India has state public service commissions in nearly every state — APPSC, TSPSC, TNPSC, KPSC, MPSC, RPSC, UPPSC, OPSC, BPSC, WBCS, JPSC, MPPSC, GPSC, HPSC, CGPSC, Kerala PSC, and APSC among them — each running its own recruitment process for state government posts. Comparing their photo and signature requirements side by side reveals a pattern: most states have converged on the same dimensions used by SSC and the railway exams, but a couple of states use genuinely different specifications worth knowing about before you prepare documents for one of them.
The Common Pattern: 200×230 Photo, 140×60 Signature
The large majority of state PSCs — APPSC, TSPSC, KPSC, MPSC, OPSC, BPSC, WBCS, JPSC, MPPSC, GPSC, HPSC, CGPSC, Kerala PSC, and APSC — specify a 200×230 pixel photograph, the same dimension used by SSC, RRB, and the banking exams. Signature dimensions across these states commonly sit at 140×60 pixels, again matching the SSC/RRB/banking standard. File size limits vary a bit more between states — some cap the photo at 50KB, a few allow up to 100KB — but the pixel dimensions themselves are consistent across this group.
If you've already prepared a 200×230px photo and 140×60px signature for an SSC or railway application, that same processed file will very likely meet the pixel requirement for most state PSC applications too — though always confirm the current file size limit for your specific state, since those do vary and change between notification cycles.
The Exception: TNPSC Uses 150×200, Not 200×230
Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission is a genuine outlier — its photo specification is 150×200 pixels, not the 200×230 used almost everywhere else, and its signature is 150×50 pixels rather than the common 140×60. If you're preparing documents for TNPSC using a photo or signature already resized for SSC or another state PSC, it will not match TNPSC's dimensions and needs to be resized separately using TNPSC's specific photo tool and signature tool rather than reused as-is.
The Exception: UPPSC Uses 320×400, a Larger Format Entirely
Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission specifies an even larger departure from the standard: 320×400 pixels for the photo, considerably bigger than the 200×230 used elsewhere, with a wider file size range (30-100KB) to match the larger pixel count. The signature specification is also different at 200×80 pixels with a 5-50KB range. Because the photo dimension is so much larger than the common standard, a photo prepared for SSC or most other state PSCs will look visibly small and low-detail if simply stretched up to UPPSC's dimensions rather than resized properly from a good source photo — use UPPSC's dedicated photo tool, which loads these larger dimensions by default.
Rajasthan PSC's Wider File Size Allowance
RPSC uses the standard 200×230 photo dimension shared by most states, but allows a noticeably wider file size range than most — 10-100KB for the photo and 5-50KB for the signature, compared to the tighter 10-50KB and 5-30KB ranges common elsewhere. This matters if you're reusing a photo prepared tightly for a stricter state's limit — it will still fit comfortably within RPSC's more generous range, but the reverse isn't necessarily true. See RPSC's photo tool for the specific range.
Why This Matters If You're Applying to Multiple States
Candidates who apply across several state PSC exams in the same recruitment season — a common strategy — should not assume one processed photo file works everywhere. The safe approach is keeping one clean, well-lit source photo and resizing it separately for each state's specific dimensions rather than reusing a single output file, since the two genuine outliers here (TNPSC and UPPSC) will produce a stretched or undersized result if you try to force a 200×230 file into their different aspect ratios. Always confirm the current notification for your specific state before finalizing, since state PSC requirements can and do change between recruitment cycles.