TSPSC Group-1 Services (Mains) Essay & English Qualifying Test

GENERAL ENGLISH (QUALIFYING TEST) 

(10th CLASS STANDARD) 

1. Spotting Errors – Spelling; Punctuation 

2. Fill in the blanks – Prepositions; Conjunctions; Verb tenses 

3. Re-writing sentences – Active and Passive voice; Direct & Reported Speech; Usage of Vocabulary 

4. Jumbled sentences 

5. Comprehension 

6. Précis Writing 

7. Expansion 

8. Letter Writing 


PAPER-I: GENERAL ESSAY 

(Candidate should write three Essays, selecting one from each Section compulsorily. Each Section contains three Questions. Each Essay carries 50 marks.) 

Section-I 

1. Contemporary Social Issues and Social Problems. 

2. Issues of Economic Growth and Justice. 

Section-II 

1. Dynamics of Indian Politics. 

2. Historical and Cultural Heritage of India. 

Section-III 

1. Developments in Science and Technology. 

2. Education and Human Resource Development.

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