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The commission tells you how many questions each unit carries. The reading list should follow the weights.
TNPSC Group 1 · checked 19 September 2026
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.
Checked 19 September 2026
Notification 05/2026 — 46 posts; applications closed 29 July; prelims 27 September 2026 at 38 district centres, hall tickets on the OTR dashboard…
Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
A bachelor’s degree; preferences by post, and a law degree raises the age ceiling for the commercial taxes post
Objective prelims at 1:20 → Tamil paper plus three descriptive general studies papers → 100-mark interview
Notes
| Unit or paper | Weight | What to work from |
|---|---|---|
| Economy and development administration in Tamil Nadu | 50 prelims questions; General Studies III | The state’s economic survey and policy notes, the budget, and the administration’s own descriptions of its schemes and structure. |
| History, culture and socio-political movements of Tamil Nadu | 40 prelims questions; General Studies I | The state board history textbooks at HSC level and the standard histories of the Tamil country, from the Sangam age through the Dravidian and self-respect movements to the present. |
| Indian polity | 40 prelims questions; General Studies II | A standard Constitution and polity text, read to the institutions and amendments. |
| Indian history and the national movement | 25 prelims questions; General Studies I | A standard modern Indian history text. |
| General science and geography | 20 prelims questions; General Studies I and III | NCERT-standard science and geography, with the state’s geography added. |
| Aptitude and mental ability | 25 prelims questions | An SSLC-standard aptitude and reasoning question bank. |
| Tamil eligibility paper | Gates the mains | The state board Tamil textbooks for the ninth and tenth standards, and five cycles of published papers. |
The state’s history and movements serve General Studies I, its administration General Studies II, and its economy General Studies III — and all three feed ninety prelims questions. Build the Tamil Nadu layer once, as a single file with sections, and revise it as a subject. It is the reading that separates candidates.
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