AILET Exam Pattern

AILET is a national level entrance exam conducted by National Law University, Delhi. The exam is a walk of passage for any student who wants to pursue law from NLU, Delhi. The AILET exam pattern is also provided by NLU, Delhi. To qualify any exam it is paramount to be aware of the exam pattern. Hence, if a student wants to qualify the exam the first step should be to research the AILET exam pattern.

Outline of AILET Exam Pattern

    This section of the article will provide the candidate with an overview of the AILET exam pattern including the allotted time, the number of questions asked the marking scheme, etc.

    Nature of Test

    Pen and Paper Test (Offline)

    Nature of Questions

    Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

    Total Time Allotted

    1.5 hours

    Number of Questions

    150

    Number of Sections

    5
    • AILET is in pen-paper mode and will be conducted offline.
    • The duration of AILET will be 90 minutes i.e. 1 hour 30 minutes.
    • The exam will be in MCQ format and will have 150 questions.
    • The exam will have five sections.

    marking scheme-

    • For each correct answer, 1 marks will be awarded
    • For each incorrect answer, 0.25 mark will be deducted
    • If any question is left unanswered, marks will neither be awarded nor deducted

    AILET Exam Sections

    AILET will majorly be divided into five sections

    • General Knowledge
    • Legal Aptitude
    • Mathematics
    • Reasoning
    • English

    AILET Sections-wise question distribution

    Sections

    No. of questions

    Marks

    English

    35

    35

    General Knowledge

    35

    35

    Elementary Mathematics

    10

    10

    Reasoning

    35

    35

    Legal Aptitude

    35

    35

    Total 

    150

    150

    AILET Topic-wise Syllabus

    English:

    This section of the test aims at testing the candidates' proficiency in English. The section will have questions on grammar and comprehension passage

    General Knowledge and Current Affairs:

    This section will test the static general knowledge of a candidate. There will be questions on current affairs to test candidates on their knowledge of national and international current affairs.

    Mathematics:

    This section will test the candidate's knowledge of elementary mathematics, i.e., maths taught up to 10th Class/standard.

    Legal Aptitude:

    The legal aptitude section aims at testing the candidate's interest in studying law. Questions may include legal propositions and a set of facts to which the said proposition has to be applied.

    Reasoning:

    The purpose of the logical reasoning section is to test the candidate's ability to identify patterns, logical links and rectify illogical arguments. It may include a variety of logical reasoning questions such as syllogisms, logical sequences, analogies, etc. However, visual reasoning will not be tested.