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TNPSC Group 5A Syllabus: Tamilnadu Public Service Commission released the TNPSC Group 5A Notification 2022 to recruit Assistant Section Officer / Assistant in Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service. TNPSC Group 5A Exam will be held on 18.12.2022. Syllabus and Exam Pattern Plays main role in every competitive Exam. Before Preparing TNPSC Group 5A Exam candidates should be aware of the TNPSC Group 5A Syllabus. Read the full article for more about the TNPSC Group 5A Syllabus and Exam Pattern.

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Name of the organization	Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
Post Name	Assistant Section Officer in Secretariat, Junior Assistant or Assistant
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Job Location	Tamilnadu
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TNPSC Group 5A Syllabus

TNPSC Group 5A Syllabus: Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission has published TNPSC Group 5A Notification 2022 for the recruitment of Assistant Section Officer / Assistant in Tamil Nadu Chief Secretariat. TNPSC Group 5A Notification 2022 Applications will be available on official website from 23.08.2022 to 21.09.2022. Before appearing for an exam it is important to know the complete information about the exam. Both Syllabus and Exam Pattern are very important to prepare for an exam. In this article you will find about the exam syllabus and exam pattern.

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TNPSC Group 5A Syllabus 2022

Paper-I: General Tamil (Graduation Standard)

Essay writing skills

Letter – Ability to write various office letters
Summarize the given section and notes
Ability to write comprehensively
Be objective and clear on questions
Ability to answer concisely
Ability to translate with focus and clarity
Proficiency in Tamil Language, Proficiency in Vocabulary

This syllabus is designed to bring out the above skills.

Syllabus

Unit-1

Essay writing skills

The questions should be on the following general topics.

Tamil Nadu Freedom Fighters / Tamil Culture
Print Media/ Electronic Media
Environment/Food and Health
Human Rights / Gender Equality
Social Justice History

Unit-2

Give clear, correct and concise answers to the questions asked from the given section,

Unit-3

Demonstrate ability to summarize a given passage into thirds

Unit-4

Developing writing skills by elaborating from given brief notes

Unit-5

Translation

Translation of the English portion into Tamil. Translation should be structured in such a way that the concentration and clarity of the concept emerge.

Unit-6

Office letter

Demonstration of report writing skills
Development of Project Evaluation Report
Demonstration of proposal writing skills

Unit-7

Diagnosing language skills

a) Writing in sentences

b) Conjunction using conjunctions

e) Alphabetical sorting

Four words that begin with a vowel
Four words beginning with a vowel
There should be four words mixed with life and life.

d) Debug writing

There should be three questions to be written in such a way as to correct the spelling error, single error, connection error, and comment error.

U) Artistic expression

The questions should be structured in such a way as to reveal the knowledge of the departmental Tamil terms based on the Tamil dictionary published by the Tamil Development Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. Questions should be structured in such a way as to write Tamil terms equivalent to English words in the dictionary.

Paper-II: General English (Degree Standard)

Essay writing in 300 words

Argumentative Essay
Descriptive Essay
Narrative Essay
Critical Essay
Expository Essay
Persuasive Essay

II. Letter Writing

Letter expressing demands / needs
Inquiry letter
Order letter
Letter responding to Enquiries

III. Precis Writing

An seen passage in 200 words is to be given.

It has to be briefed in around 70 words.

IV. Reading Comprehension

An unseen passage in 200 words is to be given.

Questions are to be framed following K 5 Model Barrett’s Taxonomy

Understanding Question
Appreciation Question
Interpretive Question
Analytical Question
Organizing Question
Inferential Question
Critical Question
Explanatory Question
Descriptive Question
Creative Question

V. Translation

(a) From Tamil to English

Government Order/circular and

(b) From English to Tamil

News articles / 5 sentences of complex structure

VI. Hints Development

Developing the hints into a readable passage

VII. Notification

Drafting Announcements / Advertisements and Writing Explanations / Circulars

VIII. Grammar

Active to Passive.
Passive to Active.
Direct to Indirect Speech.
Indirect to Direct Speech.
Rewrite Compound Sentence as Simple sentence.
Rewrite Simple Sentence as Complex sentence.
Transform statement into a strong question.
Transform statement into a weak question.
Transform assertive sentence into a negative sentence.
Add a suitable question tag.
Use the homophones in meaningful sentences.
Use the right adverb.
Fill in the blank with right preposition.
Rewrite the sentence in comparative degree.
Rewrite the sentence in past tense.
Change the underlined phrase into clause.
Change the underlined clause into phrase.
Identify the pattern of the given sentence.
Fill in the blanks with a suitable Article.
Rewrite the sentence correcting the error.

TNPSC Group 5A Syllabus 2022 PDF

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TNPSC Group 5A Exam Pattern

Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Selection Process for the post of Assistant Section Officer, Assistant in Tamil Nadu Chief Secretariat.

Subjects	Duration	Maximum Marks	Minimum qualifying marks for selection for all communities
Paper – I General Tamil (Degree Standard)	3 Hours	100	60
Paper–II General English (Degree Standard)	3 Hours	100
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