Where the marks went

How questions were asked

• Pick correct pairs: 4 separate pairs (e.g. “Lord Curzon – Partition of Bengal”). Choose which are right or wrong.
• Match grid: match list A to list B (a–1, b–3…).
• Multiple statements: judge statements (i)–(iv) true or false.
• Chronology: put 4 events in time order.
• Quote or couplet: identify or interpret a quoted line or Kural.

Memory versus reasoning

• GS questions only.
• Recall: needs a remembered fact.
• Understanding: solvable from the concept or by elimination.

Asked before

• Each question checked against ~9,000 questions from earlier TNPSC papers.
• Only papers held before that exam count.
• Same fact: an earlier paper tested the same fact.
• Same concept: same idea, asked differently.

Side by side: 2026 and PYQ

• Left (gold): 2026 question.
• Right (teal): the previous-year question (PYQ) it repeats.
• Correct options highlighted.