TNPSC Group 4 Recruitment 2026

TNPSC Group 4 Recruitment 2026 | Exam Date Out, Notification To Release in October

TNPSC Group 4 Recruitment 2026 – Overview

TNPSC Group 4 Recruitment 2026 Officially Released this Notification. Officials are inviting applications from the eligible and interested candidate. For More latest jobs follow our website. In this article we will see the Educational Qualification, Age Limit, Salary, Selection Process, How to Apply…etc

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Post Name

Vacancies

Expected : 3000 – 5000 vacancies per year

Vacancies varies by year

Educational Qualification

Check the TNPSC Group 4 post-wise educational qualification from the table below.

Knowledge of Tamil: Candidates must have a working knowledge of Tamil also.

TNPSC Group 4 Computer Qualification 

The applicants applying for TNPSC Group 4 Typist & Steno-typist posts should have passed the “Certificate Course in Computer on Office Automation” awarded by the Technical Education Department to be eligible to apply for TNPSC Group 4 Recruitment 2025.

Age Limit

Pay Scale Details

Selection Process for TNPSC Group 4 Recruitment 2026

Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) conducts the Group 4 recruitment to select candidates for various entry-level posts in different departments of the Tamil Nadu government. The selection process for the TNPSC Group 4 exam in 2026 primarily involves two stages:

1. Written Examination: offline mode using OMR sheets
2. Document Verification and Counselling

Exam Pattern

The TNPSC Group 4 paper is 3 hours long, having 300 questions. TNPSC Group 4 is an objective-type paper (OMR Method). The minimum qualifying mark is 90 for all categories. The questions in Part A will be set in Tamil only, and the questions on the General Studies & Aptitude & Mental Ability Test will be available in both English and Tamil. 

Exam Type :

Objective Type:

⚜️Part A

🔘Tamil Eligibility-cum-Scoring Test* (SSLC Standard)

No. of Questions – 100

Minimum Qualifying Marks – 90

Duration – 3 hours

🔘General Studies (SSLC Standard) 

No. of Questions – 75

Marks – 150

Minimum Qualifying Marks – 90

Duration – 3 hours

⚜️Part B

🔘Aptitude & Mental Ability Test (SSLC Standard)

No. of Questions – 25

Marks – 150

Minimum Qualifying Marks – 90

Duration – 3 hours

Note- Part B will be evaluated only if the candidate secures minimum qualifying marks of 40% (i.e., 60 Marks) in Part A.

SYLLABUS :

Unit I: Grammar (25 Questions)
Parts of speech, Concord, Tense, Active voice and passive voice, Types of sentences, Statement,
Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory, Transformation of statements into imperatives, Interrogatives into
statements, Assertives into negatives, Exclamatory sentences into Statement, Imperatives into Inquisitive
Interrogatives, Imperatives into Appreciative Statements, Verbs, Main Verbs and Auxiliary Verbs , Regular
and Irregular Verbs, Infinitives, Gerunds, Participles, Question tags, Sentence patterns, Types of
sentences, Simple, Compound and Complex, Phrases and clauses, Degrees of comparison, Positive,
Comparative and Superlative, Direct into Indirect and Indirect to Direct, Synthesis of sentences,
Punctuations.

