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Madras High Court Data Entry Operator Question Paper 2026

Madras High Court Data Entry Operator question paper: 25 written questions in 60 minutes, plus the skill test tasks.

StudentUpdate.in Editorial · Exam deskUpdated 24 September 202614 min read
Hands on a keyboard during a computer skill test in a court office.

Posts, district vacancy and the last date are on the Madras High Court Data Entry Operator recruitment page. Topics are on the syllabus.

Question paper pattern

The written test has 25 multiple-choice questions from Windows and Linux, networking, PDF and documents, video conferencing, hardware, and the internet. Time for the written-cum-skill test is 60 minutes.

Marking scheme

Each correct answer is 1 mark. A wrong answer scores zero. There is no negative marking. The qualifying mark in the written test is 10 out of 25. The final call for viva voce uses the combined written and skill marks, in the ratio of 1:3.

Skill test

The skill test is 25 marks. You need 10 to qualify. Practise these on a computer:

  1. Scan a page and run OCR so the text can be edited.
  2. Convert a PDF with OCR, then merge two PDFs and split one.
  3. Write a short letter and a small table in LibreOffice, and export a PDF.
  4. Read the IP address of your computer and set it for a local network.
  5. Install a printer driver and check that the printer appears.

The viva voce is 50 marks. You need 20 to qualify. It covers the same computer skills, plus databases and how you deal with people at the counter.

Practice questions

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Frequently Asked Questions

25 questions, one mark each. The qualifying mark is 10 out of 25. There is no negative marking.

60 minutes for the written-cum-skill test. The skill test is practical: scanning, OCR, LibreOffice, IP configuration, and drivers.

10 out of 25 in the written test and 10 out of 25 in the skill test. The viva voce call is in the ratio of 1:3 on the combined marks.