TNPSC Group 3 Syllabus 2023 PDF and Exam Pattern

·         Compulsory Tamil Language Proficiency and Assessment Test (Policy Test) (Xth Standard) (Total 100 questions /150 marks)

·         General English (SSLC standard) (100 questions / 150 marks)

1. Arrange words alphabetically.
2. Proofreading – remove typos, remove singular and plural errors, convention errors, remove slippery words, remove foreign words.
3. Matching – Choosing a suitable material, popular book, author. Knowledge of sequence and relation (i) Evidence denoted by the sequence (ii) Text denoted by epithet.
4. Picking up antonyms.
5. Arrange words to form phrases.
6. Find a matching term.
7. Choose any one of the following: Nyakai, Monai, Iiyaibu.
8. Finding adjectives, verbs, verbs, and sentences.
9. Given the root word, form the verb, adjective, adverb, noun, pronoun.
10. Discrimination of sound and identification of the correct object.
11. Decompose.
12. Choosing a root word.
13. Recognizing the type of noun.
14. Proverbs.
15. Selecting the answer question.
16. Finding the meaning of a letter and a language.
17. Selective writing illustrated by illustration. Verb suitable object
18. Grammatical notation.
19. Finding out what kind of sentence is written.
20. Knowing the Tamil equivalent of the English word.

1. Thirukkural Related Messages, Quotes, Series Completion (Twenty-Five Chapters Only) Love, Character, Education, Question, Knowledge, Modesty, Morality, Patience, Friendship, Verbality, Time, Pain, Reconciliation, Thank You, Testimony, Periyar Sub-Code, Subjunctive, Subjunctive .
2. News related to Folk Songs – Siddhar Songs.
3. News related to songs of Aaranuam Naladiyar, Nanmanikadikai, Pasamozhi Nanuru, Mutumozhi Kanchi, Trikatugam, Inna Forty, Iniyavai Forty, Sirupanjamoolam, Elathi, Olavaiyar and other news in eighteen books.
4. News related to Periyapuranam – Nalayira Divvyaprabandam Thiruvilayat Puranam – Thembhavani – Seerapuranam.
5. Purananuru, Agananuru, Nityanai, Kurundogai, Inkuguruhundu, news related to calculus, quotes, subliminal, octagonal, and other news in decimal texts.
6. Silappathikaram-Manimekalai related news, quotes, best series, episodes and news related to Aimeperum-Ainchirung Copies.
7. Trivia: Tirukkutalakkuravanchi Kalingathupparani Muthollayiram, Tamilvidu Thoothu – Nandikalampagam – Mukudapallu – Kavadichindu – Muthukumarasamy Pillaith Tamil Irajaraja Cholan Ula related news.
8. Kambaramayanam, Ravana epic related news, Bhagyu, best serials.
9. Religious Pioneers – Appar, Sambandar, Sundarar, Manikkavasakar, Thirumoolar, Kulasekhara Alwar, Andal, Seethalaichathanar, HA Kritinanar, Umarupulavar related news, quotes, special names.
10. Manonmaniyam – Panjali Sapadam Quill Pattu Bilingual (Kalamekab Pulavar) – News related to the beautiful Chokanathar.