Unit II: Vocabulary (15 Questions)
Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, Homophones, Collocations, Idioms & Phrases, Phrasal verbs, Spelling
of words, Correct usage of words, One word substitution, Word creation, Singular and plural (including Zero
plural), Derivatives, Abbreviations, British and American English, Compound words and Figures of speech.
Unit III: Writing Skills (10 Questions)
Letter writing (formal and informal) – Types of Letters (Multiple Choice Question), Jumbled sentences,
Finding out the right order of sentences, Making queries (Multiple Choice Question), Inferences, Blanks,
Substitutions.
Unit IV: Technical Terms (10 Questions)
Administrative Terms, Department related, General and Official terms, Official Correspondence (only
basics).
Unit V: Reading Comprehension (20 Questions)
Unseen passages (News Paper, Headlines, Editorials, Government related News), Question Types–Strong
question, Weak question, Match the following, Sentence Completion, Ascertainment of facts (Multiple
Choice Question) – Choose the best response.
Unit VI: Translation (5 Questions)
Word Translation, Sentence Translation, Tense related translation tasks, Tense / Voice related tasks.
Unit VII: Literary Works (15 Questions) (SSLC Standard)
Figures of Speech; Appreciation and Analysis of Poetry; Lines of Significance
Poems: I Dream of Spices – Raj Arumugam; The Crocodile – Lewis Carroll; Teamwork – Edger Albert
Guest; From a Railway Carriage – Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson; A Tragic Story – William Makepeace
Thackeray; Sea Fever – John Masefield; Courage – Edger Albert Guest; The Age of Chivalry – George
Krokos; Wandering Singers – Sarojini Naidu; The Listeners – Walter de la mere; Your Space – David Bates;
Special Hero – Christine M. Kerschan; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening – Robert Frost; Leisure –
William Henry Davies; A Poison Tree – William Blake; The Power of a Smile – Tupac Shakur; On Killing a
Tree – Gieve Patel; Advice from a Tree – Ilan Shamir; The Spider and The Fly – Mary Howitt; Never Trust a
Mirror – Erin Hanson; The River – Ilan Shamir; Nature the Gentlest Mother – Emily Dickinson; The Comet –
Norman Littleford; The Star – Jane Taylor; The Stick-Together Families – Edgar Albert Guest; Memories of
My Dad – Rebecca D. cook; Life – Henry Van Dyke; The Grumble Family – L.M. Montgomery; The Secret of
the Machines – Rudyard Kipling; The House on Elm Street – Naida Bush.
Prose: His First Flight – Liam O’ Flaherty; The Night the Ghost Got In – James Grover Thurber;
Empowered Women Navigating the World; The Attic – Satyajit Ray; Tech Bloomers; The Last Lesson –
Alphonse Daudet; The Dying Detective – Arthur Canon Doyle; Learning The Game – Sachin Ramesh
Tendulkar; I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore – Ruskin Bond; Old Man River – Dorothy Deming (Drama);
Seventeen Oranges – Bill Naughton; Water – The Elixir of Life – Sir C.V. Raman; From Zero to Infinity –
Biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan; A Birthday Letter – Jawaharlal Nehru; The Nose Jewel – C.
Rajagopalachari; Hobby – Turns A Successful Career; Sir Isaac Newton – The Ingenious Scientist –
Nathaniel Hawthorne; My Reminiscence – Rabindranath Tagore; Sea Turtles – Sheker Dattatri; When the
Trees Walked – Ruskin Bond; A Visitor from Distant Lands; Sports Stars – Mithali Dorai Raj; The Last
Stone Carver – Sigrun Srivastav; Eidgah – Munshi Premchand; The Wind on Haunted Hill – Ruskin Bond; A
Prayer to the Teacher – Subroto Bagchi; The Tempest – Tales From Shakespeare; A Hunter Turned
Naturalist – Jim Corbett; The Cat and the Painkiller (An Extract from the Adventures of Tom Sawyer) – Mark
Twain.
Note: The Syllabus for Unit VII is based on school textbooks (up to SSLC Standard).

Part B: General Studies (SSLC Standard – 75 Questions)

