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Pattern & Syllabus
Bihar Superior Judicial Service Examination

The Selection/ Recruitment process shall be completed in three Stages:
A. Screening Test
B. Main Written Exam
C. Interview

A. Syllabus of Screening Test

The High Court shall hold screening test with a view to shortlist candidates and may prescribe minimum qualifying cut-off marks for appearing in the Written Test. The marks obtained in the screening test will be relevant for determining eligibility to appear at the written test and not for any other purpose.

The full marks for screening test shall be 300 and it shall be of 100 questions and each question will carry 03 marks but each wrong answer will incur 01 negative mark. It shall be of objective type. In the screening test, the questions will be in the subjects of Law, English Language, General and Computer Knowledge.
 

The questions in the subject of law, for screening test, would be in respect of provisions contained in the following enactments :

(1) The Constitution of India
(2) The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
(3) The Limitation Act, 1963
(4) The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
(5) The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
(6) The Transfer of Property Act, 1882
(7) The Indian Contract Act, 1872
(8) The Specific Relief Act, 1963
(9) The Sale of Goods Act, 1930
(10) The Indian Partnership Act, 1932
(11) The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
(12) The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
(13) The personal Laws (Hindu, Muslim and Christian)
(14) Indian Penal Cod

B. Syllabus of Main Written Examination

In the Main (Written) Examination, there may be as many papers with marks for each paper, as may be decided by the High Court, for the said examination on the subjects hereinafter provided :-
 

(1) The Constitution of India
(2) The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
(3) The Limitation Act, 1963
(4) The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
(5) The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
(6) The Indian Contract Act, 1872
(7) The Sale of Goods Act, 1930
(8) The Indian Partnership Act, 1932
(9) The Specific Relief Act, 1963
(10) The Transfer of Property Act, 1882
(11) The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
(12) The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
(13) The Personal Laws (Hindu, Muslim and Christian)
(14) The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
(15) The Family Courts Act, 1984
(16) The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
(17) The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
(18) Indian Penal Code, 1860

C. Interview/ Viva Voce

A candidate will be called for viva voce provided he secures atleast 45% in each theory paper. 

The ratio of marks of theory papers and viva voce will be 80% and 20%.
 

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[Updated on 18.02.2020]