• Arts.
• Society.
• Culture.
• Heritage.
• Basic English.
• General Science
• Analytical Ability.
• Current Affairs.
• Logical Reasoning.
• Telangana Economy.
• Data Interpretation.
• Indian Constitution.
• Literature of Telangana.
• Economy of India.
• Geography of India.
• Policies of Telangana State.
• Polity with a focus on local self Government.
• International Relations & Events.
• History of Modern India with a focus on Indian National Movement.
• Environmental issues and Disaster Management.
• History of Telangana with special emphasis on Telangana Movement.

• Rural Development.
• Machinery.
• Soil Science.
• Agronomy.
• Seed testing.
• Water Engineering.
• Agricultural Economics.
• Horticulture and forestry.
• Plant Breeding.
• Agricultural Energy Sources.
• Crop production.
• Green House Technology.
• Plant diseases and their control.
• Improved management practices.
• Land Surveying.
• Crop pests & their management.
• Seed Technology.
• Agricultural Extension.

• Microclimate.
• Sustainable Agriculture.
• Crop management in rainfed agriculture.
• Conventional & modern extension systems.
• Drought management.
• Soils.
• Rainfed Agriculture.
• Mechanisation.
• Afforestation.
• Rainwater management, principles, & methods.
• Technology dissemination in rainfed areas.
• Rainfed Crops.

• Current Affairs – Regional, National & International.
• Indian Constitution; Indian Political System; Governance and Public Policy.
• Social Exclusion; Rights issues such as Gender, Caste, Tribe, Disability etc and inclusive policies.
• Society Culture, Civilization Heritage, Arts and Literature of India and Telangana
• General Science; India’s Achievements in Science and Technology
• Environmental Issues; Disaster Management- Prevention and Mitigation Strategies and Sustainable Development.
• Economic and Social Development of India and Telangana.
• Socio-economic, Political and Cultural History of Telangana with special emphasis on Telangana Statehood Movement and formation of Telangana state.

• Analytical Abilities: Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation
• Moral Values and Professional Ethics in Education
• Teaching Aptitude

1.) School Level English Grammar:
Articles; Tense; Noun & Pronouns; Adjectives; Adverbs; Verbs; Modals; Subject-Verb Agreement; Non-Finites; reported speech; Degrees of Comparison; Active and Passive Voice; Prepositions; Conjunctions; Conditionals.
2.) Vocabulary:
Synonyms and Antonyms; Phrasal Verbs; Related Pair of Words; Idioms and Phrases; Proverbs.
3.) Words and Sentences:
Use of Words ; Choosing Appropriate words and Words often Confused; Sentence Arrangement, Completion, Fillers and Improvement; Transformation of Sentences ; Comprehension; Punctuation; Spelling Test; Spotting of Errors.

• Bricks– Types of Bricks, Indian standard classification, properties;
• Stones – Types of stones, classification, properties, dressing and polishing of stones; Methods of Quarrying;
• Cement – Different grades and types of cement, properties and IS specifications;
• Aggregates – coarse and fine aggregate, properties and IS specifications;
• Cement Mortar – Proportions of cement mortar for various applications;
• Concrete – Constituents of Concrete, Different grades of Concrete, mix proportioning using IS Code, Properties of fresh and hardened Concrete;
• Admixtures– Types of Admixtures

• Strength of Materials: Simple stresses and strains, elastic constants and relationship between them; Compound bars; Temperature stresses; Shear forces and bending moment diagrams for beams; Principal stresses and Mohr’s circle of stress, Theory of bending and bending stresses ; Shear stress distribution; Theory of torsion; Springs; Deflections of beams; Thin and thick cylinders;; Analysis of trusses, Betti-Maxwell theorem; Shear centre and unsymmetrical bending.
• Theory of Structures: Direct and bending stresses; Columns and struts; Strain energy method; Moving loads and influence lines; Arches and suspension bridges; Static and kinematic indeterminacy; Moment distribution, Slope deflection, and Kani’s methods applied to continuous beams and portal frames; Column analogy and matrix methods of analysis.

• Concrete Structures: Materials, permissible stresses and IS Specifications; Working stress methods; Limit State Method – Stress Blocks parameters, design of Beams, Slabs, Columns and Footing; Design for Shear and Torsion; Design of Retaining Walls, Water tanks, and T-Beam Slab bridges; Yield line theory.
• Steel Structures: Properties of steel sections, permissible stresses, IS Specifications; Riveted and welded joints and connections; Design of simple and compound Beams and Columns, Column bases, Roof trusses, Plate and Gantry Girders; Plate Girder Lattice Girder Railway bridges, and Bearings. Plastic analysis.
  Pre-Stressed Concrete: Basic concepts, material for pre-stressing, losses in Pre-stress, classification of pre-stressing system; Analysis of PSC Sections.

Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

• Fluid Properties; Measurement of Pressure – Manometers;
• Fluid Kinematics – Classification of Fluids, Stream function and Velocity potential, significance and use of Flownets,
• Fluid dynamics – Continuity equation, Bernoulli’s equations and Impulse momentum equation;
• Laminar and Turbulent flow through pipes – significance of Reynolds number,
• Hagen – Poiseuille’s equation,
• Darcy – Weisbach equation, Friction factor, Water hammer phenomenon;
• Compressible flow – Bernoulli’s equation for Isothermal and Adiabatic conditions, Mach Number, Mach cone, stagnation properties; Steady uniform flow through open channels;
• Gradually varied flows – significance of Froude number, classification and computation of Flow profiles, Hydraulic jump, Surges;
• Boundary layer – Laminar and Turbulent Boundary layer, Boundary layer thickness, rough and smooth Boundaries, Boundary layer separation; Dimensional analysis and similarity laws;
• Hydraulic Turbines – classification, Velocity triangles, principles and design of reaction and impulse turbines;
• Centrifugal pumps – specific speed, work done and efficiency, characteristic curves.

• Water Supply – objectives, rate of demand, population forecasts;
• Analysis of Water – classification, design of coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection and softening processes;
• Methods of layout of distribution pipes – Hardy cross method;
• Waste water engineering – systems of sewerage, hydraulic formula and design of sewers, BOD, COD, self purification of natural streams, methods of sewage disposal;
• Treatment of sewage – principles and design of grit chamber, sedimentation tanks, trickling filters, activated sludge process, sludge digestion tanks, septic tanks;
• Municipal solid waste – characteristics, collection and transportation of solid wastes;
• Air Pollution – types and sources of pollutants, air quality standards;
• Noise pollution – Impacts and permissible limits, measurement and control of noise pollution.

• Highway Classification as per IRC; Highway alignment; Engineering Surveys; Geometric Design; Cross sectional elements of road; Gradient;
• Grade compensation;Traffic Surveys – speed, Volumes, origin and destination; Highway capacity and level of service as per HCM 2000
• Intersection – at grade and grade separated; Channelization; Rotary intersection;
• signal design – webstar method, traffic signs, pavement marking; Parking studies, accidental studies, pavement types, Factors considered for pavement design, flexible and rigid pavements design concepts
• Railway Engineering: Permanent way, rails, sleepers, ballast; Creep, coning of wheel, rail fixtures and fastenings, super elevation, cant deficiency, curves, turnout; Points and crossings.
• Airport Engineering: Selection of site of Airport, runway orientation and design, wind rose diagram, basic run way length, correction to basic runway length.

• Soil Mechanics: Physical properties of soils, Classification and identification, Permeability, Capillarity, Seepage, Compaction, Consolidation, Shear Strength, Earth pressure, Slope stability;
• Foundation Engineering: Site investigations, stress distribution in soils, Bearing capacity, Settlement analysis, Types of Foundation, Pile foundations, Foundations on expansive soils; swelling and its preventions; Coffer dams, Caissons, Dewatering, Bracing for excavations, Newmark charts, machine foundations.
• Engineering Geology: Mineralogy, Structural Geology, Groundwater Exploration methods; Engineering Geology applications for Tunnels, Dams and Reservoirs; Geological hazards and preventive measures.

Estimation, Costing and Construction Management

• Abstract estimate:
• Detailed estimate – centerline, long & short wall method, various items of Civil Engineering works as per Indian Standard,
• General Specifications – Earth Work, Brick / Stone Masonry in Cement Mortar, RCC, Plastering in Cement Mortar, Floor finishes, white wash, colour wash; Standard schedule of rates, lead and lift, preparation of lead statement;
• Computation of earth work – Mid-ordinate, Mean Sectional area, Trepezoidal method, Prismoidal Rule;
• Approximate estimate – Plinth area and cubic rate estimate.

• Principle and classification of surveying, chain surveying; Compass surveying; Levelling and contouring; Theodolite surveying; curves;
• Introduction and Fundamental concepts of electronic measuring instruments – EDM, Total station, GIS & GPS.

• Fundamental concepts; Classification of Surveys; Chain Surveying; Compass Surveying; Levelling and Contouring; Theodolite Surveying; Tacheometry; Curves;
• Introduction and fundamental concepts of electronic measuring instruments – EDM, Total Station, GIS & GPS.

• Properties and uses of construction materials – Stones, Bricks, Tiles, Sand, Cement, Timber, Plastics, Glass, Asbestos, Paints, Distempers, Enamels and Varnishes; Preparation of Cement mortar for various works. Classification of Buildings as per NBC,
• Site investigation for foundation as per NBC -Trial Pit and auger boring, classification of foundations, construction of spread footing and well foundation;
• Stone and Brick masonry – types and principles of construction;
• Doors and Windows – types, fittings and fastenings, types and functions of Lintels, Sunshades and Roofs,
• Flooring – Construction and types of material; Types of Stairs; Scaffolding; Types of Plastering, Pointing, Painting and White / Colour Wash.