1. Letters Literature Diary in Tamil, news related to Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi, M. Varadarasan, Perarinjar Anna.
2. Prose N.M.Venkatasamy Nattar, R.P.Sethu, Mr.V.Kalyana Sundaranar, Vaiyapuri, Pera.Daninayagam Adigal, Seikuthambi Bhavalar – News related to language style.
3. Global Tamils are special and proud – Tamil work.
4. News about the change of appearance of Tamil Nadu, town and city.
5. Antiquity of Tamil Specialization of Tamil language, news related to Dravidian languages.
6. News related to Art (Folk Arts).
7. Father Periyar – Anna – Muthuramalingar – Ambedkar – Kamarasar – M. B. Shivanjanam – Kaithemillat – Community charity.
8. GU Pope – Veeramamunivar Tamil Dondu Special Series.
9. News related to U.V. Saminatha, D.O.Meenakshi Sundaranar, C.Ilakkuvanar Tamil work.
10. Tamil business related news. Archaeological Surveys – Sea Voyages
11. News related to scientific ideas in Tamil language.
12. Short Stories in Tamil Topic – Author – Adaptation.
13. Devaneyappavanar-Akaramudi, Bhavalareru Tamil Donation related news. Perunchitranar,
14. Bharatiyar, Bharathidasan, Namakkal poet, Kavimani Desika Vinayakan related news, best serials, special names.
15. News related to Arts – Sculpture – Painting – Speech – Film.
16. Ramalinga Adikalar, the mother of religious universalism, news related to Mr. V. Kalyana Sundaranar – quotes.
17. Excellence in Tamil Women – Muvalur Ramamirthammal, Dr. Muthulakshmi Ammaiyar, Velu Nachiyar and Role of Women in Athadha Women’s Liberation Struggle – Thillaiyadi Valliammai, Rani Mangammal, Annie Besant Ammaiyar.
18. News, quotes, special series and articles about Pudukavitha N. Pichamurthy, C. Su. Chellappa, Tharumu Sivaramu, Pasuviah, Ira. Meenakshi, C. Mani, Chipi, M. Mehta, Erode Tamilanban, Abdulraguman, Calabria, Kalyanji, Gnanakkuthan .
19. News about the library
20. Food is medicine – news related to healing herbs.
21. Traditional Poetry – Mundirasan, Vanidasan, Suratha, Kannadasan, Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram, Marudakasi related news, epithets.

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

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

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

1. Sir Isaac Newton – Nathaniel Hawthorne
2. The Little Hero of Holland – Mary Mapes Dodge
3. The Story of a Grizzly Cub – William Temple Hornaday
4. A Birthday Letter – Jawaharlal Nehru
5. The Nose Jewel – C.Rajagopalachari
6. The Cat and the Painkiller (An Extract from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) Mark Twain
7. His First Flight – Liam O’Flaherty
8. Water – The Elixir of Life – Sir CVRaman
9. The Woman on Platform 8 – Ruskin Bond
10. The Tempest – Tales From Shakespeare
11. My Reminiscence – Rabindranath Tagore
12. Learning the Game (Book Extract) – Sachin Tendulkar
13. The Last Lesson – Alphonse Daudet
14. The Dying Detective – Arthur Conan Doyle

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

1. Environmental Science
2. Main concepts of Life Science
3. Classification of living organisms
4. Evolution
5. Genetics
6. Physiology
7. Nutrition
8. Health and Hygiene
9. Human diseases.
10. Nature of Universe
11. Measurement of Physical Quantities
12. General Scientific Laws in Motion
13. Force, Pressure and Energy
14. Everyday application of the basic principles of Mechanics, Electricity, Magnetism, Light, Sound, Heat and Nuclear Physics in our daily life.
15. Elements and Compounds
16. Acids
17. Bases
18. Salts
19. Petroleum Products
20. Fertilizers
21. Pesticides
22. Metallurgy
23. Food Adulterants.

1. Latest diary of events
2. National symbols
3. Profile of states
4. Eminent personalities and places in news
5. Sports
6. Books and Authors.
7. Welfare Scheme of Government
8. Political parties and Political system in Tamil Nadu and India.
9. Latest inventions in Science and Technology
10. Geographical Land Marks
11. Current Socio-Economic issues.

Geography of India

1. Population density and distribution of population in Tamil Nadu and India.
2. Transport
3. Communication.
4. Calamities
5. Disaster Management
6. Environment
7. Climate change.
8. Earth Location
9. Physical Features
10. Monsoon, rainfall, weather and climate
11. Water resources
12. Rivers
13. Soil, Minerals and Natural resources
14. Forest and Wildlife
15. Agriculture pattern.

