TNPSC Group 4( Preparation Tips, Syllabus, Books etc)

TNPSC Group 4 Preparation Tips, Syllabus, Books to follow.(Complete Guidance without wasting money in Coaching Centre)

About Exam.

Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission conducts exams early once for Group 4, the post included in Group 4 exams are follows,

1.Junior Assistant,

2,Bill collector,

3.Typist,

4.Steno Typist,

5.Field Surveyor,

6.Draftsman,

and more. 

Salary and Allowances:

Most of the post included in Group 4 exam has Rs.5200-20200 + Grade pay 2400/-(PB-1)(PM).

Subjects:

1.General Knowledge with Tamil,

2.General Knowledge with English.

Candidate can choose any one as per their convenience.

Examination Pattern:

Subject	No of Questions	Marks
General Knowledge	75	300
Aptitude	25
General English /Tamil	100
Total Questions	200

Preparation Tips.

Candidate Should concentrate more on General Tamil or English, because in General Knowledge some people may weak in Science so they cannot answer for Science Group or some candidate will weak in Social Science, so they cannot answer for those Questions. 

So Candidate concentrate more on General Tamil / English, if you score more than 90 correct answer in English or Tamil, then you can get only 60- 70 correct answer in Gk + Aptitude to clear the Group 4 Exams.

Books For Preparation:

General Knowledge:

Important Note: Read Only Tamil Nadu Government Samacheer Kalvi Books

Candidate who appear for Group 4 exams must read Tamil Nadu's Samacheer Kalvi Books from 6th Standard to 10th Standard in Science , Social Science, Politics and 11th and 12th Economics Book(These are Compulsory). 

If you have more Time then read the 11th Standard and 12 th Standard Book Also.

For Group 4 Exams Questions will come mostly from School Books, so don't waste money buying other Books. If you check the previous year Question Paper then you will come to know. so avoid buying other Books.

General English / Tamil:

Read only Samacheer Kalvi as per the Syllabus given in Notification.

We have given the Previous year syllabus below from TNPSC Website

Age Limit:

Category	Minimum Age	Maximum Age
SC/ST	18	35
MBC, BC		32
Others		30

Syllabus

General Science

Physics: Nature of Universe-General Scientific laws-Inventions and

discoveries-National scientific laboratories-Mechanics and properties of

matter-Physical quantities, standards and units-Force, motion and energy-

Magnetism, electricity and electronics -Heat, light and sound

Chemistry-Elements and Compounds-Acids, bases and salts-Fertilizers,

pesticides, insecticides

Botany-Main Concepts of life science-Classification of living organism-

Nutrition and dietetics-Respiration

Zoology-Blood and blood circulation-Reproductive system-Environment,

ecology, health and hygiene-Human diseases including communicable and

non – communicable diseases - prevention and remedies-Animals, plants

and human life

UNIT-II. CURRENT EVENTS

History-Latest diary of events-national -National symbols-Profile of States-

Eminent persons & places in news-Sports & games-Books & authors -

Awards & honors’-India and its neighbors

Political Science-1. Problems in conduct of public elections-2. Political

parties and political system in India-3. Public awareness & General

administration-4. Welfare oriented govt. schemes, their utility

Geography--Geographical landmarks-

Economics-- Current socio-economic problems

Science-Latest inventions on science & technology

UNIT- III. GEOGRAPHY

Earth and Universe-Solar system-Monsoon, rainfall, weather & climate-

Water resources --- rivers in India-Soil, minerals & natural resources-Forest

& wildlife-Agricultural pattern-Transport including surface transport &

communication-Social geography – population-density and distribution-

Natural calamities – Disaster Management.

UNIT - IV. HISTORY AND CULTURE OF INDIA AND TAMIL NADU -

Indus valley civilization-Guptas, Delhi Sultans, Mughals and Marathas-Age

of Vijayanagaram and the bahmanis-South Indian history-Culture and

Heritage of Tamil people-India since independence-Characteristics of Indian

culture-Unity in diversity –race, colour, language, custom-India-as secular

state-Growth of rationalist, Dravidian movement in TN-Political parties and

populist schemes

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UNIT-V. INDIAN POLITY

Constitution of India--Preamble to the constitution- Salient features of

constitution- Union, state and territory- Citizenship-rights amend duties-

Fundamental rights- Fundamental duties- Human rights charter- Union

legislature – Parliament- State executive- State Legislature – assembly- Local

government – panchayat raj – Tamil Nadu- Judiciary in India – Rule of

law/Due process of law-Elections- Official language and Schedule-VIIICorruption

in public life- Anti-corruption measures –CVC, lok-adalats,

Ombudsman, CAG - Right to information- Empowerment of women-

Consumer protection forms

UNIT-VI. INDIAN ECONOMY

Nature of Indian economy- Five-year plan models-an 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

