TNPSC CTS Question Paper and Answer Key 2026 Out, 15 Nov Paper & Unofficial Key PDF

The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) has successfully conducted the Combined Technical Services Examination (Diploma/ITI Level) 2026 under Notification No. 06/2026 on 15 November 2026. The examination was conducted in multiple shifts for Paper-I and Paper-II. TNPSC has uploaded the question papers for the completed examinations on its official website. Candidates who appeared for the examination can download their respective question paper PDFs and use them to review the questions asked.

TNPSC CTS Question Paper and Answer Key 2026 Out

The TNPSC CTS examination is conducted to recruit eligible candidates for various technical posts in Tamil Nadu government departments. Candidates can refer to the table below for important details regarding the question paper and answer key. TNPSC CTS Question Paper and Unofficial Answer Key 2026 for today’s exam is shared in the article as solved by the faculty. Candidates who appeared for the examination can check the correct answers to the question asked.

TNPSC CTS 2026 Exam Overview
Exam Conducting Body	Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
Examination Name	Combined Technical Services Examination
Exam Level	Diploma / ITI Level
Notification Number	06/2026
Total Vacancies	856
Paper-I Exam Date	15 November 2026
Exam Mode	CBT and OMR
Official Website	www.tnpsc.gov.in

TNPSC CTS Question Paper 2026 PDF

As TNPSC has shared the question papers of the Combined Technical Services Examination (Diploma/ITI Level) PDF to the candidates who appeared in the exam to carry to the exam hall. Candidates can download the question paper PDFs according to their respective subjects and examination codes.

The question papers are particularly useful for candidates who want to review the questions asked in the examination, understand the subject-wise difficulty level and analyse their performance.

TNPSC CTS Answer Key 2026 (Unofficial)

The official TNPSC CTS Diploma/ITI Answer Key 2026 is awaited, and the Commission will publish the tentative answer keys on its official website within a week. Before that, our faculty solved the complete question paper and shared the unofficial answer key, which is also provided below. Candidates can check the answer key and compare their responses with the answers provided by the Commission.

Tamil Eligibility (General Tamil 100 Qs)
Qs No	Correct Option	Qs No	Correct Option	Qs No	Correct Option	Qs No	Correct Option
1	A	26	D	51	B	76	A
2	A	27	A	52	D	77	D
3	B	28	D	53	A	78	D
4	B	29	A	54	A	79	A
5	A	30	D	55	D	80	A
6	B	31	B	56	B	81	D
7	C	32	B	57	A	82	B
8	A	33	D	58	C	83	D
9	C	34	D	59	C	84	D
10	D	35	B	60	C	85	A
11	A	36	C	61	A	86	C
12	C	37	D	62	D	87	C
13	C	38	D	63	B	88	A
14	C	39	B	64	A	89	A
15	A	40	A	65	D	90	B
16	B	41	D	66	C	91	C
17	D	42	A	67	B	92	B
18	C	43	C	68	C	93	C
19	B	44	D	69	B	94	D
20	B	45	C	70	B	95	B
21	A	46	A	71	C	96	C
22	D	47	A	72	C	97	D
23	A	48	A	73	A	98	C
24	C	49	A	74	C	99	B
25	C	50	C	75	A	100	C

General Studies 100 Qs
Qs No	Correct Option	Qs No	Correct Option	Qs No	Correct Option	Qs No	Correct Option
101	A	126	B	151	A	176	A
102	B	127	A	152	C	177	B
103	D	128	B	153	C	178	C
104	D	129	B	154	B	179	A
105	B	130	C	155	A	180	A
106	A	131	D	156	B	181	B
107	C	132	C	157	D	182	C
108	A	133	B	158	B	183	C
109	A	134	B	159	C	184	A
110	A	135	C	160	A	185	A
111	C	136	D	161	C	186	B
112	A	137	A	162	C	187	D
113	B	138	C	163	C	188	B
114	B	139	A	164	C	189	A
115	B	140	D	165	B	190	C
116	B	141	B	166	C	191	D
117	D	142	D	167	A	192	D
118	D	143	B	168	A	193	C
119	C	144	A	169	B	194	C
120	D	145	A	170	C	195	C
121	B	146	A	171	C	196	A
122	D	147	B	172	B	197	B
123	B	148	A	173	A	198	A
124	D	149	B	174	B	199	D
125	A	150	D	175	B	200	D

TNPSC CTS Paper-I Question Paper 2026

The Paper-I examination of the TNPSC Combined Technical Services Examination (Diploma/ITI Level) is scheduled for 15 November 2026. The paper includes the Tamil Eligibility Test, General Studies and Aptitude and Mental Ability.

The examination is conducted for three hours in OMR mode. Candidates can download the question paper after it is uploaded by the Commission.

Paper	Subject	Subject Code
Paper-I	Tamil Eligibility Test, General Studies and Aptitude & Mental Ability	501

How to Calculate Marks Using TNPSC CTS Answer Key 2026?

Candidates can estimate their examination scores by comparing their responses with the official tentative answer key after it is released.

The process involves the following steps:

Download the question paper and corresponding tentative answer key.
Match each question with the correct answer provided by TNPSC.
Compare the official answers with the responses marked in the examination.
Count the correct and incorrect responses.
Apply the marking scheme prescribed for the respective paper to calculate the estimated score.