TNPSC GROUP 4 EXAM

TNPSC Group 4 2024 also known as Combined Civil Service Examination-IV invites applications every year for direct recruitment against the vacancies in the various group 4 posts included in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service, Non-Technical Subordinate Service, Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Secretariat Service, Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service, Tamil Nadu Judicial Ministerial Service and Tamil Nadu Housing Board Subordinate Service.

Tamil Nadu Public Service has released the exam pattern for the recruitment of TNPSC Group 4 of posts that come under the cadre.  Different posts include Village Administrative Officer, Junior Assistant, Typist, Steno-Typist, etc are included in the TNPSC Group 4. Candidates who want to apply for these posts must be well-versed with the TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus and Exam pattern 2024.

  1. The TNPSC Group 4 is a 300 marks examination.
  2. Questions in this exam would be asked from  General Tamil, General Studies and Aptitude & Mental Ability.
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Notification Details
TNPSC Group 4 Notification 2024
30 January 2024
TNPSC Group 4 Exam Date 2024
09 June 2024
TNPSC Group 4 Online Registration Starts
30 January 2024
TNPSC Group 4 Online Registration Ends
28 February 2024
TNPSC Group 4 Registration Fee
Rs.150/- (valid for 5 years)
TNPSC Group 4 Examination Fee
Rs.100/-

TNPSC Group 4 2024 Age Limit

The candidates should have completed the age of 18 years and should not have completed 32 years as on 01.07.2024 for all the posts, except for the posts of Village Administrative Officer, Forest Guard, Forest Guard with Driving Licence, Forest Watcher, and Forest Watcher (Tribal Youth).  

For the post of the Village Administrative Officer, Forest Guard, Forest Guard with Driving Licence, Forest Watcher, and Forest Watcher (Tribal Youth), the candidates should have completed the age of 21 years and should not have completed 32 years as on 01.07.2024.

Age Concession:

The post-wise permissible relaxation of the maximum age limit for different categories is given below: 

Note : 

No maximum age limit shall mean that the candidates should not have completed 60 years of age as on 1.7.2024 or at the time of selection /appointment to the post.

Age concession is also applicable to candidates belonging to Persons with Benchmark Disability, Ex-Servicemen, Ex-NCC cadets, bonded labourers who themselves have been released from bonded labour system/sons or unmarried daughters of such released bonded labourers, and discharged and serving temporary government employees. 

For the posts of Forest Guard, Forest Guard with Driving Licence, Forest Watcher, and Forest Watcher (Tribal Youth), a person who has been discharged from any of the Defence services namely, the Army, the Navy, or the Air Force shall be eligible for appointment, if after deducting the
period of his services in such service, he has not completed the age of 32 years. A candidate who claims to have been discharged from the Army or Navy or Air Force needs to upload/produce either a properly authenticated extract from his Discharge Certificate (viz., a Bonafide Certificate) issued
by the Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare Board in the format as given in Annexure II of this Notification or the Pension Pay Order. 

For the post of Junior Inspector of Cooperative Societies, a maximum age concession of 10 years is applicable for the war service candidate who has undergone a course of training for nine months in one of the Co-operative Training Institute in the State and has passed the Examination in Co operation, Auditing, Banking, and Book-keeping conducted by the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Union.

Candidates claiming age concession should upload/produce the supporting documents for such a claim. Failure to upload/produce such a document shall result in the rejection of candidature after due process.

Supporting Documents:

The date of birth will be verified against the tenth standard (SSLC) or twelfth standard (HSC) mark sheet, issued by the Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education and Tamil Nadu Board of Higher Secondary Education respectively.

Those candidates whose date of birth is not mentioned in their tenth standard / twelfth standard mark sheet must upload/produce their Birth Certificate / Transfer Certificate / Degree Mark Sheets, instead of the tenth standard or twelfth standard mark sheet. Any other form of evidence will
not be accepted.

