TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus 2024 and Complete Exam Pattern

TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus 2024: Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) released the notification for the recruitment of TNPSC Group 4 services on 30th January 2024 to recruit a total of 6244 vacancies for Group 4 posts. This is one of the reputed recruitment announced by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission for the huge number of vacancies. The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) Group 4 examination is a highly desired competitive exam that opens doors to numerous government job opportunities in the state (Tamil Nadu). To surpass the TNPSC Group 4 exam candidates need to have a thorough understanding of the TNPSC Group 4 syllabus. In this article, we will break down the TNPSC Group 4 2024 Syllabus to help candidates prepare strategically for the examination.

TNPSC 4 (Group-IV) for direct recruitment of candidates in the following services in the state of Tamil Nadu:

• Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service
• Tamil Nadu Judicial Ministerial Service
• Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Ltd.
• Tamil Nadu Waqf Board
• Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board
• Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation Ltd.
• Tamil Nadu Text Book and Educational Services Corporation
• Tamil Nadu Medicinal Plant Farms and Herbal Medicine Corporation
• Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd
• Tamil Nadu Forest Subordinate Service
• Tamil Nadu Forensic Science Subordinate Service
• Tamil Nadu Cooperative Subordinate Service
• Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service / Town Panchayat Department

TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus 2024

Through this exam candidates will be appointed for the post of Village Administrative Officer (VAO), Junior Assistant, Bill Collector Grade-I, Typist, Surveyor etc. For the ease of candidates, we have tabulated an overview here.

TNPSC Group 4 Selection Process 2024

The selection of candidates under various posts of Group 4 in the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission will be based on the Written Exam and Document Verification. The Written Examination will be offline.

TNPSC Group 4 Exam Pattern 2024

• The questions on the Tamil Eligibility-cum Scoring Test will be set in Tamil only.
• The questions in Part B will be set both in English and Tamil.
• The TNPSC Group 4 Prelims Exam will be conducted in offline mode.
• Total marks secured in Part-A and Part-B taken together will be considered for ranking. T
• There is no negative marking in the TNPSC Group 4 exam.

TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus

TNPSC Group 4 Subject-wise detailed syllabus has been provided below. Candidates can check from which topics questions will be asked in the TNPSC Group 4 exam.

Tamil Eligibility-cum Scoring Test Syllabus

It is advised to the candidates to check the Tamil Eligibility-cum Scoring Test syllabus in the Tamil Language in the official notification PDF. Candidates can refer to the TNPSC Group 4 Notification 2024 PDF from the below link.

(Only for Differently Abled Persons who avail exemption from appearing in Tamil Eligibility cum Scoring Test)
Part-A Grammar

1. Match the following words and phrases given in Column A with their meanings in Column B.
2. Choose the correct ‘Synonym’ for the underlined word from the options given.
3. Choose the correct ‘Antonym’ for the underlined word from the options given.
4. Select the correct word (Prefix, Suffix).
5. Fill in the blanks with a suitable Article.
6. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
7. Select the correct Question Tag.
8. Select the correct Tense.
9. Select the correct Voice.
10. Fill in the blanks (Infinitive, Gerund, Participle).
11. Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence (Subject, Verb, Object…).
12. Fill in the blanks with correct Homophones.
13. Find out the Error (Articles, Prepositions, Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, adverbs).
14. Select the correct sentence.
15. Find out the odd words (Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb).
16. Identify the sentence (Simple, Compound, Complex Sentence).
17. Identify the correct Degree.
18. Form a new word by blending the words.
19. Form compound words (eg: Noun+Verb, Gerund+Noun).
20. British English – American English.

Part-B Poetry

a. Figures of Speech
(Alliteration – Simile – Metaphor – Personification – Onomatopoeia – Anaphora – Rhyme
Scheme – Rhyming Words – Repetition, etc.)
b. Poetry Appreciation
c. Important Lines