1. India as a Secular State.
2. Characteristics of Indian Culture
3. Unity in Diversity
4. Race
5. Language
6. Custom.
7. Indus Valley Civilization
8. Guptas
9. Delhi Sultans
10. Mughals and Marathas
11. South Indian History.

1. Spirit of Federalism: Centre-State Relationships.
2. Election
3. Judiciary in India
4. Rule of Law.
5. Constitution of India
6. Preamble to the Constitution
7. Salient features of the Constitution
8. Union, State and Union Territory.
9. Corruption in public life
10. Anti-Corruption measures
11. Lokpal and Lokayukta
12. Right to Information
13. Empowerment of Women
14. Consumer Protection Forums
15. Human Rights Charter.
16. Union Executive
17. Union Legislature
18. State Executive
19. State Legislature
20. Local Governments
21. Panchayat Raj.
22. Citizenship
23. Fundamental Rights
24. Fundamental Duties
25. Directive Principles of State Policy.

1. Sources of revenue
2. Reserve Bank of India
3. Finance Commission
4. Resource sharing between Union and State Governments
5. Goods and Services Tax.
6. Economic Trends
7. Employment Generation
8. Land Reforms and Agriculture
9. Application of Science and Technology in Agriculture
10. Industrial growth
11. Rural Welfare oriented programs
12. Social Problems
13. Population
14. Education
15. Health
16. Employment
17. Poverty
18. Nature of Indian economy
19. Five year plan models an assessment
20. Planning Commission and NitiAyog..

1. Different modes of Agitation of Tamil Nadu and movements.
2. National Renaissance
3. Early uprising against British Rule
4. Indian National Congress
5. Emergence of Leaders
6. B RAmbedkar
7. Bhagat Singh
8. Bharathiar
9. V O Chidambanarar
10. Thanthai Periyar
11. Jawaharlal Nehru
12. Rabindranath Tagore
13. Kamarajar
14. Mahatma Gandhi
15. Maulana AbulKalam Azad
16. Rajaji
17. Subhash Chandra Bose
18. Muthulaksmi Ammaiyar
19. Muvalur Ramamirtham
20. other National Leaders.

1. Philosophical content in Thirukkural
2. History of Tamil Society, related Archaeological discoveries, Tamil Literature from Sangam age till contemporary times.
3. Role of Tamil Nadu in freedom struggle – Early agitations against British Rule – Role of women in the freedom struggle.
4. Relevance to Everyday Life
5. Impact of Thirukkural on Humanity
6. Thirukkural and Universal Values – Equality, Humanism, etc
7. Relevance to Socio-Politico-Economic affairs
8. Various Social reformers, Social reform movements and Social transformation of Tamil Nadu.
9. Thirukkural
10. Significance as Secular literature.

1. Social Justice and Social Harmony as the Cornerstones of Socio-Economic Development.
2. Education and Health systems in Tamil Nadu.
3. Geographical characteristics of Tamil Nadu and its impact on economic growth.

1. Logical Reasoning
2. Puzzles-Dice
3. Visual Reasoning
4. Alpha-numeric Reasoning
5. Number Series.
6. Ratio and Proportion
7. Simplification
8. Percentage
9. Highest Common Factor (HCF)
10. Lowest Common Multiple (LCM).
11. Simple interest
12. Compound interest
13. Area
14. Volume
15. Time and Work.

1. Environmental Science.
2. Nature of Barendum
3. Measurements of Physical Quantities
4. General Scientific Laws in Mechanics
5. Force, Pressure and Energy
6. Basic principles of mechanics, electricity, magnetism, light, sound, heat and nuclear physics and their applications in everyday life.
7. Basic principles of biology
8. classification of organisms
9. evolution
10. genetics
11. physiology
12. nutrition
13. health and hygiene
14. Human diseases.
15. Elements and compounds
16. Acids
17. Alkalis
18. Salts
19. petroleum products
20. fertilizers
21. pesticides
22. metallurgy
23. food additives.

