Most asked Limitation Act sections in judiciary exams

25 questions in 12 official papers on Law Maker test 10 sections of the Limitation Act, 1963. Here they are, most asked first, with the papers that asked them. A question that tests two sections counts for both.

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1. 1

   Section 5 Extension of prescribed period in certain cases

   Asked 8 times: Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS) 2022; Delhi Higher Judicial Service 2024; Delhi Judicial Service 2018; Delhi Judicial Service 2019; Delhi Judicial Service 2022; Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2022; Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2023

   8
2. 2

   Section 6 Legal disability

   Asked 4 times: Delhi Judicial Service 2022; Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2022; Rajasthan District Judge (HJS) 2020; Rajasthan District Judge (HJS) 2024

   4
3. 3

   Section 18 Effect of acknowledgment in writing

   Asked 4 times: Delhi Judicial Service 2022; Delhi Judicial Service 2023; Rajasthan District Judge (HJS) 2020; Rajasthan District Judge (HJS) 2024

   4
4. 4

   Section 14 Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction

   Asked 3 times: Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS) 2022; Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2023

   3
5. 5

   Section 3 Bar of limitation

   Asked 1 time: Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2021

   1
6. 6

   Section 11 Suits on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act extends

   Asked 1 time: Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2022

   1
7. 7

   Section 13 Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue or appeal as a pauper is applied for

   Asked 1 time: Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2021

   1
8. 8

   Section 15 Exclusion of time in certain other cases

   Asked 1 time: Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2021

   1
9. 9

   Section 17 Effect of fraud or mistake

   Asked 1 time: Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2022

   1
10. 10

    Section 27 Extinguishment of right to property

    Asked 1 time: Odisha Judicial Service (Civil Judge) 2018

    1

Counted from the official papers reproduced on Law Maker (see previous year papers). New papers are added as they are published, and the counts update with them.