Test

Test Name / Test Topics

ET 01

ELIGIBILITY TEST - 01

• Answer Writing Method Test for 45 Marks (Evaluation By Director Of Vetrii Ias Study Circle)

ET 02

ELIGIBILITY TEST - 02

• Answer Writing Method Test for 120 Marks (Evaluation By Director Of Vetrii Ias Study Circle)

Material Distribution for Test - 01

UT-01

INDIAN POLITY - 1

• Constitution of India: Preamble and Philosophical features – Salient features and Sources – Union, States and Union Territories - Citizenship - Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties, Directive Principles of State Policy.
• Current Affairs: March 1 to 15, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 02

UT-02

MODERN HISTORY OF INDIA & CULTURE - 1

• Advent of Europeans: The Portuguese, the Dutch, the English, the Danish and the French; Expansion of British rule: Carnatic Wars; Early uprisings against British Rule & Impact of British Rule: Christian Missionaries, Development of Education, Judiciary, Local Self Governance System, Police, Transport and Communication - Disappearance of Indigenous Industries - Spread of Western Culture; 1885 to 1919: Indian National Movements - Moderates, Extremists and Terrorist Movements – Gandhian Era.
• Current Affairs: March 16 to 31, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 03

UT-03

INDIAN POLITY - 2

• Union Executive: President, Vice-President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers – Cabinet – Parliament (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) – Parliament Committees – Major Constitutional Amendments; State Government: Chief Minister and Council of Ministers – Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Structure, Powers and Functions; Dynamics of Indian Federalism: Centre-State relations: Administrative, Legislative, Financial – Issues and Challenges.
• Current Affairs: April 1 to 15, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 04

UT-04

MODERN HISTORY OF INDIA & CULTURE - 2

• 1920 to 1947: Indian National Movements - Moderates, Extremists and Terrorist Movements – Gandhian Era; Role of Tamil Nadu in freedom struggle: Revolt of Poligars, South Indian Rebellion, Vellore Mutiny, Early stage of Freedom movement in Tamil Nadu – First voice for freedom struggle from Tamil Nadu – Protests by Pulithevar, Veerapandya Kattabomman, Dheeran Chinnamalai, Velunachiar, Kuyili
• Current Affairs: April 16 to 30, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 05

UT-05

INDIAN POLITY - 3

• Judiciary in India: Supreme Court, High Courts, District Courts – Subordinate Courts (Structure and Functions) – Judicial Review - Judicial Activism – Public Interest Litigation; Electoral System in India – Election Commission: (Constitutional Provisions, Composition, powers and functions);
• Local Governments: Three-tier system - 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments – Tamil Nadu Panchayat Act 1994 – Grama Sabha – Working of PRIs in Tamil Nadu – District Collector’s role in Development Administration.
• Integrity in Indian Polity: Corruption in Politics – Anti-Corruption measures: Lokpal and Lok Ayukta – Central Vigilance Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General of India - Central Bureau of Investigation - Enforcement Directorate - Right to Information – Right to Services – Consumers’ Rights – Consumer Protection Act 2019 – Human Rights Act 1993 – National Human Rights Commission, State Human Rights Commission - Social Audit – Citizen’s Charter.
• Current Affairs: May 1 to 15, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 06

UT-06

MODERN HISTORY OF INDIA & CULTURE - 3

• V.O.Chidambaram, Bharathiyar, V.V. Subramanian, Vanchinathan, Subramania Siva, T.S.S Rajan, Rajaji, Sathyamoorthy, Kamaraj, Rukmani Lakshmi Pathi, Ambujammal and others.
• Contribution of women in the freedom struggle and social work: Dr Muthulakshmi Ammaiyar, Muvalur Ramamirtham, Cuddalore Anjalai Ammal, Thillaiyadi Valliammai, and others; Origin and Growth of “Social – Justice” ideology, Socio- Religious Movements, Political Parties and Achievements. Types of freedom struggle – Sacrifices – Magazines – Literature – Plays/Drama – Songs – Films etc.
• Current Affairs: May 16 to 31, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 07

UT-07

INDIAN POLITY - 4

• Party system in India: Regional and National political parties in India and Tamil Nadu; Political parties in Tamil Nadu: Regional and National Parties – Welfare schemes and measures of successive Governments in Tamil Nadu after 1947 – Reservation and Language policy in Tamil Nadu – Impact of welfare schemes and measures in the socio-economic development of Tamil Nadu.
• Education and Health Administrative Structure in Tamil Nadu: Evolution – Achievements of Tamil Nadu in various fields: Education, Health, Industrial, Information Technology, Agriculture, Women and Marginalised Groups; E-governance and Mobile– governance initiatives in Tamil Nadu – Public Service Delivery through e-governance. TNeGA – e- Service Centres ; Problems in Public Service delivery in Tamil Nadu.
• Current Affairs: June 1 to 15, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 09

RT-01

+ TET-01

REVISION TEST - 1 Portion (Test No. 1 to 7)

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Mandatory Tamil Eligibility Test - 01 (Portion: As per TNPSC Syllabus).

