The Bihar Judicial Services examination is conducted by the High Court of Bihar to fill various Civil Judge positions in the Bihar Civil Service (Judicial Branch).

Bihar Judicial Services Exam selection process includes three stages:

• Prelims
• Mains 
• Interview, each qualifying in nature.

Also, note that all three stages of the exam have different paper patterns and marking scheme that we have discussed in detail in the article.

There are certain important topics like Law of Transfer of Property and Principles of Equity, Law of Trusts and Specific Relief etc that you need to take care of.

This post shall walk you through the detailed information about exam patterns for prelims, mains, and the interview. Let's take a glimpse of all the Bihar Judiciary Exam Patterns.

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Bihar Judiciary Exam Pattern Prelims 2022

There will be two papers in the Bihar Civil Judge preliminary examination: Paper I and Paper-II.

• Paper 1 consists of topics ranging from Current Affairs, General Science, Social Science, GK, History, Geography, Current events of national and international importance, Indian polity and governance, Constitution, Political system, Panchayat Raj, Public policy, Right issues, Economic and social development.
• Paper 2 consists of questions based on various concepts of law like Law of Evidence and Procedure, Constitutional and administrative law of India, Hindu Law, Muhammadan Law, Law of transfer of property, Principles of equity, the law of trusts, and specific relief act, the law of contracts and Torts, Commercial Law.
• To be selected for the mains, you have to score 45% marks (general category) and 40% (reserved category) in the prelims exam.

Bihar Judiciary Exam Pattern Prelims Highlights 2022

Number of Papers	2
Total Topics	10
Topics	General Knowledge including current affairs, Elementary General Science, Law of Evidence and Procedure, Constitutional and Administrative Law of India, etc
Total Marks	250
Total Time	210 minutes (Paper-I: 90 minutes and Paper-II: 120 minutes)
Mode	Offline
Question Type	Objective (MCQs)

Bihar Judiciary Exam 2022 Topics

GK and Law important Topics are as follows: 

• General Knowledge including current affairs
• Elementary General Science
• Law of Evidence and Procedure
• Constitutional and Administrative Law of India
• Hindu Law and Muhammadan Law
• Law of Transfer of Property, Principles of Equity
• Law of Trusts and Specific Relief
• Law of Contracts and Torts & Commercial Law

Bihar Judiciary Prelims Marking Scheme 2022

Along with knowing the paper pattern, it is important to go through Bihar Judiciary Syllabus as this will help you know the topics that need to be prepared for the upcoming exam.

Check out the table below to know the marking scheme of the Bihar Judiciary Exam. 

Paper	Subject	Marks
Paper-1	General Studies	100
Paper-2	Law	150

Bihar Judiciary Exam Pattern Mains 2022

The main examination of the Bihar Judiciary consists of five compulsory and three optional papers. The written test will consist of descriptive questions for a total of 1050 Marks.

The questions are based on topics like General knowledge including current affairs, elementary general science, general Hindi, general English, Law of evidence, and procedure.

Solving Bihar Judiciary Question Papers will help you to know the difficulty level of the paper and the type of questions asked in the main exam.

Bihar Judiciary Exam Pattern Mains 2022 Highlights

Number of Papers	8
Mandatory Subjects	5
Optional Subjects	3 out of 5
Total Marks	1050
Mode	Offline
Question Type	Written descriptive/ Narrative

Bihar Judiciary Mains Exam Topics 2022

Compulsory Topics:

• GK/ GS including current affairs
• Elementary GS
• General Hindi
• General English
• Law of Evidence and Procedure

Optional Topics:

• Optional Constitutional Law of India
• Hindu Law
• Mohammedan Law
• Transfer of Property Act
• Law of Trusts and Specific Relief Act
• Principles of Equity
• Commercial Law

Bihar Judicial Service Exam Pattern Mains Marking Scheme 2022

Out of five compulsory subjects, General Hindi and General English subjects are qualifying in nature.

You need to score a minimum of 35% marks in these two papers to get shortlisted for the interview.

To guide you through a successful preparation path consider Bihar Judiciary Preparation Tips 2022.

Compulsory Subjects

Check out the table below to know the marking scheme of the compulsory subjects:

Subjects	Total Marks
General Knowledge including current affairs	150
Elementary General Science	100
General Hindi	100
General English	100
Law of Evidence and Procedure	150

Optional Subjects

To help you get an idea about the optional subjects, we have provided the list of optional topics and their total marks in the table below.

You have to select any three subjects out of these five optional subjects in the main exam.

Subjects	Total Marks
Constitutional and Administrative Law of India	150
Hindi Law & Muhammadan Law	150
Law of Transfer of Property and Principles of Equity, Law of Trusts and Specific Relief	150
Law of Contracts & Torts	150
Commercial Law	150

Bihar Judiciary Exam 2022 Interview/ Viva Voce

• You will be called for the interview only if you qualify for the main exam.
• The interview is conducted for a total of 100 marks.
• You can refer to the sample Bihar Judiciary Interview Questions that will help you get an idea about the type of questions asked in the interview.
• Note that you need to score a minimum of 35% in an interview to make it to the merit list.
• The final merit list will be prepared based on the main written examination and interview marks.

Check: Constitutional and Administrative Law of India