TNPSC Eligibility, Important Dates and Practice Questions

Each notification sets its own age and qualification rules, but a few apply across almost every exam:

• Tamil. You must know Tamil on the notification date, shown by SSLC or higher with Tamil as a language, Tamil-medium schooling, or the Commission's Second Class Language Test. Without proof, you must pass that test within two years of appointment or lose the job.
• Tamil Eligibility Test. Most exams include a Tamil paper at SSLC level with a pass mark of 40 percent. If you miss it, your other papers are not evaluated.
• Service bar. Candidates outside the reserved communities who have already served five years in central or state government cannot apply.
• Age. Reserved communities (SC, SC(A), ST, MBC/DC, BC, BCM) get relaxed or no upper limits, and persons with disabilities ten extra years.

All applications are online, on the TNPSC apply portal. Register once through One Time Registration (₹150, valid five years), then apply for each exam separately. Exam fees are usually ₹100, with more for main exams. Some categories get free chances. After the last date a three-day correction window opens; after that nothing can be changed. Read the standing Instructions to Applicants with each notification.

Help: toll-free 1800 419 0958 (10 am to 5.45 pm on working days), helpdesk@tnpscexams.in for registration problems, grievance.tnpsc@tn.gov.in for anything else.

TNPSC publishes an Annual Planner each December. Notifications issued in 2026:

Hall tickets are only downloadable from the apply portal, about ten days before each exam. None are posted.

Results, shortlists and counselling schedules go on the exam dashboard against each notification number. Older results (before 2025) are in the results archive. Tentative and final answer keys are published for objective papers.

• Download the syllabus for your exam from the TNPSC syllabus page. Group syllabi share their General Studies units, so one preparation covers several exams.
• Tamil Nadu history, culture and development administration make up a large share of every General Studies paper. Use the state board school textbooks.
• Past papers with keys are on the question papers page.

• Exam dashboard (current notifications)
• Notifications archive (before 2025)
• Annual Planner
• Apply online and hall tickets
• Syllabus
• Previous question papers
• Results archive
• TNPSC home page

Which TNPSC notification is open now?

Group IV, Notification 11/2026, until 5 November 2026.

Is One Time Registration an application?

No. You still have to apply for each exam.

Do I need to know Tamil?

Yes, for almost every post, and most exams have a Tamil eligibility paper.

Where are TNPSC results published?

On the exam dashboard at tnpsc.gov.in, under each notification. Nothing is sent by post.

How often is Group IV held?

Roughly once a year: April 2025 and October 2026 were the last two notifications.