TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus 2026 - Summary
Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission released the TNPSC Group 4 syllabus to help candidates prepare for various clerical and administrative posts in the state government. This exam includes subjects like General Studies, Aptitude and Mental Ability, and General Tamil or General English. The syllabus aims to test a candidate’s basic knowledge, reasoning ability, and understanding of current affairs and general topics.
TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus 2026 is designed at the SSLC level to assess candidates for various administrative positions in Tamil Nadu. The examination consists of a single objective-type paper with a total of 200 questions, including 100 questions from the Tamil Eligibility-cum-Scoring Test, 75 questions from General Studies, and 25 questions from Aptitude and Mental Ability.
TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus New Exam Pattern 2026
| Subjects | Topics | Max. Questions | Total Marks | Time Duration |
| Tamil Eligibility-cum-Scoring Test* (SSLC Standard) | இலக்கணம் | 25 | 150 | 3 Hours |
| சொல்லகராதி | 15 | |||
| எழுதும் திறன் | 15 | |||
| கலைச்சொற்கள் | 10 | |||
| வாசித்தல்- புரிந்து கொள்ளும் திறன் | 15 | |||
| எளிய மொழி பெயர்ப்பு | 5 | |||
| இலக்கியம் தமிழ் அறிஞர்களும் தமிழ்த்தொண்டும் | 15 | |||
| General Studies (SSLC Standard) | General Science | 5 | 150 | |
| Geography | 5 | |||
| History, Culture of India, and Indian National Movement | 10 | |||
| Indian Polity | 15 | |||
| Indian Economy and Development Administration in Tamil Nadu | 20 | |||
| History, Culture, Heritage, and Socio-Political Movements of Tamil Nadu | 20 | |||
| Aptitude & Mental Ability Test (SSLC Standard) | Aptitude | 15 | ||
| Reasoning | 10 | |||
| Total | 200 | 300 | ||
TNPSC Group 4 Exam Syllabus Subject-Wise
Part A: General English (SSLC Standard : 100 Questions) – For Differently Abled Candidates only
Here, we have provided the TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus of Part C, which includes English topics for Differently Abled Candidates only.
| Units | Detailed Syllabus |
| Unit I: Grammar | Parts of SpeechQuestion TagsActive voice and passive voiceTypes of sentences: Statement, Interrogative, Imperative and Exclamatory, Transformation of sentences, Simple, Compound and Complex sentencesTenses: Tenses in Conditional SentencesUse of ArticlesPrepositionsDirect and Indirect SpeechConcordAgreement of the Subject with the VerbConfusion of Adjectives and AdverbsComparison of AdjectivesAdverbs and VerbGerundsInfinitivesUse of CorrelativesPhrasal VerbsSame Word used as different Parts of SpeechAppositionUse of prefix and suffixCompound wordsDegrees of ComparisonClarity of SentencesSentence CompletionAppropriate use of Articles. |
| Unit II: Vocabulary | SynonymsAntonymsHomonymsHomophonesCollocationsIdioms & PhrasesPhrasal verbsSpelling of wordsCorrect usage of wordsOne word substitutionWord creation, Singular and plural (including Zero-plural)DerivativesAbbreviationsBritish and American EnglishCompound wordsFigures of speech |
| Unit III: Writing Skills | Writing formal and informal lettersTypes of Letters (Multiple Choice Question)Jumbled sentencesFinding out the right order of sentencesMaking queries (Multiple-Choice Questions)NoticeBiographiesSubstitution. |
| Unit IV: Technical Terms | Administrative TermsDepartment-relatedGeneral and Official termsOfficial Correspondence (Only basics). |
| Unit V: Reading Comprehension | Unseen passage (including poems, advertisements, Government-related News)Question types: Short questionsWh questionsMatch the followingSentence CompletionTrue/False statementsPhrase meaningChoose the best titleSynonymsAntonyms. |
