Punjab ADA Syllabus 2026: PSSB Subject-wise List & Weightage

Overview: If you're preparing to become a Punjab Assistant District Attorney, it's important that you understand the syllabus.  

• The Punjab ADA Syllabus 2026 has two components: Law and General Awareness  
• The law component covers 12 Acts including the New and Old Criminal Laws, Punjab Local Laws, CPC, Constitutional Law, and the IT Act, 2000.  
• The general component covers General Knowledge and Current Affairs, Punjab History and Culture, Logical Reasoning and Mental Ability, Punjabi, English and ICT. 

Here, we give you the detailed syllabus for Punjab ADA 2026.  

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Punjab ADA Syllabus 2026: Subject-wise Details   

Here are the Assistant District Attorney Punjab syllabus details for 2026 at a glance before we get into the subject-wise details.  

Particulars	Details
Post	Assistant District Attorney (ADA), Group-B
Conducting Body (2026 cycle)	Subordinate Services Selection Board (PSSSB), Punjab
Advertisement	No. 09 of 2026
Syllabus Source	Syllabus annexure to Advt. No. 09 of 2026
Syllabus Structure	Two parts: a general component and a law component, plus a Punjabi legal glossary
Law Subjects	12 statutes
General Subjects	GK & Current Affairs, Punjab History & Culture, Logical Reasoning & Mental Ability, Punjabi, English, ICT
Mode of Exam	Offline, pen-and-paper, OMR
Questions	120 multiple-choice questions
Duration	2 hours
Negative Marking	Applicable — quantum to be confirmed from the official annexure
Written Exam Date	2 August 2026 (as per the PSSSB exam schedule notice)
Official Website	sssb.punjab.gov.in

Note: Earlier Punjab ADA recruitment was conducted by the Punjab Public Service Commission. For the 2026 cycle the recruiting agency is PSSSB, and the syllabus annexure, exam-pattern notice and admit card for this examination are published on sssb.punjab.gov.in.  

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Punjab ADA Syllabus 2026 | Part A: General Awareness 

This part follows the standard PSSSB pattern for Group-B recruitment. The indicative weightage within it is as follows.    

Subject	Prescribed content	Weightage
General Knowledge & Current Affairs (national and international)	Polity issues; environment issues; current affairs; science and technology; economic issues; History of India with special reference to the Indian freedom struggle; sports; cinema and literature; geography	10
Punjab History & Culture	Physical features of Punjab and its ancient history; social, religious and economic life in Punjab; development of language, literature and arts; society and culture of Punjab during Afghan/Mughal rule; the Bhakti Movement and Sufism; teachings and history of the Sikh Gurus and saints; the Adi Granth; the Sikh rulers; freedom movements of Punjab	5
Logical Reasoning & Mental Ability	Logical reasoning, analytical and mental ability; basic numerical skills, numbers, magnitudes, percentages, numerical relationships; data analysis, graphic presentation, charts, tables, spreadsheets	10
Punjabi	Grammar, comprehension, language usage, writing skills	5
English	Basic grammar; subject and verb; adjectives and adverbs; synonyms and antonyms; one-word substitution; fill in the blanks; correction of sentences; idioms and their meanings; spellings; articles; prepositions; direct and indirect speech; active and passive voice	5
ICT	Basics of computers; networks and the internet; use of office productivity tools: Word, Excel, spreadsheets and PowerPoint	5

Punjab ADA Syllabus 2026 | Part B: The Law (All 12 Statutes)  

The syllabus prescribes the following:   

S No.	Statute
1	The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS)
2	The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS)
3	The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA)
4	The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
5	The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC)
6	The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
7	The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)
8	Constitutional Law
9	The Information Technology Act, 2000 (including cyber law)
10	The Punjab Excise Act, 1914
11	The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
12	The Punjab Prevention of Damage to Public and Private Property Act, 2014

Legal Glossary (Punjabi) and Revenue Terminology  

This is the newest part of the syllabus and the least served online, which makes it the fastest place to gain marks over the field. It is recognition-based, not analytical, and an ADA reads Punjabi legal and revenue vocabulary in case files every day.  

