National Law University (NLU), Delhi Conducts All India Law Entrance Test ( AILET) for admission to B.A.LL.B (Hons.), LL.M and Ph.D Degree Programmes.

AILET Exam Syllabus Consists of Topics:

English
General Knowledge
Legal Aptitude
Reasoning
Numerical Ability

AILET Exam Pattern :

AILET Consists of 150 Multiple Choice Questions.

Duration for this All India Law Entrance Test is 90 min.

AILET will have Negative Marking for each wrong answer.

S. NO Subject Marks
1 English 35
2 General Knowledge 35
3 Legal Aptitude 35
4 Reasoning 35
5 Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability) 10

1. In which one of the following cases would the owner of the property probably be most free to restrict the freedom of speech?
(a) an amusement park attended by five million people each year owned by a multinational company.
(b) a small grocery shopping mall owned by a husband and wife
(c) an enclosed shopping mall owned by a single woman
(d) an eight-unit residential apartment building owned by a large real estate company

2. A conflict between property rights and freedom of speech might arise in all of the following situations, EXCEPT
(a) protestors carrying signs outside a cinema in an enclosed shopping mall
(b) a disgruntled employee passing out leaflets in front of a hairdresser’s salon
(c) a religious order soliciting funds and converts in the swimming pool area of a condominium
(d) a candidate for mayor handing out flyers in front of his opponent’s headquarters

3. According to the passage, an owner’s freedom to deny freedom of speech on his property is determined by all of the following EXCEPT
(a) whether or not the land is open to the public
(b) the nature of and the usual use of the property
(c) the type of persons who frequents the land
(d) the nature of character of the owner

4. We can infer from the passage that the author believes that shopping malls in America
(a) should be in the service of the people who frequent them
(b) have a right to prohibit distribution of advertising handbills
(c) have a right to control any distributed materials
(d) should permit any charitable solicitations

5. According to the passage, the idea that a property owner’s rights decline as the property is more used by the general public
(a) is peculiar to recent Supreme Court decisions
(b) is attested by a three-hundred-year-old opinion
(c) conflicts with the idea that property affected with a public interest ceases to be private
(d) is now universally accepted in Great Britain and in Canada

6. All other things being equal, the courts must
(a) favour First Amendment rights over property rights
(b) favour property rights over First Amendment rights
(c) treat property rights and First Amendment rights equally
(d) protect property rights of the owners

Directions (Q. 7 -11): For each of the following words below, a context is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word or phrase that is closest in meaning in the given context.

7. Alphanumeric: The inclusion of alphanumeric features in cellular phones has made sending SMSs very convenient.
(a) using only alphabets
(b) using digital codes
(c) using OSCOLA
(d) using both letters and numerals

8. Oligarchy : Mrigank argued that all political parties, including those which profess democratic values become the instruments of their leaders who eventually become a self-interested and self-satisfied oligarchy.
(a) rule of a mob or crowd
(b) small group of people having control of state
(c) an iron-rule of democrats
(d) a socialist rule of activists

9. Perestroika : In the 1980’s, the “state socialist” tradition became totally discredited as Gorbachev’s programme of perestroika revealed the fundamental failures of the planned economies of the Communist bloc.
(a) closing off all entries
(b) manifesto of failure
(c) opening up
(d) nagging policies

10. Bequeath : In consequences, they bequeathed to their followers no clear vision of the economics of socialism, that is state ownership and planning the means of production, distribution and exchange, and others had to advocate market socialism, the state regulation of capital rather than state ownership of planning.
(a) hand down or pass on
(b) a powerful will of the people
(c) a method of governing
(d) to give in promise

11. Redundancy : Communication is a subtle, complex and continuously fluctuating process, affected by a multitude of factors both external and internal, and two such elements are noise and redundancy.
(a) that part of message that is predictable or conventional
(b) that word or phrase which is surprising
(c) that meaning of a word which is sparingly used
(d) that message which has no clear meaning

Directions (Q. 12-15): In the following questions, choose the word which is odd one out.

