Rajasthan Judicial Service · Rajasthan High Court
In Rajasthan, language is a third of your prelims — Hindi and English decide the cut.
30% of the prelims is pure language, long before the law is even weighed. We map where the marks sit subject-by-subject from two prelims and three mains papers, the Rajasthan-only Acts, and the shift to the new criminal codes.
- Conducting body Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur
- Post Civil Judge & Judicial Magistrate
- Eligibility LL.B. (Professional); final-year may apply
- Age 21–40 (relaxations: SC/ST/OBC/MBC/EWS/Women +5)
- Stages Prelims → Mains → Interview
- Language Thorough Hindi (Devanagari) + Rajasthani customs required
Three stages, and only two of them count toward your rank.
Prelims is a pure filter — no negative marking, marks not carried forward. Your entire merit is built in the four Mains papers and the interview.
Stage 1 · Screening
Preliminary Exam
Objective · OMR · no negative marking
One paper, 200 marks. It only short-lists for Mains — these marks are NOT added to your final merit.
- 200 questions / 200 marks
- 2 hours
- Law (Paper-I + II subjects)
- 70% weight
- Hindi + English proficiency
- 30% weight
- Qualifying marks
- 45% general · 40% reserved
Stage 2 · Selection
Main (Written) Exam
Descriptive · 4 papers
Two 100-mark law papers carry your rank; the Hindi & English essays count toward the aggregate too.
- Law Paper-I
- 100 marks · 3 hr
- Law Paper-II
- 100 marks · 3 hr
- Hindi Essay + English Essay
- 50 + 50 marks · 2 hr each
- To qualify
- 35% per law paper · 40% aggregate
Stage 3 · Final
Interview
Personality + general knowledge
Carries 35 marks. Tests record, character, address and current affairs. Compulsory to appear.
- Interview marks
- 35
- Basis of call
- Mains aggregate
- Prelims weight in merit
- Zero (screening only)
Can you apply? Check this before anything else.
Qualification
A Bachelor of Laws (Professional) recognised under the Advocates Act, 1961. Final-year LL.B. candidates may apply but must qualify before the Main Examination.
Age
21–40 years (as on 01.01 after the closing date). +5 years for SC/ST/OBC/MBC/EWS & Women; up to +20 for Ex-Servicemen; +5 for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities.
Bar enrolment
Not required — fresh law graduates may apply. You need not be an enrolled advocate.
Nationality
Citizen of India.
Language
A thorough knowledge of Hindi written in the Devanagari script, plus the Rajasthani dialects and social customs of Rajasthan — explicitly required by the rules.
Attempts
No attempt limit specified in the notification — only the age ceiling applies.
The full syllabus, paper by paper.
Prelims screens you on a 70% law / 30% language split; Mains tests the two law papers that build your rank, plus the two essays.
Prelims
The subjects of both Mains law papers: CPC, Constitution, Contract, Evidence/BSA, Limitation, Specific Relief, TPA, Hindu & Muslim Law, Rajasthan Acts · CrPC/BNSS, IPC/BNS, JJ Act, NI Act, POCSO, NDPS-allied & IT Act.
Hindi: sandhi/samas, synonyms/antonyms, sentence correction, idioms, legal terminology. English: tenses, articles, phrasal verbs, voice, direct/indirect speech, modals.
Mains — 4 papers
- Law Paper-I (civil: CPC, Constitution, Contract, Evidence, TPA, Hindu & Muslim Law, Rajasthan civil Acts)100
- Law Paper-II (criminal: CrPC/BNSS, IPC/BNS, Evidence/BSA, JJ Act, NI Act, POCSO, IT Act, Rajasthan Excise Act)100
- Language Paper-I — Hindi Essay50
- Language Paper-II — English Essay50
The prelims buckets, ranked by how hard the paper actually tests them.
Share of the 170 questions classified from the 2015 and 2017 prelims. The law buckets map onto the two Mains Law Papers — so this doubles as your map for the written stage too.
English Language proficiency
17%Largest single bucket in the sample
Tenses, articles & determiners, phrasal verbs & idioms, active/passive voice, direct & indirect speech, modals, synonyms/antonyms. Hindi proficiency carries equal weight but is absent from the partial files — together ~30% (≈60 marks).
CrPC / BNSS
9%Heaviest law subject · trending up
S.82/83 proclamation & attachment, S.145, S.167(2) default bail, S.313, S.41 arrest, appeals & revisions, FIR & investigation case-law. Re-map to BNSS for the current cycle.
Evidence Act / BSA
7%Consistently strong
Relevancy, burden of proof (S.101/103/106), dying declaration (S.32), S.27 discovery, S.65-B electronic records. Re-map to Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam.
IPC / BNS
5%Significant but uneven
Culpable homicide vs murder, general exceptions, illustration-based offence identification. Re-map to Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Special & minor criminal Acts
16%A deliberate examiner focus
JJ Act, NDPS, NI Act, IT Act, POCSO, Probation of Offenders, SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) — ~30 questions combined. Frequently underestimated, never skippable.
