TNPSC Group 1 MCQ Practice

What is inside — 1,150 TNPSC Group 1 questions across 7 topics

Every question below is free to practise, with a bilingual explanation (English and Tamil) telling you why the right answer is right and why each other option is wrong. TNPSC Group 1 recruits for Deputy Collector, DSP, Assistant Commissioner. Counts are read straight from the question bank, so this page cannot drift from what is actually there.

History — 193 questions

• Indian National Movement (25)
• Delhi Sultanate & Mughals (16)
• Advent of Europeans (15)
• Revolt of 1857 (14)
• Sangam Age & Ancient Tamilakam (14)
• Cholas, Cheras & Pandyas (14)
• Indian art, architecture & culture (13)
• Indus Valley Civilisation (12)
• Mauryan & Gupta Empires (12)
• Bhakti & Sufi movements (12)
• Dravidian & Self-Respect movement (12)
• Vedic Age (12)
• Tamil Nadu in the freedom struggle (11)
• Social & religious reform movements (11)

Science — 192 questions

• Chemistry — elements, acids & bases, metals (42)
• Physics — mechanics, heat, light, electricity (36)
• Biology — cell, human body, plants (26)
• Science & technology developments (22)
• Space & defence technology (19)
• Nutrition, health & diseases (18)
• Environment & biodiversity (17)
• Everyday applications of science (12)

Economy — 183 questions

• Budget, taxation & fiscal policy (26)
• Banking, RBI & monetary policy (22)
• Planning & NITI Aayog (18)
• Agriculture & food security (17)
• Industry & MSME (17)
• Basic concepts & National Income (16)
• International trade & organisations (15)
• Inflation (14)
• Poverty, unemployment & inequality (13)
• Tamil Nadu economy & schemes (13)
• Money & capital markets (12)

Polity — 182 questions

• Constitutional & statutory bodies (22)
• Fundamental Rights (20)
• Judiciary & Supreme Court (18)
• Amendments to the Constitution (17)
• Parliament (17)
• Preamble & salient features (13)
• Directive Principles & Fundamental Duties (12)
• Union Executive (11)
• Local Self-Government & Panchayati Raj (11)
• Making of the Constitution (11)
• Centre-State relations & federalism (10)
• State Government (10)
• Elections & Election Commission (10)

Geography — 182 questions

• Rivers & drainage (30)
• Climate & monsoon (20)
• Geography of Tamil Nadu (20)
• Physical geography of India (18)
• Natural resources & minerals (16)
• Soils & agriculture (16)
• Transport & communication (14)
• Industries (13)
• Population & census (12)
• Disaster management (12)
• Environment & ecology (11)

Aptitude & Mental Ability — 146 questions

• Percentage, ratio & average (26)
• Number system & simplification (20)
• Time, speed & distance (19)
• Geometry & mensuration (18)
• Profit, loss & interest (17)
• Series & coding-decoding (16)
• Data interpretation (15)
• Logical reasoning (15)

Current — 72 questions

• National current affairs (25)
• Tamil Nadu current affairs (24)
• Government schemes (Centre & TN) (10)
• Awards & honours (6)
• Summits & conferences (3)
• Sports (2)
• Reports & indices (1)
• Persons & appointments (1)