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MP Civil Judge Exam Analysis 2024 [Prelims] : Previous Year Paper Analysis

Author : Yogricha

September 9, 2024

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Overview: The Madhya Pradesh Civil Judge (Prelims) Exam 2024 was conducted on 14th January 2024 to recruit eligible aspirants for the Civil Judge post in the Madhya Pradesh Judicial Services.

The exam was conducted in a single shift. The Model Answer key has been released by the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Here is the detailed MPCJ Prelims 2024 Exam Analysis to help you plan your preparation for the upcoming MP Judiciary examination.

The mains examination of MP Judiciary 2024 was scheduled on 30th March 2024 and 31st March 2024. In this blog you will find the latest Mains 2024 question papers for your reference.

In this Article you can read about the:

  1. Analysis of the MPCJ 2024 examination.
  2. Answer key of the MPCJ 2024 examination
  3. Analysis of the MPCJ 2022 examination.
  4. Weightage and important sections of all the subjects.
  5. Preparation tips for upcoming MPCJ Judiciary examination

This post has a detailed Madhya Pradesh Judicial Services Exam analysis curated by us to help you estimate your place among posted vacancies for this academic year. 

Analysis of MPCJ Prelims 2024 examination:

The MP Civil judge exam conducted on 14 January 2023 was moderate. Overall the law section was tricky and had a lot of conceptual questions. The law section demanded thorough reading of bare acts. Any aspirant not versed with bare provisions would have found the questions very difficult. The questions from minor acts were direct. The case laws asked were a little unpredictable and were as old as from the year 2013. The General Knowledge and Current Legal Knowledge section was tough and tricky with questions mostly focusing on national level news. Depending upon the difficulty of the paper the cut off for the general  category can be expected to be around 124+.

Also Read: MP Judiciary Category wise Cut off 2024 Prelims

Key highlights of the MPCJ Prelims 2024 Exam paper:

Overall difficulty level: moderate (Not too easy, not too difficult)

Case Laws: Too many case laws 16-17case laws based questions. Questions were from a mixed of both landmark and recent case laws. 

Type of Questions: conceptual questions

G.K. Question: G.K. questions were tough and static GK had many geography based questions

New Laws: POCSO, JJ and IT act were added this year to the syllabus and the questions asked from the same were easy

Criminal Laws: No questions from new criminal laws

Previous Year Papers: Questions from PYPs were decent in numbers (30-40% PYQ topics)

Language section: English was moderate, but overall tricky

CrPC: on the Difficult high level (application based questions)

Evidence: Conceptual questions

Computer: Easy with repeated questions from previous years

CPC: Easy, bare act based

Constitution: easy (PYQ centric)

Minor Laws: Simple questions PYQ centric, direct questions

State Specific: Direct index based questions

IPC: Illustration based questions, hypothetical questions ( Mains centric questions with conceptual knowledge)

Other: Overall moderate paper with case laws based questions and bare act based questions

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Question Paper Analysis: Mains 2024 Examination

Here are some brief pointers about Mains 2024 Question Paper:

Paper 1:

  • Question paper was leaning towards the difficult end.
  • The answers were not direct.
  • The questions were not bare act centric.
  • One the aspirants who had conceptual clarity will be able to write proper answers.
  • Difficulty level was: Difficult
  • Paper was lenghty.
  • Questions were unexpected and there were a lot of surprise elements.

Paper 2:

  • Question paper was easy and predictable.
  • Difficulty level: Easy to moderate.
  • Translations were a little technical, however the summary and the article were easy.
  • Aspirants who had practiced sufficienlty will score easily in this.

Paper 3:

  • Questions from unexpected areas.
  • Difficult level: Difficult.
  • Questions were very conceptual.
  • There were some easy questions too but overall it was a difficult paper.
  • It was a lenghtly question paper.

Check: MP Judiciary Books

Answer key MPCJ Prelims 2024 Examination

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh has published the proposed Model Answer Key for the Question Paper (Objective Type) of Online Preliminary Exam, Civil Judge, Junior Division (Entry Level), Exam2022, held on 14 January 2024. You can calculate your score basis the Model Answer Key. The aspirants can raise objections regarding any Model Answer Key. The aspirants may, submit objection(s) in writing & signed by them, to the Examination Section of the High Court of M.P., Jabalpur by registered post  or through e-mail within 07 days from the date of uploading / publication of the proposed Model Answers Keys.

MPCJ Prelims 2022 Exam Analysis

Watch the analysis video to understand the pattern of MPCJ 2022 Examination in depth while understanding all the important focus areas of the exam. 

Key highlights of the MPCJ Prelims 2022 Exam paper

  • As per MPCJ 2022 Exam Analysis, the exam had moderate difficulty overall.
  • There were some surprise elements in the exams.
  • Computer and English Section had direct questions.
  • There were a considerable number of questions asked from the one-liners by Judiciary gold 

Read through the detailed post to learn more about MP Judiciary Prelims 2022 Exam Analysis, the type of questions asked, MP Judiciary's previous year exam analysis, and a few previous year questions asked in the examination.

