The All-India Law Entrance Test (AILET) for NLU - Delhi 2026 was conducted on December 14, 2025. It was a pen & paper based exam. There was no change in the pattern this year. It was on similar lines as predicted. The paper had 150 questions to be done in 120 minutes. This year also, English language had 50 questions based only on Reading Comprehension passages. The GK section had 30 questions based on conventional areas. The Logical reasoning & Legal aptitude were in the same section. Each year, many students take the AILET for BA LLB. There are only a few seats available, so it is one of India's most competitive law school admission tests. As a result, candidates with a high rank will have a better chance of admission to NLU Delhi. Managing time would have been the biggest challenge as the paper was lengthy. However, it was moderate in terms of difficulty level except GK which was on slightly difficult side.
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AILET 2026 Exam Pattern:
Marks per correct answer -1
Negative mark – 0.25 per wrong answer
Below mentioned is the latest exam pattern for AILET 2026:
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Sections
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Number of Questions
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Marks Allotted
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English Language
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50
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50
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Logical Reasoning
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70
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70
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General Knowledge & Current affairs
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30
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30
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Total
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120
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120
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Total Time: 120 Minutes
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AILET 2026 exam analysis
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Section
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Difficulty level
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English
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Easy to Moderate
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Current affairs & General Knowledge
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Moderate to Tough
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Logical Reasoning
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Moderate to Slightly tough
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Overall
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Moderate to Tough
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Expected cutoff
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105-110 (General Category)
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AILET 2026 UG Exam Analysis
Section A - English
This section had 6 passages of varied length i.e., from short to lengthy. The number of questions based on these passages was also different. The questions based on them ranged from conventional types such as main idea, tone, vocabulary, purpose, and reasoning-based questions. A few questions were also based on assertion- reason, cause - effect, out of two which one is true, and grammar (finding participle in the passage). These questions checked the students’ ability to analysis the text critically. The passages were based on different areas. A few of the questions had very close options, especially based on reasoning.
Overall feel of the section was easy to moderate but lengthy. The passages were based on:
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Topics
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Questions
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Difficulty level
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AI driven law enforcement
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8
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Moderate to slightly tough
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Importance of urban gardening
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10
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Easy
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Critique & discussion on law
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9
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Moderate
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Understanding democracy & its pillars
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9
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Easy to Moderate
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Reforms as dreamt by brother to king
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7
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Easy
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Impact of media in consuming information
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7
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Moderate to tough
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Good attempt: 40+
Section B - Current affairs and General Knowledge
The GK section (Questions 51–80) was of moderate difficulty and largely fact-based, requiring strong recall rather than analytical skills. Out of 30 questions, 17 were from current affairs and 13 from static GK, making the section clearly current-affairs dominant. Most current questions were from 2024–2025, focusing on international relations, government initiatives, science and technology, sports, awards, and defence news. Static GK questions were mainly from Indian art and culture, history, important personalities, psychology, and important days, and were generally straightforward. Several match-the-following questions appeared, especially in culture-related topics. Overall, the section was manageable and highly scoring for students with consistent current affairs preparation and basic static GK knowledge.
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Topics
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Questions
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Difficulty level
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Current Affairs
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17
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Easy to Moderate
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Static GK
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13
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Moderate to slightly tough
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Overall
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30
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Moderate
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Good attempt: 16+
Section C - Logical Reasoning
This section had a mix of conventional critical reasoning, legal aptitude & analytical reasoning questions. The section was a balanced mix of analogy, critical & anlytical reasoning with 7, 27 and 36 questions out of 70 questions. The critical reasoning questions were based on assumption, inference, strengthening or weakening the conclusion, finding the best conclusion, likely to support, assertion/reason, statement/argument, etc. in other words, the questions were based on conventional critical reasoning and the format of the questions was also in the form of single paragraph except for one or two questions where the paragraphs were slightly lengthy. The analytical reasoning portion was dominated by series & syllogism. This section also featured 4 legal aptitude questions. The questions were moderate in difficulty and largely predictable, emphasizing the importance of foundational understanding and regular practice in these core areas.
Overall, this was the lengthiest & the trickiest section. The types of questions were as follows:
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Topic
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Questions
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Difficulty level
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Critical Reasoning
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27
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Moderate to Difficult
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Legal Aptitude
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4
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Moderate
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Syllogism
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19
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Difficult
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Analytical Reasoning &series
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13
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Easy to Moderate
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Analogies
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7
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Easy
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Overall
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70
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Moderate to tough
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Good attempt: 60+
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