GPSC State Service Mock Tests, Syllabus & Complete Exam Guide

The GPSC State Service examination is conducted by the Gujarat Public Service Commission, headquartered at Gandhinagar, to recruit gazetted Class 1 and Class 2 officers for the Government of Gujarat. Posts such as Deputy Collector, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP), District Registrar, Mamlatdar, Taluka Development Officer, Section Officer and many other cadres are filled through a single combined competitive exam.

The selection runs across three stages. The Preliminary exam is an objective, OMR-based screening test built around General Studies, and it carries a representative one-third negative-marking scheme. Those who clear it sit the descriptive Mains, which includes a compulsory Gujarati paper and an Essay alongside the General Studies papers, and the process ends with a Personality Test (Interview). Final merit is built from the Mains written papers and the Interview — Prelims marks do not carry forward.

Prelims is a filter, so treat General Studies as the priority: build strong, revisable foundations in Indian and world history, Indian polity and governance, geography, the Indian economy, general science, environment and current affairs. Because GPSC weights Gujarat heavily, a dedicated command of Gujarat's geography, economy, history, culture, heritage and administration is often what separates candidates near the cutoff.

The one-third negative marking rewards disciplined attempting: solve what you know, eliminate to a confident choice where you can, and leave questions you genuinely cannot judge. Full-length timed Prelims mocks under the clock train the pacing and section balance the paper demands. In parallel, prepare the descriptive Mains early — practise structured answer-writing, essays and the compulsory Gujarati paper in the Gujarati script — because the written stage plus interview, not Prelims, decide your final rank.