The Bihar Judiciary Exam is conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) for the recruitment of Civil Judges. The examination consists of three stages: Preliminary Exam, Main Exam, and Interview.

Here’s the exam pattern for each stage of the Bihar Judiciary Exam:

Bihar Judiciary Prelims Exam Pattern:

The Bihar Judicial Service preliminary exam has two papers:

• Paper 1 –General Studies/General Knowledge – 100 marks.
• Paper 2- Law – 150 marks.

Paper 1
1. General Knowledge including Current Affairs
2. Elementary General Science

Paper 2
1. Law of Evidence & Procedure
2. Constitutional and Administrative Law of India
3. Hindu Law & Muhammadan Law
4. Law of Transfer of Property, Principles of Equity, Law of Trusts and Specific Relief Act
5. Law of Contracts & Torts
6. Commercial Law

Bihar Judiciary Mains Exam Pattern:

There are five compulsory papers, of which Hindi & English are of qualifying
nature.
1. General Knowledge / General Studies including Current Affairs – 150 marks
2. Elementary General Science – 100 marks
3. General Hindi – 100 marks
4. General English – 100 marks
5. Law of Evidence and Procedure – 150 marks

There will be a choice of five optional papers, from which, candidates have to
select three:
1. Constitutional and Administrative Law of India– 150 marks
2. Hindu law and Mohammedan law – 150 marks
3. Transfer of Property Act, Principles of Equity, Law of Trusts and Specific Relief Act –
150 marks
4. Law of Contract and Torts – 150 marks
5. Commercial Law – 150 marks

Detailed Syllabus of the Exam –  Preliminary & Mains

General Knowledge / General Studies:

General Knowledge / General Studies paper for the Bihar Judicial Service Exams will consist of
questions from the following areas:

• Current events of national and international importance
• History of India and Indian National Movement
• Indian and World Geography
• Indian Polity and Economy
• The questions will be of the level which the candidates should be able to answer without
  special study.

Elementary General Science:
A paper of questions to test such matters of everyday observation and experience in their
scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person, who has not made a special study
of any scientific subject.

General Hindi The level of difficulty of this paper will be the same as that of the Hindi section of the secondary examination administered by the Bihar School Examination Committee. This section is designed for students who have been studying Hindi continuously since the fourth grade.

General English
English paper for the Bihar Judicial Service Exams will consist of questions from the following
areas:

• Spotting Errors in sentences and phrases
• Antonyms and Synonyms
• Fill in the blanks with missing words
• Usage of prepositions, idioms and phrases
• Word analogies
• Test of spellings
• Re-arranging sentences
• Questions to test comprehension – with a passage to be read and questions based on the
  same.
• Questions will be set to test the understanding of and the power to write English. A
  passage or passages will usually be set for summary or precis.
• Questions will include letter writing on given subject.

Constitutional Law and Administrative Law

Constitution of India – Article 1 to 395 and Schedules
Administrative Law:

• Delegated Legislation
• Control of Delegated Legislation – Judicial & Legislative
• Fair Hearing; Rules of Natural Justice; Rules Against Bias; Audi AlteramPartem
• Tribunals and Quasi-Judicial Authorities; Judicial Control over them
• Regulatory- Authorities
• Judicial Review of Administrative Action
• Writ Jurisdiction and Statutory Judicial Remedies, Scope, Extent & Distinction
• Public Interest Litigation
• Tortious Liability of State and Compensation
• Promissory Estoppel, Legitimate Expectation & Doctrine of Proportionality
• Government Contracts
• Ombudsman

Law of Evidence & Procedure

• Indian Evidence Act (1 of 1872)
• Civil Procedure Code (5 of 1908)
• Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996
• Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)
• Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887

Hindu Law and Mohammedan Law

• Hindu Law including Schools, Marriage, Adoption, Impartible Estate, Endowment
• Muhammadan Law including Marriage Law, Adoption, Wills, Legitimacy,
  Acknowledgement, Guardianship

Commercial Law
The main principles of law relating to

• Sale of Goods,
• Negotiable Instruments,
• Company Law
• Partnership.

VIVA-VOCE/INTERVIEW
The personal interview is of 100 marks. Final merit list is prepared by adding the
marks obtained by a candidate in the mains exam (out of 900 marks) and the interview (out of
120 marks). A candidate must secure at least 35% marks in the interview to qualify for the
final merit list.