# Tamil Nadu Police Constable (TNUSRB Grade II) (TN Police PC) — Shishya exam context

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## Exam pattern
- Category: STATE_LEVEL · state: TN
- Questions: 100 · Total marks: 100 · Marks per question: 1
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Negative marking: none
- Languages offered: EN, TA

## Eligibility & vacancies
- Age: 18–26 years (before category relaxation: OBC +3, SC/ST +5)
- Education: Passed 10th Standard (SSLC) from a recognized board
- Approximate annual vacancies: 3,644
- Note: Tamil language eligibility test (qualifying) mandatory; physical standards (height/chest) and fitness tests (PET/PMT) required; must be Tamil Nadu citizen/resident
- Official portal: https://www.tnusrb.tn.gov.in (Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board (TNUSRB))

## Key dates
- 2026-07-30 — Band Police Constable notification (tentative)
- 2026-08-14 — Written examination date (exam day)
- 2026-08-30 — Physical Test Result 2025 cycle (expected)
- 2026-08-31 — Common Recruitment notification expected (tentative)
- 2026-09-03 — Common Recruitment notification expected (Police Constable, Jail Warder, Fireman)
- 2026-09-05 — Application portal opens (estimated)
- 2026-09-08 — Application window opens (tentative)
- 2026-09-13 — Written exam results

## Declared results
- 2026-07-05 — PET/PMT: PET/PMT results for 2025 recruitment cycle declared in late December → https://shishya.in/exams/TN_POLICE_PC/results/7c9dbbe3-698c-4287-a36d-19f0421ea3b9

## Syllabus outline
### General Knowledge (weight 0.45)
Awards & Honours · Computer Knowledge · Current Affairs · Indian Economy · Indian Freedom Struggle · Indian Geography · World Geography · Indian History · Indian Polity & Constitution · General Science · Sports · Science & Technology · Tamil Nadu Culture · TN Freedom Struggle · Tamil Nadu Geography · Tamil Nadu History · Tamil Nadu Personalities · Tamil Nadu Government & Schemes

### Psychology / Mental Ability (weight 0.25)
Blood Relations · Classification · Coding-Decoding · Decision Making · Direction Sense · Figural Analogy · Judgement · Logical Reasoning · Numerical Analogy · Observation · Problem Solving · Series · Visual Memory & Discrimination

### Mathematics & Numerical Ability (weight 0.15)
Algebra · Average · LCM & HCF · Mensuration · Number System · Percentage · Profit & Loss · Ratio & Proportion · Simple & Compound Interest · Simplification · Time & Distance · Time & Work

### Tamil / English Language (weight 0.15)
English Comprehension · English Grammar · English Idioms & Phrases · English Vocabulary · Tamil Comprehension · Tamil Grammar · Tamil Idioms & Proverbs · Tamil Literature · Tamil Synonyms & Antonyms · Tamil-English Translation

## Expected cutoffs (category-wise)
| Category | Expected Cutoff (indicative) |
|----------|------------------------------|
| General | 72-78 marks (out of 100) |
| BC (OBC) | 68-74 marks (out of 100) |
| BC(M) | 66-72 marks (out of 100) |
| MBC/DNC | 64-70 marks (out of 100) |
| SC | 60-66 marks (out of 100) |
| ST | 58-64 marks (out of 100) |
| PwD (General) | 52-58 marks (out of 100) |
| PwD (Reserved) | 48-54 marks (out of 100) |

**Guidance:**

- Tamil Nadu follows a detailed reservation matrix with BC, BC(M), MBC/DNC categories showing 4-8 mark differentials from General cutoffs. The General-to-SC gap typically ranges 12-18 marks depending on paper difficulty and vacancy distribution.

- Cutoffs fluctuate based on vacancy numbers (district-wise allocations), normalized difficulty across shifts (if multi-session), and the performance distribution in Physical Efficiency Test (PET) stages, which pre-filter the candidate pool.

- TNUSRB historically sets cutoffs in the 60-78 range for most categories, placing successful General candidates in the "Strong competitive position" to "High merit" bands, while reserved categories span the "Good qualifying" to "Strong competitive" zones.

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