(a) Court and Procedural Terms   

Punjabi	English
ਅਦਾਲਤ	Court
ਮੁਕੱਦਮਾ	Case / suit
ਵਾਦੀ / ਮੁੱਦਈ	Plaintiff / complainant
ਪ੍ਰਤੀਵਾਦੀ	Defendant / respondent
ਦੋਸ਼ੀ	Accused / convict
ਗਵਾਹ	Witness
ਗਵਾਹੀ	Testimony / evidence
ਸੰਮਨ	Summons
ਵਾਰੰਟ	Warrant
ਜ਼ਮਾਨਤ	Bail
ਹਲਫ਼ਨਾਮਾ	Affidavit
ਫ਼ੈਸਲਾ	Judgment
ਅਪੀਲ	Appeal
ਸਜ਼ਾ	Sentence / punishment
ਬਰੀ	Acquitted

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(b) Revenue terms - usually asked as straight definitions:  

Term	Meaning
Jamabandi	The record of rights, periodically revised, showing ownership and cultivation
Khasra number	The survey or field number identifying a parcel of land
Khasra girdawari	The crop-inspection register maintained by the patwari
Khatauni	The holding number recording a cultivator's holdings
Intkal / Intiqal	Mutation — the entry recording a change of ownership
Warasat	Mutation on inheritance
Fard / Fard Jamabandi	An extract or copy of the record of rights
Fard Badar	Correction of an entry in the revenue record
Shajra Nasab	The pedigree table of landowners
Musavi / Shajra Kishtwar	The field map of the estate
Tatima	The supplementary sketch prepared after partition or transfer
Roznamcha Waqiati	The patwari's daily diary
Patwari / Kanungo / Tehsildar / Naib-Tehsildar	The revenue hierarchy at village, circle and tehsil level

Note: The authoritative sources are the Punjab Government's official legal glossary published by the Department of Languages and the standard Punjab Land Records Manual terminology. Build a one-page bilingual sheet and revise it in the final forty-eight hours.  

Punjab ADA 2026: Indicative Subject-Wise Weightage and the Order to Study In 

The official Punjab ADA syllabus lists acts without assigning marks to each, so anyone quoting exact weightages is estimating.  

The following is our indicative allocation, based on prosecutorial relevance, act size, and the pattern of comparable State prosecutor papers.   

Subject group	Indicative share of law questions	Why
Criminal law (BNS + IPC)	~22-25%	Core of the prosecution function; largest statutes
Criminal procedure (BNSS + CrPC)	~22-25%	Procedure is an ADA's daily craft; heavily tested
Evidence (BSA + Indian Evidence Act)	~15-18%	Trial-centric; consistently high weightage
Constitutional Law	~10-12%	Standard across law-officer papers
CPC	~8-10%	Tests statutory reading and procedural reasoning
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988	~5-7%	Separately named, so certain to appear
Punjab Excise Act, 1914	~4-6%	State statute; literal questions
IT Act, 2000	~4-5%	Growing area, widely under-prepared
Punjab Prevention of Damage to Property Act, 2014	~2-4%	Short statute; easy marks

Note: for this syllabus, the Bare Act is the textbook, and the commentary is the supplement. Objective law papers test the text. Candidates who read commentaries, but never the sections consistently underperform those who did the reverse.  

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Mistakes to Avoid When Preparing According to the Punjab ADA 2026 Syllabus   

Here are a few mistakes you should avoid when preparing for Assistant District Attorney Punjab 2026 exam. 

• Choosing between the old codes and the Sanhitas. The syllabus prescribes both. Candidates who study only the BNS lose the IPC-numbered questions, and the reverse is equally true.  
• Using generic judiciary material. It over-prepares you on private law that is not in this syllabus and skips the four statutes that are: Excise, Prevention of Corruption, the IT Act and the 2014 Punjab Act.  
• Treating Part A as unimportant. Reasoning, English, ICT and Punjab GK are finite, predictable and completely coverable. Losing them is self-inflicted.  
• Skipping the State Specific Acts. They are short, separately named and almost certainly in the paper.  
• Leaving the Punjabi legal glossary blank. A distinct, recognition-based scoring block that most candidates never touch.  

Here are the key takeaways:  

• The Punjab ADA Syllabus 2026 is prescribed in the annexure to PSSSB Advertisement No. 09 of 2026.  
• The syllabus has two components: a general component covering GK and current affairs, Punjab History and Culture, reasoning and mental ability, Punjabi, English and ICT; and a law component of twelve acts and a Punjabi legal glossary including revenue terminology. 
• This is a prosecutor's syllabus. Criminal law, procedure and evidence dominate, with corruption law, excise law, cyber law and a Punjab public-order statute named specifically.  
• Both the old codes and the new Sanhitas are prescribed. Prepare them comparatively, topic by topic, and verify every section mapping against the Bare Act. 
• The cheapest marks lie in the short-named statutes, the Punjabi glossary and revenue terms, and Part A. Secure those before going deep.