TN Police Constable exam (TNUSRB PC)

The written exam is an objective-type OMR test in two parts, written in one sitting. There is no negative marking.

• Pass Part I first. You need at least 32 of 80 (40%) in the Tamil test, otherwise Part II is not evaluated.
• Part II decides your written score, which carries 70 of the 100 marks in the final merit list.
• No negative marking. Answer every question.

• Nationality: Indian citizen.
• Education: SSLC (Class 10) pass.
• Age (2025 notification, as on 1 July 2025): 18 to 26 for the general category; up to 28 for BC, BCM and MBC/DNC; up to 31 for SC, SC(A), ST and transgender candidates; up to 37 for destitute widows; up to 47 for ex-servicemen.
• Tamil: the Part I Tamil test is compulsory. A share of posts is reserved for candidates who studied in Tamil medium (PSTM).

Physical standards (2025)

1. Written exam (Part I and Part II). Candidates are shortlisted on Part II marks.
2. Certificate verification.
3. Physical Measurement Test (height and chest).
4. Endurance Test, qualifying only: 1,500 metres in 7 minutes for men; 400 metres in 2 minutes 30 seconds for women.
5. Physical Efficiency Test, scored: three events.
6. Provisional selection on the final merit list, then medical examination and police verification of character and antecedents.

Part I tests Tamil grammar and literature. Part II has two sections: General Knowledge (science, history, geography, polity, economics and current affairs) and Psychology (communication, numerical and logical ability, and information handling).

• Make Part I safe early. The Tamil test only needs 32 of 80, but missing it ends your attempt. A few weeks of grammar practice takes it off the table.
• Put most of your hours into Part II. 70 of the 100 merit marks come from it, and cut-offs are high: the 2025 general-category cut-off for men was reported at 61 of 70.
• Treat Psychology as scoring. Its 25 questions are reasoning and numerical puzzles that improve quickly with practice.
• Use the Samacheer Kalvi textbooks (Classes 6–10) for science, history, geography and polity.
• Train for the run alongside your studies. The Endurance Test and PET come within weeks of the written result, and PET marks decide close ranks.
• Sit timed mock tests and go back over every wrong answer a few days later.

Thervu’s TN Police Constable mock tests are timed, set in both Tamil and English, and marked the moment you submit.

• Questions cover the Tamil test, General Knowledge and Psychology.
• Choose any length, from 30 minutes to 3 hours.
• No negative marking, as in the real exam.
• Your result shows your score, each subject and the topics that cost you marks; wrong answers come back for revision.
• The free plan includes 3 tests a day, and no card is needed.

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