1. Welfare Government Schemes
2. Political parties
3. systems of governance in Tamil Nadu and India.
4. Current Affairs Roundup
5. National Symbols
6. Details of States
7. Top News
8. People and Places
9. Sports
10. Books and Authors.
11. Recent Innovations in Science and Technology
12. Geographical Indications
13. Current Socio-Economic Issues.

1. Population density and distribution of population in Tamil Nadu and India.
2. Disaster
3. Disaster Management
4. Environment
5. Climate Change.
6. Transport
7. Communication.
8. Topography
9. Natural formations
10.  Monsoon, rainfall, weather and climate
11. Water resources
12. Rivers
13. Soil, mineral resources and natural resources
14. Forest and wild life
15. Agricultural systems.

1. Nature of Indian culture
2. unity in diversity
3. race
4. language
5. dialect.
6. Indus Valley Civilization
7. Guptas
8. Delhi Sultans
9. Mughals
10. Marathas
11. History of South India.
12. India is a secular country.

1. Citizenship
2. Fundamental Rights
3. Fundamental Duties
4. Ethical Principles of the State.
5. Elections
6. Indian judicial systems
7. Rule of law.
8. Constitution of India
9. Preamble to the Constitution
10. Main Elements of the Constitution
11. Union
12. State and Union Articles.
13. Basic Features of Federalism: Centre-State Relations.
14. Corruption in public life
15. Anti-corruption measures
16. Lokpal and Lok Ayukta
17. Right to information
18. Empowerment of women
19. Consumer protection bodies
20. Charter of Human Rights.
21. Union Administration
22. Union Parliament
23. State Administration
24. State Legislature
25. Local Bodies
26. Panchayat Raj.

1. Nature of Indian Economy
2. Five Year Plan Models
3. An Appraisal
4. Planning Commission
5. Finance Commission.
6. Sources of revenue
7. Reserve Bank of India
8. Finance Commission
9. Fund sharing between Central and State Governments
10. Goods and Services Tax.
11. Economic Trends
12. Employment Generation
13. Land Reforms and Agriculture
14. Application of Science and Technology in Agriculture
15. Industrial Development
16. Rural Welfare Schemes
17. Social Issues
18. Population
19. Education
20. Welfare
21. Employment
22. Poverty.

1. Various Phases and Movements of Tamil Nadu Freedom Struggle.
2. National Revival
3. Early Uprisings Against British Rule
4. Indian National Congress
5.  Emergence of Leaders
6. B R Ambedkar
7. Bhagat Singh
8. Bharatiyar
9. VA Chidambaram
10. Father Periyar
11. Jawaharlal Nehru
12. Rabindranath Tagore
13. Kamarasar
14. Mahatma Gandhi
15. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
16. Rajaji
17. Subhash Chandra Bose
18. Muthuletsumi Ammaiyar
19. Muvalur Ramamirtham
20. many national leaders.

1. Philosophical principles of Thirukkural.
2. History of Tamil Society Archaeological findings related to it, Tamil literature from Sangam period to present time.
3. Role of Tamil Nadu in Freedom Struggle – Early Revolts against British – Role of Women in Freedom Struggle.
4. A literature of secular character.
5. Crucial and immutable values – equality, humanity etc.
6. Relevance of Thirukkural in socio-political economic phenomena.
7. Relevance to daily life.
8. Various Reformers, Reform Movements and Changes in Tamil Nadu.
9. Impact of Thirukkural on Humanity.

1. Geographical topographies of Tamil Nadu and their impact on economic development.
2. Social justice
3. Social harmony
4. socio-economic development.
5. Education and Welfare Systems of Tamil Nadu.

1. Ratio and Proportion.
2. simplification
3. Percentage
4. Greater Common Factor
5. Lesser Common Multiple
6. Simple interest
7. Compound interest
8. Area
9. Capacity
10. Duration and work.
11. Logical Etiology
12.  Puzzles
13. Dice
14. Visual Etiology
15. Numerical Etiology
16. Number Sequence.