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TNPSC Group 4 Model Question Paper 2026 with Answers: 30 Questions

Thirty questions in the same Part A : B : C proportions as the 2026 Group 4 paper, with the timing and marking rules to sit them by, an answer key and a one-line explanation for every answer.

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This TNPSC Group 4 model question paper has 30 questions with answers, in the same proportions as the real 2026 paper: 15 from Part A (Tamil), 11 from Part B (General Studies) and 4 from Part C (Aptitude and Mental Ability). Like a real exam paper, the questions come first. The answer key, with a one-line explanation for each question, is at the end, so you can sit the whole thing as a 27-minute test before you check.

Where do the questions come from? Thervu's own question bank, written by our subject teachers in the pattern of past Group 4 papers. It isn't a previous-year paper, and nothing here comes from TNPSC. Questions 29 and 30 were written for this post, and we checked them by working them out. The Tamil version of this page has the same 30 questions in Tamil. Part A is in Tamil on both pages, because the real Part A is set only in Tamil.

How this TNPSC Group 4 model question paper is built

The real paper is one OMR sheet with 200 questions. This one keeps the same shares, scaled down to 30:

Part

Real 2026 paper

This model paper

A: Tamil Eligibility-cum-Scoring Test

100 questions, 150 marks

Questions 1–15

B: General Studies

75 questions

Questions 16–26

C: Aptitude and Mental Ability

25 questions

Questions 27–30

Total

200 questions, 300 marks, 3 hours

30 questions, 45 marks, 27 minutes

Inside Part B, the questions follow the syllabus weights. In the real paper, General Studies units VI (Tamil Nadu's history, culture and movements) and V (economy) carry about 20 questions each (TNPSC calls the unit counts indicative), so they get three each here. Polity (15) gets two, and science, geography and Indian history get one each. The full unit list is on the Group 4 syllabus page.

How to sit it: time and marking

Treat it as a real test. The pace comes from the real paper and the marking rules from the notification.

  • Time: 27 minutes. The real paper gives you 180 minutes for 200 questions, about 54 seconds each. Thirty questions at that pace is 27 minutes. Set a timer.

  • Answer on a separate sheet. In the exam you must not mark answers in the question booklet, so get used to writing them elsewhere.

  • 1.5 marks for each right answer (300 marks over 200 questions). A wrong answer scores zero; there is no deduction for it.

  • A blank costs 0.5 mark. The OMR sheet has a fifth bubble, [E] "answer not known". If you don't know, shade [E] or guess, but never leave a question empty. A guess can't score less than [E].

  • One answer per question. If you shade two bubbles, that answer is not evaluated.

Part A: Tamil (questions 1 to 15)

Grammar, vocabulary, proverbs and literature, set in Tamil as they are in the exam.

1. பின்வருவனவற்றில் வல்லினம் எது?

(A) ய ர ல வ ழ ள · (B) க ச ட த ப ற · (C) ல ள ழ ர ற ன · (D) ங ஞ ண ந ம ன

2. தமிழில் பெயரை அடைமொழியாக விளக்கும் வினையின் வடிவம் எவ்வாறு அழைக்கப்படுகிறது?

(A) தொழிற்பெயர் · (B) பெயரெச்சம் · (C) வினையாலணையும் பெயர் · (D) வினையெச்சம்

3. தமிழில் கொடை வேற்றுமை (நான்காம் வேற்றுமை) உருபு எது?

(A) கு / க்கு · (B) ஓடு / உடன் · (C) ஐ · (D) இல் / இன்

4. கீழ்க்கண்டவற்றுள் 'தொழிற்பெயர்' என்பதற்கு எடுத்துக்காட்டு எது?

(A) ஓடி · (B) ஓடினான் · (C) ஓட்டம் · (D) ஓடுவான்

5. தமிழில் 'ஆறாம் வேற்றுமைத் தொகை'க்குச் சரியான எடுத்துக்காட்டு எது?