Core civil law (broad, shallow)
13%Breadth beats depth
CPC, Limitation, TPA, Contract, Specific Relief, Registration, Arbitration, Partnership, Sale of Goods, Easements. No single civil subject dominates — wide coverage wins marks.
What to study first, and what gives the most marks per hour.
- Do first CrPC/BNSS · Evidence/BSA · IPC/BNS
The procedural-penal core leads prelims and is ~75% of Mains Paper-II. Highest-yield block in the whole exam.
- Do first Hindi + English proficiency
There is no GS paper — this 30% (≈60-mark) block is your other half of prelims and feeds the Mains essays. Non-negotiable.
- High return CPC
The single highest-yield Mains Paper-I subject — 12 of 31 sampled questions (~39%). First hearing, S.89, pleadings, plaint, lis pendens, execution, review.
- Heavy & underrated Special criminal Acts
JJ Act, NDPS, NI Act, IT Act, POCSO, Probation of Offenders, SC/ST Atrocities — ~16% of prelims and recurring in Mains. Cheap if revised, costly if skipped.
- State-specific Rajasthan Acts
Rent Control, Land Revenue, Court Fees & Suits Valuation, Excise — reliable, scorable and uniquely Rajasthan. Revise once, bank the marks.
- Broad but shallow Limitation · TPA · Contract · SRA · Registration · Arbitration
Tested wide, rarely deep. Favour coverage of provisions and leading concepts over over-specialisation.
The state-specific edge most all-India material skips.
Rajasthan’s own statutes — a paper signature
Rajasthan Rent Control Act 2001, Rajasthan Land Revenue Act 1956, Rajasthan Court Fees & Suits Valuation Act 1961 and Rajasthan Excise Act 1950 are listed in the Mains law papers and recur in prelims (~12% of the sample with allied state Acts). Low-volume, high-certainty — definitions, authorities, appeal/revision and forum traps are usually enough.
Study both codes — IPC/CrPC/Evidence AND BNS/BNSS/BSA
The 2025 notification lists the new 2023 codes (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam) alongside the old ones. Every available PYQ is framed under IPC/CrPC/Evidence Act — master the section concordance, because the live exam can ask either.
Everything you need to practise Rajasthan Judiciary — free.
Rajasthan prelims papers (only 2015 & 2017 available), solved and arranged like the real exam.
Open Mains Mains Questions & SolutionsRajasthan mains papers (2015–2017) with model answers for the two law papers.
Open Notes Free Notes & LecturesSubject-wise notes — CPC, CrPC, Evidence, Constitution, Hindu & Muslim Law and more.
OpenRead the actual Rajasthan papers this analysis is built on.
Start with the distribution files for the big picture, then solve full papers in timed blocks.
Method: questions across two prelims papers (170 sampled) and three mains papers (78 law questions) were read and classified by legal subject — not inferred from headings. Only two prelims years were available and each source file reproduces just 85 of the 200 questions, with no Hindi-language questions captured — so treat exact counts as well-grounded estimates and the language share as understated.
Rajasthan Judiciary — quick answers.
Who conducts the Rajasthan Judiciary (RJS) exam?
The Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur, recruits for the Civil Judge Cadre (Civil Judge & Judicial Magistrate) under the Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010.
What is the eligibility for RJS?
An LL.B. (Professional) recognised under the Advocates Act, 1961, and age 21–40 years (with relaxations). Final-year LL.B. candidates may apply but must qualify before the Main Examination.
Is Hindi compulsory for Rajasthan Judiciary?
Yes. The rules require a thorough knowledge of Hindi in the Devanagari script, along with the Rajasthani dialects and social customs of Rajasthan; prelims also devotes 30% to Hindi & English proficiency.
Is there negative marking in the RJS prelims?
No. The Preliminary Examination is objective (200 questions, 200 marks, 2 hours) on OMR sheets with no negative marking.
Does the Prelims score count in the final merit?
No. The prelims is only a screening test — its marks are not counted for final merit, which is built from the Mains papers and the interview.
What is the Prelims cut-off?
You must score at least 45% (40% for SC/ST, Persons with Benchmark Disability and Ex-Servicemen) to qualify for the Main Examination.
How many papers are in the RJS Mains?
Four — Law Paper-I (100) and Law Paper-II (100) decide your rank, plus a Hindi Essay (50) and an English Essay (50). The interview carries 35 marks.
Should I study IPC/CrPC or the new criminal codes?
Both. The 2025 syllabus lists the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (2023) alongside the IPC/CrPC/Evidence Act, so master the section concordance.
Practise on questions built to this exact weightage.
Free mock series modelled on the RJS pattern — law + Hindi/English prelims, the two law papers, and BNS/BNSS/BSA-mapped questions.