TNPSC Group 4 Preparation Books

TNPSC Group 4 Preparation Books

As you can judge, books play a major role in preparing for TNPSC Group IV or any other recruitment examination for that matter. So, you should be careful about selecting the right books that will make your preparation process easier. Here are some details to help you in this respect.

Tamil Nadu State-Board Books

As you know, Tamil Nadu State Board syllabus is referred to as “Samacheer Kalvi” and the textbooks under this syllabus for all subjects like mathematics, science, social science, English and Tamil followed in the state of Tamil Nadu from class 6 to 10 should be your first source of preparation. The thing you should remember here is that most of the questions in TNPSC examinations are asked directly from the textbooks of these classes.

So, you can gain the utmost confidence when you are thorough with the chapters in these books. It is not that you should read all the chapters. Just take the syllabus of TNPSC Group IV for each paper and prepare only for the chapters in the syllabus from these textbooks. You can easily download these books from the official website of the state board for free. Otherwise, you can also buy them online from dependable sources. Now, let us get into subject-wise reference books that will help you with the preparation.

History

As said earlier, you can complete your basic preparations from the history textbooks from classes 6 to 12. Then, you can refer to the following books as well:

• Bipan Chandra – India’s Struggle for Independence
• Bipan Chandra – History of Modern India
• K. Venkadesan – India Freedom Struggle
• Prof. J. Dharmarajan – Tamilnadu History

Indian Polity

You will find Indian Polity textbooks in Class XI and XII of the Tamil Nadu State Board syllabus. You can prepare the mentioned books. In addition, the other references are:

• Dr. Shankara Saravanan  – Indian Arasamaippu Poti Thervu Kalanjiyam
• Lakshmikanth – Indian Polity

Indian Economy

Indian Economy is part of the syllabus in Class XI and XII in one of the groups. In addition, you can refer to Ramesh Singh’s Indian Economy for Civil Services Examination book.

Geography

• Spectrum Publication – Geography of India
• Oxford School Atlas

Aptitude

• R.S. Agarwal – Objective Arithmetic
• R.S. Agarwal – Quantitative Aptitude
• R.S. Agarwal –  A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning

Other Books

In addition to the books mentioned above, you can refer to the Hindu and other standard newspapers for the current affairs part. You can also watch television news channels and listen to FM radio news as well to keep updated to easily clear the current affairs section.

You can secure better marks in this part if you keep yourself updated. You can also refer to the Government of India’s India Year Book. The Spectrum Publication’s Science & Tech book will also help.

Furthermore, to help candidates with the preparation, there are many books available in the market that are specially designed to help candidates for TNPSC preparation. When you choose a standard book, it will be of great help in your preparation process. Not just preparation, practise is also important. You can take mock tests and practice yourself with past question papers as well after you complete your preparation.