AP High Court Examiner study guide
AP High Court Examiner · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court Examiner recruitment examination is the selection process for Examiner posts in the High Court's establishment, typically clerical-cum-technical roles centred on the court's copying, typing, and record-handling work. Candidates are usually graduates with Telugu and English typing proficiency, and selection is commonly by a written test followed by a skill or typewriting test as notified. The AP High Court Examiner study guide has 8 sections and about 2,725 words.
01General English: Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension and Usage
General English in this exam is a usage paper, not a literature paper. It checks whether you can spot a faulty sentence, choose the right word, understand a short passage and apply standard written English accurately under time pressure.
334 words, about 2 min02General Knowledge and Current Affairs
This section mixes static knowledge (Indian polity, geography, history, science, economy) with current affairs of roughly the preceding year, and it usually carries a distinct Andhra Pradesh and High Court orientation. Marks come from appointments, awards, sports, defence exercises, government schemes, summits, indices, books, important days and their themes, and State-specific developments.
337 words, about 2 min03Arithmetic and Numerical Ability
This domain tests speed and accuracy on school-level arithmetic: percentages, ratio and proportion, averages, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, time and work, time and distance, simplification, number series, elementary mensuration and data interpretation. Questions are short but deliberately designed so that a candidate who computes in the wrong order loses two minutes.
334 words, about 2 min04Reasoning and Mental Ability
Reasoning tests pattern recognition rather than computation: number and letter series, coding-decoding, blood relations, direction sense, syllogism, seating and ranking arrangements, analogies, classification, clocks and calendars, mirror and water images, and simple non-verbal figures. The paper rewards a systematic method and penalises the candidate who starts writing full sentences for every option.
320 words, about 2 min05Computer Knowledge and Office Applications
This section tests practical working knowledge of a computer as used in a court office: operating system basics, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, internet and e-mail, file management, printing and scanning, basic security, and awareness of court computerisation such as the e-Courts system, the Case Information System and e-filing portals. Word processing: formatting, headers and footers, page setup, find and replace, spell check, track changes, mail merge, and saving in .docx and PDF.
305 words, about 2 min06Indian Constitution and Polity
Constitutional questions in a High Court examination concentrate on the judiciary: how High Courts are constituted, their jurisdiction and powers, their relationship with the Supreme Court and subordinate courts, and the writ system. Fundamental Rights, the Directive Principles, constitutional bodies and amendment procedure are also fair game.
342 words, about 2 min07Civil and Criminal Procedure and Court Practice
This domain asks how a case actually moves through court. You must know the sequence of a civil suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, and the flow of a criminal case, together with the vocabulary of orders, sections, cognizance, bail and execution.
361 words, about 2 min08Record Keeping, Filing and Court Office Procedure
This is the heart of the Examiner's job: receiving papers, checking them for defects, giving the case a number, entering it in the correct register, moving the file to the right officer at the right time, and finally preserving or weeding out the record. The questions test the order of these steps and the difference between similar-sounding registers and copies.
392 words, about 2 min