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TNPSC Cutoff — How to Check

The TNPSC cutoff is the last qualifying mark for a stage, set where merit meets vacancies for each category. This page explains how it is determined and how to use official cutoff trends sensibly.

1. Open the result/cutoff notice on tnpsc.gov.in for your stage.
2. Read the category-wise qualifying marks table in the official notice.
3. Compare your score from the final answer key or scorecard against your category's mark.
4. Study previous cycles' official cutoff notices to understand the trend.
5. Plan the next stage (or the next cycle) based on where you stand against the trend.

The cutoff is the last qualifying mark for a stage, set by where merit meets vacancies for each category.

TNPSC cutoffs vary by group, category and the communal reservation roster Tamil Nadu follows, so the same exam can close at different marks across categories.

Vacancy count, applicant strength and paper difficulty are the three levers — a harder paper or larger vacancy pool pulls the qualifying mark down, and the reverse pushes it up.

Normalisation, where multiple shifts run, adjusts raw scores before the cutoff is applied, so compare normalised — not raw — marks against it.

Official cutoff notices from earlier cycles on tnpsc.gov.in are the only reliable trend source — coaching estimates published before the official notice routinely miss by a wide margin.