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Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations Preparation

Because the tests are open to all, the best time to pass them is before the service rules require it.

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Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations · checked 19 September 2026

Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

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Checked 19 September 2026

Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission

    Conducted by

  2. 02

    Two a year — May and December

    Sessions

  3. 03

    Notification No. 3/2026 for the May 2026 session; results published 10 September 2026

    Latest

  4. 04

    ₹200 per test, plus a ₹30 registration fee

    Fee

Strategy

Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations — How to prepare

From service rules to pass

  1. Identify the codes from your rules, or from the post you want The tests prescribed for a post are in its service rules. A candidate for that post can sit them now.
  2. Read the scheme in Annexure II The pattern, the split, the with-books parts and the pass marks are set out per test code.
  3. Get the allowed books The commission publishes the list. For the criminal-law tests, the new codes.
  4. Register once, apply in the window About three weeks, online only, ₹200 a test plus ₹30. Government servants pay and reclaim.
  5. Prepare each part to its own pass mark Recall for the without-books objective part; navigation for the with-books descriptive part.

Two sessions a year, so a failed part costs six months

A split test must be passed in both parts; a candidate who passes the objective part and fails the descriptive sits the whole test again in the next session. Prepare both parts to a margin.

Confirm the structure against your own notification

TNPSC revises paper structure, marks, syllabus detail and eligibility between recruitment cycles, and has done so more than once in recent years — the Tamil eligibility component itself is a recent addition. Everything here describes the shape the recruitment has held; the notification for the cycle you are sitting is the document that decides it. Read it end to end before you plan around any figure.

Exam resources

Everything for Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations

Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.

Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations SyllabusTNPSC departmental examination syllabus — what the account, revenue, criminal-law, registration, survey and language tests examine, under the current annexure.Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations Exam PatternTNPSC departmental examination pattern — computer-based objective parts, written descriptive parts, the 45-mark pass rule and the with-books list.Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations Previous PapersTNPSC departmental examination previous papers — the 2016 and 2017 papers, the keys from 2018 to 2023, and the descriptive papers released with each session.Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations Mock TestsTNPSC departmental examination mock tests — rehearsing each part of a split test to its own pass mark, with only the allowed books.Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations PreparationTNPSC departmental examination preparation — choosing the right test codes, passing them before you need them, and preparing a with-books paper.Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations Study MaterialTNPSC departmental examination study material — the codes, manuals and Acts each test is set on, and the allowed-books list.

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