The States
STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS / REALM 03
India has one Union.
It has many administrative republics.
It has many administrative republics.
The First Principle
There is no single "State PSC Exam."
There are 29 State Public Service Commissions. Each operates within its own constitutional, administrative, and recruitment ecosystem. Each writes its own administrative story.
What is a State PSC?
THE INTRODUCTORY KNOWLEDGE CHAMBER
The Administrative Constellation
29 STATE COMMISSIONS + 1 UNION = THE 30 RECORDS
APPSCAndhra Pradesh
APPSCArunachal Pradesh
APSCAssam
BPSCBihar
CGPSCChhattisgarh
GPSCGoa
GPSCGujarat
HPSCHaryana
HPPSCHimachal Pradesh
JPSCJharkhand
JKPSCJammu & Kashmir
KPSCKarnataka
KPSCKerala
MPPSCMadhya Pradesh
MPSCMaharashtra
MPSCManipur
MPSCMeghalaya
MPSCMizoram
NPSCNagaland
OPSCOdisha
PPSCPunjab
RPSCRajasthan
SPSCSikkim
TNPSCTamil Nadu
TGPSCTelangana
TPSCTripura
UPPSCUttar Pradesh
UKPSCUttarakhand
WBPSCWest Bengal
The Official Master Directory logs Total Record - 30 (including UPSC).
One Commission. Many Examinations.
DO NOT FORCE EVERY STATE INTO THE SAME TERMINOLOGY
Rajasthan
RAS Rajasthan State & Subordinate Services Examination
Uttar Pradesh
UPPSC PCS Provincial Civil Services
Bihar
BPSC CCE Combined Competitive Examination
Gujarat
GPSC Class 1 / Class 2 Recruitment
Maharashtra
MPSC State Services Rajyaseva
Karnataka
KAS Gazetted Probationers
Tamil Nadu
TNPSC Group I Combined Civil Services
West Bengal
WBCS West Bengal Civil Service
The Examination Taxonomy
STATE PSC ≠ ONLY PCS
STATE CIVIL SERVICES
PCSRASWBCSKASCombined Competitive
STATE GROUP A / B
AdministrativeRevenueLabourTransportCooperative
SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT
EngineeringMedicalAgricultureLawForest
DEPARTMENTAL
Commission-Specific ProcessesInternal Recruitment
What are you actually competing for?
DESTINATIONS VARY BY STATE + EXAM + YEAR
Do not assume these are universal outcomes for every State PSC.
What does a State Civil Servant actually do?
"The State PSC is the recruitment gateway into the machinery closest to the citizen."
District Administration
Revenue Collection
Development & Welfare Implementation
Law & Order Coordination
Election Management
Disaster Management
Land Administration
Rural & Urban Development
State Policy Execution
UPSC vs State PSC
THE SEPARATION OF POWER
| UPSC (The Union) | State PSC (The State) |
|---|---|
| Union-level recruitment For All-India and Central Services. |
State-level recruitment For State services and state-controlled administration. |
| National competition Candidates from across India compete on a single standard. |
Primarily state-specific ecosystem Heavily influenced by local domicile, language, and state syllabus. |
| Union + Intergovernmental roles Serving the central government, with cadres allocated to states. |
State administration Serving exclusively within the state government's machinery. |
Can a State PSC officer work only inside a district?
Can a State PSC officer be posted anywhere in the state?
How does State PSC differ from IAS?
Can State PSC officers be promoted to IAS?
Who belongs to the State?
The Domicile Chamber
DO NOT COPY ONE STATE'S ELIGIBILITY RULE TO ANOTHER.
Some states allow candidates from other states to compete in the unreserved general category. Other states enforce strict domicile requirements, local-candidate definitions, or regional schooling mandates.
The Language Chamber
One of the biggest distinctions between UPSC and State PSC systems.
MPSC Marathi Requirement
KPSC Kannada Paper
TNPSC Tamil Eligibility
GPSC Gujarati Requirement
WBPSC Bengali Knowledge
Every State has its own version of the State
THE SYLLABUS TERRITORY
National / General Studies
HistoryPolityEconomyGeographyScience & TechIndian Society
+
State-Specific Knowledge
State HistoryState GeographyState EconomyState PolityState CultureState Schemes
A candidate cannot simply study generic UPSC material and assume the state-specific syllabus is covered.
What happened in your state?
THE STATE CURRENT-AFFAIRS ENGINE
Gujarat Current Affairs · Rajasthan Current Affairs · Maharashtra Current Affairs · UP Current Affairs
PolityEconomySchemesEnvironment
InfrastructureCultureAgricultureIndustry
The Examination Stages
COMMON PATTERNS — ALWAYS VERIFY BY COMMISSION
The Prelims Chamber
Objective Screening
Papers Usually 1 or 2 objective papers (GS + Aptitude).
Nature Purely qualifying for Mains. Not counted in final merit.
Variations State-specific cutoff mechanisms.
The Mains Chamber
Subjective Merit
Papers Essay, General Studies, State-specific papers.
Language Mandatory qualifying language papers.
Optionals Still present in some states (like BPSC, UPPSC historically), removed in others.
Answer Writing The core determinant of success.
The Interview Chamber
Personality Test
Assessment Suitability for state administrative roles.
Final Merit Added to Mains score.
Followed by Document verification & Medical/Physical tests (especially for Police services).
The Data Rooms
The Cut-Off Archive
UPPSC PCS CutoffBPSC CutoffRPSC RAS CutoffMPSC CutoffTNPSC Group 1 Cutoff
Year → Exam → Category → Stage
How many chairs are empty?
Advertised VacanciesService-wise VacanciesCategory-wise VacanciesAddenda UpdatesFinal Recommendations
Vacancies ≠ Final Appointments
The Competition Scale
ApplicationsAppeared CandidatesPrelims QualifiersMains CandidatesInterview Pool
ASKiIMAN Calculation: Candidates per Vacancy
The State PSC Comparison Room
UPSC vs State PSC — Which should I prepare for?
UPPSC vs BPSC
RAS vs UPSC
MPSC vs UPSC
GPSC vs UPSC
State PSC vs SSC CGL
State PSC vs Banking
Where do you want to serve?
SELECT YOUR DESTINATION TO LOAD THE SPECIFIC ARCHIVE
The Vertical Expansion
Every state builds its own vertical archive. This is the structural blueprint for the deep dives to come.
STATE
│
├── PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
│
├── MAJOR CIVIL SERVICE EXAM
│
├── OTHER PSC EXAMS
│
├── ELIGIBILITY & DOMICILE & LANGUAGE
│
├── SYLLABUS & VACANCIES & CUT-OFFS
│
└── ARCHIVE
│
├── PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
│
├── MAJOR CIVIL SERVICE EXAM
│
├── OTHER PSC EXAMS
│
├── ELIGIBILITY & DOMICILE & LANGUAGE
│
├── SYLLABUS & VACANCIES & CUT-OFFS
│
└── ARCHIVE
The Search Wall
State PSC exams in India
State civil services
State PCS officer
Deputy Collector through PSC
DSP through State PSC
State PSC age limit & eligibility
State PSC current affairs
PCS vs IAS
The Original Commissions
ARTICLE 315 — PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS FOR THE UNION AND FOR THE STATES.
(Reference: The Official UPPSC State PSC Directory)
(Reference: The Official UPPSC State PSC Directory)
THE UNION DEFINES THE REPUBLIC.
THE STATES ADMINISTER ITS DAILY LIFE.
THE STATES ADMINISTER ITS DAILY LIFE.