12.
(a) bedlam
(b) anarchy
(c) anatomise
(d) insurrection

13.
(a) miscreant
(b) defendant
(c) accused
(d) plaintiff

14.
(a) assault
(b) extortion
(c) sub-poena
(d) battery

15.
(a) barrister
(b) attorney
(c) juror
(d) advocate

Direction (Q. 16 -20): Choose the exact meaning of the idioms/phrases.

16. Alpha and Omega
(a) related to science
(b) the beginning and the end
(c) A to Z
(d) none of these

17. Ante-diluvium
(a) old time
(b) up-to-date
(c) time period
(d) against dualism

18. To play truant
(a) to make a narrow escape
(b) to run away from work without permission
(c) to be clever
(d) none of these

19. To see red
(a) to find fault with
(b) to be very angry
(c) to criticise others
(d) to victimise someone

20. To flog a dead horse
(a) to do a thing in vain
(b) to act in a foolish way
(c) to criticize strongly
(d) try to revive interest in a subject that is out of date

21. P : You couldn’t have asked for a nicer, more respectable-looking fellow than Jack, the day he arrived in town for grandpa’s funeral.
Q: He’d just arrived that morning, got the word that the old Judge was gone, he said.
R : He rode into the yard on his motorbike – the one he’d sold last summer, which wasn’t a patch on the big red one he’d bought later.
S : He was glad he was in time for the sen/ices. He sat with Paresh all through the funeral; he even cried – or if it wasn’t crying, it was a darned good show.
The proper sequence should be
(a) Q R P S
(b) Q R S P
(c) S P Q R
(d) P R Q S

22. P : Anything to do with his parents had always been vague to Manish.
Q: He had been too young to remember them; he only knew the story of the fatal weekend at the Airondack camel and the overturned canoe.
R • Then, as the years swept by and the tragedy faded into time, they began taking him there; and the lake again became a quite lake in the foothills, a camping place where the three of them had a good time.
S : Grandpa had still owned the camp a long while afterwards he and Grandma hadn’t gone there.
The proper sequence should be
(a) P Q R S
(b) Q R S P
(c) P Q S R
(d) Q P S R

23.P : The role of Western values in contemporary Indian society is a subject on which I have pondered for years.
Q: Moreover, various stakeholders of our company – employees, investors, customers and vendors – come from across the globe.
R : An organisation is representative of society, and some of the lessons that I have learnt from the West regarding values are, I think, applicable to us as a nation. Here are some of them:
S : I come from a company that is built on strong values.
T: In dealing with them over the years, I have come to appreciate several aspects of the West’s value system.
The proper sequence should be
(a) P Q S T R
(b) P S Q T R
(c) S Q T R P
(d) S Q R P T

24. P : “To play great music,” he said, “you must keep your eyes on a distant star.”
Q: Eleven years old, I was taking a violin lesson with Georges Enesco, my teacher, in his Paris studio.
R : At the time, I took this to mean, simply, “Give your very best to every piece.”
S : A deep-chested, powerful man with a rugged, gentle face, Enesco looked at me across the violin he held under his chin, and shook his bow.
The proper sequence should be
(a) Q P R S
(b) Q S P R
(c) S P R Q
(d) S P Q R

25.P : On the one hand, I want very much for someone else to clean our house, as neither I nor my husband, Ed, has shown any aptitude for it.
Q: No one but me, for instance, should have to clean up the dental floss heaped up like spaghetti near the wastebasket where I toss it each night, never catching on that floss is not something that can be thrown with a high degree of accuracy.
R : On the other hand, I’d feel guilt inflicting such distasteful drudgery on another human being..
S : Have always wanted and not wanted a cleaning person.
The proper sequence should be
(a) S P R Q
(b) R Q P S
(c) R P Q S
(d) P Q S R

Direction (Q. 26 – 35): Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word:

26. When you are living with your ………. values and principles, you can be straight forward, honest and ………..
(a) inherited, distinct
(b) core, upfront
(c) innate, durable
(d) cultural, perceptive

