The Arunachal Pradesh Judicial Services Exam held in three stages:

• Stage I – Preliminary Exam (Objective Exam)
• Stage II – Mains Exam (Written)
• Stage III – Viva Voice (Interview)

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION SYLLABUS

Preliminary Examination consists Multichoice type questions (MCQ) consisting 100 marks out of which 90  marks will consist of :

• General Knowledge
• Aptitude, English
• Constitution of India
• Code of Civil procedure
• Criminal Procedure Code
• Transfer of Property Act
• Indian Contract Act
• Indian Penal Code
• Indian Evidence Act
• Law of Torts
• Proficiency in the official language (s) of the State of Assam (10 Marks)

PATTERN FOR MAIN EXAMINATION

The Main Written Examination will be of 400 marks comprising four papers i.e., Paper – I, Paper-II, Paper-III, & Paper – IV. A total of 400 marks will be considered for raking. All the candidates must obtain 60% (50% for Reserved Category) or more marks or corresponding grade in the Final written examination to be eligible for Viva-Voce.

Note: The total marks shown here are considered for merit ranking purposes.

Paper-I: General English –  English Grammer:

• Synonyms, Homonyms, Antonyms, Direct and Indirect speech, Data Interpretation, Spotting Errors, Passage Completion, Word Formation, Sentence Completion, Part of Speech, Error Correction (Phrase in Bold), Theme Detection, Spelling Test, Fill in the blanks, Sentence Improvement, Sentence Arrangement, Substitution, Joining Sentences, Tenses, Active and Passive Voice, Idioms and Phrases, Para Completion, Translation, Error Correction (Underlined Part), Punctuation, Comprehension, Passage writing
• Precis-writing
• Essay writing on Legal Topic & General Topic etc.

Paper-II: General Knowledge

• Indian History, India & World Geography, Indian & World Economy, Current Affairs, Politics, General Science, Technology, Indian Culture, Famous Places in India and World, Famous Personalities, Honors and Awards, World Organisations, Sports, Books and Authors, Days and Years,
• Areas, Averages, Simplification and Approximation, Races and Games, Probability, Numbers and Ages, Quadratic Equations, Odd Man Out, Boats and Streams, Indices and Surds, Pipes and Cisterns, Compound Interest, Permutations and Combinations, Problems on Trains, Problems on LCM and HCF, Volumes, Percentages, Problems on Numbers, Simple Interest, Time and Distance, Mensuration, Profit and Loss, Ratio and Proportion, Mixtures and Allegations, Simple Equations, Time and Work,
• Situation reaction test, Number series, Assertion and reason, Logical Venn diagram, Coding-decoding, Data Sufficiency, Blood relations, Sequential output tracing, Puzzle test, Logical sequence test, Direction sense test, Classifications, Inserting the missing characters, Eligibility test, Analogy, Syllogism, Inequalities, Alphabet test, Machine input, Alpha-numerical sequence puzzle, Sitting arrangement, Arithmetical operations, Numbers, ranking, and time sequence test.

Paper-III: Law Paper-I 

• Group A: Code of Civil Procedure
• Group B: Constitution Of India
• Group C: Indian Contract Act
• Group D: Transfer of Property

Paper-IV: Law Paper-II

• Group A: Indian Penal Code
• Group B: Criminal Procedure code
• Group C: Evidence Act
• Group D: Law of Torts

PATTERN FOR VIVA-VOCE/INTERVIEW

• Total marks allotted: 70
• This is the final stage of the Grade – III examination which is 70 marks. The candidates would be called for Viva-Voce/ Interview at a ratio of 1:3 (i.e. three candidates against one post) subject to marks obtained as stated The selected candidates must secure 60% marks in the Viva – Voce/ Interview.

There is no specified syllabus for Viva-Voce but the interview is intended to supplement the written examination for testing the general and specialised knowledge in law & other subjects as well as the abilities to solve the problem during the course of work.

The Board will pay special attention to assess:

• intellectual curiosity,
• critical powers of assimilation,
• balance of judgment and alertness of mind,
• the ability for social cohesion,
• the integrity of character initiative and
• capacity for