(A) பூங்காவனம் · (B) நடந்தான் · (C) கல்மனம் · (D) ஆட்டுக்கறி

6. 'ஏற்றம்' என்ற சொல்லின் சரியான எதிர்ச்சொல்லைத் தேர்வு செய்க.

(A) வளர்ச்சி · (B) மேன்மை · (C) இறக்கம் · (D) சிறப்பு

7. 'தீமை' என்ற சொல்லின் சரியான ஒத்த சொல்லைத் தேர்வு செய்க.

(A) அருள் · (B) கேடு · (C) இன்பம் · (D) நன்மை

8. 'சோம்பல்' என்ற சொல்லின் எதிர்ச்சொல் எது?

(A) பயம் · (B) முயற்சி · (C) மகிழ்வு · (D) துன்பம்

9. 'கற்றது கைம்மண் அளவு, கல்லாதது உலகளவு' என்ற பழமொழி முதன்மையாக எதை வெளிப்படுத்துகிறது?

(A) இயற்கையிடம் இருந்து கற்க வேண்டும் · (B) அறிவு செல்வத்தை விட மதிப்புமிக்கது · (C) முறையான கல்வி அனுபவத்தை விட உயர்ந்தது · (D) கற்றது மிகச் சிறியது; கல்லாதது மிகப் பெரியது

10. 'ஐந்தில் வளையாதது ஐம்பதில் வளையாது' என்ற பழமொழி எந்த அடிப்படைக் கருத்தை வெளிப்படுத்துகிறது?

(A) குழந்தைப் பருவத்தில் உருவாகும் பழக்கங்கள் மற்றும் குணங்களை முதுமையில் மாற்றுவது கடினம் · (B) குழந்தைகளை ஒழுங்குபடுத்தக்கூடாது · (C) வயதானவர்கள் புதிய திறன்களைக் கற்க மாட்டார்கள் · (D) இளையவர்கள் எப்போதும் அதிக திறமையானவர்கள்

11. 'காற்றுள்ள போதே தூற்றிக்கொள்' என்ற பழமொழி எந்தச் செயலை அறிவுறுத்துகிறது?

(A) காற்றடிக்கும் நாட்களில் வெளியில் வேலை செய்வதைத் தவிர் · (B) காற்றடிக்கும் போது ஓய்வெடு · (C) சாதகமான வாய்ப்பு இருக்கும் போதே அதை முழுமையாகப் பயன்படுத்திக்கொள் · (D) பருவமழைக்கு முன் தானியங்களைச் சேமி

12. திருக்குறளில் 'கூடா ஒழுக்கம்' என்ற அதிகாரம் எந்த எண்ணில் உள்ளது?

(A) அதிகாரம் 31 · (B) அதிகாரம் 14 · (C) அதிகாரம் 28 · (D) அதிகாரம் 25

13. திருக்குறளின் பொருட்பாலில் எத்தனை அதிகாரங்கள் உள்ளன?

(A) 95 · (B) 55 · (C) 70 · (D) 133

14. தமிழ் இலக்கிய நூல் 'இன்னா நாற்பது' எந்தத் தொகுப்பைச் சேர்ந்தது?

(A) திருமுறை · (B) எட்டுத்தொகை · (C) பத்துப்பாட்டு · (D) பதினெண்கீழ்க்கணக்கு

15. நாமக்கல் கவிஞர் இராமலிங்கம் எந்த இலக்கியப் பங்களிப்பிற்குப் பெயர் பெற்றவர்?

