REMINDER-- 14. TN circle postman exam Pattern and syllabus

REMINDER--TN circle postman exam  Pattern and syllabus 

14.   Pattern and syllabus for the examination: 14.1. The applicants shall be subjected to an Aptitude Test (Multiple Choice Questions) covering the following subjects/topics. Aptitude Test will be comprising four parts (Part A, B, C (i) & C (ii)) for the total marks 100. There is no negative marking.  part                                Syllabus  Part  A- General Knowledge (25 marks with 25 questions of 1 mark each) Geography, Indian History, Freedom Struggle, Culture & Sports,  General Polity & Constitution of India, Economics, General Science, Current Affairs and Reasoning & Analytical ability of 10th standard. Part B- Mathematics (25 marks with 25 questions of 1 mark each) Number Systems, Computation of whole Numbers, Decimals & Fractions, Relationship between Numbers, Fundamental arithmetical operations, Percentages, Ratio & Proportion, Profit & Loss,  Simple Interest, Average, Discount, Partnership, Time & Work, Time & Distance, Use of Tables & Graphs, Mensuration. Part C(i)-English (25 marks with 25 questions of 1 mark each) Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Tenses, Verbs, Synonyms & Antonyms, Vocabulary, Sentence structure, Proverbs, Phrases, questions from small passage. Etc Part D(ii)- Tamil (25 marks with 25 questions of 1 mark each) பெயர், சொற்றொடர், வினைத்தொடர், கலவை மற்றும் கூட்டு வாக்கியங்கள், வாக்கிய மாற்றங்கள்,புணர்ச்சி, அணிகள், பழமொழிகள் மற்றும் வட்டார வழக்கில்  உள்ள சொற்றொடர்கள், வாக்கியத்தில் உள்ள சொற்றொடர்கள், வாக்கியத்தில் உள்ள பிழைநீக்கம், துணைப்பாட உரைநடை

                     The Part A and Part B will be in bilingual i.e. English and Tamil language.

14.2. The duration of the Aptitude Test will be for 2 hours (120 minutes).

14.3. Qualifying Marks:

General candidates

Minimum 10 marks in each part i.e Part A, B ,C(i) and C(ii) and 40 % in aggregate. The candidate has to qualify in each part besides securing prescribed aggregate marks.

OBC candidates

Minimum 9 marks in each part i.e Part A, B ,C(i) and C(ii) and 37 % in aggregate. The candidate has to qualify in each part besides securing prescribed aggregate marks.

SC/ST candidates

Minimum 8 marks in each part i.e Part A, B ,C(i) and C(ii) and 33 % in aggregate. The candidate has to qualify in each part besides securing prescribed aggregate marks.