Scheme of examination of Assistant Section Officer (Translation) Post in TNPSC

The TNPSC exams mostly follow a written examination followed by an oral test to test a candidate on both analytical and leadership skills. A TNPSC examination is a public service examination hence an official in TNPSC must have the qualities of analytical reasoning and handling of situation skills to solve any problems and work in the post.

Accordingly, the examination pattern is set in the above mentioned forms of written and oral test formats.

The written test is of Objective type and it comprises pattern as:

SCHEME OF WRITTEN EXAMINATION (OBJECTIVE TYPE) AND ORAL TEST

Subject	Duration of Examination	Maximum Marks
Single Paper in the following Subject in Degree Standard : For the post of Assistant Section Officer in Tamil 1.        Translation: (i) English to Tamil (ii) Tamil to English 2.       Precis Writing in English      3. Precis Writing in   Tamil (Code No. 099) For the post of Assistant Section Officer in Telugu 1.       Translation (i) Tamil to English (ii) English to Tamil (iii) Tamil to Telugu (iv) Telugu to Tamil (v) English to Telugu (vi) Telugu to English          2.Precis Writing in Telugu (Code No. 186) For the post of Assistant Section Officer in Malayalam 1.       Translation (i) Tamil to English (ii) English to Tamil (iii) Tamil to Malayalam (iv) Malayalam to Tamil (v) English to Malayalam (vi) Malayalam to English 2.       Precis Writing in Malayalam (Code No. 187) For the post of Assistant Section Officer in Hindi 1.       Translation (i) Tamil to English (ii) English to Tamil (iii) Tamil to Hindi (iv) Hindi to Tamil (v) English to Hindi (vi) Hindi to English      2. Precis Writing in Hindi (Code No. 188) Interview and Record	3 hours for all language based Section Officer Examination	300 40
Total		340

As the Minimum qualifying marks is set to 136 marks for General caste, SCs, SC(A)s, STs, MBCs/DCs, BCs and BCMs  need to score only 102 to qualify.

·         Candidate have to choose respective language paper as optional subject as per the

choice of the post.

·         The question paper in the language subjects will be set in the respective languages.

·         The syllabi for the said subject is published in Tamil Nadu Public Service

Commission Bulletin as follows:

Name of the Post	Subject and	Page	TNPSC Bulletin No.
	Code No.	No.	and Date
Assistant  Section Officer	Translation and  Precis Writing
in Tamil	(Degree Standard)	952	No.11, dated 16.05.2001
	(Code No. 099)
Assistant  Section Officer	Translation and Precis Writing
in Telugu	(Degree Standard)
	(Code No. 186)
Assistant  Section Officer	Translation and Precis Writing	Newly Formulated Syllabus now
	(Degree Standard)
in Malayalam		available in www.tnpsc.gov.in
	(Code No. 187)
Assistant  Section Officer	Translation and Precis Writing
in Hindi	(Degree Standard)
	(Code No.188)

Candidates who apply for the post of other than Assistant Section Officer in Tamil

may also refer the syllabus for the subject Translation prescribed for the post of Assistant

Section Officer in Tamil, which is available in the Commission’s Website:

www.tnpsc.gov.in.