Bihar Judicial Service 2023 Official Paper: Law

Official Past Paper

More Bihar Judicial Service (BJS) tests148 questions120 minutes

The Law paper of the 32nd Bihar Judicial Services (Preliminary) Competitive Examination (Advt. No. 23/2023), set by the Bihar Public Service Commission and held on 4 June 2023, reproduced from the official question booklet (Series A, English version) with answers from BPSC's Final (Revised) Answer Key. 148 of 150 questions. Left out, 2: Q24: two answers accepted (BPSC notice on Series B Q64, which is Series A Q24: the English and Hindi versions differ); Q125: deleted in the Final (Revised) Answer Key (question ambiguous). Timing and marking as printed on the booklet: 2 hours, all questions carry equal marks (1 mark each here); the booklet states no negative marking. Questions on the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act were set before these were replaced on 1 July 2024 by the BNS, BNSS and BSA, and are answered under the law then in force.

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148 questions, 120 minutes.
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Questions by subject

Constitutional Law 23
Law of Torts 19
Administrative Law 15
Contract Law 12
Transfer of Property Act 12
Hindu Law 10
Partnership and Sale of Goods 10
Muslim Law 8
Criminal procedure (CrPC / BNSS) 6
Evidence (IEA / BSA) 6
Civil Procedure Code 5
Company and Commercial Law 5
Other Acts 5
Jurisprudence and Legal Maxims 4
Negotiable Instruments Act 4
Specific Relief Act 2
Arbitration and ADR 1
Family Law (other) 1

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