TNUSRB Recruitment 2024 โ€“ Sub-Inspector/Station Officer

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TNUSRB Recruitment 2024: Joint Recruitment for the posts of Sub-Inspector of Police (taluk, armed reserve and Tamil Nadu special police) and Station Officer, Fire & Rescue Services Department Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board (TNUSRB). Candidates with a Bachelorโ€™s Degree are eligible to apply for these posts. The detailed notification will be released in June 2024. Interested and eligible candidates can go through the full details and apply online.

TNUSRB SI โ€“ Recruitment:

Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Boardย has advertised for Sub-inspector/Station officer posts. This new TNUSRB vacancy is exclusively for freshers. If you want to know more details regarding the job, like salary, age, mode of application, examination, selection, application fee, important dates, and job location, you can find them below. You can check the official notification below if you still have any doubts. The selection process will be based on the Written Examination, Main Written Examination, Certificate Verification, Physical Measurement Test, Endurance Test, Physical Efficiency Test and Viva-Voce. The age limit for the Sub-inspector/Station officer post is between 20 โ€“ 30 years. Candidates with requisite qualifications from recognized universities/boards/institutions must only apply. The official notification will be out in June 2024. For more details, visit https://www.tnusrb.tn.gov.in/

TNUSRB Recruitment

TN Police TNUSRB Recruitment 2024 โ€“ Details:

Job Role Sub-Inspector/Station officer
Job Category TN Govt Jobs
Qualification Any Degree
Experience Freshers
Total Vacancies To be announced
Salary As per rules
Job Location Across Tamil Nadu
Notification Date June 2024
Last Date To be notified

Detailed Eligibility โ€“ TNUSRB SI:

Educational Qualification:

Sub-Inspector/Station officer:ย 

  • Candidates should have a Bachelorโ€™s Degree from any University recognised by UGC / Government on the date of Notification.

Age Limit (As on 01 July 2024):

  • The applicants should have attained the age of 20 years and should not be aged above 30 years

Age Relaxation: The upper age limit relaxation given to certain categories is as follows:-



Category Upper age limit
Backward Class, Backward Class (Muslim), Most Backward Class/Denotified Community. 32 yrs
Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiyar), Scheduled Tribes. 35 yrs
Transgender 35 yrs
Destitute Widow 37 yrs
Ex-servicemen/ Ex-personnel of CAPF (Discharged from service within 3 years from the date of notification) / Serving persons of Armed Forces/CAPFwho are going to retire within one year from the last date of receipt of application 47 yrs
Police and Fire & Rescue ServicesDepartmental candidates appearing for departmental quota examination 47 yrs

Selection Process of TNUSRB Vacancy 2024:

The selection process will be based on Written Examination, Main Written Examination, Certificate Verification, Physical Measurement Test, Endurance Test, Physical Efficiency Test and Viva-Voce

Written Examination

Part I โ€“ Tamil Language Eligibility Test:

  • The Tamil Language Eligibility Test is qualifying in nature.
  • It will be objective type in nature.
  • It will consist of 100 questions for 100 marks and the duration of examination will be 100 minutes (1 Hr 40 mins.)
  • The candidate has to obtain minimum of 40% marks in Tamil Language Eligibility Test for him/her to be eligible for the next level of evaluation of the main examination OMR answer sheet.
  • The marks obtained in Tamil Language Eligibility Test will not be considered for preparation of provisional selection list at any stage.
  • In respect of 20% Departmental candidates, the Tamil Language eligibility Test will be commonly conducted along with those who are applying in open quota.
  • The candidates who have applied under BOTH Open and Departmental category will have to write the commonly conducted Tamil Language Eligibility Test only once.

Part II โ€“ Main Written examination:

  • The Main Written examination will consist of Part. A โ€“ General Knowledge and Part.B โ€“ Psychology Test: Logical Analysis, Numerical skills, Mental Ability, Communication Skills and Information Handling Ability. Written examination: Total marks โ€“ 70.
  • Part A โ€“ 40 Marks (objective type). 80 Questions.
  • Part B โ€“ 30 marks (objective type). 60 Questions.
  • Each question carries ยฝ marks.
  • Duration 2 ยฝ Hrs.
  • The candidates should get a minimum of 25 marks to qualifyย in the written examination
  • All questions will be Bilingual (Tamil & English).

Certificate Verification:

  • The certificate verification will be carried out before the Physical Measurement Test, Endurance Test and Physical Efficiency Test for open candidates.
  • The candidates who are called for Certificate Verification will have to produce allthe relevantoriginal certificates. Candidate who fails to produce the Original Certificates will lose his/her claims with regard to communal reservation, age relaxation andspecial quota.

