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

Code of Criminal Procedure

Evidence Act

Indian Penal Code

Limitation Act

Transfer of Property Act

Contract Act

Law of Succession (Indian Succession Act and Hindu Succession Act)

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 

  1. Translation and retranslation of ten lines
  2. A short essay
  3. Precis writing with 300 words
  4. Passage with questions

150 marks

2 hours 30 minutes

Paper-2

Procedural Laws

  1. The code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
  2. The code of Civil Procedure, 1908
  3. The Indian Evidence Act

150 marks

2 hours 30 minutes

Total

300 

-

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

  1. Hindu Law
  2. Mohammedan Law

150 marks

3 hours

3

Law of Property

  1. Transfer of Property, 1982
  2. Specific Relief Act, 1963
  3. Indian Limitation Act. 1963

150 marks

3 hours

4

Law of Contract

  1. Indian Contract Act, 1872
  2. Sales of goods Act, 1930
  3. Partnership Act, 1932
  4. Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881

150 marks

3 hours

5

Jurisprudence and Constitution of India

150 marks

3 hours

 

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