• Forces – types of Forces, Parallelogram, Triangle and Polygon Law of Forces, Lami’s theorem; Centre of Gravity and Moment of Inertia; Simple stresses and strains,
• Hooke’s law – stress strain diagram, working strength, elastic constants, Poisson’s ratio, Relationship between elastic constants, compound rods, temperature stresses, strain energy, proof resilience, impact loading; Shear force and bending moment diagrams for simply supported, over hanging and cantilever beams, relation between intensity of loading, shear force and bending moment; Theory of simple bending, modulus of section, moment of resistance, distribution of shear stress in rectangular, circular and I-Sections; Deflection in cantilever and simply supported beams subjected to simple loading;
• Columns and struts – Euler’s and Rankine’s formulae, Slenderness ratio, simple built-up columns; Analysis of dams and retaining walls;
• Simple plane and pin– jointed trusses, Stresses by method of joints and method of sections.

• Properties of fluids, fluid pressure and its measurement; Types of flows, energies in fluid motion
• Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications – venture metre, pitot tube; Orifice and mouthpiece; Notches and weirs; Flow through pipes, hydraulic gradient line and total energy line,
• laminar and turbulent flow in pipes – Reynolds number, measurement of velocity; open channels;
• Water turbines – classification, centrifugal and reciprocating pumps; Layout of hydroelectric power plant.

• Abstract estimate, detailed estimate – centreline and long & short wall method, various items of Civil Engineering works as per Indian Standards;
• General Specifications – earth work, brick / stone masonry in cement mortar, RCC, plastering in cement mortar, Floor finishes with ceramic tiles and marbles, white washing, colour washing; Standard schedule of rates, lead and lift, preparation of lead statement;
• Computation of earth work – Midordinate, Mean Sectional area, Trepezoidal method, Prismoidal Rule;
• Approximate estimate – Plinth area and cubic rate estimate.

• RCC structure: Design philosophies – principles and concepts of working stress method and limit state method, loads and permissible stresses, IS specifications, analysis and design – rectangular beam, slab, T-beam, column, footing and stair case.
• Steel Structures: Properties of steel sections, loads and permissible stresses, IS specifications, Analysis and design – welded joints, beam, column, column base, tension member; Design of roof truss.

• Definitions, duty, delta, base period, rainfall and its measurement, factors affecting runoff, methods of computing maximum flood discharge; Classification of head works, component parts of a weir and barrage,
• factors influencing selection of site – reservoirs and dams; Classification of canals, canal lining, cross drainage works; Soil erosion, water logging, soil water plant relationship; Necessity of irrigation – advantages and disadvantages, irrigation methods

TSPSC Syllabus

Environmental Engineering

• Basics of ecosystem, water supply scheme; Sources of water;
• Conveyance of water – pipes, joints and laying; Testing of water, drinking water standards; Treatment of water; Distribution of water; Water supply connection to a building, Quantity of sewage, surface drains, design of sewers running half full, limiting velocities; Laying of sewers, sewer appurtenances; Collection of sewage samples,
• characteristics of domestic and industrial sewage – BOD, COD; Sewage treatment, septic tank & soak pit,
• sewage disposal – dilution and sewage farming; House drainage arrangements in buildings;
• Solid waste – collection and disposal;
• Air Pollution – sources, effects and controlling methods.

• Alignment of roads – plain and hilly terrain, surveys; Cross section of road structure, width of pavement, Camber, Gradient, Super elevation, Transition curves, horizontal and vertical alignment; Pavement marking, traffic signs, traffic islands Types of soil,
• classification of soil – Textural, IS Classification,
• physical properties – plasticity, cohesion, consolidation, compaction, permeability, compressibility, soil moisture content, specific gravity, density; Bearing capacity of soil.

• Thermodynamics
• Heat Engines
• Automobile Engineering

• Methods of manufacturing processes:
• Metrology

• Statics
• Dynamics
• Strength of Materials

• Design factors
• Factor of safety
• Limits, tolerances and fits
• Conventional symbols of Materials and machine components
• Welding symbols
• Surface roughness values and symbols
• Specifications of materials and standard components
• Bolts, Nuts and screws
• Shafts, keys and couplings
• Belt, chain and Gear drives
• Cams
• Fly wheel
• Governors.

• Mechanical properties of engineering materials
• Testing and structure of materials
• Production of iron and steel
• Iron/carbon equilibrium diagram
• Heat treatment of steels
• Ferrous and non ferrous metals and their alloys.

• Hydraulics
• Hydraulics Machines

• Management
• Industrial Engineering