UNIT-VI. INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT

National renaissance-Emergence of national leaders-Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore-

Different modes of agitations-Role of Tamil Nadu in freedom struggle Rajaji,

VOC, Periyar, Bharathiar & others-

UNIT-VII. APTITUDE & MENTAL ABILITY TESTS

Conversion of information to data-Collection, compilation and presentation of

data - Tables, graphs, diagrams -Analytical interpretation of data -

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.

General English:

SYLLABUS – GENERAL ENGLISH

S.S.L.C. Standard (Objective Type)

Grammar

PART A

1. Match the following words and Phrases given in Column A with their meanings in

Column B.

2.Choose the correct ‘Synonyms’ for the underlined word from the options given

3. Choose the correct ‘Antonyms’ for the underlined word from the options given

4. Select the correct word (Prefix, Suffix)

5. Fill in the blanks with suitable Article

6. Fill in the blanks with suitable Preposition

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….)

Blanks with correct ‘Homophones’

12. Find out the Error (Articles, Prepositions, Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb)

13. Comprehension

14. Select the correct sentence

15. Find out the odd words (Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb)

16. Select the correct Plural forms

17. Identify the sentence (Simple, Compound, Complex Sentense)

18. Identify the correct Degree.

19.Form a new word by blending the words.

20.Form compound words (Eg: Noun+Verb, Gerund+Noun)

Part-B

Literature

1.Figures of speech observed in the following Poems:

Alliteration – Allusion – Simile – Metaphor – Personification – Oxymoron –

Onomatopoeia – Anaphora – Ellipsis - Rhyme Scheme - Rhyming Words –

Repetition – Apostrophe

A Psalm of Life - Women’s Rights - The Nation United - English words –

Snake – The Man He Killed - Off to outer space tomorrow morning - Sonnet

No.116 - The Solitary Reaper - Be the Best - O Captain My Captain - Laugh

and Be Merry – Earth - Don’t quit - The Apology - Be Glad your Nose is on

your face - A sonnet for my Incomparable Mother - The Flying Wonder - To

a Millionaire - The Piano – Manliness - Going for water - The cry of the

Children - Migrant Bird - Shilpi.

2.Appreciation Questions from Poetry

A Psalm of Life - Women’s Rights - The Nation United - English words –

Snake – The Man He Killed - Off to outer space tomorrow morning –

Sonnet No.116 - The Solitary Reaper - Be the Best - O Captain My Captain

- Laugh and Be Merry – Earth - Don’t quit - The Apology - Be Glad your

Nose is on your face - A sonnet for my Incomparable Mother - The Flying

Wonder - To a Millionaire - The Piano – Manliness - Going for water - The

cry of the Children - Migrant Bird - Shilpi.

3.Important lines from Poems.

Where the mind is without fear - The Solitary Reaper - Going for water - A

Psalm of Life - Be the Best - Sonnet No.116

4.Questions on the Biography of

Mahatma Gandhi - Jawaharlal Nehru - Subash Chandra Bose - Helen Keller

Kalpana Chawala - Dr.Salim Ali - Rani of Jhansi - Nelson Mandela –

Abraham Lincoln

5.Questions on Shakespeare’s

Merchant of Venice (Act IV Court Scene) - Julius Ceasar (Act III Scene 2) -

Sonnet 116

6.Questions from Oscar Wilde’s

The Model Millionaire - The Selfish Giant

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7.Dr.Karl Paulnack

Music-The Hope Raiser

8.Comprehension Questions from the following Motivational Essays:

Gopala Krishna Gokhale’s Speech on 25th July in Mumbai in response to

The address presented to him by students- Dale Carnegie’s ‘The Road to

success- Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam’s ‘Vision for the Nation’(from ‘India2020’)

- Ruskin Bond’s ‘Our Local Team’ - Hope Spencer’s ‘Keep your spirits

high’ - Deepa Agarwal’s ‘After the storm’ - Brian patten’s ‘You can’t be

that no you can’t be that’

9.Comprehension Questions from the following description of Places

Ahtushi Deshpande’s ‘To the land of snow’ - Manohar Devadoss – Yaanai

Malai - Brihadeesvarar Temple

10.British English – American English

Part-C

Authors and their Literary Works

1.Match the Poems with the Poets

A psalm of Life - Be the Best - The cry of the children - The Piano –

Manliness Going for water – Earth -The Apology - Be Glad your Nose is on

your face - The Flying Wonder -Is Life But a Dream - Be the Best - O captain

My Captain - Snake - Punishment in Kindergarten -Where the Mind is

Without fear - The Man He Killed - Nine Gold Medals

2.Which Nationality the story belongs to?

