TNUSRB Sub-Inspector of Police (Taluk & AR) 2025

The Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board issued Notification No. 01/2025 on 4 April 2025 for direct recruitment of Sub-Inspectors of Police (Taluk and Armed Reserve): men, women and transgender candidates. An addendum (No. 1A/2025, 31 October 2025) followed. It made the written examination common for open and departmental-quota candidates, after a Supreme Court order and two Home Department G.O.s. This page reflects the notification as amended by that addendum.

Status (5 November 2026): the written examination was held on 21 December 2025, and the 1:5 ratio result was published on 27 January 2026. TNUSRB then reported a software error in the departmental quota list and said a revised 1:5 result would be published. The SI-2025 section of tnusrb.tn.gov.in (homepage updated 1 November 2026) does not yet list a revised result or call letters for certificate verification and physical tests. No SI 2026 notification has been issued.

Key Dates

Event	Date
Notification No. 01/2025	4 April 2025
Online application	7 April to 3 May 2025
Editing of submitted application	4 to 13 May 2025
Addendum No. 1A/2025 (common exam)	31 October 2025
Main Written Examination	21 December 2025, forenoon
Tamil Language Eligibility Test	21 December 2025, afternoon
1:5 ratio result	27 January 2026 (revision announced)
CV, PMT, ET, PET, viva-voce	Not yet announced

Vacancies

Post	Men	Women	Total
SI of Police (Taluk)	654	279	933
SI of Police (Armed Reserve)	255	111	366
Total	909	390	1,299

Shortfall vacancies (SI Taluk): 10 for Scheduled Caste (7 men, 3 women) and 43 for Scheduled Tribe (30 men, 13 women), 53 in total. No departmental, sports, wards or PSTM quota applies to these. In any category, if eligible women are not available, women's vacancies go to men of the same community.

Communal reservation: OC 31%, BC 26.5%, BC(Muslim) 3.5%, MBC/DNC 20%, SC 15%, SC(Arunthathiyar) 3% and ST 1%, applied through the 200-point roster.

Eligibility

Education. A Bachelor's degree from a university recognised by UGC or the Government, held on or before 4 April 2025. The degree must follow one of these patterns: SSLC + Higher Secondary + degree (10+2+3/4/5); SSLC + diploma + degree (10+3+2 or 10+3+3); or SSLC + 2-year ITI + degree (10+2+3). A degree from an open or distance university counts only if it followed one of these patterns. Candidates who passed 10th without studying 9th, or 12th without studying 11th, are not eligible.

Age. At least 20 years and under 30 years as on 01.07.2025 (born between 02.07.1995 and 01.07.2005). Upper age limits for other categories:

Category	Upper age limit
BC, BC (Muslim), MBC / DNC	32 years
SC, SC (Arunthathiyar), ST	35 years
Transgender	35 years
Destitute widow	37 years
Ex-servicemen / ex-CAPF (discharged within 3 years of the notification); serving military personnel retiring within a year	47 years
20% departmental quota	47 years (as on 01.07.2024)

Selection Process (after the addendum)

1. Written examination: Part I, the Tamil Language Eligibility Test (qualifying), and Part II, the Main Written Examination.
2. Certificate verification and Physical Measurement Test (PMT): 5 times the vacancies, category-wise. Candidates tied at the cut-off are also called, so the ratio can exceed 1:5.
3. Endurance Test (ET): qualifying.
4. Physical Efficiency Test (PET): 15 marks.
5. Viva-voce: 10 marks. Candidates called number 2 times the notified vacancies, plus anyone tied at the cut-off.
6. Special marks: up to 5 marks.
7. Final provisional selection list: based on total marks.

Marks allocation (all candidates, per the addendum)

Component	Marks
Tamil Language Eligibility Test	100 (qualifying, not counted)
Main Written Examination	70
Physical Efficiency Test	15
Viva-voce	10
Special marks	5
Total for selection	100

Before the addendum, departmental candidates had a separate 85-mark paper and were exempt from the PET. The addendum removed that. Departmental candidates now take the same written examination, endurance test and PET as open candidates. They remain exempt only from the PMT.

Written Examination

Part I — Tamil Language Eligibility Test

• 100 objective questions, 100 marks, 100 minutes.
• Qualifying only: a minimum of 40 marks is needed, otherwise the Main Written Examination answer sheet is not evaluated.
• Marks do not count towards the selection list.
• Syllabus (Tamil Nadu State Board, up to Class 10):
  • பகுதி அ (Part A): Tamil grammar. This covers letters, words, general grammar, meaning, prosody and figures of speech, plus language skills: splitting and joining words, antonyms, spotting the odd word, error correction and Tamil equivalents of English words.
  • பகுதி ஆ (Part B): literature.
  • பகுதி இ (Part C): Tamil scholars and their service to Tamil.

