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TNPSC Group 2 Study Material

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TNPSC Group 2 · checked 19 September 2026

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Checked 19 September 2026

TNPSC Group 2: the facts that matter now

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Notification 07/2026 — 43 Group II posts; applications closed 9 September; prelims 1 November 2026
Current cycle
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Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
Conducted by
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A bachelor’s degree; law, commerce or criminology degrees for specific posts
Qualification
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Common objective prelims at 1:10 → Tamil paper plus one descriptive general studies paper of 300 marks
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TNPSC Group 2 — Study material for this exam

A reading list by unit.
Unit	Weight	What to work from
General Tamil or general English	100 prelims questions	The SSLC grammar and composition textbooks in the chosen language, and the published unit weights.
Economy and development administration in Tamil Nadu	20 prelims questions; Paper II	The state’s economic survey and its administration’s own descriptions of its schemes.
History, culture and movements of Tamil Nadu	20 prelims questions; Paper II	The state board HSC history textbooks and the standard histories of the Tamil country.
Indian polity	15 prelims questions; Paper II	A standard Constitution and polity text.
National movement, science, geography	20 prelims questions; Paper II	NCERT-standard texts.
Aptitude and reasoning	25 prelims questions	An SSLC-standard question bank.
Tamil eligibility paper	Gates Paper II	The ninth and tenth standard Tamil textbooks and the published papers.

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

TNPSC Group 2 SyllabusTNPSC Group 2 syllabus — the common prelims with its unit weights, the Tamil eligibility paper, and the descriptive general studies mains paper.TNPSC Group 2 Exam PatternTNPSC Group 2 exam pattern — the common 1:10 prelims, the Tamil paper that gates the mains, the 300-mark descriptive paper, and no interview.TNPSC Group 2 Previous PapersTNPSC Group 2 previous papers — the published descriptive mains papers and the prelims papers with keys.TNPSC Group 2 Mock TestsTNPSC Group 2 mock tests — timed prelims with the blank rule, a weekly descriptive answer habit, and the language section as its own paper.TNPSC Group 2 PreparationTNPSC Group 2 preparation — a plan across the common prelims, the Tamil paper and the single descriptive mains paper.TNPSC Group 2 Study MaterialTNPSC Group 2 study material — what to read for the prelims language and general studies units and for the descriptive mains.

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