Scheme of examination of Punch Operator 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

S.No	Subject	Duration of Examination	Maximum Marks	Minumum Qualifying marks	for Others
				SC/ST, MBCs, BCs
	Single Paper in any one of
	the following Subjects:
	(200 Questions)
	(Computer Based Test)
1	General Knowledge
	(H.Sc. Standard)
	(100 Items)
	+	3 Hours	300
2	General Tamil / General English
	(S.S.L.C. Standard)
	(100 Items)
	(Objective Type)			102	136
3	Interview and Record		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.

• The question papers will be set in two types (i.e.) 1) General Knowledge (100 items) with General Tamil (100 items) and 2) General Knowledge (100 items) with General English (100 items). Candidates are given the option to choose either General Tamil or General English for answering the second 100 items apart from answering the first 100 items on General Knowledge.
• The questions on “General Knowledge” will be set both in Tamil and in English and the questions on General Tamil and General English will be set in the respective languages.