Haryana Judiciary Exam Pattern 2021

Haryana Public Service Commission has prescribed the paper pattern of the Haryana Judiciary Exam in the official notification. The exam pattern will give you the overall structure of the exam such as the number of questions asked from each section, type of questions, marking scheme, etc.

According to the notification, the Haryana PCS J Exam is conducted in three stages: Prelims, Mains, and Viva-voce and the paper pattern will vary for each level. Therefore, it is important to know the exam pattern for each stage to better succeed in the exam.

This post takes you through the detailed information about Haryana Judiciary Exam Pattern 2021 for prelims, mains, and the interview.

Haryana Judiciary Prelims Exam Pattern 2021

The prelims exam holds a weightage of 500 marks. the question paper includes five sections namely: English, Analytical Skills, Reasoning, Aptitude, and General Knowledge including Current Events. According to the Haryana Judiciary paper pattern, the preliminary examination shall be of objective type with multiple-choice questions.

•  The time duration of the exam is 2 hours.
• The prelims question paper consists of 125 questions and each question carries 4 marks.
• The standard of the question papers shall be of Law graduate level.
• You must secure a minimum of 150 marks in the prelims exam to get selected for the Mains exam.

Note: The marks obtained in the prelims exam shall not be considered for preparing the final merit list.

Haryana Judiciary Prelims Marking Scheme 2021 

Along with knowing the exam pattern, it is important to go through the detailed Haryana Judiciary Syllabus as this will help you know the important topics from the exam point of view. 

According to the Haryana Judiciary paper Pattern, there is a negative marking in the HCS J exam.

Haryana Judiciary Mains Exam Pattern 2021

There are a total of five papers Mains exam: Civil Law 1, Civil Law 2, Criminal Law, English, and language. The mains exam holds a weightage of 900 marks. Solving Haryana Judiciary Question Papers will help you know the difficulty level of the paper and the type of questions asked in the mains exam.

• The mains examination will be of subjective/narrative type. 
• The exam is conducted in English medium except for the language paper.
• The time duration of each paper is 3 hours.
• The standard of the language paper will be of Matriculation Examination of the Board of School Education, Haryana.

Haryana Judiciary Mains Marking Scheme 2021

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Haryana Judiciary Exam Pattern for Viva-Voce 2021

Those who qualify in both Prelims and Mains exams will be called for the final round of examination, i.e. Personal Interview round/Viva-voce. Following Haryana Judiciary Preparation Tips provided by experts will help you know how to prepare for the Viva-voce.

• If you belong to the general category, you need to score at least 50% marks in aggregate of prelims and Mains to get selected for viva-voce.
• You have to score a minimum of 45% of marks in the written exam if you belong to the SC/ST/PwD/Backward Class/Ex-servicemen category.
• Note that you are called for the interview in order of the marks scored in the written exam shall not exceed thrice the number of vacancies.
• You will get selected as a civil judge only if you score more than 50% (for the general category) and 45% (for SC/ST/PH/ESM) in aggregate of the marks obtained in the mains written exam and the viva-voce.