Group 2 answer key: your score
The key, your marks and the last cut-off, on one page.
1. Get the answer key
Not released yet (checked 22 October 2026). This page is updated the day TNPSC publishes it, and our Telegram channel posts it within minutes of TNPSC’s press release, with the official link.
2. Work out your marks
Count the questions you got right against the key, the ones you got wrong (or marked E), and the ones you left blank.
3. Compare with the last cut-off (2022)
Nobody can know the 2026 cut-off until TNPSC publishes it. This is the last real one, from the Commission’s own document; 2026 has 846 vacancies (notification 07/2026).
| Community | General | Women |
|---|---|---|
| General (GT) | 146.5 to 231 | 172.5 to 235.5 |
| BC | 135 to 217.5 | 144 to 223.5 |
| BC (Muslim) | 180 to 202 | 154.5 to 210 |
| MBC / DNC | 127.5 to 216 | 108 to 222 |
| SC | 177 to 211 | 137.5 to 217 |
| SC (Arunthathiyar) | 181.5 to 207 | 187 to 213 |
| ST | 179.5 to 198 | 175.5 to 205.5 |
Official: TNPSC’s 2022 cut-off document. Where TNPSC lists more than one cut-off for a community, the range is shown. TNPSC PDF
More on this: the expected cut-off, and what is different this year.
Questions
When will the TNPSC Group 2 answer key 2026 come out?
TNPSC publishes a tentative key on the Answer Keys page of tnpsc.gov.in some days after the exam. This page shows it the moment it appears there.
How are Group 2 prelims marks calculated?
200 questions, 1.5 marks each for a correct answer, nothing for a wrong one or option E, and half a mark off the total once if any question is left blank.
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