DU LLB Exam Pattern:

Delhi University conducts the DU LLB entrance test every year to offer admission to the aspirants who are seeking admission to the undergraduate Law program. The exam pattern of DU LLB has been changed in 2017. The online computer-based test will have 100 MCQs that are required to be solved in 120 minutes. The exam will be for 400 marks. The questions will be asked from the 4 sections: English, General Awareness, Legal Awareness, Aptitude.

Delhi University is the public central university in India that is considered one of the top universities in India. College life and quality education are the two aspects that students consider it the most for admission. The admission in DU is mostly according to the merit scored in the 12^th standard and even for postgraduate courses, the merit in graduation is a criteria for the admission. Law admission is entirely based on the entrance test.

The Law aspirants consider the DU LLB entrance test as one of the important Law entrance tests as BHU LLB. The National Testing Agency NTA on the account of Delhi University conducts the Law entrance test to offer admission to the candidates at the three Law centers, Campus Law Centre (CLC), Law Centre 1 (LC1), and Law Centre 2 (LC2).

The 3-year LLB Entrance Test is a computer-based test that will be conducted at different test centers across 18 cities. The total number of seats available in all the test centers are 2922. The General category candidates will have about 1167 seats to compete for. The applicants must have a graduation degree to be eligible for LLB.

The online applications for the DU LLB Entrance Test have begun from June 20, 2020, and the last date to submit the application form has been preponed from July 20 to July 04, 2020.  The examination date is not yet declared as the COVID-19 Pandemic is grabbing the new heights every single day. The tentative date for the online exam is expected to be conducted in the month of August.

Key Highlights of DU LLB Entrance Test Exam Pattern:

1. Mode of Examination: Online, Computer-Based Test

2. Medium of Exam: English only

3. Type of Questions: Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs)

4. Duration of the online CUCET: 2 hours (120 Minutes)

5. Total number of Questions: 100

6. Sections in the exam: 4

   1. English Language and Comprehension: 25 Questions

   2. Analytical Abilities: 25 Questions

   3. Legal Awareness and Aptitude: 25 Questions

   4. General Knowledge: 25 Questions

7. Maximum marks for the exam: 400 marks

8. 4 marks will be granted for every correct answer and 1 mark will be subtracted for the wrong answer.

9. No marks will be deducted for the left questions

10. Exam conducting authority: National Testing Agency

DU LLB Entrance Test Syllabus:

The entrance test will test the capabilities of the applicants in various fields such as English language, analytical abilities, and general knowledge. The applicants might face some troubles while going through the legal terms. The complete syllabus for the DU LLB Entrance Test is:

• English:

In the English section, there will be an unseen passage/ comprehension from which the questions will be asked. The questions will be asked from Jumbled words/sentences fill in the blanks, Incorrect sentences, synonyms and antonyms, idioms and phrases, word meaning, spelling error, one-word substitution, and much more topics.

• Analytical Abilities:

The analytical capability of the candidate will be asked from the following topics: Series, Blood Relations, Directions, Critical Reasoning, Syllogism, Analogy, logical reasoning, coding-decoding, Percentage, Profit and loss, Number system, Average, Algebra, AP and GP, time, speed and distance, probability, missing numbers, mensuration.

• Legal Awareness:

This section will test the basic knowledge about the law structure and the Indian Constitution. The questions from the Constitution, Preamble and its structure, sections and schedules, IPC and the CrPC, Torts, Vicarious Liability, Strict Liability, Law of Crimes, Contracts and Constitutional Law, International Law, Intellectual Property Rights, Legal Awareness covering Constitutional Law and Polity, Legal Maxims

• General Knowledge:

Important awards of the year – sports, science, literature and arts, Major UN bodies, their functions locations, Overview of Indian history and geography, Physical geography, science and environment, Important happenings in the area of the Indian Constitution or Justice system, Current Affairs

DU LLB Important Dates:

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the dates for the DU LLB Entrance test have been rescheduled. The exam will be conducted by the National Testing Agency in the online mode. The test will be a computer-based test in which the candidates have to go to the allotted exam centres and appear for the examination.

• The application forms have begun from June 20, 2020

• The last date to submit the DU LLB Entrance Test application is July 04, 2020.

• The date for the admit cards is yet to be announced.

• The Online DU LLB Entrance Test is expected to be conducted in the month of August 2020.

• The answer key will be released once the exam will be successfully commenced.

• The final merit list will be declared on the official website of Delhi University and the admission process will be according to the cut-off.

• The counselling dates will be notified after the declaration of the result, the counselling rounds will be according to the categorical cut-off.

DU LLB Eligibility Criteria:

The eligibility criteria for any of the entrance exam is comprised of 3 factors: Nationality, Age Limit and Educational Qualifications. The Delhi University LLB Eligibility Criteria is mentioned here:

• The candidates must have qualified Bachelor’s degree/Postgraduation degree exam with a minimum of 50% marks from a recognized institution/university.

• There is no age restriction to appear for the LLB Entrance Examination.

• The relaxation in the category of marks for the various categories are mentioned here:

  • General Category: 50%

  • SC/ST: 40%

  • OBC: 45%

  • Persons with Disability (PwD): 45%

  • Children/ Wives of Army (CW): 45%

DU LLB Counselling/Cutoff

Those candidates who qualify the DU LLB exam will be shortlisted for the future counselling sessions, provided these candidates also make it to the merit list (cutoff) that will be based on factors like ranks achieved, the performance of the candidates in exam and availability of the seats. Before counselling sessions start, every candidate is required to fill, Law Centre Option-Cum-Undertaking form (mandatory). The counselling session will also ask for verification of individual candidate documents and after the document, scrutiny candidates will be offered seats in the LLB course offered at Delhi University.

List of Documents to carry:

• Admission Ticket of LLB Entrance Test 

• Age Certificate (High School/Matriculation)

• Character Certificate (not older than six months on the date of admission)

• Degree Certificate (Provisional Certificate if applicable) of qualifying Degree examination

• Mark-sheet(s) of the qualifying Degree examination

• Scheduled Caste/Tribe/OBC (non-creamy layer)/PH/CW certificate

• Eight passport size photographs

Tips to crack DU LLB Entrance Exam:
 
You need speed to finish DU LLB Entrance Exam within the prescribed time limit. Go through the topics in the Syllabus and start with the ones that you are good at. Practice Writing/Language and mathematics problems by memorizing formulas.

• After each study session keeps 1 hour for revision of topics learned/practiced.

• Make mathematics your strong suit, practice questions to solve them within time to increase efficiency. The trick here is to mug up math formulas by heart, so they come in handy while solving a problem.

• Become smart by attempting questions that you are sure of first, then come to the questions you’re in doubt. But don’t attempt them anyway, remember negative marking is a factor here. Therefore, attempt only those questions that you are sure of.

• Manage your time properly; give an appropriate amount of time to each section. Try to improve your time by practicing as many online tests as possible. Youth4work provides online mock tests will time limit attached to each question; this way one can learn to finish the entire exam within the time limit.

• Studying in a stretch for hours can be tedious and hard and also not so good. Therefore, try to study several times in regular sessions during a day. This will make learning easy and fun, also you will have enough time to brush up the already studied topics in between intervals.

• It is very important to maintain proper health, so you don’t fall sick on the big day. Give your brain an appropriate time to refresh itself. Don’t rush too much information into your head than its limit allows. Take it slow and steady. And get at least eight hours of sleep each night.

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