Overview: Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UP PCS) has released the official notification in February 2024 for the UP Judicial Services Exam to fill 1340 civil judge posts in the Uttar Pradesh High Court on its official website.

And all the aspirants are now egearly waiting for the examination dates. So here is a detailed article on UP PCS J exam pattern. Read carefully to get a complete insight into all the stages of the exam.

UP Judiciary Exam Pattern 2024: (Prelims, Mains & Interview)

The selection process of the Uttar Pradesh Civil Judge Exam comprises three stages. However, the exam pattern of each stage differs in the mode, the number of papers, and the total number of questions. 

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The UP Judiciary Exam Pattern 2024 differs for prelims and mains exams. Therefore, knowing the UP PCS-J 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.

UP Judiciary Exam Pattern 2024 for Prelims

The preliminary exam is the stepping stone of your journey to becoming a Civil Judge. This is qualifying stage. The prelims exam of UP Judiciary is the first stage of the selection process, and it is conducted in pen and paper mode.

• The prelims question Paper of the UP Judiciary Exam consists of two papers viz. 
• Paper 1: General Studies & Paper 2: Law
• As per the official notification of UP PCS J Exam Pattern, Prelims are conducted for a total of 450 marks.
• It is conducted in offline mode, that is, pen and paper mode. 

Paper	Medium of Paper	Mode of Paper	Exam Duration	Total Marks	Negative Marking
1	Offline	Objective MCQ	2 hours	150	-0.33
2	Offline	Objective MCQ	2 hours	300	-0.33

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

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 issues of Social relevance, etc.

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

Check: UP PCS J Admit Card 2024

UP Judiciary Exam Pattern 2024 for Mains

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.

In the UP PCS J Exam Pattern - Mains, there are five subjects. There are three papers on Law, one paper on general knowledge, and the other two are language papers.

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Let us look at the table below for the detailed UP PCS J Exam Pattern for Mains Paper:

Medium of Paper	Offline
Mode of Paper	Subjective Answer Writing
Exam Duration	3 hours
Paper I: General Knowledge	200
Paper II: English Language	100
Paper-III: Hindi Language	100
Paper IV: Law I (Substantive Law)	200
Paper V: Law II (Procedure and Evidence)	200
Paper VI: Law III (Penal, Revenue, and Local Laws)	200

UP PCS J Interview Exam Pattern 2024

UP Judiciary Interview is the last stage of the selection process. You are eligible for the interview only if you score above the UP PCS J 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 exchange.

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

• The UP Judiciary Interview Questions are not designed to test your knowledge but 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 exam stages, you will be appointed as a Civil Judge in the Uttar Pradesh High Court.

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Paper	Marks
UP Judiciary Interview	100

Check: UP PCS J Application Form 2024

Stage-wise Marks Break-up of UP Judiciary Exam Pattern 2024  

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 your mains exam and interview. 

Stages of UP PCS J	UP Judiciary Stages	Weightage of UP PCS J Stages	Marks Breakup of UP PCS J Stages	Total Marks of UP Judiciary Stages
Stage 1 of UP PCS J	Prelims	Qualifying	150 + 300	450
Stage 2 of UP PCS J	Mains	Qualifying + Considered in Final Merit List	(3 x 200) + (2 x 100)	800
Stage 3 of UP PCS J	Interview	Qualifying + Considered in Final Merit List	100	100

Conclusion:

 That was all about the UP PCS J Exam Pattern. Understand the pattern clearly before starting your preparation for UP Judiciary. Make sure that you make a proper preparation plan for all the three stages of examination preparation. Explore more such blogs on UP PCS J from here.

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