Physical Measurement Test:

Height Measurement
Community Men Women & Transgender
OC, BC, BC(M), MBC/DNC 170 cms 159 cms
SC, SC (A), ST 167 cms 157 cms
Chest Measurement (for Men only)
Normal 81 Cms
Expansion in full inspiration 5 cms (81 cms to 86 cms)
Ex-servicemen / Serving persons who are going to retire within one year/ Ex-personnel of CAPF / Serving persons of CAPF who are going to retire within one year. Exempted from Physical Measurement Test

Endurance Test:

Men 1500 metres run in 7 minutes
Women/ Transgender 400 metres run in 2 minutes 30 seconds
Ex-servicemen / Serving persons who are going to retire within one year/ Ex-personnel of CAPF / Serving persons of CAPF who are going to retire within one year. 1500 metres run in 8 minutes
  • Endurance Test is qualifying nature.
  • Only the candidates who qualify in the Endurance Test will be allowed to participate in the Physical Efficiency Test.

Physical Efficiency Test: Total Marks For Pet is 15:-

Men Candidates:

Events Zero Star
(0 Mark)
One Star
(2 Marks)
Two Stars
(5 Marks)
Rope Climbing Less than 5.0 metres 5.0 metres 6.0 metres
Long Jump (or) High Jump Long Jump Less than 3.80 metres 3.80 metres 4.50 metres
High Jump Less than 1.20 metres 1.20 metres 1.40 metres
100 mts run (or) 400 mts run 100 mts run More than 15.00 seconds 15.00 seconds 13.50 seconds
400 mts run More than 80.00 seconds 80.00 seconds 70.00 seconds
  • Two chance will be given to the candidates in rope climbing and long jump / high jump.
  • Only one chance will be given for 100 metres/400 metres run.

Women and Transgender candidates:

Events Zero Star
(0 Mark)
One Star
(2 Marks)
Two Stars
(5 Marks)
Long jump Less than 3.0 metres 3.0 metres 3.75 metres
Shotput (or) Cricket ball throw Shotput Less than 4.25 metres 4.25 metres 5.50 metres
Cricket ball throw Less than 17 metres 17 metres 24 metres
100 mts run (or) 200 mts run 100 mts run More than 17.50 seconds 17.50 seconds 15.50 seconds
200 mts run More than 38.00 seconds 38.00 seconds 33.00 seconds
  • Two chances will be given for long jump, Shot-Put/Cricket ball throw.
  • Only one chance will be given in 100 metres /200 metres run.

Ex-servicemen and Serving personnel who are going to retire within one year/ Ex-personnel of CAPF / Serving persons of CAPF who are going to retire within one year:



Events Zero Star
(0 Mark)
One Star
(2 Marks)
Two Stars
(5 Marks)
Shotput Less than 5.0 metres 5.0 metres 6.0 metres
Long Jump (or) High Jump Long Jump Less than 3.25 metres 3.25 metres 4.50 metres
High Jump Less than 0.90 metres 0.90 metres 1.40 metres
100 mts run (or) 400 mts run 100 mts run More than 17.00 seconds 17.00 seconds 13.50 seconds
400 mts run More than 85.00 seconds 85.00 seconds 70.00 seconds
  • Two chances will be given for the events of Shot-Put throw and Long jump or High jump.
  • Only one chance will be given to the candidates in 100 metres /400 metres run

Viva-voce:

  • Viva-Voce will be conducted for 10 marks. Marks will be awarded based on the performance of the candidates.
  • The candidates who qualify in Certificate Verification, Physical Measurement Test, Endurance Test and Physical Efficiency Test will be called for Viva-Voce. The number of candidates called for Viva-Voce will be 2 times the number of vacancies.

Provisional Selection List:

  • The provisional Selection List is drawn based on the total marks obtained in the Written Examination, Physical Efficiency Test, Viva-Voce and Special marks subject to communal reservation, candidateโ€™s category and total vacancies.
  • For the post of Station Officer, provided that other things being equal, preference shall be given to persons who have successfully undergone any of the training course at National Fire Service College, Nagpur.
  • If the marks secured are equal and date of birth is same, preference shall be given to the candidate who is an outstanding scout, having received an award from the President of India.
  • If there is a tie in marks, the candidate senior in age shall be given priority in selection.

Marks Allocation For Open And Departmental Candidates:

Description Open Departmental Quota
Written Examination 70 Marks 85 Marks
Physical Efficiency Test 15 Marks Exempted
Viva-Voce 10 Marks 10 Marks
Special Marks 5 Marks 5 Marks
Total 100 Marks 100 Marks

Application Fees:

  • The Examination fee is Rs.500/-.
  • If the Departmental candidates apply for both open quota and departmental quota, he/she shall pay a sum of Rs.1000/- as an examination fee

Application Fees mode: Cash challan or Online Payment.

How to Apply for TNUSRB Recruitment 2024?

Interested and eligible candidates can go through the detailed eligibility information in the link below. The official notification will be out in June 2024.

For more details: Click here.


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