The National Law University Delhi has released the fresh dates for the AILET Exam. The notification of the AILET Exam was out in January 2020 but the application process has been extended till July 2020. The exam was postponed due to the ongoing COVID Pandemic. The examination for the AILET will be now be held in August 2020 for the BA LLB Course. In this article, I will be covering the AILET Exam, exam pattern, eligibility etc.
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The AILET exam will be conducted for the admission on the 80 seats in the BA LLB course in the National Law University. The AILET exam will be held for 5 subjects in an offline mode. The examination will be conducted for the Law aspirants who wish to study the BA LLB course. There are a lot of changes that have been done this year for the AILET Exam, the students must check all the important information before applying.
Summary of AILET Exam
| Summary | Details |
| Conducting Organisation | National Law University Delhi |
| Notified Exam | AILET Exam/ All India Law Entrance Test |
| Online Registration | 15 January – 07 July 2020 |
| Application Process | Online |
| Latest Exam Dates | 18 August 2020 |
| Mode of Exam | Offline |
| Total vacancies | 80 seats for the BA LLB Course |
| Qualification | The candidate needs to have completed his Class 12th/graduation/post-graduation from a recognised Board or University. |
| Selection process | Offline Test |
| Admit Card for AILET | Available soon |
| Official Website | Click Here |
Latest Changes introduced in the AILET Exam
There are some of the changes that have been introduced in the AILET Exam for the safety of the students in the current covid situation:
- The Delhi High Court has ordered to conduct the AILET Exam as the Remote Proctored Test.
- There is a huge change that has been introduced in the Reservation scheme of the AILET Exam. All the reservation benefits that were being given to the reserved categories of students of Delhi has been withdrawn.
Eligibility Criteria for the AILET Exam
The eligibility criteria of the AILET Exam is given below, the students must go through the eligibility criteria of the BA LLB programme before applying:
- The candidates who wish to apply must have completed 10+2 in any stream, ARTS will be preferred from a recognized board
- The candidates must have scored at least 50 per cent marks in the Class XII exam.
How to apply for the AILET Application ?
Here we are sharing some guideline that will help you to fill up your application form for AILET Exam from the official website. Follow simple steps which are given below to submit your AILET Exam Application Form 2020.
- Go to the official website of the AILET
- Click on the “Apply” tab on the home page.
- Click on AILET Exam Notification 2020 and read it carefully.
- After reading AILET Notification, click on the proceed button.
- Enter your details to complete the registration process.
- After that login again using your Registration ID and Password.
- Now upload required scanned documents and make a payment of application fees.
- After paying the application fees which is Rs 3050 for General category and SC/ST/PWD for 1050,
- At last, Click on the submit button and take a print out of your application form.
Exam Pattern of the AILET
The AILET Exam Pattern is mentioned below, the examination will be held for five subjects. The question will be objective in nature and must be held for a duration of 1 hour 30 minutes. The students will be awarded 1 marks for every correct answer while 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
| Subjects | No. of question | Marks |
| Legal Aptitude | 35 | 35 |
| General Awareness | 35 | 35 |
| General Reasoning | 35 | 35 |
| General English | 35 | 35 |
| Elementary Mathematics | 10 | 10 |
Syllabus of AILET
| Subjects | Syllabus |
| Legal Aptitude | Articles under Indian Constitution, Important Fundamental Rights, Landmark Judgements Recommendations, and Chairpersons |
| General Awareness | International Organisations, Science and Technology, Constitution, Physical Geography, Social Studies, UN Bodies, Indian and World, Geography Awards and Honors, Indian and World History, Environment General Science. |
| General Reasoning | Liner, Circular & Grid Arrangement, Coding and Decoding, Calendars, Venn Diagram, Distribution Symbols and Notions Number, and Letter Series, Odd one out |
| General English | Grammar, Comprehension |
| Elementary Mathematics | Profit and Loss, Speed and Distance, Average, Permutation and Combination, Numerical Ability, Venn Diagrams, Algebra, Time and Work. |
Recommended Books for AILET
There are a list of books that are been recommended for the AILET Exam for the students who will be appearing for the exam:
| Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Exam by RS Aggarwal |
| High school English Grammar and Composition by DV Prasada, Rao N |
| Objective General English by SP Bakshi |
| Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Rajesh Verma |
| Legal Awareness and Logical Reasoning by AP Bhardwaj |
| Pratiyogita Darpan |
| Word Power Made Easy by Noman Lewis |
| Objective English for Competitive Exam by Prasad |
| AILET (ALL India Law Entrance Test) Law Entrance Exam Books by A Panel of Authors |
| Legal Aptitude for CLAT, AILET & Other Law Entrance Examination by GKP |
| Analytical Reasoning by M.K Pandey |
AILET Counselling
Once the NLU declares the AILET Exam Result, the candidates who will be selected have to appear for the AILET Counselling conducted by the National Law University, Delhi. Every year the candidates appear for the AILET Exam for taking admission in the BA LLB course in the National Law University. The authorities send the counselling letter to the students who have qualified AILET for admission to B.A.LL.B course. The NLU sends the call letter to all selected candidates individually via their respective email and speed post. The authorities release a list of documents that need to be submitted during the counselling.
The candidates are required to submit original copies of all the required certificates for the admission process. If the candidates are selected in the counselling process they are required to fill the admission form.
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