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TNPSC Previous Year Question Papers

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Official-link-first guide to using previous TNPSC question papers for topic priority and mock practice.

Group II/IIA guideOfficial website

Notification is final

This guide helps you prepare and navigate official links. Confirm the latest TNPSC notification before applying, paying fees, downloading hall tickets, or checking results.

Last Reviewed

14 May 2026

Review Cadence

Monthly

Authority

TNPSC official notification, syllabus, scheme, dashboard, and result pages are the final authority.

Related Study Links

Use these internal guides and practice pages when they match the paper or stage you are preparing for.

Group II/IIA

Group II/IIA syllabus

Classify each previous question under the correct syllabus unit.

Group II/IIA

Group II/IIA exam pattern

Check marks, duration, and paper type before using old papers.

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Group II/IIA answer key

Use answer keys to review mistakes after solving papers.

Practice

TNPSC aptitude practice

Topic-wise timed practice for quantitative aptitude, reasoning, mental ability, and DI.

Aptitude

Percentage guide

Useful for marks, population, election, profit-loss, and DI questions.

Aptitude

Ratio and proportion guide

Core topic for arithmetic, mixtures, ages, partnership, and data interpretation.

Aptitude

Time and work guide

Important for work-rate, efficiency, pipes, and combined-work questions.

Reasoning

Reasoning practice

Practise coding-decoding, series, blood relations, direction sense, and arrangements.

How to Use Group II/IIA Previous Papers

TNPSC Previous Year Question Papers is part of TNPSC Group II and IIA Services preparation. Use it with the active TNPSC notification, because the notification controls the exact syllabus, scheme, post list, age rules, fees, vacancies, reservation details, and document instructions.

Previous papers are not only for final revision. Use them from the first month to understand repeated themes, common traps, factual depth, and the way TNPSC frames questions. Attach each useful question to a syllabus heading so your revision becomes targeted.

  • Solve one paper without help to understand your current level.
  • Analyze every wrong answer and tag it as fact gap, concept gap, or careless mistake.
  • Repeat high-frequency areas until you can answer similar questions without hesitation.

Do Not Memorise Papers Blindly

Old questions can repeat in pattern, but exact repetition is never guaranteed. The better approach is to learn the concept behind the question, note nearby facts, and revise the official syllabus area around it.

Group II/IIA Previous Exam Papers Guide

Group II/IIA previous papers help you separate prelims-style objective practice, mains writing where notified, aptitude patterns, and non-interview score maximisation.

Paper Type
Use It For
What to Record
Warning
Group II/IIA objective papers
General Studies, Tamil, aptitude, and current-affairs topic priority.
Repeated subjects, wrong-option traps, slow sections, careless errors.
Check whether the old paper matches current prelims or written scheme.
Group II mains papers where applicable
Writing practice, administration topics, Tamil Nadu examples, and answer length control.
Weak answer structure, missing facts, poor conclusion, time overrun.
Group I mains style cannot be copied blindly; match Group II scheme.
Aptitude and mental ability sections
Daily arithmetic/reasoning drill and score improvement.
Formula gaps, calculation time, repeated topics like percentage and ratio.
Do not postpone aptitude until final revision.

Recent Official Papers with Answer Keys

TNPSC hosts these as official question-paper and answer-key references. Open the official link, solve the paper first, then check the marked answer key and update your mistake log.

Year
Notification
Exam and Date
Key Status
Study Use
2025
15/07/2025

Combined Civil Services Examination-II in Group II and IIA Services

28/09/2025

View official paper links
Tentative answer key hosted by TNPSC
Use for current prelims-style GS, reasoning, language choice, and time-pressure analysis.
2025
20/06/2024

Group II A Main Examination

08/02/2025 FN

View official paper links
Tentative answer key hosted by TNPSC
Use for mains question style, answer framing, paper timing, and topic selection after prelims practice.
2024
20/06/2024

Combined Civil Services Examination-II in Group II and IIA Services

14/09/2024 FN

View official paper links
Tentative answer key hosted by TNPSC
Use to compare repeated prelims topics across two cycles and build a priority revision sheet.
Source: TNPSC official Objective Type Answer Keys / Previous year Question Papers page. If a final key is published later, use the final key for scoring and the tentative key only for challenge-window context.

First Pass

  • Solve one paper slowly without looking at answers to understand the question style.
  • Mark every question under a syllabus heading instead of only counting marks.
  • Write whether each mistake is a fact gap, concept gap, language issue, calculation error, or time issue.

Second Pass

  • Revise the weak syllabus headings found in the first pass.
  • Solve the same paper again under time after 10-15 days.
  • Compare improvement by topic, not only by total score.

Final Revision

  • Create a repeated-topics sheet from all papers.
  • Revise formulas, Tamil facts, current affairs, and high-frequency GS units.
  • Use full mock tests only after previous-paper patterns are clear.

Previous Paper Logbook Format

Keep one page for every previous paper you solve. The logbook matters more than the score because it tells you which syllabus headings repeatedly cost marks.

Exam name and year
Stage or paper type
Official source checked
Score and time taken
Top 5 weak syllabus headings
Fact mistakes
Concept mistakes
Careless mistakes
Questions to revise again
Next action before the next paper

How to practice PYQs

  • Start with one paper untimed to understand question style.
  • Classify mistakes into factual gap, concept gap, language issue, and time-pressure error.
  • Repeat official papers after revision instead of only reading solved answers.

What not to do

  • Do not rely on random PDF collections without checking the official source and exam name.
  • Do not assume an old paper pattern is still active for the current notification.

Official Links

resourceAnnual plannerresourceScheme of examinationresourceExam dashboardresourcePrevious year question papers