TNPSC Group II Exam 2013-Scheme of Preliminary and Main Exam

5. SCHEME OF THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION, MAIN WRITTEN EXAMINATION AND ORAL TEST :-

(A)   PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION (OBJECTIVE TYPE)

Subject	Duration	Maximum Marks
Preliminary Examination (Objective Type) General Studies (Degree Standard) (75 items) Aptitude and Mental Ability Test (S.S.L.C. Std.) (25 items) + General Tamil / General English (S.S.L.C. Std.) (100 items) (Total - 200 items)	3 Hours	150 + 300 150
Total		300

Note:-

i.                    Two types of question papers will be set. One type of question paper will contain questions on General Studies (75 items), Aptitude and Mental Ability Test (25 items) and General English (100 items). The other will contain questions on General Studies (75 items), Aptitude and Mental Ability Test (25 items) and General Tamil (100 items). Candidates are given the option to choose either General Tamil or General English for answering the second 100 items apart from answering the first (75+25)100 items on General Studies.

ii. The questions on General Studies will be set both in English and Tamil and the questions on General Tamil/ General English will be set in the respective languages.

(B)  MAIN WRITTEN EXAMINATION AND ORAL TEST :-

Subject	Duration	Maximum Marks	Minimum Qualifying Marks for selection
Main Written Examination Part-A General Studies (Objective type) (Degree Standard) (125 items) + Part-B Essay (Descriptive Type) (Degree Standard) Interview and Records	2 Hours 1Hour	250 + 300 50 40	102
Total	3 Hours	340

Note-

(i)                 The question paper will contain Part-A and Part-B as mentioned above and will be set both in Tamil and in English.

(ii) The questions on Essay in Part-B will be as follows.

a) Current issues at National level (One question has to be answered out of Two questions)

b) Current issues at State level (One question has to be answered out of Two questions)

(iii) In respect of questions on Essay in Descriptive type, candidates are allowed to answer the questions either wholly in Tamil or wholly in English.

The Scheme of Examination and Syllabi for the Preliminary Examination and the Main Written Examination are available in the Commission’s Website at ‘www.tnpsc.gov.in’