(A) தேசிய உணர்வு மிக்க கவிதைகள் · (B) இலக்கண நூல்கள் · (C) திராவிடச் சமூகச் சீர்திருத்த நாவல்கள் · (D) பக்திப் பாடல்கள்

Part B: General Studies (questions 16 to 26)

16. Plaster of Paris is obtained by heating which compound?

(A) Calcium carbonate · (B) Calcium oxide · (C) Calcium chloride · (D) Calcium sulphate dihydrate

17. The Northeast monsoon primarily brings rainfall to which part of India?

(A) Coromandel Coast (Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh) · (B) Western Rajasthan · (C) Konkan Coast · (D) Northwest India

18. Malik Kafur, the famous military general who led campaigns into South India, served under which Sultan?

(A) Alauddin Khalji · (B) Balban · (C) Jalal-ud-din Khalji · (D) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

19. Which Article directs the State to take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in public services?

(A) Article 48 · (B) Article 49 · (C) Article 51 · (D) Article 50

20. Which constitutional amendment lowered the voting age in India from 21 to 18 years?

(A) 86th Amendment · (B) 52nd Amendment · (C) 73rd Amendment · (D) 61st Amendment

21. Which Five Year Plan gave top priority to the development of heavy industries?

(A) Second Plan · (B) Fourth Plan · (C) Third Plan · (D) First Plan

22. In which year was the Reserve Bank of India nationalised?

(A) 1949 · (B) 1948 · (C) 1947 · (D) 1950

23. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India replaced which of the following taxes among others?

(A) Central Excise Duty and Service Tax · (B) Customs Duty and Income Tax · (C) Corporate Tax and Capital Gains Tax · (D) Income Tax and Wealth Tax

24. The Sangam-era poem 'Maduraikkanji' describes the city of Madurai during the reign of which Pandya king?

(A) Jatavarman Sundara Pandya · (B) Mudukudumi Peruvazhuthi · (C) Arikesari Maravarman · (D) Nedunjeliyan

25. Consider the following statements about V.O. Chidambaram Pillai:

  1. He founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906.

  2. He was sentenced to two life terms of transportation in 1908.

  3. He was a founder member of the Indian National Congress when it was established in 1885.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) 1 and 2 only · (B) 1, 2 and 3 · (C) 2 and 3 only · (D) 1 only

26. In which year did E.V. Ramasamy (Periyar) start the Self-Respect Movement?

(A) 1930 · (B) 1916 · (C) 1920 · (D) 1925

Part C: Aptitude and Mental Ability (questions 27 to 30)

27. The price of an article rose from ₹400 to ₹460. What is the percentage increase in price?

(A) 18% · (B) 12% · (C) 10% · (D) 15%

28. The population of a town is 20,000. It increases by 10% in the first year and decreases by 10% in the second year. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  • I. The population after two years is 19,800.

  • II. The net change in population over the two years is zero.

  • III. The population after two years is 20,000.

(A) I only · (B) II only · (C) I and II only · (D) III only

29. Find the next number in the series: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?

(A) 40 · (B) 42 · (C) 44 · (D) 36

30. What comes next in the series: AZ, BY, CX, DW, ?

(A) EU · (B) FV · (C) EV · (D) EW

Answer key

Stop the timer before you read on.

Q

Answer

Q

Answer

1

B

16

D

2

B

17

A

3

A

18

A

4

C

19

D

5

D

20

D

6

C

21

A

7

B

22

A

8

B

23

A

9

D

24

D

10

A

25

A

11

C

26

D

12

C

27

D

13

C

28

A

14

D

29

B

15

A

30

C

Answers with explanations

  1. (B) க ச ட த ப ற. These six are வல்லினம். ங ஞ ண ந ம ன are மெல்லினம் and ய ர ல வ ழ ள are இடையினம்.

  2. (B) பெயரெச்சம். An incomplete verb that ends in a noun (படித்த மாணவன்). A வினையெச்சம் ends in a verb instead (படித்து வந்தான்).

  3. (A) கு / க்கு. The fourth case marker, as in அவனுக்குக் கொடுத்தான். ஐ marks the second case, ஓடு / உடன் the third and இன் / இல் the fifth.

  4. (C) ஓட்டம். A தொழிற்பெயர் names the action itself. ஓடி is a வினையெச்சம்; ஓடினான் and ஓடுவான் are finite verbs.