UT-08

INDIAN ECONOMY - 1

• Nature of Indian Economy: An assessment – Structure of Indian Economy - New Economic Policy: Rationale – Components – Privatisation, Deregulation, Trade Liberalisation. Indian Economy since 1991 Reforms (Overview only) - Sources of Revenue: Revenue Receipts – Capital Receipts – Revenue Expenditure – Capital Expenditure.
• Current Affairs: June 16 to 30, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 10

UT-09

SOCIAL ISSUES - 1

• Population Explosion: Fertility – Mortality – Migration – Morbidity – Census 2011 - Population control programmes – National Population Policy 2000 – Family planning and its achievements;
• Health Care: Poor sanitation – Rural and Urban disparities – Poor infrastructure – Insufficient health care delivery – Role of Panchayat Raj and Urban Development Agencies – Health policy in India – Health care programmes in India.
• Current Affairs: July 1 to 15, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 11

UT-10

INDIAN ECONOMY - 2

• Reserve Bank of India: Functions, Monetary Policy – Components - Fiscal Policy: Fiscal reforms – Fiscal Responsibility and Budgetary Management (FRBM) Act - Finance Commission: Revenue sharing between Union and State Governments – Recommendations of recent Finance Commission.
• Agricultural and Rural Development: Land Reforms – Rural Credit, Modern Farming Technics and Marketing - e-NAM (electronic – National Agricultural Marketing) – Price Policy – M.S. Swaminathan Commission’s Recommendations - Subsidies – Commercialisation and Diversification of Agriculture.
• Current Affairs: July 16 to 31, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 12

UT-11

SOCIAL ISSUES - 2

• Child Labour and Child Abuse: Child Education – School Dropouts – Gender disparities – Initiatives to eliminate Child Labour in India – Media and enhanced vulnerability – Laws to protect child abuse and welfare schemes; Women Empowerment: Domestic violence – Dowry problems – Sexual assault – Eve teasing – Kidnapping – Laws and awareness programmes – Role of Government and NGOs in women empowerment – Welfare schemes.
• Current Affairs: August 1 to 15, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 13

UT-12

INDIAN ECONOMY - 3

• Rural Development Programmes – Poverty Alleviation Programmes – National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS).
• Labour: Employment – Types – Sectoral Distribution – Labour Welfare Measures – Recent Indian Employment Report of International Labour Organisation (ILO) (Overview only).
• Poverty and Human Development: Estimates of Inequality and Poverty alleviation measures – Human Development Index (HDI), Gender Development Index (GDI), Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) and Happiness Index (HI).
• Foreign trade: Composition, Direction and Organisation of Trade – Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) - Balance of Trade – Balance of Payment – External Debt.
• Current Affairs: August 16 to 31, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 14

UT-13

SOCIAL ISSUES - 3

• Marginalised Groups: Problems– Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes – Elderly – People with disability – Transgender - Religious minorities – Central and State Government welfare programmes to marginalised groups.
• Social Changes : Urbanization - Modernization – Globalization – Policy, Planning and Programmes in India – Impact of Violence on Society – Religious Violence – Terrorism and Communal Violence – Causes and Remedies.
• Current Affairs: September 1 to 15, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 15

RT-02

+ TET-02

REVISION TEST - 2 Portion (Test No. 8 to 13)

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Mandatory Tamil Eligibility Test - 02 (Portion: As per TNPSC Syllabus).

UT-14

GEOGRAPHY + ENVIRONMENT - 1

• Geographical Location – Physical units – River system – Climate – Soil – Natural vegetation – Agriculture crops – Livestock – Fisheries; Irrigation – Multipurpose Projects.
• Current Affairs: September 16 to 30, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 16

UT-15

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - 1

• Electrochemical cells - Types of electrodes – Batteries - Lithium-ion Battery ; Fuels: Gaseous fuels – LPG, Natural gas and water gas; Polymers: Thermoplastics and Thermosetting plastics, PVC, PET, Nylon 66, Teflon.
• Medicinal Chemistry: Analgesics - Paracetamol and Aspirin, Antibiotics - Penicillin and Chloromycetin.
• Biotechnology: Applications of Biotechnology – Plant Genetic Engineering – concepts - transgenic plants, edible vaccines, Terminator Gene technology, BT Cotton, Golden rice, Flavr Savr tomato, Social and ecological impact of genetically modified crops - Biotechnological methods for crop improvement .
• Current Affairs: October 1 to 15, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 17

UT-16

TAMIL SOCIETY + TAMIL NADU HISTORY - 1

• Ancient Tamil Society – Archeological excavation evidence – Arikamedu, Adichanallur, Keezhadi – Sangam Literature – Classical Tamil.
• Current Affairs: October 16 to 31, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 18

