What is the basis of Experience Marks in TNPG (Tamil Nadu PG)

There are 250 questions in TNPG. Each correct answer carried a mark of 0.36

There is no negative mark

So if you get all 250 correct, you get

250 x 0.36 = 90

The rest 10 are for what you call as experience marks, which can be 0 to 10 (never more than 10)

For every year after your CRRI, you get 1 mark. This is common for both service and non service. That is if you have completed your CRRI on or before 31.03.2007, you will get one mark in TNPG 2008. If you have completed CRRI on or before 31.03.2006, you will be getting 2 marks and so on. This is a maximum of 10 marks

Date of Completion of CRRI	Experience Marks in 2008
After 01.04.2007	0
01.04.2006 to 31.03.2007	1
01.04.2005 to 31.03.2006	2
01.04.2004 to 31.03.2005	3
01.04.2003 to 31.03.2004	4
01.04.2002 to 31.03.2003	5
01.04.2001 to 31.03.2002	6
01.04.2000 to 31.03.2001	7
01.04.1999 to 31.03.2000	8
01.04.1998 to 31.03.1999	9
Before 31.03.1998	10