By I Dec 13, 2025
Exam Name: AILET 2026 (All India Law Entrance Test)
Conducting Authority: National Law University, Delhi (NLU Delhi)
Course: BA LLB (Hons) & LLM
Exam Mode: Offline (Pen & Paper)
Exam Overview
Overall Analysis
Total Questions : 50
VERY GOOD SCORE : 42 -45
TOTAL 30 QUESTIONS (Part 2 of the paper, Questions from 51 to 80):
GOOD SCORE: 17-19
If you’re getting 20+, then you have done an Excellent Job.
A typical AILET GK Section with combination of Current Affairs + Static GK questions
Total questions = 30
Current Affairs = 18 including 3-4 questions which are contemporary, but ranging beyond one year.
Static GK = 12
Questions were a mix of national events/international events/sports etc.
Many questions from the background or context of the current affairs events were asked.
Overall level of difficulty of GK section = Easy to Moderate
Good Attempts = 20-22 questions out of total 30 GK questions
Good Score = 17-19
Section: Logical Reasoning
Critical Reasoning : TOTAL 70 QUESTIONS
GOOD SCORE: 57-58
Cut Off: 50-52
Reading the passage and comprehending it has assumed critical importance.
Only some of the questions could have been attempted without a thorough reading of the passage.
Expected Cutoffs
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Expert Analysis of AILET 2026
150 questions – separate sections for English and CR and GK-
- 2 hours
- 3 sections – English, Logical Reasoning, GK
- English – 50 questions over 6 passages
- GK – 30 questions standard non passage based
- Logical Reasoning – 70 questions from CR, AR (10) and Legal (4)
Break -UP Of Marks
| Section | Subject | Question. No. | Marks |
| Part- 1, Section - A | English | 1-50 | 50 |
| Part – 1, Section - B | Logical Reasoning | 81- 150 | 70 |
| Part - 2 | Current Affairs and General Knowledge | 51-80 | 30 |
| Total marks | 150 |
1.Paper was reasonably lengthy with only passages in English.
2.Style of the questions traditional. No radical changes like 2023 this time
3.Overall question level was easy.
4.Cut off is expected to be higher or equal to last year.
5.GK was direct with mixed questions consisting of Current Affairs and Static GK
6.Higher accuracy is needed to clear to make the cut.
Passage Topics
All genres of reading touched upon
1.Democracy
2.AI
3.Urban gardening
4.Social Media
5.Comparative Essays on Law and Ethics
6.Story
Section : English
| Level of Difficulty Overall | |||
| S.N. | Types of Questions | Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| 1. | Fact Based | 23 | Easy to Moderate |
| 2. | Inference | 3-4 | Easy |
| 3. | Main idea and main Idea like | 7 - 10 | |
| 4. | Strengthen And Weaken | 2 | Easy |
| 5. | Assumption | 2 | Easy |
| 6. | Assertion Reason | 6 | Moderate |
| 7. | Inferential Vocabulary | 6-7 | Easy to Moderate |
•Several logical reasoning based Questions though easy
• Most questions required a minute’s reading
•Vocabulary based questions were completely knowledge based
Section: General Knowledge
| Level of Difficulty Overall | |||
| S.N. | Types of Questions | Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| 1. | Sports (IPL, Wimbledon) | 2 | Easy |
| 2. | Art & Culture | 3 | Moderate - Difficult |
| 3. | Geography | 2 | Moderate |
| 4. | Indian Polity | 1 | Moderate - Difficult |
| 5. | Science and Tech | 8 | Moderate - Difficult |
| 6. | Days | 1 | Easy |
| 7. | Awards | 5 | Easy - Moderate |
| 8. | Space | 0 | - |
| 9. | Defence | 2 | Easy |
| 10. | Miscellaneous | 2 | Moderate |
| 11. | International Relations | 4 | Very Easy |
| Level of Difficulty Overall: Easy to Moderate | |||
| S.N. | Types of Questions | Questions | Level of Difficulty |
| 1. | Analytical Reasoning | 7 | |
| CR | 55 | Easy to Moderate | |
| Word analogy | 2 | Moderate | |
| Legal | 4 | Easy to Moderate | |
| S.N. | Types of Questions | ||
| 2. | Critical Reasoning | ||
| A. Inference | |||
| B. Strengthen | |||
| C. Weaken | |||
| D. Assumption | |||
| E. Syllogisms and Conditionlas |
| Section | No. of Questions | Good Score | Level of Difficulty |
| English | 51 | 40-45 | Easy to Moderate |
| Current Awareness | 30 | 16-18 | Moderate to Difficult |
| Logical Reasoning | 7(AR) + 55(CR) | 57-60 | Easy to moderate |
| Total | 150 | 113-123 | Easy -Moderate |
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