OPSC Judicial Service Recruitment Exam Pattern
Exam on : 2022 - 2022
OPSC Judicial Service Recruitment Exam Pattern
Preliminary Exam:-
- There are a total of 100 questions in the Preliminary Exam
- The exam is conducted for a total of 100 marks
- For each correct answer, the candidate is awarded 1 mark.
- For every wrong answer, 1/4th marks are deducted.
- The duration of the exam is 1 hour 30 minutes.
- The candidates belonging to SC/ST category must score a minimum of 35% marks and candidates from other categories must score 40% marks to qualify for the next round of the selection process.
Subject |
No. of Questions |
Total Marks |
Duration |
Constitution of India |
100 questions |
100 marks |
1 hour 30 minutes |
Code of Civil Procedure |
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Code of Criminal Procedure |
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Evidence Act |
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Indian Penal Code |
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Limitation Act |
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Transfer of Property Act |
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Contract Act |
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Law of Succession (Indian Succession Act and Hindu Succession Act) |
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Specific Relief Act |
Main Examination:-
The Odisha Judicial Services Exam has 2 compulsory papers and three optional papers. The exam patterns for both the papers are given below:
The Compulsory Examination:-
- Paper-1 and Paper-2 of the Compulsory paper are conducted for 150 marks each.
- The duration of each exam is 2 hours 30 minutes.
- In the translation section, the sentences must be translated from English to Odia and vice versa.
Paper |
Subject |
Marks |
Duration |
Paper -1 |
General English
|
150 marks |
2 hours 30 minutes |
Paper-2 |
Procedural Laws
|
150 marks |
2 hours 30 minutes |
Total |
300 |
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The Optional Paper
- The candidates can pick any 3 subjects from the subjects given in the table below.
- Each subject carries 150 marks and must be attempted within a duration of 3 hours.
- The candidates having 45% aggregate marks and minimum 33% marks in each paper will be qualified for the next round, i.e. interview.
S. No |
Subject |
Total Marks |
Duration |
1 |
Law of criminal & Law of torts |
150 marks |
3 hours |
2 |
Persona Law
|
150 marks |
3 hours |
3 |
Law of Property
|
150 marks |
3 hours |
4 |
Law of Contract
|
150 marks |
3 hours |
5 |
Jurisprudence and Constitution of India |
150 marks |
3 hours |
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