State Civil Services

TCS/TPS Study Notes 2023

Tripura PSC released the provisional answer key (all sets) on November 25, 2022, of the Departmental written exam conducted on November 23, 2022. for Assistant Audit/ Accounts Officer Recruitment on its official website.

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Examination Pattern and details

Eligibility Conditions:

(a) Nationality: A candidate must be a citizen of India as defined in part-II of Constitution of India.

(b) Age: A candidate shall not be below 21 years and over 40 years of age on the first day of the month in which applications are invited, on the basis of Madhyamik., Higher Secondary or equivalent examination Certificate/ Admit Card. Provided that the upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for the candidates belonging to Sch. Castes, Sch. Tribes, Differently able Persons (PH) and Government servants and any other relaxation as admissible for competitive examinations.

(c) Educational qualification: A candidate must hold Degree of a recognized University.

(d) Physical Fitness & Medical Examination: A candidate must be in a good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of his/her duties as an officer of the service. A candidate who after such medical Examination as the Government or the Appointing Authority as the case may be, may prescribe is found not to satisfy these requirements, will not be appointed. Any candidate called for the personality Test by the Commission may be required to undergo the Medical Examination.

Selection Process

The TPSC exam is conducted in 3 stages such as Preliminary Exam, Main Exam and Personality Test (Interview) and after successfully passing all three stages a candidate undergoes training of 2 years and thereafter serves as a Civil Servant.

(1) Preliminary Examination (Objective Type & Multiple choice)

(2) Main Examination (Objective / Conventional Type)

(3) Interview (Personality Test)

(a) The Examination will be held in three stages namely (i) Preliminary Examination (Multiple Choice type question pattern only) (ii) Main Examination and (iii) Personality Test. The Preliminary Examination, Main Examination and Personality Test will carry 200 marks, 800 marks and 100 marks respectively.

(b) In case of Preliminary Examination (MCQ) there shall be negative marking of ¼(One-fourth) of the marks assigned to that question for each wrong answer/multiple answers.

(c) In case of Main Examination provision of negative marking, if there be any, will be notified in due course.

Preliminary Examination: The Preliminary Examination is meant to serve as a screening test only for the purpose of selection of candidates for the Main Examination. The marks obtained in this examination by the candidates will not be considered for final selection. Only those candidates who will be declared qualified at the Preliminary Examination will be eligible for admission to the TCS and TPS Main Examination. A number of candidates, maximum 10 (ten) times of total posts (category wise) will be selected merit wise on the basis of the result of the Preliminary Examination, subject to securing minimum qualifying marks as fixed by the Commission. These selected candidates will be allowed to appear in the Main Examination.

Main Examination: Only those candidates who have qualified in preliminary examination will be called for main examination. Main Examination will be conducted for 800 Marks. The candidate shall select 3(three) optional papers from among the list of optional papers. The selected candidates on the basis of the results of the Main Examination will be allowed to appear in the Personality Test

Personality Test: The selected candidates on the basis of the results of the Main Examination will be allowed to appear in the Personality Test. Personality test will be conducted for 100 marks. The final selection will be made in order of merit on the basis of the marks obtained by a candidate in Main Examination, in aggregate, adding the marks obtained in the Personality Test.

Preliminary Examination Pattern & Syllabus :-

Subject Maximum Marks Duration
English Composition 30 marks Two and half (2½) hours
General Knowledge & Current Events Of Local, National & International Importance 30 marks
History of Modern India and Indian National Movement for the period 1857 to 1947.                               20 marks
Geography of India 20 marks
Geography, History & Culture of Tripura 15 marks
Indian Polity and Economy 25 marks
General Science and Environment 25 marks
General Mental Ability 20 marks
Numerical Ability 15 marks
Total 200 marks

Scheme For Mains Examination

The Papers/Subjects are specified below. Papers from S. No. 1 to 5 are Compulsory papers and from 6 to 8 are optional papers which are to be selected by the candidate from the list of optional subjects. The standard of all compulsory papers will be of the level expected from a graduate of any recognized University.

Subject/Paper Full Marks Time allowed
English Essay and Precis Writing 100 3 hours
English Composition 100 3 hours
Bengali Composition and Translation or Alternative English 100 3 hours
General Knowledge and Current Affairs 100 3 hours
The Constitution of India and the Five Years Plan 100 3 hours
Three optional papers
Optional Paper I 100 3 hours
Optional Paper I 100 3 hours
Optional Paper I 100 3 hours
Personality Test 100  
Total Marks 900 Marks  

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Optional Paper

The candidate shall select three optional papers from among the list of optional papers. The candidate shall indicate in the application Paper-I or Paper-II against the optional papers chosen by them. 

  • Bengali Paper
  • Psychology Paper
  • English Paper
  • Statistics paper
  • Sanskrit Paper
  • Geography Paper
  • Political Science  
  • Agriculture Paper
  • Economics paper
  • Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science Paper
  • Philosophy Paper  
  • Civil Engineering Paper
  • History Paper  
  • Mech. Engineering Paper
  • Education Paper
  • Electrical Engineering Paper
  • Commerce Paper
  • LAW
  • Mathematics Paper
  • Physiology Paper
  • Physics Paper
  • Zoology Paper
  • Chemistry Paper  
  • Botany Paper

 Language Allowed In Answering Question

  1. The question in Compulsory papers at serial 1 to 3 shall be answered in the languages concerned.
  2. The question in Compulsory papers at serial 4 & 5 may be answered either in English or in Bengali but in no other languages.
  3. The question in Optional papers other than language papers (i.e English, Bengali and Sanskrit) may be answered either in English on in Bengali but in no other languages.

Minimum Qualifying Marks

The Commission at its discretion may fix the minimum qualifying marks in any or all of the Written papers and in the aggregate. If a candidate fails to secure qualifying marks in any paper, Compulsory or Optional, so fixed the marks in that paper will not be considered in calculating the aggregate.

Personality Test

(a) The Test shall be to assess the personal qualities of the candidate’s e.g. intellectual ability, social taints, interest in current affairs, critical power of judgement, variety and depth of interest, an ability for leadership, and moral integrity.

(b) In no case a candidate will be called for Personality Test unless he/ she appears in all the papers of the Examination: compulsory papers and Optional papers offered. 

Final Selection 

The final selection will be made in order of merit on the basis of the marks obtained by a candidate in aggregate adding the marks obtained in the Written Examination and the Personality Test. If a candidate remains absent in Personality Test his/her candidature will not be considered for final selection.




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