AILET 2027 Syllabus: Section-Wise Topics for BA LLB and LLM

The AILET 2027 syllabus for the five-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) paper is built around three sections: English Language, Current Affairs and General Knowledge, and Logical Reasoning. This page turns those section names into a topic checklist you can study from, with a note on where to start and how to spread your time over the weeks that remain before the 13 December 2026 exam.

NLU Delhi names the sections in its pattern but does not publish a detailed topic-wise syllabus. The topic lists below are built from the pattern reported for the current cycle and from the kind of questions asked in earlier papers. Use them as a working checklist, not as an official list, and confirm the sections on the official NLU Delhi admissions website.

Table of Contents

• AILET 2027 syllabus at a glance

• Key changes to know

• English Language syllabus

• Current Affairs and General Knowledge syllabus

• Logical Reasoning syllabus

• LL.M. syllabus

• How to cover the syllabus

AILET 2027 syllabus at a glance

The full marks, timing and negative marking are on the AILET exam pattern page. The paper has 150 questions to be solved in 120 minutes, so the syllabus matters most when you connect it to speed.

Key changes to know

• Separate Legal Aptitude and Maths sections: Published reports say the current B.A. LL.B. paper has no standalone Legal Aptitude or Elementary Mathematics section. Older pages may still list them, so follow the latest official notification.

• Law in the reasoning section: Legal propositions can appear inside Logical Reasoning, but no prior knowledge of law is needed. The passage or the rule given in the question is what you apply.

• Reasoning carries the most weight: Logical Reasoning is reported as 70 of the 150 questions, so it deserves the largest share of your time.

English Language syllabus

This section tests how well you read and how accurately you handle language. Expect passages followed by questions, along with vocabulary and grammar items.

Reading comprehension usually offers the best return, because one passage carries several questions. Build the habit of reading an editorial every day and summarising it in two lines.

Current Affairs and General Knowledge syllabus

This is the smallest section, but it is also the most scoring for candidates who prepare steadily. The questions mix recent events with static facts.

Current affairs

• National and international news: Government schemes, policy decisions, agreements, summits and elections from roughly the last 12 months.

• Law and judiciary: Important Supreme Court and High Court judgments, constitutional developments, new laws and amendments.

• Awards, sports and appointments: Major awards, tournaments, reports, rankings and new office-holders.

• Economy and science: Budget and economic indicators in outline, space and technology developments.

Static general knowledge

• Indian polity: Constitution basics, institutions and fundamental rights.

• History and geography: Modern Indian history, world geography and Indian geography at a general level.

• General science and economics: Everyday science and basic economic terms.

• Books, authors, organisations and important days: Quick-revision facts that are easy to forget.

Logical Reasoning syllabus

Logical Reasoning is the largest section. It checks whether you can read a short text and reach a sound conclusion under time pressure.

In principle-based questions, apply only the rule given in the question and ignore what you may already know about the law. Candidates lose marks when they bring outside knowledge into an answer.

LL.M. syllabus

Published reports describe the LL.M. paper as 100 multiple-choice questions on law subjects. The commonly reported areas are constitutional law, contract law, law of torts and criminal law, along with other core branches of law and jurisprudence. Because a detailed official LL.M. topic list could not be verified, treat this as indicative and confirm it in the admission brochure. Candidates for the LL.M. should revise their LL.B. subjects, read landmark cases and practise MCQs on case principles.

How to cover the syllabus

Plan in phases, so that every section is touched each week and the weak ones get extra time.

1. Foundation phase: Study grammar rules and vocabulary, learn the main reasoning question types, and start a daily reading habit and a current affairs notebook.

2. Practice phase: Move to topic-wise tests, solve passage sets with a timer and write monthly current affairs notes.

3. Test phase: Take sectional tests of 20 to 30 minutes, then full-length papers in the 120-minute format.

4. Revision phase: Review your error log, redo wrongly answered questions and revise current affairs notes in the final two weeks.