Delhi Judicial Service (DJS) 2023: question paper and answer key
Delhi Judicial Service Preliminary Examination-2023
Take this paper as a timed test
195 questions in 150 minutes, in the marking printed on the paper, scored against the final official key. Questions the key deleted are left out. Free.
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Question paperdelhihighcourt.nic.inModel answer keydelhihighcourt.nic.inRevision notice (answer key)dated 29.01.2024Revision notice (answer key)dated 20.03.2024
Listed from delhihighcourt.nic.in · links checked 11 October 2026
- Conducted by
- Delhi High Court
- Held on
- 17 December 2023
- Questions
- 200
- Marking (as printed)
- Each question carries equal marks; 25% negative marking for each wrong answer; maximum marks 200
- Booklet
- A
- Deleted in the final key
- 5 (series A questions 9, 33, 80, 138, 168)
The High Court published a model key for all four series and then two revision notices; the final key is the model key with both notices applied.
What this paper asked
All 200 questions, classified by subject twice by separate reviewers; both agreed on every question.
- Civil Procedure Code33 · 17% · Practise
- Criminal procedure (CrPC / BNSS)30 · 15% · Practise
- Criminal law (IPC / BNS)25 · 13% · Practise
- Evidence (IEA / BSA)20 · 10% · Practise
- Arbitration and ADR16 · 8% · Practise
- Constitutional Law16 · 8% · Practise
- English15 · 8% · Practise
- Limitation Act10 · 5% · Practise
- Company and Commercial Law9 · 5% · Practise
- Contract Law8 · 4% · Practise
- Special Criminal Laws5 · 3% · Practise
- Specific Relief Act5 · 3% · Practise
- General Knowledge4 · 2% · Practise
- Jurisprudence and Legal Maxims3 · 2% · Practise
- Current Affairs1 · 1% · Practise
Acts the questions were on
Number of questions on each Act, counted only where both reviewers named the same Act; deleted questions left out. Linked Acts open in our Bare Acts library.