Part II — Main Written Examination

Part	Subject	Questions	Marks
A	General Knowledge	80	40
B	Psychology Test	60	30
	Total	140	70

• Each question carries half a mark. Duration: 2½ hours.
• Minimum to qualify: 25 marks (35%).
• The notification and syllabus do not mention any negative marking.
• Part A topics: General Science, History, Geography, Economics, Indian Polity, Chemistry, Biology, Diet and Nutrition, Environmental Science, Physics and Current Affairs.
• Part B topics: Logical Analysis, Numerical Analysis, Communication Skills (effective use of Tamil and English), Information Handling Ability and Mental Ability (inductive and deductive reasoning).

Physical Measurement Test

Community	Men	Women
OC, BC, BC(M), MBC / DNC	170 cm	159 cm
SC, SC(A), ST	167 cm	157 cm

• Chest (men only): at least 81 cm, with at least 5 cm expansion on full inspiration.
• Rounding: measurements are rounded to the nearest 0.5 cm. For example, 169.8 cm counts as 170.0 cm and 169.7 cm as 169.5 cm.
• Certificates: height or chest certificates from hospitals or other agencies are not accepted.
• Appeals: a candidate can appeal to the sub-committee chairperson for re-measurement.
• Exemptions: ex-servicemen, serving military personnel retiring within a year, ex-CAPF and departmental quota candidates do not take the PMT.

Endurance Test (qualifying)

Candidate	Run
Men (including departmental quota)	1,500 m in 7 minutes or less
Women (including departmental quota)	400 m in 2 minutes 30 seconds or less
Ex-servicemen / serving military retiring within a year / ex-CAPF	1,500 m in 8 minutes or less

The addendum applies the open-candidate norms to departmental quota candidates. Only those who pass the endurance test go on to the PET, and no excuse for illness or injury is accepted at the centre.

Physical Efficiency Test (15 marks)

Each candidate takes three events, each scoring 0, 2 or 5 marks (zero, one or two stars). Skipping an event disqualifies the candidate, but scoring zero in an event does not.

Men

Event	1 star (2 marks)	2 stars (5 marks)
Rope climbing (hands only)	5.0 m to under 6.0 m	6.0 m and above
Long jump, or	3.80 m to under 4.50 m	4.50 m and more
high jump	1.20 m to under 1.40 m	1.40 m and more
100 m run, or	15.00 s or less, over 13.50 s	13.50 s and less
400 m run	80.00 s or less, over 70.00 s	70.00 s and less

Rope climbing with the legs or body scores zero. Rope climbing and the jump get two attempts each, with the better one counted; the run gets one.

Women

Event	1 star (2 marks)	2 stars (5 marks)
Long jump	3.0 m to under 3.75 m	3.75 m and more
Shot put (4 kg), or	4.25 m to under 5.50 m	5.50 m and more
cricket ball throw	17 m to under 24 m	24 m and more
100 m run, or	17.50 s or less, over 15.50 s	15.50 s and less
200 m run	38.00 s or less, over 33.00 s	33.00 s and less

Long jump and the throw get two attempts each; the run gets one.

Special Marks (maximum 5, awarded at the viva-voce)

Activity	Highest certificate and marks
NCC (max 2)	"A" certificate ½, "B" certificate 1, "C" certificate / Under Officer / Best Cadet (All India) 2
NSS (max 1)	National programme or regular activities ½ each; best volunteer at state or national level, or best NSS cadet at the Republic Day Parade, 1
Sports / games (max 2)	16 approved games, including basketball, football, hockey, volleyball, handball, kabaddi, wrestling, boxing, gymnastics, judo, weightlifting, swimming, athletics, equestrian, rifle shooting and silambam

Since the addendum, departmental candidates earn special marks on the same basis as open candidates. They no longer get marks for National Police Duty Meet certificates.

Fee and Pay

• Examination fee: Rs 500 for open or departmental quota. A departmental candidate who applied under both paid Rs 1,000. Payment was online only.
• Scale of pay: Rs 36,900 to Rs 1,16,600.

Related Pages

• TNPSC Group 1, TNPSC Group 2 and TNPSC Group 4 for other Tamil Nadu state recruitment
• All Tamil Nadu exams and state police recruitments

Sources: TNUSRB Notification No. 01/2025 (4 April 2025), Addendum No. 1A/2025 (31 October 2025), the SI-2025 syllabus, the preliminary answer keys and the 27 January 2026 notice on the result software error, all on tnusrb.tn.gov.in.