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RJS Exam study plan

RJS Exam · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Civil Law and Procedure

  • Map the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 into a one-page structural chart covering suits, pleadings, appearance, framing of issues, trial, judgment, decree and execution

  • Draft a 10-step flow of a civil suit from plaint to first hearing, marking where limitation, jurisdiction and cause of action are tested

  • Write concise notes distinguishing decree, order, judgment and preliminary versus final decree with two original examples of each

  • Solve 20 self-made multiple-choice questions on jurisdiction, res judicata and place of suing, and log every error with the governing section

Your checkpoint

A 4-page civil procedure skeleton chart plus an error log of at least 20 attempted questions with section citations.

Week 2

Civil Law and Procedure

  • Explain pleadings, amendment of pleadings, set-off, counterclaim and discovery in writing without consulting notes

  • Compare the appeal, reference, review and revision routes in one table showing forum, limitation and grounds

  • Outline the Indian Contract Act essentials of a valid contract and the Specific Relief Act remedies with one case-style illustration each

  • Attempt 25 mixed civil-law questions under a 30-minute timer and reclassify each wrong answer by cause: recall, misreading or rule confusion

Your checkpoint

A timed 25-question civil law and procedure mini-test scored and fully corrected with rule references.

Week 3

Criminal Law and Procedure

  • Chart the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 general exceptions and the fault elements of offences against the body, property and public order

  • Build a 15-row comparison of culpable homicide, murder, causing death by negligence and abetment, stating the distinguishing ingredient in each row

  • Summarise the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 timeline for FIR registration, investigation, charge-sheet, cognizance and bail in one sequential diagram

  • Draft a bail application skeleton and a chargesheet-check checklist from memory, then verify each clause against the statute

Your checkpoint

A one-page statutory timeline and offence-classification table covering at least 15 offences with punishments.

Week 4

Criminal Law and Procedure & Law of Evidence

  • Explain the presumption of innocence, burden of proof and standard of proof in criminal trials in 300 words without notes

  • Classify evidence under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 into oral, documentary, primary, secondary and electronic, with one admissibility rule for each

  • State the rules on relevancy, res gestae, dying declaration, confession to police and expert opinion in short original fact patterns

  • Attempt 30 mixed criminal law, procedure and evidence questions under 40 minutes and record the rule behind every error

Your checkpoint

A 30-question timed mock covering criminal law, procedure and evidence, with a corrected error log and rule citations.

Week 5

Law of Evidence

  • Draft a witness examination plan for a hypothetical robbery trial covering examination-in-chief, cross-examination and re-examination

  • Distinguish burden of proof under sections 101 to 114 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam through five original scenarios

  • Write the evidentiary value and admissibility tests for electronic records, hearsay and character evidence in a single comparison table

  • Solve 25 evidence-only questions with a 90 percent accuracy target and review every wrong option's fallacy

Your checkpoint

A complete witness examination plan for one hypothetical trial plus a 25-question evidence test result.

Week 6

Constitutional and Administrative Law

  • Summarise fundamental rights, the doctrine of basic structure and writ jurisdiction in a two-page outline with leading constitutional principles

  • Explain the distribution of legislative and administrative powers between the Union and States, including the residuary power

  • Draft a short writ petition skeleton for violation of a fundamental right, identifying the appropriate writ and respondent

  • Answer 20 constitutional and administrative law questions, including emergency provisions and civil services protections

Your checkpoint

A two-page constitutional law outline and a corrected 20-question test with at least one authority noted per answer.

Week 7

Local and Revenue Laws of Rajasthan & Language, Legal Drafting and Translation

  • List the key Rajasthan land revenue and tenancy concepts, including khatedari rights, mutation, survey and record-of-rights, in a glossary of 30 terms

  • Explain the Rajasthan municipal and local governance framework in one page, noting the powers of elected bodies and executive officers

  • Translate five legal passages between English and Hindi, preserving statutory terminology and citation style

  • Draft one formal legal notice and one affidavit in the prescribed style, then self-edit for precision and consistency

Your checkpoint

A 30-term Rajasthan revenue glossary, five completed translations and two drafted legal documents.

Week 8

Civil Law and Procedure & Criminal Law and Procedure & Law of Evidence & Constitutional and Administrative Law & Local and Revenue Laws of Rajasthan & Language, Legal Drafting and Translation

  • Run two full-length simulated papers under exam timing and mark them against the official domain weightage

  • Revisit the error logs from weeks 1 to 7 and rewrite the 20 most repeated mistakes as one-line rules

  • Memorise the statutory timelines and limitation periods most likely to be tested, using spaced repetition over five days

  • Finalise a one-page pre-exam revision sheet covering all six domains

Your checkpoint

Two completed full-length mock papers with scores, a consolidated one-page rule sheet and a final revision checklist.

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 60 percent on the 25-question civil law and procedure mini-test and show a complete error log with section references.

Week 4: Score at least 65 percent on the 30-question criminal law, procedure and evidence mock and state the governing rule for every wrong answer.

Week 6: Score at least 70 percent on the 20-question constitutional and administrative law test and submit the two-page outline.

Week 8: Score at least 70 percent overall on both full-length mocks, with no domain below 55 percent, and submit the one-page revision sheet.