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Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations · checked 19 September 2026

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Checked 19 September 2026

Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations: the facts that matter now

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Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
Conducted by
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Two a year — May and December
Sessions
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Notification No. 3/2026 for the May 2026 session; results published 10 September 2026
Latest
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₹200 per test, plus a ₹30 registration fee
Fee

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Tamil Nadu Departmental Examinations — Study material for this exam

What to work from, by test family.
Test family	Source	Note
Account tests	The Tamil Nadu Financial, Treasury and Account Codes and the fundamental rules	From the allowed-books list for the with-books part.
Revenue and Office Manual tests	The revenue standing orders and the Government Office Manual	Fully descriptive with books; navigation is the skill.
Criminal-law, jail, probation and transport tests	The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023, with the listed allied Acts	The old codes are no longer the syllabus.
Departmental tests	The department’s own Act, rules and manual as the annexure names them	Per test code.
Language tests	A Tamil grammar and composition reference, and dictation and translation practice	Written and viva parts.

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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