27. The quality of ………. between individuals and the organisation for which they work can be ……….. to the benefit of both parties.
(a) life, conceptualised
(b) interactions, improved
(c) service, evaluated
(d) work, better

28. Genetic engineering in humans should be used to ………… diseases, not to …………… genetic uniformity.
(a) treat, foster
(b) eradicate, cater
(c) cure, generate
(d) avoid, promote

29. Stating that the ATM operations are …………… losses, the nation’s largest bank, the State Bank plans to …………….. the management of some of its ATMs.
(a) generating, resource
(b) generating, close
(c) incurring, outsource
(d) reporting, tighten

30. Most journalistic writing could do with …………….. of paragraphs to make the prose more ……………
(a) suppression, legible
(b) removal, argumentative
(c) simplification, abstruse
(d) deletion, succinct

31. Angered by bureaucrat’s ……………… comments, the reporter insisted for a more …………. response.
(a) redundant, repetitive
(b) tactless, immediate
(c) circumlocutions, direct
(d) sarcastic, beneficial

32. One of the most productive researches …………….. in contemporary neurosciences is devoted to ……… maps of human consciousness.
(a) trajectories, reconnoitring
(b) designs, enunciating
(c) paradigms, elucidating
(d) declensions, obfuscating

33. But …………….. are now regularly written not just for tools but well-established practices, organisations and institutions not all of which seem to be …………… away.
(a) reports, withering
(b) stories, trading
(c) books, dying
(d) obituaries, fading

34. In this context, the ……………. of the British Labour Movement is particularly……………….
(a) affair, weird
(b) activity, moving
(c) experience, significant
(d) atmosphere, gloomy

35. Indian intellectuals may boast if they are so inclined of being …………….. to the most elitist among the intellectual …………… of the world.
(a) subordinate, traditions
(b) heirs, cliques
(c) ancestors, societies
(d) heir, traditions

SECTION –B : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

36. Which State has become first to fix minimum educational qualification for panchayat polls ?
(a) Kerala
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Karnataka

37. Which country was chosen to chair Partnership in Population and Development (PPD) for the year 2015?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Ghana

38. Recently, the Prime Minister has launched the “Give it Up” campaign for voluntarily giving up
(a) use of tobacco products
(b) use of plastic
(c) LPG subsidy
(d) black money

39. Who bagged the best actress award at the 62nd National Film Awards ?
(a) Priyanka Chopra
(b) Vidya Balan
(c) Kangana Ranaut
(d) Rani Mukherji

40. Simona Halep, who has won the Indian Wells Open Tennis Women’s Singles Title 2015, hails from which country ?
(a) Belgium
(b) Romania
(c) Switzerland
(d) Sweden

41. The winner of prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2014 is
(a) Mohan Lai
(b) Shashi Kapoor
(c) Mani Ratnam
(d) Girish Karnad

42. The Bandung Conference was an important step towards the creation of
(a) Non-Alignment Movement
(b) United Nations
(c) European Union
(d) SAARC

43. Recently, the Union Government has appointed Amitabh Bachchan as the brand ambassador for its campaign against which disease ?
(a) Swine Flu
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Hepatitis B
(d) Diabetes

44. The World’s first hydrogen powered tramcar has rolled off in which country ?
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) U. S.
(d) Russia

45. Which is the only Central University in India which has Prime Minister as its Chancellor ?
(a) Banaras Hindu University
(b) Indira Gandhi National Open University
(c) Rajiv Gandhi University
(d) Visva Bharti University

46. Which Country has launched the “Let Girls Learn” initiative aimed at educating 62 million girls around the World ?
(a) United States
(b) New Zealand
(c) India
(d) Australia

47. Which among the following parties declared victory in the 2015 Israel Legislative Election ?
(a) Zionist Union
(b) Likud
(c) Yesh Atid
(d) Joint List

48. Which of the following measures the value of a currency against a basket of other currencies ?
(a) Real Exchange Rate
(b) Effective Exchange Rate
(c) Real Effect Exchange Rate
(d) Nominal Exchange Rate ‘

