Quick Update: Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission will soon release the official notification for the UP Judicial Services Exam to fill various civil judge posts in Uttar Pradesh High Court.

The selection process of the Uttar Pradesh Civil Judge Exam comprises three stages:

• Prelims
• Mains
• Interview round

All three stages are qualifying in nature.

The exam paper pattern differs for prelims and mains exams. Therefore, knowing the exam pattern will give you a fair idea about the overall structure of the question paper, the number of questions asked from each section, the type of questions, the marking scheme, and more.

Read through the post that will give you a complete insight into UP Judiciary Exam Pattern 2022 for all the stages of the exam.

Did you know: The candidates are given 4 attempts to write the UP Judicial Services Exams.

UP Judiciary Exam Pattern 2022 In Detail (Prelims & Mains)

Come let's go through the Prelims exam pattern first.

UP Judiciary Prelims Exam Pattern 2022

Stage 1: The prelims exam is the first stage of the selection process. It is conducted in pen and paper mode.

• The prelims question Paper of the UP Judiciary Exam consists of two papers: General Knowledge and Law.
• UP Judiciary Exam Pattern - Prelims is conducted for a total of 450 marks.
• The time duration of each paper is 2 hours. 
• All the questions will be multiple-choice questions. 

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Questions asked in General Knowledge and Law are derived from the chapters mentioned in the syllabus for UP PCS J Exam.

Most of the questions will be based on topics relating to the History of India and Indian Culture, Geography of India, Indian Polity, Current National Issues and topics of Social relevance, etc.

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

UP Judiciary Mains Exam Pattern 2022

Stage 2: Mains exams

• You are shortlisted for the mains exam only if you secure above the prescribed cut-off marks in the prelims exam. The main exam is conducted in offline mode. 
• In the UP Judiciary Exam Pattern - Mains, there are a total of 5 subjects with a valuation of 200 marks each.
• There are three papers on Law, one paper on general knowledge, and the other is a language paper.
• The exam is conducted for 100 marks, and all the questions are descriptive type.
• The time duration of each paper is 3 hours.

Unlike UP Judiciary Prelims, marks obtained in mains are considered during UP Judiciary Merit List preparation. Hence it is essential to clear the mains session with a high score.

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Let us look at the table below to know the detailed UP Judiciary Exam Mains Pattern.

UP Judiciary Interview Exam Pattern 2022

Stage 3: UP Judiciary Interview is the last stage of the selection process. You are eligible for the interview only if you score above the UP Judiciary mains exam cut-off.

The interview holds a weightage of 100 marks. As the name suggests, the interview round consists of face-to-face interaction with an interview panel, which provides marks based on your performance in the interaction.

So is the interview questions designed to only check a candidate's knowledge? 

• The UP Judiciary Interview Questions are not designed to test your knowledge but test your personality and temperament.
• Authorities will add the marks obtained in the interview to the marks obtained in the written papers while preparing the merit list.
• After clearing all three stages of the exam, you will get appointed as a Civil Judge in the Uttar Pradesh High Court.

UP Judiciary Exam Pattern 2022 - Marks Break-up Procedure

As said above, there are three stages involved in the UP PCS J Exam.

UP Judiciary Final Merit List is prepared by calculating the total marks obtained by you in their mains exam and interview.