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AILET

All India Law Entrance Test

Sole route into the five-year BA LLB (Hons) at National Law University (NLU) Delhi, which does not take CLAT scores; the same test also admits to its LLM and PhD programmes.

Eligibility

Passed or appearing in Class 12 or equivalent with at least 45% marks (40% for SC/ST/PwD). There is no upper age limit. Seats include supernumerary seats for foreign nationals and specific reservations under the university's policy.

Age limit: No upper age limit

Exam pattern

Offline pen-and-paper test of 150 multiple-choice questions, one mark each, in 120 minutes, with 0.25 deducted per wrong answer. Sections are English Language (about 50 questions), Current Affairs and General Knowledge (about 30) and Logical Reasoning (about 70). There is no mathematics or separate legal reasoning section, so logical reasoning carries nearly half the paper.

Syllabus at a glance

English covers comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and usage. Current Affairs and GK covers national and international events, polity, history and static GK. Logical Reasoning includes critical reasoning, analytical puzzles, seating arrangements, syllogisms, blood relations and legal-style principle-fact questions.

Upcoming dates

Event	Date	Status
Online registration (currently open)	7 Aug - 10 Nov 2026	confirmed
Admit card	Late Nov 2026	expected
AILET 2027 exam (2:00-4:00 pm)	13 Dec 2026 (Sunday)	confirmed
Result and merit list	Late Dec 2026	expected

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

Free prep material

Official

NLU Delhi - AILET portal and previous papers

Official notification, information bulletin and past AILET papers.

Previous papers

Consortium of NLUs - CLAT past papers

Official CLAT papers give extra passage-based English and reasoning practice relevant to AILET.

Study material

Press Information Bureau (PIB)

Reliable government source for the current affairs section.

Study material

Indian Express - Explained

Concise background on major news events plus daily reading practice.

Study material

NCERT textbooks (Polity, History, Geography)

Foundation for static GK questions on the Constitution, history and geography.

Standard books

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

How toppers play it

Logical Reasoning is about 70 of 150 marks: drill puzzles, arrangements and critical reasoning daily, as this section usually decides the rank.
AILET is offline, so practise full papers on OMR sheets with a strict 120-minute timer; bubbling time is real.
Because there is no maths, CLAT aspirants should use the week between CLAT (6 Dec) and AILET (13 Dec) for reasoning-heavy mocks and GK revision.
Static GK still appears alongside current affairs, so revise polity, Indian history and awards, not just the last year's news.
With 0.25 negative marking and about 48 seconds per question, skip lengthy puzzles on the first pass and return to them.