The Group 2 and 2A Prelims is on Sunday, 1 November 2026. Voting on this page opens the moment the exam ends at 12.30 PM: count your correct answers with our key, vote anonymously, and see where you stand among other candidates, community by community.
குரூப் 2, 2A முதல்நிலைத் தேர்வு நவம்பர் 1. தேர்வு முடிந்ததும் (மதியம் 12.30) இங்கே உங்கள் மதிப்பெண்ணைப் பதிவு செய்யலாம். Last updated 19 October 202613 days to the examThe live chart appears here once voting opens after the exam on 1 November. Each vote shows up instantly, with a community-wise picture as soon as enough candidates have voted.
There is no single Group 2 cutoff. The Prelims only shortlists: its marks are not counted in your final rank. Notification 07/2026 calls 10 times the number of vacancies to the Mains, reservation-wise, and Group II and Group IIA have separate Main Examinations, so each has its own set of cutoffs.
| Service | Vacancies | Called to the Mains (about) |
|---|---|---|
| Group II (descriptive Mains) | 41 | 410 |
| Group IIA (objective Mains) | 780 | 7,800 |
| Total | 821 | 8,210 |
The vacancies are tentative: TNPSC can revise them until the Prelims result, and the Mains numbers move with them. With 19 times more posts, the Group IIA cutoff is usually lower than the Group II cutoff.
Inside each service, seats are shared out by Tamil Nadu's rule of reservation, so every community closes at its own mark:
| Category | Share of posts |
|---|---|
| General Turn (GT / OC), open to every community on merit | 31% |
| BC (other than BC Muslim) | 26.5% |
| BC (Muslim) | 3.5% |
| MBC / DNC | 20% |
| SC | 15% |
| SC (Arunthathiyar) | 3% |
| ST | 1% |
On top of this, the notification sets apart at least 30% of the vacancies in every category for women, and 20% of posts go to PSTM candidates (studied 1st standard to Degree in Tamil medium, the reason this survey asks). Each of these slices can close at a different mark.
Three things that follow:
1. GT is not "for OC only". A BC, MBC or SC candidate who scores above the GT cutoff is counted in the open 31% on merit, without using their community quota.
2. The GT cutoff is always the highest. BC and MBC usually close near each other, with SC, SC(A) and ST below. The gaps change every year with the paper.
3. The women's or PSTM cutoff in a category can be lower than that category's general cutoff, because those slices are filled from those candidates first. It can also be higher: a quota guarantees seats, it does not cap them.
Your score: 200 questions carry 300 marks, so each is worth 1.5 marks, with no negative marking. Correct answers × 1.5 = your Prelims score. 140 correct = 210 marks.
Qualifying mark: at least 90 out of 300 (60 correct answers) for all communities. This only makes you eligible; the real cutoff is decided by rank, vacancies and reservation, so it sits well above 90.
Official cut-off: TNPSC publishes the marks of the last candidate admitted in each category together with the Mains shortlist. We add that official table here, for Group II and Group IIA, the day it is released.
Every mark above the cutoff counts. Solve last year's paper with the official key and take full-length tests right up to the exam.
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| Step | Tests | Dates |
|---|---|---|
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| 11th, 12th and more | 13 | 20 Nov - 26 Dec |
| Full tests | 3 | 29 Dec - 4 Jan |