Unit I: General Science (5 Questions)
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; Elements and compounds, acids, bases, salts,petroleum products, fertilizers, pesticides, metallurgy, and food adulterants; main concepts of life science,
classification of living organisms, evolution, genetics, physiology, nutrition, health and hygiene, human
diseases; Environmental science; Latest inventions in science and technology; Current affairs.
Unit II: Geography (5 Questions)
Earth location – Physical features – Monsoon, rainfall, weather, and climate – Water resources – Rivers – Soil,
Minerals, and Natural resources – Forest and Wildlife – Agriculture pattern; Transport – Communication;
Population density and distribution in Tamil Nadu and India; Calamities – Disaster management –
Environment – Climate change; Geographical landmarks; Current affairs.
Unit III: History, Culture of India, and Indian National Movement (10 Questions)
Indus Valley Civilization – Guptas, Delhi Sultans, Mughals, and Marathas – South Indian History; 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; Different modes of
agitation of Tamil Nadu and movements; Characteristics of Indian Culture, Unity in Diversity – Race,
Language, Custom; India as a secular state.
Unit IV: Indian Polity (15 Questions)
Constitution of India – Preamble to the Constitution – Salient features of the Constitution – Union, State, and
Union Territory; Citizenship, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties, Directive Principles of State Policy;
Union Executive, Union Legislature – State Executive, State Legislature – Local Governments, Panchayat
Raj; Spirit of federalism: Centre – State relationships; Election – Judiciary in India – Rule of Law; Corruption
in public life – Anti-Corruption measures – Lokpal and Lokayukta – Right to Information – Empowerment of
Women – Consumer Protection Forums – Human Rights Charter; Political parties and political system in
Tamil Nadu and India; Current affairs.
Unit V: Indian Economy and Development Administration in Tamil Nadu (20 Questions)
Nature of Indian economy – Five-year plan models – an assessment – Planning Commission and Niti Aayog;
Sources of revenue – Reserve Bank of India – Finance Commission – Resource sharing between Union and
State Governments – Goods and Services Tax; 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; Social
Justice and Social Harmony as the cornerstones of socio-economic development; Education and Health
systems in Tamil Nadu; Geography of Tamil Nadu and its impact on economic growth; Welfare schemes of
Government; Current socio-economic issues; Current affairs.
Unit VI: History, Culture, Heritage, and Socio-Political Movements of Tamil Nadu
(20 Questions)
History of Tamil Society, related archaeological discoveries – Tamil Literature from Sangam age till
contemporary times; Thirukkural – Significance as a Secular Literature – Relevance to everyday life – Impact
of Thirukkural on Humanity – Thirukkural and Universal Values – Relevance to Socio-politico-economic
affairs – Philosophical content in Thirukkural; Role of Tamil Nadu in freedom struggle – Early agitations
against British Rule – Role of women in freedom struggle; Various Social reformers, Social reform movements and Social transformation of Tamil Nadu.

Part C: Aptitude and Mental Ability (SSLC Standard – 25 Questions)

Unit I: Aptitude (15 Questions)
Simplification – Percentage – Highest Common Factor (HCF) – Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) – Ratio and
Proportion – Simple interest – Compound interest – Area – Volume – Time and Work.
Unit II: Reasoning (10 Questions)
Logical reasoning – Puzzles – Dice – Visual reasoning – Alpha numeric reasoning – Number series.

TNPSC Group 4 2026 Online Form

The online application process for the TNPSC Group 4 Notification 2026 will start after the release of the notification. The link for the online application will also be provided here as activated at www.tnpsc.gov.in. The application forms will be accepted through online mode, and candidates have to submit their applications before the last date that will be released along with the notification.

EXAMINATION CENTERS

38 DISTRICTS

NEAR BY EXAM CENTER IN ALL THESE DISTRICTS

Application Fees for TNPSC Group 4 Recruitment 2026

1. There is a one-time Registration Fee of Rs. 150/- (valid for 5 years). Candidates who are already registered are not required to register again.

2. There is an Examination Fee of Rs. 100/-, which is for the TNPSC Group 4 exam only.

Note- The fee is payable by online mode through Net Banking / Credit card / Debit card on or before the last date of submission of the online application

3. Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiyars)/ Scheduled Tribes/ Persons with Benchmark Disability/ Destitute Widow are exempted from the TNPSC Group 4 Examination Fee. 

4. Most Backward Classes/ Denotified Communities/Backwards Classes (Other than Muslim)/ Backward Classes (Muslim) have 3 free chances, while Ex-Servicemen have 2 free chances. 

TNPSC Group 4 2026 Cut Off

Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) will release the cuttoff marks along with the result. The cut-off marks will be released category-wise at www.tnpsc.gov.in. The candidates must check the previous year’s cut-off marks released by TNPSC by clicking the link shared below

(Out of 300 marks, category-wise, both Male & Female)

How to Apply for TNPSC Group 4 Recruitment 2026?

1. Apply Online Mode Only

2. Download Official Notification

3. Read the Notification Details Carefully

4. Click on the Application Link given below

5. Fill Application Form all and attached Required attested copies

6. Submit it before the last date

Important Dates

Notification Date : 06-10-2026

Exam date : 20-12-2026

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