High Court Assistant
Not a PSC exam. Directly recruited by the High Court of Kerala.
What this role actually involves
High Court Assistant is not a Kerala PSC exam. It is recruited directly by the High Court of Kerala through its own recruitment wing at hckrecruitment.nic.in, with a separate notification, application process, and preparation strategy from every other exam on this page.
Selection runs across three tiers: a 100 mark objective test with a 0.25 negative marking penalty (lower than the standard PSC penalty of 0.33), a 60 mark descriptive test evaluated only once the objective cutoff clears, and an interview worth 10 marks where a minimum of 35 percent is mandatory for the final rank list.
Scale of pay is 39,300 to 83,000 with High Court specific allowances.
Stage by stage
Tier 1: Objective Test
- Format
- OMR or CBT, English only
- Marks
- 100
- Duration
- 75 minutes
- Negative marking
- 0.25 marks deducted per incorrect answer, differs from the standard PSC penalty of 0.33
The descriptive paper is evaluated only if the objective cutoff is cleared.
Tier 2: Descriptive Test
- Format
- Conventional, written
- Marks
- 60
- Duration
- 60 minutes
Covers precis writing, reading comprehension, and short essay writing.
Tier 3: Interview
- Marks
- 10
A minimum of 35 percent is mandatory to be eligible for the final rank list.
Mark-wise topic distribution
General English
- Objective50 Marks
Spotting errors, sentence rearrangement, active and passive voice, idioms, direct and indirect speech, prepositions, cloze tests.
- Descriptive60 Marks
Legal and socio-economic essays, precis writing, analytical comprehension.
General Knowledge and Current Affairs
- General Knowledge and Current Affairs40 Marks
Indian Constitution and Polity; modern Indian history; geography and economy of India and Kerala; general science; environmental conservation; disaster management; IT and cyber laws including the Information Technology Act 2000.
Basic Mathematics and Reasoning
- Basic Mathematics and Reasoning10 Marks
Ratio and proportion, profit and loss, percentages, simple and compound interest, time and work, mensuration, coding and decoding, blood relations, direction sense, puzzles, statement and conclusion.
Who can apply
| Stream | Who can apply | Age limit |
|---|---|---|
| General | Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 50 percent, or a Master's degree, or LLB. | 18 to 35 years, standard relaxations apply |
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