of the preparation Day	Part – 3 of the Preparation Day
(1 Hour)   History / polity	(2 hours)   Geography	(3 hours)   Economy

 

By the end of 6^th week you should gain confidence in all the four subjects.

As you are able to spend six hours daily for your preparation for six weeks you will become comfortable with six hours of daily preparation. From 7^th week you can increase your study time by an hour.

 

During the 7^th week of your preparation, split your preparation day into four parts.

During this week give high priority to the subject – Telangana state (geography, economy, policies, society and cultural aspects) and try to work on basic numerical concepts like averages, percentages, time, speed and distance, ratio and proportions, simplifications, probability etc. These concepts help you in solving logical reasoning and analytical problems

 

Week # 7

Part – 1 of the preparation Day	(1.5 Hour) History/ Polity
Part – 2 of the Preparation Day	(1.5 Hour) Geography / Economy
Part – 3 of the Preparation Day	(3 Hours) Telangana state
Part – 4 of the Preparation Day	(1 Hour) Logical Reasoning and analytical ability

 

During the 8^th week of preparation plan include general science

Week # 8

Part – 1 of the preparation Day	(1.5 Hour) History/ Polity
Part – 2 of the Preparation Day	(1.5 Hour) Geography / Economy
Part – 3 of the Preparation Day	(3 Hours) General Science
Part – 4 of the Preparation Day	(1 Hour) Logical Reasoning and analytical ability

 

Now again you can increase your study time by an hour from 9^th week.

From 9^th week you can start focusing on current events. You can use any monthly magazine/ coaching institute’s current affairs material of your wish

Week # 9

Part – 1 of the preparation Day	(2 Hours) History
Part – 2 of the Preparation Day	(2 Hours) Geography
Part – 3 of the Preparation Day	(2 Hours) Current Events
Part – 4 of the Preparation Day	(2 Hours) General Science and Environmental issues

 

Week # 10

Part – 1 of the preparation Day	(2 Hours) Polity
Part – 2 of the Preparation Day	(2 Hours) Economy
Part – 3 of the Preparation Day	(2 Hours) Current Events
Part – 4 of the Preparation Day	(2 Hours) General Science and Environmental issues

 

After 10 weeks of preparation you should spend much of your time on revising.

Week # 11 to 15

Part- 1 of the preparation day	Part – 2 of the preparation day	Part – 3 of the preparation day
(6 Hours)   Revision of topics from different subjects that you find difficult	(1 hours)    Current Events	(1 hour)   Mock tests

 

Try to follow this preparation plan or make your own preparation plan using this format.