Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) and Chhattisgarh High court jointly conduct the recruitment examination for one of the most prestigious jobs in the judiciary department of the Chhattisgarh High Court.

Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) every year conducts the recruitment examination for the civil judge post in the judiciary department of the Chhattisgarh high court.

Chhattisgarh public service commission (CGPSC) recruitment examination for the civil judge is considered one of the toughest recruitment examinations.

Read through the post that will give you a complete insight into Chhattisgarh Judiciary Exam Pattern 2022 for prelims, mains, and viva-voce.

Chhattisgarh Civil Judge Exam Pattern 2022

In this article, you will get to know about the distribution of questions, marking scheme, sectional weightage, and duration of the Chhattisgarh judiciary examination 2022. 

• This year, the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) has introduced 39 vacancies for the Chhattisgarh Civil judge post. 
• This is a national-level examination directed by the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC).
• The Chhattisgarh Judiciary 2022 recruitment examination selection process consists of 3 stages i.e. Preliminary examination, Mains examination, and a Viva - Voce.

The brief for all three stages of the Chhattisgarh Civil Judge recruitment examination are as follows:

Preliminary Examination

The Preliminary examination of the Chhattisgarh Judiciary recruitment examination comprises two papers.

Both the papers of the preliminary examination consist of 100 objective-type questions each.

To solve both the Chhattisgarh Judiciary Exam question paper of the preliminary examination candidate will get 120 minutes for each paper.

Mains Examination

The Chattisgarh Judiciary Main Examination comprises 7 mandatory papers. The main examination is of 1400 marks.

These 1400 marks are divided into 7 Papers i.e. Paper 1 is Language, Paper 2 is Essay writing, Paper 3 is General Studies I, Paper 4 is General Studies II, Paper 5 is General Studies III, Paper 6 is General Studies IV, Paper 7 is General Studies V.

This main examination will be conducted in offline mode and the candidates will get only 3 hours of time to complete each paper.

Viva - Voce

The final Cut-off for the Chhattisgarh judiciary examination is prepared to depend on the Viva - Voce round score.

The Viva-Voce test will be conducted by the authorities, and they will give you marks out of 150.

CGPSC Preliminary Exam Pattern 2022

The first section in the Chhattisgarh public service commission recruitment examination is a preliminary examination and the preliminary examination is qualifying in nature.

The preliminary examination will check whether the candidates are eligible for the further selection process or not.

The candidates who do not meet the eligibility criteria are disqualified automatically. 

The candidates will have both online and offline options available for them, and they have to follow the Chhattisgarh public service commission Civil Judge Syllabus for each paper.

• Almost 70% of the questions of the preliminary examination are Objective type questions in nature. 
• Candidates are not allowed to get the mark sheet of the Prelims Examination after it is checked. 
• The preliminary examination is conducted in two languages, Hindi and English.
• The preliminary examination is only for qualification. The marks obtained in this examination will not be considered for the final selection process.
• The Reserved category candidates need to score 25% marks in this examination to get qualified for the further selection process.
• The Unreserved category candidates need to score 33% marks in this examination to get qualified for the further selection process.
• Paper 1 and Paper 2 are of 100 marks each.
• The candidates will get 2 hours of time to solve each paper of this preliminary examination.

The table below shows the Chhattisgarh Public service commission preliminary examination exam pattern 2022:

Examination	Mode of Examination	Marks Distribution	Time Duration
Preliminary Examination	Paper 1	100	2 hours
	Paper 2	100	2 hours

CGPSC Mains Exam Pattern 2022

After the preliminary examination, the next step of the selection process is the Mains Examination, which is a written test. 

• This examination is conducted with different objectives. The objective of this examination is to check the candidate's knowledge of the subjects that matter. 
• It is important to report to the examination center specified in the Admit Card and carry the Admit card at all times. Language tests are also compulsory.
• The main examination comprises 1400 marks. These 1400 marks are divided into 7 papers of 200 marks each.
• Paper 1 is a language test of 200 marks and candidates will get 3 hours of time to attempt it.
• Paper 2 is an essay writing test of 200 marks and candidates will get 3 hours of time to attempt it.
• Paper 3 is a General studies I test of 200 marks and candidates will get 3 hours of time to attempt it.
• Paper 4 is a General studies II test of 200 marks and candidates will get 3 hours of time to attempt it.
• Paper 5 is a General Studies III test of 200 marks and candidates will get 3 hours of time to attempt it.
• Paper 6 is a General studies IV test of 200 marks and candidates will get 3 hours of time to attempt it.
• Paper 7 is a General studies V test of 200 marks and candidates will get 3 hours of time to attempt it.
• There is a ⅓ marks deduction for every wrong answer.

The table below shows the Chhattisgarh public service commission examination exam pattern 2022:

Examination	Mode of Examination	Marks Distribution	Time Duration
Mains Examination	Paper 1- Language	200	3 hours
	Paper 2- Essay	200	3 hours
	Paper 3- General Studies I	200	3 hours
	Paper 4-General Studies II Paper	200	3 hours
	Paper 5- General Studies III Paper	200	3 hours
	Paper 6- General Studies IV	200	3 hours
	Paper 7-General Studies 5	200	3 hours

CGPSC Viva Voce Exam Pattern 2022

• After passing the preliminary examination and main examination the final and the last stage is the Interview Stage or the Viva Voce Test. 
• The number of candidates who qualify for this stage is comparatively smaller after the first two stages. There is no specified syllabus of the Chhattisgarh judiciary for this test. 

Important Points to remember:

• The marks obtained by the candidates in the Viva - Voce stage and in the mains examination are considered for the final selection.
• For any further doubts, you should refer to the 2022 pdf file of the Chhattisgarh judicial service exam syllabus CGPSC.
• In the Viva - Voce stage the candidate will be given marks out of 150 marks.

The table below shows the Chhattisgarh public service commission examination exam pattern of the Viva - Voce stage:

Examination	Mode of Examination	Marks Distribution	Time Duration
Viva-Voce	Verbal Interview / Personality Test	150	unspecified