| Unit VI: Translation | Word TranslationSentence TranslationTense-related translation tasksTense / Voice-related tasks. |
| Unit VII: Literary Works | The Model Millionaire – Oscar Wilde; A Retrieved Reformation – O. Henry; The Selfish Giant – Oscar Wilde; The Night the Ghost Got In – James Thurber; The Open Window – Saki; With the Photographer – Stephen Leacock; The Gift of the Magi – O. Henry; Our Local Team – S.J. Scully; Snake – D.H. Lawrence; The Piano – D.H. Lawrence; The Man He Killed – Thomas Hardy; O Captain! My Captain! – Walt Whitman; The River – Caroline Ann Bowles; Be the Best of Whatever You Are – Douglas Malloch; A Psalm of Life – H.W. Longfellow; Laugh and Be Merry – John Masefield; The Apology – Ralph Waldo Emerson; Women’s Rights – Annie Louisa Walker; The Cry of the Children – Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Migrant Bird – Famida Y. Basheer; To Cook and Eat – Debbie Lamedman The Flying Wonder – Stephen Leacock; The First Patient – Jerome K. Jerome; My Greatest Olympic Prize – Jesse Owens; The One Minute Apology – Spencer Johnson; The Unexpected – Robert Lynd; The Wooden Bowl – Leo Tolstoy; The Tears of the Desert – C. Rajagopalachari; The Last Leaf – O. Henry; The Merchant of Venice – William Shakespeare (Play); The Never Never Nest – Cedric Mount (Play) The Bishop’s Candlesticks – Norman Mckinnel (Play); The Dear Departed – Stanley Houghton (Play); India – My Land – Dr. Abdul Kalam; The Shilpi – S. Mangalam; Nine Gold Medals – David Roth, The Secret of the Machines – Rudyard Kipling; The Ant and the Cricket – Adapted from Aesop’s Fable; The Comet – Norman Littleford; The Snake and the Mirror – Vaikom Muhammad Basheer The Night the Ghost Got In – James Thurber; Two Gentlemen of Verona – A.J. Cronin, The Cat and the Painkiller – Mark Twain; The Model Millionaire – Oscar Wilde, The Refugee – K.A. Abbas; The Hero – R.K. Narayan; The Selfish Giant – Oscar Wilde; The Singers – Herbert Kaufman; The Tears of the Desert – C. Rajagopalachari; The Bench – Richard R. Thomas; The Wooden Bowl – Leo Tolstoy My Grandmother’s House – Kamala Das; The School Boy – William Blake; A Poison Tree – William Blake; Be the Best – Douglas Malloch; A Psalm of Life – H.W. Longfellow; Snake – D.H. Lawrence; No Men are Foreign – James Kirkup; The Cry of the Children – Elizabeth Barrett Browning; The Apology – Ralph Waldo Emerson; The Man He Killed – Thomas Hardy; Migrant Bird – Famida Y. Basheer; Women’s Rights – Annie Louisa Walker; The Piano – D.H. Lawrence; India – Dr Abdul Kalam. |
Part B: General Studies (SSLC Standard – 75 Questions)
This section highlights the all-important topics, including General Studies subjects, unit-wise, which are given below-
- Unit I: General Science
- Unit II: Geography
- Unit III: History, Culture of India, and Indian National Movement
- Unit IV: Indian Polity
- Unit V: Indian Economy and Development Administration in Tamil Nadu
- Unit VI: History, Culture, Heritage, and Socio-Political Movements of Tamil Nadu
Part C: Aptitude and Mental Ability (SSLC Standard – 25 Questions)
Below is Part C of the TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus 2026, covering topics related to Aptitude and Mental Ability. The detailed syllabus is provided here for your reference.
| Units | Detailed Syllabus |
| Unit I: Aptitude | SimplificationPercentageHighest Common Factor (HCF)Lowest Common Multiple (LCM)Ratio and Proportion.Simple InterestCompound InterestAreaVolumeTime and Work |
| Unit II: Reasoning | Logical ReasoningPuzzlesDiceVisual ReasoningAlpha-Numeric ReasoningNumber Series |
