Telangana Judiciary — Previous-Year Papers

Every Telangana Judiciary paper we have, free to read and download. 3 prelims and 3 mains papers — each one also available as a clean, branded PDF.

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Telangana Judiciary · Prelims

What the Telangana prelims actually tests

The first stage is a Computer-Based Screening Test — 100 objective questions / 100 marks / 2 hours — that is qualifying only: clear 40%, get short-listed 1:10 into the three-paper Written exam, and the screening marks never reach the merit list. Built on 300 questions across three complete papers (2019, 2020, 2023); bars show share of the whole screening paper, sorted by weight, and the short line tracks each subject across those three years.

Code of Civil Procedure 19.7%

The single biggest head, and climbing every paper — 13 → 19 → 27 (a full quarter of the 2023 screen). Execution (s.47, s.60), rejection/return of plaint (O.VII), res judicata (s.11), ex-parte decrees, appeals & review. Highest prep priority.

Allied civil core · TPA + Limitation + SRA + HMA 15%

Four mid-weight civil subjects that turn up every year together (~15 a paper). Limitation is the steadiest (4-6); HMA reliably 3-4; TPA and Specific Relief fluctuate. A wide, manageable bank of dependable marks.

Indian Evidence Act 11.7%

Steady and heavy — 10-14 a year with no dip, tested through both the civil and criminal lens. Dying declaration, electronic records (s.65B), estoppel, expert opinion, burden of proof, examination/cross. Guaranteed high yield.

Indian Penal Code 10.7%

Large but the widest band — fell 15 → 5 into 2023 as the criminal weight shifted to procedure. Culpable homicide vs murder, common intention, abetment, offences against property, general exceptions.

Code of Criminal Procedure 10.7%

Mirror image of IPC — jumped to 16 in 2023 as substantive law gave way to procedure. Cognizance, FIR / s.173, s.161/164 statements, s.167 remand, s.125 maintenance, bail. Prepare both; the split is unpredictable.

NI Act + Domestic Violence Act 9.7%

A fading double-block: NI (s.138 cheque dishonour) and the DV Act were 21 questions in 2019, then 5, then just 3. Both still notified — cover the basics, but do not over-invest after their collapse.

Property-records & residual civil · Reg, Stamp, HSA, Easements, JJ… 9%

Registration, Stamp, Hindu Succession, Easements, Hindu Adoption/Maintenance and the JJ Act — strong in 2019-20 (13, 11), nearly gone by 2023 (3). Cheap document-law marks when present, but the least reliable head.

Indian Contract Act 5.7%

In every paper but swingy (3-9); 2020 ran Contract-heavy. Offer/acceptance, free consent (coercion / fraud / misrepresentation), void vs voidable, contingent contracts, agency, bailment.

Constitution of Indianot in syllabus 4.3%

The emerging trend — absent in 2019 & 2020, then a 13-question block in 2023 (basic structure, Art.226 writs, Art.21/20/300A, Preamble, Art.51-A). Not named in the notification, yet a full head now. Prepare core Constitution regardless.

Telangana State Acts · Rent, Land Encroachment, Excise, Gamingstate-specific 3.7%

Where Telangana is genuinely its OWN exam — the Telangana Buildings (Rent) Control, Land Encroachment, Excise and Gaming Acts plus Rules of Practice. None in 2019, then 7 and 4 — a narrow pool of guaranteed, easy state-specific marks.

The procedural core is shifting under you — and a new head appeared in 2023. CPC, Evidence, IPC and CrPC together are about 53% of every paper, but the mix is moving: CPC has risen 13 → 19 → 27 while IPC fell and CrPC jumped — the same criminal weight migrating from substance to procedure. On top of that, the 2023 paper opened a 13-question Constitution block out of nowhere (basic structure, writs, Art.21/300A) even though the Constitution is not named in the notification syllabus. Master the procedural core, and do not skip the Constitution.

Telugu is gated downstream, and the codes are mid-cutover. Telangana asks more of Telugu than A.P. does — beyond a read/write-Telugu eligibility bar, Written Paper III Part-I is a 30-mark English↔Telugu translation with a 50% minimum — but it is a qualifying paper, not a screening subject, so it earns no bar here. On substance, all three papers (2019-2023) test the old codes — IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act — yet the 2023 notification already lists BNS, BNSS and BSA; future screens will switch, so re-map every old section onto its new-code equivalent.