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Tamil Nadu MRB Recruitment Exam Pattern

Two schemes. One is an examination with a gate in front of it; the other is arithmetic on marks already held.

Tamil Nadu MRB Recruitment · checked 19 September 2026

Tamil Nadu MRB Recruitment 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.

19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

Tamil Nadu MRB Recruitment: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    No application open at 11 September 2026; the board’s 2026 planner lists 5,317 tentative posts, many under interim stay

    Current status

  2. 02

    Tamil Nadu Medical Services Recruitment Board

    Conducted by

  3. 03

    Tamil eligibility test at 40%, then a 100-mark subject examination; no negative marking; no interview

    Professional posts

  4. 04

    Marks-based — a weighted percentage of qualification, HSC and SSLC marks; no examination

    Paramedical posts

Pattern

Tamil Nadu MRB Recruitment — How the paper is structured

Which scheme applies to which posts, from recent notifications.
SchemePostsWhat ranks
ExaminedAssistant Surgeon (General and speciality), Pharmacist, Health Inspector Grade-II, the Indian medicine officer posts, Senior Analyst, PhysiotherapistThe 100-mark subject paper plus incentive marks; the Tamil test qualifies only
Marks-basedNursing Assistant Grade-II, Laboratory Technician Grade-II, Village Health Nurse, Therapeutic Assistant, Dental Mechanic and most paramedical postsA weighted percentage of qualification, HSC and SSLC marks, plus incentive marks

Rules common to both

  • No interview — for any post.
  • No negative marking — stated in the examined-post notifications.
  • No upper age for reserved communities — and category-based limits for others.
  • Provisional lists subject to writ petitions — every recent list is published with the petitions it is subject to named on its face.

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.

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