The selfish Giant - The Lottery Ticket - The Last Leaf - How the Camel got

its Hump - Two Friends – Refugee - The Open Window

3.Identify the Author with the short story

The selfish Giant - The Lottery Ticket - The Last Leaf - How the Camel got

its Hump - Two Friends – Refugee - The Open Window - A Man who Had

no Eyes - The Tears of the Desert – Sam The Piano - The face of Judas

Iscariot - Swept Away - A close encounter - Caught Sneezing - The Wooden

Bowl - Swami and the sum

4.Whose Auto biography / Biography is this?

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5.Which Nationality the Poet belongs to ?

Robert Frost - Archibald Lampman - D.H. Lawrence - Rudyard Kipling

Kamala Das - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Famida Y. Basheer - Thomas

Hardy - Khalil Gibran - Edgar A. Guest - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Jack

Prelutsky - F. Joanna - Stephen Vincent Benet - William Shakespeare -

William Wordsworth - H.W. Long Fellow - Annie Louisa walker -

Walt Whitman - V.K. Gokak

6.Characters, Quotes, Important Lines from the following works of Indian

Authors:

Sahitya Akademi Award winner: Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai –

‘Farmer’

Kamala Das – 1. Punishment in Kindergarten 2. My Grandmother’s

House

R.K. Narayan - Swami and the sum - Rabindranath Tagore - Where the

mind is without fear - Dhan Gopal Mukherji - Kari, The Elephant - Deepa

Agarwal - After the Storm - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam - Vision for the

Nation

Indra Anantha Krishna- The Neem Tree - Lakshmi Mukuntan- The Ant

Eater and the Dassie - Dr. Neeraja Raghavan - The Sun Beam

7.Drama Famous lines, characters, quotes from

Julius Caesar - The Merchant of Venice

8.Match the Places, Poet, Dramatist, Painter with suitable option

9. Match the following Folk Arts with the Indian State / Country

10. Match the Author with the Relevant Title/Character

11. Match the Characters with Relevant Story Title

The Selfish Giant - How the camel got its hump - The Lottery ticket - The

Last Leaf - Two friends – Refugee - Open window – Reflowering - The

Necklace Holiday

12. About the Poets

Rabindranath Tagore - Henry Wordsworth Longfellow - Anne Louisa

Walker -V K Gokak - Walt Whitman - Douglas Malloch

13. About the Dramatists

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William Shakespeare - Thomas Hardy

14. Mention the Poem in which these lines occur

Granny, Granny, please comb My Hair - With a friend - To cook and Eat

- To India – My Native Land - A tiger in the Zoo - No men are foreign –

Laugh and be Merry – The Apology - The Flying Wonder

15. Various works of the following Authors –

Rabindranath Tagore – Shakespeare - William Wordsworth - H.W.

Longfellow – Anne Louisa Walker - Oscar Wilde - Pearl S. Buck

16. What is the theme observed in the Literary works?

Snake - The Mark of Vishnu - Greedy Govind - Our Local Team –

Where the mind is without fear - Keep your spirits high - Be the best –

Bat – The Piano – The Model Millionaire - The Cry of the Children –

Migrant bird – Shilpi

17. Famous Quotes – Who said this?

18. To Which period the Poets belong

William Shakespeare - Walt Whitman - William Wordsworth - H.W.

Longfellow Annie Louisa Walker - D.H. Lawrence

19. Matching the Poets and Poems

Discovery – Biking – Inclusion - Granny, Granny, please comb My

Hair – With a Friend - To cook and Eat – Bat - To India – My Native

Land - A tiger in the Zoo - No men are foreign - Laugh and be Merry –

Earth – The Apology - The Flying Wonder - Off to outer space

tomorrow morning - Be the best - Is life, but a dream - Women’s

rights - The Nation united - English words – Snake – The man he

killed

20. Nature centered Literary works and Global issue Environment and

Conservation

Flying with moon on their wings - Migrant bird - Will Thirst Become -

Unquenchable? - Going for Water - Swept away - Gaia tells her