List of Poems
1. Life – Henry Van Dyke
2. I am Every Woman – Rakhi Nariani Shirke
3. The Secret of the Machines – Rudyard Kipling
4. The Ant and The Cricket – Adapted from Aesop’s fables
5. No Men are Foreign – James Falconer Kirkup
6. The House on Elm Street – Nadia Bush
7. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening – Robert Frost
8. A Poison Tree – William Blake
9. On Killing a Tree – Gieve Patel
10. The Spider and the Fly – Mary Botham Howitt
11. The River – Caroline Ann Bowles
12. The Comet – Norman Littleford
13. The Stick-together Families – Edgar Albert Guest
14. Special Hero – Christina M. Kerschen
15. Making Life Worth While – George Elliot
16. A Thing of Beauty – John Keats
17. Lessons in Life – Brigette Bryant & Daniel Ho
18. My Computer Needs a Break – Shanthini Govindan
19. Your Space – David Bates
20. Sea Fever – John Masefield
21. Courage – Edgar Albert Guest
22. Team Work – Edgar Albert Guest
23. From a Railway Carriage – Robert Louis Stevenson
24. Indian Seasons – Nisha Dyrene
25. A Tragic Story – William Makepeace Thackeray

Part-C Literary Works
I. LIST OF PROSE
1. His First Flight – Liam O’Flaherty
2. The Tempest – Tales From Shakespeare
3. The Last Lesson – Alphonse Daudet
4. The Little Hero of Holland – Mary Mapes Dodge
5. The Dying Detective – Arthur Conan Doyle
6. Learning the Game (Book Extract) – Sachin Tendulkar
7. The Cat and the Painkiller (An Extract from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) – Mark Twain
8. Water – The Elixir of Life – Sir C.V. Raman

9. The Story of a Grizzly Cub – William Temple Hornaday
10. Sir Isaac Newton – Nathaniel Hawthorne
11. My Reminiscence – Rabindranath Tagore
12. The Woman on Platform 8 – Ruskin Bond
13. The Nose Jewel – C.Rajagopalachari
14. A Birthday Letter – Jawaharlal Nehru
II. Biographies of –
Mahatma Gandhi – Jawaharlal Nehru – Subash Chandra Bose – Helen Keller – Kalpana
Chawala – Dr.Salim Ali – Rani of Jhansi – Nelson Mandela – Abraham Lincoln
III. General Comprehension

TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus for General Studies

The General studies will comprise 5 topics namely General Science, Current Events, Geography, History and culture, Indian polity, Indian Economy, and Indian National Movement. The detailed topic-wise syllabus is given below:

TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus 2024: Current Events

TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus 2024 for Geography

• Earth and Universe
• Solar system
• Water resources
• Monsoon, rainfall, weather & climate
• Rivers in India
• Social geography- population, density, and distribution
• Soil, minerals & natural resources
• Forest & wildlife
• Agricultural pattern
• Transport including surface transport & communication
• Natural calamities – Disaster Management.

TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus 2024: History and Culture of India And Tamil Nadu

• Indus valley civilization
• Guptas,
• Delhi Sultans,
• Mughals and Marathas
• India since independence
• Characteristics of Indian Culture
• Age of Vijayanagaram and the brahmans
• South Indian history
• Culture and Heritage of Tamil people
• Unity in diversity –race, color, language, custom
• Political parties and populist schemes
• India-as secular state
• Growth of rationalists,
• Dravidian movement in TN

TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus 2024: Indian Polity

• Constitution of India
• The preamble to the constitution
• Salient features of the constitution
• Citizenship-rights, amendment, duties
• Union, state, and territory
• Fundamental rights
• Fundamental duties
• Human rights charter
• Union legislature
• State executive and State Legislature assembly
• Parliament
• Local government
• Panchayat raj
• Tamil Nadu
• Judiciary in India – Rule of law/Due process of law
• Elections- Official language and Schedule-VIII
• Corruption in public life- Anti-corruption measures –CVC,
• Lok-adalats, Ombudsman,
• CAG
• Right to information
• Empowerment of women
• Consumer protection forms

TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus 2024: Indian Economy

• Nature of the Indian economy
• Five-year plan models and assessment
• Land reforms & agriculture
• Application of science in agriculture
• Industrial growth
• Rural welfare-oriented programmers
• Social sector problems – population, education, health, employment, poverty
• Economic Trends in Tamil Nadu

TNPSC Group 4 Syllabus 2024: National Movement

• National renaissance
• The emergence of national leaders- Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore
• Different modes of agitations
• Role of Tamil Nadu in the freedom struggle
• Rajaji, VOC, Periyar, Bharathiar & others

Aptitude and Mental Ability Test Syllabus

• Simplification
• Percentage
• Highest Common Factor (HCF)
• Lowest Common Multiple (LCM).
• Ratio and Proportion.
• Simple Interest
• Compound Interest
• Area
• Volume
• Time and Work.
• Logical Reasoning
• Puzzles
• Dice
• Visual Reasoning
• Alpha Numeric Reasoning
• Number Series