49. Which is the only regenerative organ in human body ?
(a) Brain
(b) Liver
(c) Pancreas
(d) Lungs

50. What is the name of the innovative Council proposed in the Railway Budget – 2015 to promote innovation ?
(a) Navachar
(b) Rail Tech
(c) Kayakalp
(d) Sankalp

51. Lysosomes, which are known as suicidal bags, are produced by which organelle ?
(a) Mitochondria
(b) Golgi body
(c) Ribosome
(d) Peroxisome

52. India’s rank in the recently released World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) 2015 is
(a) 120
(b) 135
(c) 136
(d) 140

53. Who among the following has been named as new heir of Mysore Royal Family ?
(a) Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs
(b) Chaduranga Kantharajas Urs
(c) Aditya Gurudev Urs
(d) Chandra Shekar Urs

54. Who among the following is often called the “Greenest Chief Minister of India” ?
(a) Pawan Kumar Chamling
(b) Anandiben Patel
(c) Prakash Singh Badal
(d) Nabam Tuki
55. Which part of the World is referred to as the Fertile Crescent ?
(a) Latin Americas
(b) South East Asia
(c) Middle East
(d) Scandinavia
56. Which of the following banks launched ‘Pocket’, India’s first digital bank on mobile phones ?
(a) Axis Bank
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) SBI
57. India based Rickey Kej has won the Grammy Award for his album
(a) Morning Phase
(b) Beyonce
(c) The Lonely Hours
(d) The Winds of Samsar
58. Recently, UNICEF and which football legend has launched protection fund named “7’ to protect the World’s most vulnerable youngsters ?
(a) David Beckham
(b) Lionel Messi
(c) Christiano Ronaldo
(d) Zinedine Zidane
59. According to the latest data, which among the following States has attracted maximum Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country ?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Karnataka
60. Which one of the following countries will hold the presidency of the BRICS New Development Bank for the first six years ?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) South Africa
(d) Russia
61. Which among the following States has won the 10,h National Award for Excellence work in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ?
(a) Karnataka
(b) West Bengal
(c) Haryana
(d) Madhya Pradesh
62. Who is the newly appointed Chairman of the empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods & Services Tax (GST) ?
(a) J. K. George
(b) K. M. Mani
(c) Amit Mitra
(d) Saurabh Patel
63. What is the code name of the military operation in Yemen against Shia Houthi Group ?
(a) Operation Destruction Storm
(b) Operation Decisive Storm
(c) Operation Desert Storm
(d) Operation Black Star
64. Who was sworn in as the President of Sri Lanka in January 2015 ?
(a) Mahinda Deshapriya
(b) Mahinda Rajapaksa
(c) Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
(d) Mithripala Sirisena
65. Who is the new Chief Election Commissioner?
(a) H.S. Brahma
(b) Vinod Zutshi
(c) Nasim Zaidi
(d) R. Balakrishnan
66. A minor planet is named after which one of the following Indian Legends ?
(a) Viswanathan Anand
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) A. R. Rahman
(d) Milkha Singh
67. Who won the title Miss India 2015 ?
(a) Aafreen Rachel
(b) Vartika Singh
(c) Koyal Rana
(d) Aditi Arya
68. …………………. the ‘founding father’ and ‘architect’ of modern Singapore passed away on 23 March 2015.
(a) Mr. Lee Kuan Yew
(b) Mr. Lee Hsien Loong
(c) Mr. Lim Hng Kiang
(d) Mr. Lee Li Lian
69. Election Commission (EC) on has announced to launch Electoral Roll Authentication Mission (ERAM) and Purification Drive. What is the aim of the mission ?
(a) To enlist all the eligible voters in voters list
(b) To create awareness about the voting right
(c) To weed out bogus voters from the voters list
(d) (a)and(c)
70. What is the name of the party of the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that saw a confidence vote on spilling the top leadership in February 2015 ?
(a) Liberal Party
(b) Australian Greens
(c) Labour Party
(d) Palmer United Party