TNPSC VAO Exam Pattern: Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission’s (TNPSC) Village Administrative 
              Officer Exam Pattern and scheme of examination are given below…. 
              Scheme of Written Examination: The examination will be conducted for maximum 300 marks in the 
              duration of 3 hours. Written examination consists of Two types of question papers. One type of question 
              paper will contain questions on General Studies (75 items),  Aptitude Test (25 items) and General Tamil/ 
              English (200 items). 
                                                                           Minimum  
               Subject                               Duration of   Maximum  Qualifying  
                                                     Examination Marks     Marks for  
                                                                           Selection 
               Single Paper in the following subjects in 
               SSLC standard 
               General studies (75items) 
               +                                     3 Hours     300       90 
               Aptitude Test (25 items) 
               + 
               General Tamil / General English (100 items) 
               Total (200 items) 
              Note : 
              (i) Two types of question papers will be set. 
              Type- 1 General Studies + General Tamil will contain questions on General Studies (75 items), Aptitude 
              Test (25 items) and General English (100 items). 
              Type-2 (General Studies + General English) will contain questions on General Studies (75 items), 
              Aptitude Test  (25 items) and General Tamil (100 items). 
              (ii) Candidates are given the option to choose either General Tamil or General English for answering the 
              100 items apart from answering the 100 (75+25) items on General Studies and Aptitude Test. 
              (iii) The 100 questions on General Tamil/ General English will be set in the respective languages and the 
              remaining 100 questions will be set both in English and Tamil.