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AILET

All India Law Entrance Test (BA LLB)

Admission to the five-year BA LLB (Hons) programme at National Law University Delhi, which does not take part in CLAT.

Eligibility

Class 12 or equivalent with at least 45% marks (40% for SC/ST/PwD); candidates appearing in the 2027 board exams can apply. There is no upper age limit.

Age limit: No upper age limit

Exam pattern

Offline pen-and-paper test of 2 hours (2:00 to 4:00 pm) with 150 multiple-choice questions. There are three sections: English Language (about 50 questions), Current Affairs and General Knowledge (about 30) and Logical Reasoning (about 70). Each correct answer earns +1 and each wrong answer costs 0.25. There is no separate legal or maths section.

Syllabus at a glance

English covers comprehension passages, vocabulary, grammar and sentence correction. Current Affairs covers national and international events, polity, economy and static GK. Logical Reasoning makes up nearly half the paper and covers critical reasoning (arguments, assumptions), analytical puzzles, seating arrangement, blood relations, series and legal-principle-based reasoning.

Upcoming dates

EventDateStatus
Online registration (open)7 Aug - 10 Nov 2026confirmed
Admit card releaseAround 30 Nov 2026expected
AILET 2027 exam13 Dec 2026 (Sunday), 2:00-4:00 pmconfirmed
Result and merit listLate Dec 2026expected

Expected dates follow the usual calendar; confirm on the official notification before planning.

Free prep material

Official
NLU Delhi official AILET portal
The brochure, past question papers and answer keys are released here. Past papers show AILET's emphasis on reasoning.
 Study material
The Hindu
Daily editorials for English comprehension practice and Current Affairs coverage.
 Official
Press Information Bureau (PIB)
Primary source for government schemes, appointments and reports that appear in GK questions.
 Previous papers
Consortium of NLUs: CLAT past papers
CLAT passages are good free extra practice for AILET's English and critical reasoning sections.
 Mock tests
IndiaBix logical reasoning
Free topic-wise reasoning question bank with solutions. Useful for drilling puzzles, arrangements and syllogisms.

Standard books

  • Analytical Reasoning - M.K. Pandey (BSC Publishing)
  • A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning - R.S. Aggarwal
  • Word Power Made Easy - Norman Lewis
  • High School English Grammar and Composition - Wren & Martin
  • Universal's Guide to CLAT & LL.B. Entrance Examination - Universal/LexisNexis
  • Manorama Yearbook - Malayala Manorama

How toppers play it

  • Logical Reasoning carries about 70 of the 150 marks and usually decides rank. Practise analytical puzzles and critical-reasoning sets every day.
  • With 150 questions in 120 minutes, AILET is faster than CLAT. Work at under 50 seconds per question and leave long puzzles until the end.
  • Each wrong answer costs 0.25, but questions are shorter than CLAT's, so a target of 85-90% accuracy with 125+ attempts works for most toppers.
  • AILET has no maths and no legal-knowledge section, so drop that CLAT-specific preparation in the final week and put the time into reasoning and GK.
  • AILET falls a week after CLAT. Use that week for AILET past papers and a quick static-GK revision.