UP PCS-J study guide
UP PCS-J · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
PCS-J refers to the Uttar Pradesh Provincial Civil Services (Judicial) Examination, the entry route to the state judicial service in Uttar Pradesh, conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) at Prayagraj. It is aimed at law graduates who intend to serve as civil judges (Junior Division) in the state judiciary, and it is one of several recruitment streams the Commission advertises on its website. The UP PCS-J study guide has 4 sections and about 1,360 words.
01General Knowledge / General Studies for UP PCS-J
The UPPSC Civil Judge (Junior Division) General Knowledge paper is a 100-mark screening paper. It rewards breadth under time pressure: Indian polity and Constitution, modern Indian history, world and Indian geography, economy, general science, and a distinctly Uttar Pradesh core - state geography, art and culture, administration, and welfare schemes.
346 words, about 2 min02Law (Substantive and Procedural) for UP PCS-J
The Law paper carries the most weight and decides selection. It spans substantive law - Indian Penal Code/BNS, Indian Contract Act, Transfer of Property Act, family law, and the UP land statutes - and procedural law - CPC, CrPC/BNSS and the Evidence Act/BSA.
388 words, about 2 min03हिंदी (Hindi) for UP PCS-J
उत्तर प्रदेश न्यायिक सेवा के हिंदी प्रश्नपत्र में अनुवाद, संक्षेपण, निबंध, व्याकरण तथा शब्द-प्रयोग पूछे जाते हैं। विशेष बात यह है कि हिंदी को प्रशासनिक और विधिक शब्दावली के स्तर पर परखा जाता है, इसलिए सामान्य व्याकरण के साथ-साथ न्यायिक शब्दों का शुद्ध प्रयोग भी आवश्यक है। संधि : स्वर, व्यंजन और विसर्ग - जैसे सूर्य + उदय = सूर्योदय (गुण संधि)। समास : तत्पुरुष, कर्मधारय, द्विगु, द्वंद्व, बहुव्रीहि, अव्ययीभाव। कारक एवं वाच्य : कर्मवाच्य में 'द्वारा/से' का प्रयोग और क्रिया का लिंग-वचन कर्म के अनुसार; भाववाच्य अकर्मक क्रिया में। उपसर्ग-प्रत्यय , अनेकार्थी शब्द, विलोम, पर्यायवाची, मुहावरे और लोकोक्तियाँ। विधिक शब्दावली : वादी (plaintiff), प्रतिवादी (defendant), शपथ-पत्र (affidavit), दोषसिद्धि (conviction), दोषमुक्ति (acquittal), अधिकारिता (jurisdiction)। 'दशानन' में कौन-सा समास है?
292 words, about 1 min04English for UP PCS-J
The English paper tests usage rather than literary criticism: grammar and usage, comprehension, vocabulary, idioms, sentence improvement, paragraph ordering, précis, and translation from Hindi into English. As a scoring and filtering paper, accuracy in short items matters more than ambitious prose.
334 words, about 2 min