Before Starting your preparation, Study the syllabus completely and understand it

completely.

The Group I prelims has been separated as two parts.

Part 1. General Studies - 150 Questions - Each Question carry 1.5 marks = 225

Part 2. Aptitude and Logical Decision Making - 50 Questions - Each Question carry 1.5
marks = 75

Total Marks = 300 (120 minimum for Qualifying prelims as per notification, It may
increase but at any cost It will not increase more than 200 - So set target as 200)

General Studies combines mainly from Science, History, Geography, Economy and
Current Affairs. If you are good at solving Aptitude, you can be feel free on GS prelims
but any how for Mains, Good in GS is essential.

For Starting from Scratch

1. Study 11 and 12 books ( HISTORY, ECONOMICS)

2. Study 6 to 10 books (GEOGRAPHY - 11 and 12 books are not well made for
geography)
3. For Science, refer 6 to 12 science books or any manual. It is advised to refer any
one at a time. While referring previous year questions, We may come to know,
Maximum number of questions asked from this Science Section.
4. For Polity, Refer Indian Polity by Laxmikanth ( Preamble, Schedules,
Important Judgement, Important Articles, Statutory bodies, non-statutory
bodies, constitutional bodies)
5. For CA- It is advised to study any one CA manual because organizing the
content will be useful while we are referring manual than newspaper. Many
websites are providing the CA manual.
6. Don’t Leave aptitude part- Take a topic solve as much as problem as you can.
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TNPSC group 1 can be cracked in 1st attempt and many of my friends cracked in first
attempt. TNPSC Group1 is a three level exams prelims,mains and Interview

1. Prelims is an objective type.

2. Mains is having 3 Paper and the Pattern is Descriptive.
3. Interview — Personality Test and not to test your Aptitude.
Prelims strategy — more importance to below topics

1. Aptitude
2. Current Affairs
(Apart from above, you have to be thorough in Indian national movement, Geography,
polity, little economics — nowadays many questions are from Current affairs for Group1
exam)

Books:

a. History — 11th and 12th standard ( Only Indian History) State Board — Must. Bipin
Chandra and Spectrum are Optional.

b. Geography — 10 th standard Matriculation Book and General Geography Arihant GK

book. coechenleong is optional.

c. Polity — Lakshmikanth Syllabus Topic.

d. Economics — 11th State Board Book.

e. Science — 6th to 12th Samacheer Book — I studied only 6th to 10th standard. Please
make notes. it will be useful for revision.Definitely it will be handy for your final
revision.

f. Aptitude — RS Agarwal. Syllabus Topic. Game Changer

g. Current Affairs — Hindu and Any one Journal.

Please use Website and YouTube Videos to understand concept in detail.

Mains Strategy

1. Writing practice.
2. Writing practice
3. more writing practice — The reason for stressing is many aspirants who studies
well were unable to complete the paper. So please do more writing practice.

Note: Please don't read Ancient India book.Read Social Problems in India by
Ram Abuja or Social Issues book from Wizard. Read Intenational relations
from Internet and 11th standard Indian polity book for Administration. NCERT
book for Disaster Management. ( 2019 syllabus is changed)
But the strategy is you should write a lot. your hands will break but you should write and
complete the paper. If you don't complete the paper then you are not in the race. Write a
lot before the exam and come to pace.

My Experience — paper 2 & 3 — completed fully. Paper 1 — didn't write 4* 3 mark

question. So I didn't attend for 12 marks.

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