AILET UG

It is the entrance test for the five-year BA LLB (Hons) programme at National Law University, Delhi. A good rank is what gets you an offer, so the score matters only relative to other candidates, not against a fixed pass mark.

Those figures change between cycles, so this page deliberately does not quote them. Check the official NLU Delhi admission portal and the information bulletin for the current cycle before you plan your test-day pacing.

Yes, incorrect answers attract a penalty, so blind guessing costs you. A sensible strategy is to answer what you know, skip what you cannot narrow down, and only guess when you can eliminate enough options to make the expected value positive.

It is generally considered demanding, with tighter competition for a small number of seats. The questions themselves are not obscure, but the reasoning sections reward precision and speed, and the penalty means careless attempts hurt more than on tests without negative marking.

There is an age and qualification structure tied to the five-year programme, so most candidates sit it once or twice at most. Confirm the current eligibility rules and any attempt limits in the official bulletin for your cycle.

Start with legal and logical reasoning, because they improve slowly and most candidates underestimate them. Keep English and current affairs running as a daily habit throughout, and slot quantitative techniques in early enough that arithmetic and data interpretation are not left to the final weeks.

Read one newspaper daily and keep a monthly digest, but focus on static context around big stories - constitutional bodies, landmark judgments, appointments, awards, and legal developments - rather than memorising isolated headlines. Revise notes monthly instead of collecting clippings.

You are given a principle, sometimes a short legal rule, and asked to apply it to a fact situation. No prior legal study is assumed. Practise identifying the exact wording of the rule and testing each option against it, since distractors usually rely on moral intuition rather than the stated principle.

Over-attempting under negative marking, ignoring quantitative techniques, reading reasoning passages too fast and missing a qualifier such as 'except' or 'not', and doing mocks without analysing errors. A mistake log reviewed weekly is worth more than extra mock tests.

Only on the official NLU Delhi admission website and its information bulletin. Third-party summaries are often outdated. Treat any figure you see elsewhere as unverified until the official portal confirms it for the current cycle.