(I) Tamil Nadu Civil/Commercial Tax Services Examination

Eligibility

Academic Qualifications - Degree

Age - 21-28 years.
          33 years (For SC/ST/BC).

Subjects for Examination

Compulsory

English

General Knowledge I & II

Optional (Any three subjects)

Agriculture	Botany
Chemistry	Commerce
Cooperation	Economics
Geography	Geology
History	Law
Mathematics	Philosophy
Political Science	Physics
Psychology	Sociology
Statistics	Zoology
Tamil	Literature
Languages (one only) - (Tamil, Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Arabic, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Persian)

Written test is followed by Interview.

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(II) Tamil Nadu Co-Operative Services Examination

Qualifications

Academic - MA (Cooperation)/M Com with Cooperation or Degree in Cooperation or Diploma in Rural Services or Diploma in Associateship of Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Age - 21-28 years. No age limit for SC/ST/BC candidates.

Subjects for Examination

Compulsory

English

General Knowledge I & II

Optional (Any three subjects)

Agriculture	Botany
Chemistry	Commerce
Cooperation	Economics
Law	Sociology
Psychology	Statistics
Languages - (English/Sanskrit/Arabic/Persian).

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(III) Tamil Nadu Cooperative Subordinate/Secretariat/ Ministerial Services Examination

Eligibility

Academic Qualification -

For other posts - Degree.

For Co-operative Subordinate Service - Degree plus Diploma in Rural Services

Age - 21-28 years.

Subjects for Examination

Compulsory

English

General Knowledge

Optional - Any three of the following : (one from Group `A' and two from Group `B')

Group A

English	Sanskrit
Persian	Arabic
Tamil	Telugu
Malayalam	Urdu
Kannada	Hindi

Group B

Indian History	European History
Constitutional History	Political Science
Economics	Geography
Philosophy	Psychology
Maths (Pure)	Maths (Applied)
Statistics	Physics
Chemistry	Botany
Zoology	Geology
Indian Penal Code	Indian Constitutional Law
Social Science	Agriculture
Agricultural Chemistry	Agricultural Botany
Accounts & Audit	Banking & Mercantile Law
Anthropology	Biology
Home Science	Community Development
Cooperation	History of Civilization
Fine Arts	Sociology

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(III) Tamil Nadu Forest Subordinate Services Examination

Eligibility

Academic Qualifications - B.Sc.

Age - 18-28 years

Physical - Height : 163 cms. Chest : 84 cms. (expanded) Expansion : 5 cms

Subjects for Examination

Compulsory

English

Maths I & II

General Knowledge I & II

Optional - Any one of the following

Mathematics	Physics
Chemistry	Botany
Zoology	Geology

Written test is followed by Interview.

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(IV) Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Subordinate Services Group VII
        Examination

Eligibility

Academic Qualifications - Degree.

Age - 30-35 years.

Subjects for Examination

1. English Composition
2. General Knowledge
3. Treatise on Saivism & Vaishnavism

Written examination is followed by Interview.

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(V) General Eligibility Conditions

A Candidate must satisfy the Commission on the following aspects :–

1. Citizenship that he is -
   1. a Citizen of India; or
   2. a subject of Nepal or Bhutan; or
   3. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
   4. A person of Indian Origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tankanika and Zanzibar) Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia with the intention of permanently settling in India.
   5. A Candidate belonging to categories (iii) or (iv) or a subject of Nepal or Bhutan should also obtain a certificate of eligibility given by the Government of Tamil Nadu.
   6. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary will be admitted to an examination or interview and he will provisionally be appointed subject to the necessary certificate being given to him by the Government of Tamil Nadu.
2. Character And Antecedents - that his character and antecedents are such as to qualify him for the appointment;
3. Bigamy - that he does not have more than one living wife or if such person is a woman, she is not married to any person who has a wife living; and
4. Candidates In Union/State Government Service that on the date of notification/advertisement for the purpose of direct recruitment he was not in the service of the Indian Union or of a State in India.

Note : - For the purpose of this clause a person will be deemed to be not in the service of the Indian Union or of a State in India.

1. If a period of five years has not elapsed since his first appointment to a service of the Indian Union or of a State in India.
2. If he belongs to one of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or to one of the MBC/DC and Backward Classes.
3. Sound Health Etc. - A candidate must satisfy the appointing authority that he is of sound health, active habits and free from any bodily defect or infirmity unfitting him for the appointment.