Failure to upload/produce such a document shall result in the rejection of candidature after due process

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TNPSC GROUP 4 Exam 2024 Educational qualification

The candidates should possess the educational, technical qualifications, and experience prescribed for the post, on the date of notification.

Minimum General Educational Qualification:

The minimum general educational qualification means, a pass in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) Examination with eligibility for admission to college course of studies in the Universities in Tamil Nadu; or a pass in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination of
Tamil Nadu.A person who had appeared for the 11-year SSLC Public Examination and obtained 35 percent marks in each subject, either in one sitting or compartmentally, shall be deemed to have passed the SSLC Public Examination. 

A person who had appeared for the 11-year SSLC Public Examination and had failed to obtain 35 percent marks in one or more subjects but who had appeared and obtained 35 percent marks in the corresponding subject or subjects in 10-year SSLC Public Examination shall be deemed to have passed SSLC Public Examination.

A person who had studied optional subjects in 11-year SSLC and failed in the optional subjects, but had obtained 35 percent marks in all other subjects except the optional subjects in 11- year SSLC Public Examination, shall be deemed to have passed the SSLC Public Examination. 

A person who had appeared and passed the 10th Standard Government Examination conducted by the Board of Open School, Tamil Nadu shall be deemed to have passed the SSLC Public Examination.

Medical and Physical Standards:

Posts other than Forest Guard, Forest Guard with Driving Licence, Forest Watcher, and Forest Watcher (Tribal Youth) 

Candidates selected for appointment to the posts will be required to submit a certificate of physical fitness to the Appointing Authority at the time of joining the post.

The visual acuity of the candidates will have to be within Standard III or better. Candidates with defective vision should produce an Eye Fitness certificate from a qualified Eye Specialist working in a Government Hospital.

Posts of Forest Guard, Forest Guard with Driving Licence, Forest Watcher, and Forest Watcher (Tribal Youth) 

Candidate must possess the following minimum physical standards;

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TNPSC Group 4 Exam Pattern

The TNPSC Group 4 Exam is an offline mode examination. The aspirants have to answer 300 marks of 200 multiple-choice questions which carries 1.5 marks for each question with No Negtive Marks. The TNPSC Group 4 syllabus includes

  1. General Tamil (100 Questions)
  2. General Studies (75 Questions)
  3. Aptitude and Mental Ability (25 Questions)

Note :
(i) The Part-B of the answer sheets will be evaluated only, if the candidate secures minimum qualifying marks 40% (i.e., 60 Marks) in Part-A.
(ii) Total marks secured in Part-A and Part-B taken together will be considered for ranking.

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TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus (Part A - GENERal Tamil)

TNPSC GROUP 4 SYLLABUS (PART B - GENERAL Studies + Aptitude & mental ability)

Unit 1. GENERAL SCIENCE
i. Physics : Nature of Universe – Measurement of Physical Quantities – General Scientific Laws in Motion – Force, Pressure and Energy – Everyday application of the basic principles of Mechanics, Electricity, Magnetism, Light, Sound, Heat and Nuclear Physics in our daily life.
ii. Chemistry : Elements and Compounds, Acids, Bases, Salts, Petroleum Products, Fertilizers, Pesticides, Metallurgy and Food Adulterants.
iii. Biology : Main concepts of Life Science, Classification of living organisms, Evolution, Genetics, Physiology, Nutrition, Health and Hygiene, Human diseases, Environmental Science.


Unit 2. CURRENT EVENTS
i. Latest diary of events – National symbols – Profile of states – Eminent personalities and places in news – Sports – Books and Authors.
ii. Welfare Scheme of Government – Political parties and Political system in Tamil Nadu and India.
iii. Latest inventions in Science and Technology – Geographical Land Marks – Current Socio – Economic issues.

