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Maharashtra Civil Judge (JD) and JMFC 2023: question paper and answer key

Civil Judge Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate First Class Preliminary Examination 2023 (Advt. No. 047/2023), question booklet series A, subject: prescribed legal knowledge (vihit kayadevishayak dnyan)

Official files

Question paperMPSC Previous Question Papers, Advt. No. 047/2023, row "Adv.No.047/2023 Civil Judge Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate First Class Preliminary Examination 2023 - Question Paper" (published 21-11-2023); Answer Keys of Examinations, row "Adv.No.047/2023 Civil Judge Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate First Class Preliminary Examination 2023 -Final Answer Key" (published 03-01-2024). Search "Judge" in each table.Final answer keympsc.gov.in

Listed from mpsc.gov.in , links checked 12 November 2026

Conducted by: Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC)
Held on: 18 November 2023
Questions: 100
Marking (as printed): 100 questions, 100 marks, 2 hours; for each wrong answer 25% (1/4) of the marks for that question are deducted
Booklet: A

MPSC lists the question booklet under Previous Question Papers (Advt. No. 047/2023, published 21-11-2023) and the final answer key under Answer Keys of Examinations (published 03-01-2024). The booklet is in English with Marathi cover instructions, booklet code E18, series A (the key gives answers for series A, B, C and D). The final key states it was revised after candidates' objections and expert opinion and is final. The final key cancels no question in series A. The MPSC site serves files through a download button on these listing pages, not a fixed file address.

What this paper asked

All 100 questions, classified by subject twice by separate reviewers; both agreed on every question.

Civil Procedure Code23, 23%, Practise
Evidence (IEA / BSA)21, 21%, Practise
Criminal procedure (CrPC / BNSS)19, 19%, Practise
Constitutional Law16, 16%, Practise
Criminal law (IPC / BNS)12, 12%, Practise
Specific Relief Act9, 9%, 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.

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