UT-17

GEOGRAPHY + ENVIRONMENT - 2

• Minerals: iron ore, manganese, copper, bauxite, gold, silver, mica, coal, petroleum and natural Gas; Energy Resources: hydel, thermal, nuclear, wind, tidal and solar; Industries: textile, jute, sugar, cement, iron and steel, automobile and shipbuilding; Transport: road, railway, water and air.
• Environment - Global and national environmental issues – pollution - air, water, soil, thermal, radioactive, noise, electronic and solid wastes - Management of municipal solid wastes and bio- medical wastes.
• Current Affairs: November 1 to 15, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 19

UT-18

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - 2

• Application of plant tissue culture in Forestry, Horticulture - Recombinant DNA Technology – DNA cloning - DNA fingerprinting – applications of PCR and ELISA in disease diagnosis – hybridoma techniques in the production of Mono Clonal Antibodies (MCA) – Animal cell culture techniques – stem cells and its applications; Applications of GIS; Nanotechnology – Fundamentals – Applications

- Nano Fertilizer, Nano Pesticides, Green Nanotechnology and Nano-farming; Advanced reproductive techniques: In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) – Intra–Uterine Insemination (IUI) – Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) – Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer (GIFT) – cryopreservation of sperm.

• Current Affairs: November 16 to 30, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 20

UT-19

TAMIL SOCIETY + TAMIL NADU HISTORY - 2

• Thirukkural - Guidance for way of life to human elevation - Guidelines given by Thirukkural in the field of administration, judiciary and day to day life - Philosophical thoughts laid down by Thirukkural for betterment and integration of the whole of humanity.
• Arts – Cultural conventions of Tamilians – Ancient cultural knowledge of Tamilians – Conventional thoughts of Tamilians; Cultural Elements: Tamil Nadu State Government Symbols - Experts in Cultural Fields - Folk Dances, Folk Music, Folk Drama, and World Tamil Conferences.
• Current Affairs: December 1 to 15, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 21

UT-20

GEOGRAPHY + ENVIRONMENT - 3

• Biodiversity and Conservation: Definition, types - genetic, species and ecosystem diversity - values
  • threats to biodiversity - habitat destruction, invasive species and anthropogenic activities - climatic change and wildfire; Causes and consequences of species extinction; Biodiversity conservation: in-situ and ex-situ; Biodiversity conservation strategies: international environmental governance
  • Biodiversity Act (BDA), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF); Biodiversity hotspots of India; Sustainable development – Sustainable development goals and targets - Clean and Green energy - Paris Agreement and COP28.
• Disaster Management: Overview of disasters - definitions and types; Introduction to disaster risk management framework; Natural calamities - Anthropogenic disasters - global warming and climate change, industrial accidents; Climate change governance - mitigations and adaptations; Role of space technology in disaster management, National action plan for climate change - Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority – Tamil Nadu Disaster Management Plan – Role of NGO and Civil society organisation in disaster management and mitigation in Tamil Nadu
• Current Affairs: December 16 to 31, 2024

Material Distribution for Test - 22

UT-21

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - 3

• Robotics and Applications; Atomic and Nuclear Physics – Applications of nuclear energy; Diodes and Transistors and their Applications; Broadcasting Technology; Components of Computer – Computer Organization and Architecture – System Software and Application Software – Data Communication Networks – Cryptography – Computer Graphics and Multimedia – Mobile Computing and Communication – Web Technology and applications – E-Commerce – Cloud Computing Architecture – IOT – Artificial Intelligence Applications – Machine learning - Cyber Security– Biometrics – Blockchain Technology.
• Current Affairs: January 1 to 15, 2025

Material Distribution for Test - RT-04

UT-22

TAMIL SOCIETY + TAMIL NADU HISTORY - 3

• Socio- political movements of 19th and 20th centuries, Vallalar’s Samarasa Sutha Sanmarga Satya Sangam – Origin and development of Justice Party – Impact of Rationalism Movement, Self- Respect Movement, History and Development oz Dravidian Movement, Tani Tamil Iyakkam (Pure Tamil Movement) - Tamil Society Reforms personalities – Thanthai Periyar, Arignar Anna, and other scholars.
• Current Affairs: January 16 to 31, 2025

Material Distribution for Test - RT-05

RT-03

+ TET-03

REVISION TEST - 3 Portion (Test No. 14 to 22)      +

Mandatory Tamil Eligibility Test - 03 (Portion: As per TNPSC Syllabus).

CART-01

+ TET-04

CURRENT AFFAIRS TEST (NATIONAL LEVEL)       +

Mandatory Tamil Eligibility Test - 04 (Portion: As per TNPSC Syllabus).

CART-02

+ TET-05

CURRENT AFFAIRS TEST (STATE LEVEL)       +

Mandatory Tamil Eligibility Test - 05 (Portion: As per TNPSC Syllabus).

MT-01

MODEL TEST – 01

MT-02

MODEL TEST – 02

MT-03

MODEL TEST – 03