Analysis of MPCJ 2022 Major Laws:

  • There were direct question from the bare act, based on section numbers and illustrations.
  • The paper was not lengthy and concept based questions were comparatively less in number.
  • Case Laws gained a relatively high weightage in the MPCJ 2022 exam and these were from the following subjects:
  1. Negotiable instrument
  2. Evidence
  3. CPC
  4. DPA
  5. Gosh landmark 

MPCJ 2022 Minor and Local Laws

  • Conceptual knowledge of local laws played a significant role while answering indirect questions.
  • Questions were direct from the Minor Laws sections, and hence a thorough study of one-liners was enough to answer these questions.
  • There were so many questions that were asked direclty from the base act on section numbers and illustrations.

MPCJ 2022 General Knowledge section

  • Current affairs came with the highest weightage, which is very new as per MPCJ Exam pattern history. 
  • Questions were asked around: dogecoin SpaceX mission, Wimbledon, etc.
  • There were only 2-3 questions from MP GK.
  • While 1-2 questions from Static GK.

MPCJ 2022 English Section & Computer Section

A large number of questions were asked from the MPCJ previous year's question papers from the year 2010-to 2018.

Key Takeaway: 

The MPCJ 2022 cut-off is expected to exceed last year's. Check out the detailed article on MP Judiciary Cut-Off Marks

Overview of MPCJ Mains 2022 Exam

  • Firstly students expected that the main session would be tough as the preliminary examination was tough.
  • Most of the questions in the prelims exam were out of the box. Well, it was actually true that mains were difficult and lengthy.
  • Overall the paper was difficult, and students were worried about completing the entire question paper in 3 hours. It was found that most students lacked time management. 

New Changes introduced in MPCJ Mains

  • There were a few changes observed in the main session paper pattern. There were 20 questions asked in Paper 1 and 3.
  • Limitation Act and NIA - minors were asked for 8 marks each.
  • Every year main session was written on landscape paper; however, this year, the paper was in portrait style.

Check: MP Judiciary Result 2022 (Mains) Out

Paper 1

  • There were a total of 20 questions which was time-consuming. 
  • Students whose writing speed was low faced issues while finishing the paper.
  • 2 questions were asked from Limitation Act. 

Paper 2

  • The second paper is generally essay writing which was lengthy. 
  • Essay topics were: "Social and Economic impact of Covid 19 lockdown in India" and "Empowerment of Women."
  • Hindi to English translation was easy, while English to Hindi translation was difficult. 

Paper 3

  • Questions based on criminal law were unexpected. Students expected questions from maintenance or provisional investigation. 
  • The level of difficulty was moderate.

Check: MP Judiciary Syllabus

Paper 4

Judgment writing paper was a moderate level of difficulty. 

The table below has topics and corresponding questions asked in each of them. 

Subject No. of Questions
MP Accommodation Control Act 3
MP Land Revenue Code 3
Indian Evidence Act 3
Indian Penal Code 3
Criminal Law 3
Negotiable Instruments Act 2
Mixed Questions 2

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MP Judiciary Prelims Exam Analysis 2021

Check out the major highlights of today's MP Civil Judge Prelims Exam 2021. 

  • Law included a total of 110 questions. The level of difficulty was moderate in topics like CPC, while others were easy. 
  • There were a few unexpected questions asked in the exam. Out of 110, 92-97 is considered a good attempt. 
  • General Knowledge included 9 static GK, 4 Current Affairs, and the remaining were MP GK. 
  • Some questions were based on famous personalities. 
  • Computer Knowledge included questions from basic concepts. There were questions based on abbreviations and the latest trends.
  • This is the first time, in English, there were questions from One Word substitution a new pattern was followed. The level of difficulty was easy to moderate. 

Over the previous years, the preliminary exam has been moderate to difficulty level.

You shall be shortlisted for the Mains exam upon qualifying prelims above the MP Judiciary Cut Off. 

There are three stages included in the MP Judiciary Recruitment: Prelims, Mains, and Interview. You need to clear each stage with a minimum cut-off score to be eligible for further selection. 

Previous Year MP Civil Judge Exam Analysis

To help you understand the MP Judiciary exam better, we have explained the analysis of the previous year's exam here.

By going through this analysis, you can

  • Understand the difficulty level of questions
  • Know which type of questions can be asked
  • Know which topics are repeated many times
  • Focus on highly important topics
  • Estimate the time required for attempting these questions.

Let us understand the MP Judiciary Trend Analysis to know about the difficulty level below:

  • Over the years, by comparing previous year's papers, we observe that the difficulty level of Procedural law subjects is high. Hence, you must ensure to prepare in-depth for these subjects. 
  • There are more practical questions asked in the exam. The MP Judiciary Exam difficulty level is high compared to other state Judicial exams.
  • Less weightage of local laws in prelims and mains exam. 
  • Every year there are more registrations, and hence the difficulty level is high. Thus, you must prepare in such a way that you can answer any tricky question asked in the exam. 

Check: MP Civil Judge Exam Solved Papers

Level of Difficulty

As we observe the comparison of cut offs below, the cut-off marks have decreased over the years.

As the difficulty level increased, the cut-off marks decreased. 

Year Cut Off
2017 131 out of 150
2018 121 out of 150
2019 118 out of 150

Check: MP Judiciary Exam Preparation Tips 2024

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