Unit 3. GEOGRAPHY
i. Earth Location – Physical Features – Monsoon, rainfall, weather and climate– Water resources–Rivers –Soil, Minerals and Natural
resources– Forest and Wildlife–Agriculture pattern.
ii. Transport– Communication.
iii. Population density and distribution in Tamil Nadu and India.
iv. Calamities – Disaster Management – Environment – Climate change.

Unit 4. HISTORY AND CULTURE OF INDIA
i. Indus Valley Civilization – Guptas, Delhi Sultans, Mughals and Marathas – South Indian History.
ii. Characteristics of Indian Culture, Unity in Diversity – Race, Language, Custom.
iii. India as a Secular State.


Unit 5. INDIAN POLITY
i. Constitution of India – Preamble to the Constitution – Salient features of the Constitution – Union, State and Union Territory.
ii. Citizenship, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties, Directive Principles of State Policy.
iii. Union Executive, Union Legislature – State Executive, State Legislature – Local Governments, Panchayat Raj.
iv. Spirit of Federalism: Centre – State Relationships.
v. Election – Judiciary in India – Rule of Law.
vi. Corruption in public life – Anti-Corruption measures – Lokpal and Lokayukta – Right to Information – Empowerment of Women – Consumer Protection Forums – Human Rights Charter.


Unit 6. INDIAN ECONOMY
i. Nature of Indian economy–Five year plan models – an assessment – Planning Commission and NitiAyog.
ii. Sources of revenue – Reserve Bank of India – Finance Commission – Resource sharing between Union and State Governments – Goods and Services Tax.
iii. Economic Trends – Employment Generation, Land Reforms and Agriculture – Application of Science and Technology in Agriculture
– Industrial growth – Rural Welfare oriented programmes – Social Problems –Population, Education, Health, Employment, Poverty.

Unit 7. INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT
i. National Renaissance –Early uprising against British Rule–Indian National Congress – Emergence of Leaders –B.R.Ambedkar,
Bhagat Singh, Bharathiar, V.O.Chidambaranar, Thanthai Periyar, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore, Kamarajar, Mahatma Gandhi, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Rajaji, Subhash Chandra Bose, Muthulaksmi Ammaiyar, Muvalur Ramamirtham and other National
Leaders.
ii. Different modes of Agitation of Tamil Nadu and movements.


Unit 8. HISTORY, CULTURE, HERITAGE AND SOCIO-POLITICAL MOVEMENTS OF TAMIL NADU
i. History of Tamil Society, related Archaeological Discoveries, Tamil Literature from Sangam age till contemporary times.
ii. Thirukkural:
a) Significance as a Secular Literature.
b) Relevance to Everyday Life.
c) Impact of Thirukkural on Humanity.
d) Thirukkural and Universal Values – Equality, Humanism etc.
e) Relevance to Socio – Politico –Economic affairs.
f) Philosophical content in Thirukkural.
iii. Role of Tamil Nadu in freedom struggle – Early agitations against British Rule – Role of women in freedom struggle.
iv. Various Social reformers, Social reform movements and Social transformation of Tamil Nadu.


Unit 9. DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION IN TAMIL NADU
i. Social Justice and Social Harmony as the Cornerstones of Socio- Economic Development.
ii. Education and Health systems in Tamil Nadu.
iii. Geography of Tamil Nadu and its impact on Economic growth.

Unit 10. APTITUDE & MENTAL ABILITY TESTS
i. Simplification – Percentage – Highest Common Factor (HCF) – Lowest Common Multiple (LCM).
ii. Ratio and Proportion.
iii. Simple Interest– Compound Interest – Area – Volume – Time and Work.
iv. Logical Reasoning – Puzzles – Dice – Visual Reasoning – Alpha Numeric Reasoning – Number Series.

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TNPSC books

TNPSC BOOKS (Tamil Version)

for TNPSC Group I, Group II/IIA, Group IV & VAO

TNPSC BOOKS (English Version)

for TNPSC Group I, Group II/IIA, Group IV & VAO

TNPSC online recorded course

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