  5. (D) ஆட்டுக்கறி. It opens out as ஆட்டினது கறி, with the sixth-case marker அது left out. கல்மனம் is an உவமைத் தொகை (கல் போன்ற மனம்). பூங்காவனம் (பூக்கள் நிறைந்த காவனம்) is not a sixth-case compound, and நடந்தான் is a finite verb.

  6. (C) இறக்கம். ஏற்றம் is a rise and இறக்கம் a fall. The other three options are close to ஏற்றம் in meaning.

  7. (B) கேடு. தீமை and கேடு both mean harm. நன்மை is the opposite.

  8. (B) முயற்சி. சோம்பல் is laziness; of the four options only முயற்சி, effort, is its opposite. (The textbook pair is சோம்பல் × சுறுசுறுப்பு, which is not an option here.)

  9. (D) What you have learnt is a handful of sand; what you have not is the size of the world. The proverb asks for humility about learning.

  10. (A) What does not bend at five will not bend at fifty: habits set in childhood are hard to change later.

  11. (C) Winnow while the wind blows: use an opportunity while it lasts.

  12. (C) 28. கூடா ஒழுக்கம் (kurals 271–280) is the 28th chapter, in the துறவறவியல் section of அறத்துப்பால். It is one of the 20 chapters named in the Group 4 syllabus.

  13. (C) 70. Of the 133 chapters, அறத்துப்பால் has 38, பொருட்பால் 70 and காமத்துப்பால் 25.

  14. (D) பதினெண்கீழ்க்கணக்கு. இன்னா நாற்பது, by Kapilar, is one of the eighteen minor works, with நாலடியார் and திரிகடுகம்.

  15. (A) தேசிய உணர்வு மிக்க கவிதைகள் (patriotic poetry). Namakkal Kavignar V. Ramalingam is remembered for freedom-movement songs such as "கத்தியின்றி ரத்தமின்றி யுத்தமொன்று வருகுது".

  16. (D) Calcium sulphate dihydrate. Heating gypsum (CaSO₄·2H₂O) to about 373 K gives Plaster of Paris (CaSO₄·½H₂O).

  17. (A) Coromandel Coast. The Northeast monsoon (October to December) gives Tamil Nadu the largest share of its yearly rain.

  18. (A) Alauddin Khalji. Malik Kafur led Alauddin's armies through the Deccan and as far south as Madurai in 1311.

  19. (D) Article 50. A Directive Principle: the State shall take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in its public services.

  20. (D) 61st Amendment. The Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1988 changed Article 326 to lower the voting age from 21 to 18.

  21. (A) Second Plan. The Second Plan (1956–61), built on the Mahalanobis model, put heavy and basic industries first.

  22. (A) 1949. The RBI began in 1935 as a shareholders' bank and was nationalised from 1 January 1949.

  23. (A) Central Excise Duty and Service Tax. GST, from 1 July 2017, merged these with VAT and other indirect taxes. Income tax is a direct tax and was never part of it.

  24. (D) Nedunjeliyan. Mangudi Maruthanar's Maduraikkanji, one of the Pattuppattu, describes Madurai under the Pandya king Nedunjeliyan.

  25. (A) 1 and 2 only. VOC started the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 and was sentenced to two life terms in 1908. He was 13 when the Congress was founded in 1885.

  26. (D) 1925. Periyar led the Self-Respect Movement from 1925, the year he left the Congress.

  27. (D) 15%. The rise is ₹60 on ₹400: 60 ÷ 400 × 100 = 15.

  28. (A) I only. 20,000 × 1.1 = 22,000, and 22,000 × 0.9 = 19,800. A 10% rise followed by a 10% fall is a 1% net fall.

  29. (B) 42. The terms are 1×2, 2×3, 3×4, 4×5, 5×6, so the next is 6×7. The gaps (4, 6, 8, 10) also point to 12 more.

  30. (C) EV. The first letter moves forward (A, B, C, D, E) and the second moves back from Z (Z, Y, X, W, V).

How to score yourself

Count your right answers (R) and the questions you left completely blank (B). Your score is 1.5 × R − 0.5 × B, out of 45. Wrong answers and [E] score zero.

