"Singhal's Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) for Judicial Service Examination (Volume 1)" (4th Edition), published by Singhal Law Publications. It is an indispensable foundational workbook designed specifically for candidates preparing for the Preliminary stage of state judicial service examinations and public prosecutor tests across India.

The book serves as an exhaustive chapter-wise and topic-wise MCQ question bank focusing heavily on the major substantive and procedural pillars of the Indian legal system. While other volumes in the Singhal series handle minor laws, local acts, or commercial codes, Volume 1 anchors an aspirant's preparation by testing core criminal and civil legal frameworks.

Crucial Transition Feature

A defining highlight of this 4th Edition is its dual-system compatibility, which explicitly addresses the modern transition in Indian criminal jurisprudence:

New Criminal Law Integration: For questions based on historical statutes, the text includes a special feature providing answers updated according to the new criminal codes.

Objective questions mapping out old Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 concepts are cross-referenced with answers under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).

Procedural tracking originally based on the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973 is supplemented with answers aligning with the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

Principles of relevancy and admissibility under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 include parallel solutions mapped onto the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA).

Key Subjects Covered in Volume 1

The workbook contains thousands of objective questions systematically categorized under the following primary legal disciplines:

Indian Penal Code, 1860 / Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS): General exceptions, offenses against the human body, property offenses, and punishments.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS): Mechanics of investigation, arrest protocols, bail provisions, trial procedures, and judgments.

Indian Evidence Act, 1872 / Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA): Relevancy of facts, confessions, expert opinions, oral/documentary evidence admissibility, and burden of proof.

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC): Jurisdiction of civil courts, res judicata, summons, pleadings, decrees, execution mechanisms, appeals, and reference/review/revision rules.