Odisha High Court Recruitment 2022 will be conducted in three stages:
- Preliminary Examination.
- Main Examination
- Interview.
In three stages, the candidate must qualify. The Preliminary examination pattern, Main examination pattern, and Interview pattern is explained. The detailed examination pattern for Odisha Judicial Services Recruitment 2022 is given below.
Examination Type | Total Number of Marks | Total Time Duration |
Preliminary Examination | 100 | 01 hours 30 minutes |
Mains Examination Paper 1 | 150 | 02 hours 30 minutes |
Mains Examination Paper 2 | 150 | 02 hours 30 minutes |
Odisha High Court Exam 2022 Prelim Exam Pattern:
The Preliminary Examination Pattern will be worth 100 marks and will last for 1 hour & 30 minutes. For each incorrect answer, one-fourth of a point is deducted. There are a total of 100 questions in the exam. The exam consists of 100 questions with a total score of 100. Each question is worth one point.
Subject | Total Question | Total Marks | Total Time Duration |
Constitution of India |
100 |
100 |
01 hours 30 minutes |
Civil Procedure Code |
Criminal Procedure Code |
Evidence Act |
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) |
Limitation Act |
Property Transfer Act |
Act of Contracting |
Succession law (Indian succession Act and Hindu succession act) |
Specific Relief act |
- To be eligible for the mains examination, a candidate must score the required amount of points in the preliminary exam.
- For SC/ST applicants, the minimum qualification mark is 35 %.
- For candidates in other categories, a minimum qualification score of 40% is required.
Odisha High Court Exam 2022 Mains Exam Pattern:
Two required papers and three optional papers make up the main examination. Here are the examination patterns for both required and optional examinations. Paper I and Paper II are each worth 150 marks. Paper I and Paper II last 2 hours 30 minutes. There will be two passages, one in English to be translated to Odia and the other in Odia to be retranslated to English.
Paper | Subject | Total Marks | Total Time Duration |
Paper 1 | General English - Questionable passage
- 10 lines of translation and retranslation
- A short essay
- Precis writing with 300 words
| 150 | 02 hours 30 min |
Paper 2 | Procedural Law - The 1973 Code of Criminal Procedure
- The Civil Procedure Code of 1908
- The 1872 Indian Evidence Act
| 150 | 02 hours 30 min |
Odisha Judicial Services Mains Optional Papers:
Subject | Marks | Duration |
Law of torts & Law of criminal | 150 | 3 Hours |
Persona Law - Law of Hinduism
- The Law of Mohammed
| 150 | 3 Hours |
Property law - Property Transfer Act of 1982
- The Specific Relief Act of 1963
- The Indian Limitation Act of 1963
| 150 | 3 Hours |
Contract Law - Indian Contract Act of 1872
- The Sales of Goods Act of 1930
- Partnership Act of 1932
- Act on Negotiable Instruments of 1881
| 150 | 3 Hours |
India's jurisprudence and constitution | 150 | 3 Hours |
Note
- Applicants must choose three subjects.
- Each subject is worth 150 marks and takes three hours to complete.
To be eligible for the interview, the candidate must have a minimum qualification score. Applicants who receive a 45 percent overall score and a minimum of 33 percent in each of the main written examination papers will be invited to an interview.
Odisha High Court Exam 2022 Interview:
Students who pass the main examination are invited to an interview, which is worth a total of 100 marks. The interviewer may ask questions from the mains test syllabus. Questions about national and international topics, as well as matters of common interest in the fields of arts and science, maybe posed during the interview.