Part

Questions

Maximum

Same share as the real minimum

A: Tamil

15

22.5

9 marks (6 right)

B and C

15

22.5

No separate minimum

Total

30

45

13.5 marks (9 right)

The right-hand column scales TNPSC's qualifying marks (60 of 150 in Part A, 90 of 300 overall) down to this paper. They're minimums, not targets. In the real exam, posts go by rank among lakhs of candidates, and our Group 4 cut-off guide explains why the score that gets you selected sits far above 90. Score Part A on its own, because below its minimum the rest of your paper isn't marked at all.

Then look at how you lost marks. A wrong answer you were sure of means a fact you've learnt wrongly. A guess, right or wrong, is a gap to read up on. A question you ran out of time for is a pace problem, and only timed practice fixes that.

What a 30-question model paper can and can't tell you

It can tell you:

  • whether you can keep to 54 seconds a question without rushing the last part;

  • which part is weakest for you, as long as the gap is large;

  • whether you are making the [E]-or-guess decision quickly instead of leaving blanks.

It can't tell you:

  • your likely score. One question here is worth 3.3% of the paper; in the real exam it is 0.5%. Two lucky guesses add 3 of the 45 marks, so treat the number as rough.

  • how you do on the whole syllabus. This paper has no writing-skills (எழுதும் திறன்), passage-reading, translation or technical-term (கலைச் சொற்கள்) questions, though Part A has units on all four, and Part C has only 4 of its 25 questions. Our General Tamil guide covers the Part A units, our Group 4 maths questions give you 25 more Part C problems, and the 30 GK questions in Tamil and English add more General Studies.

  • how you hold up for three hours. Concentration in the third hour is a different skill from the first 27 minutes.

Next: timed mock tests on Thervu

When this paper feels comfortable, move on to longer timed tests. On Thervu's free plan you can take shorter Group 4 mock tests drawn from the whole syllabus, in Tamil or English, with a running clock and a question palette. Each one is marked the moment you submit, with the correct answer next to every question. Every question you get wrong joins your revision queue and comes back at growing intervals. Pro unlocks the full 3-hour, 200-question test, an explanation for every answer, and tests on the topics you choose.

If you haven't fixed a timetable yet, our 90-day Group 4 study plan builds weekly full-length tests into the weeks before 10 January 2027, and the Group 4 exam guide has the eligibility and selection rules in one place.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I get a TNPSC Group 4 model question paper with answers?

This page has a free 30-question model paper with an answer key and explanations, in English and in Tamil. For a full-length paper, Thervu Pro's Group 4 mock tests can be set to 200 questions in 3 hours and are marked the moment you submit; free mock tests are shorter.

Is this a TNPSC Group 4 previous year question paper?

No. The questions come from Thervu's question bank, written by our subject teachers in the pattern of past Group 4 papers, and two Part C questions were written for this post. Nothing here is taken from a TNPSC question paper.

How many questions are there in the TNPSC Group 4 question paper?

200 questions for 300 marks in 3 hours. Part A (Tamil) has 100 questions for 150 marks; Part B (General Studies, 75 questions) and Part C (Aptitude and Mental Ability, 25 questions) share the other 150. Every question carries 1.5 marks.

Is there negative marking in TNPSC Group 4?

Not for wrong answers: a wrong answer scores zero. But every question left blank costs 0.5 mark, so shade option [E], 'answer not known', or make a guess rather than leave a bubble empty.

Is the TNPSC Group 4 model question paper available in Tamil?

Yes. The Tamil version of this page has the same 30 questions in Tamil, in the same order. Part A is in Tamil on both pages because the real Part A is set only in Tamil; Parts B and C are printed in both languages.

What is the pass mark in TNPSC Group 4?

At least 60 of 150 in Part A, or Parts B and C are not evaluated, and at least 90 of 300 overall, for every community. These are qualifying marks. Posts go by rank, so the score you need for selection is far higher.