This guide is prepared by Shruti Pandey, a student of Campus Law Center, Delhi University, on Delhi University Law Entrance Exam.

Delhi University Law Entrance Exam Syllabus and Exam Pattern

The Faculty of Law, University of Delhi is currently offering 3 year after graduation LL.B. course. Any person with a Graduate / Post Graduate Degree from the University of Delhi or any other Indian or Foreign University recognized as equivalent by the University of Delhi with 50% marks or an equivalent grade point in the aggregate, 40% marks for the SC/ST is eligible to appear in the entrance examination but he/she should not be less than 21 years of age and there is no upper limit to age.

SYLLABUS

DU LLB Entrance Exam 2015 shall have one paper comprising Objective Type Questions from the following sections:

• English Language and Comprehension
• Current Affairs
• General Knowledge
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Analytical and Logical Reasoning
• Legal Awareness and Aptitude

There are 25-30 questions from English language and comprehension section including reading comprehension, idioms and phrases, antonyms, synonyms, one word substitute, jumbled sentences, odd one out etc.

 Current Affairs will be mostly form past one year.  Not more than 5 questions are asked.

There are 30 questions from General Knowledge section covering history, geography, economics, literature, science, etc.

 There are 10-15 questions from Quantitative Aptitude which includes preliminary maths (up to 10^th standard).  Questions from Speed and distance, Profit/Loss, Average, Ratio are the most frequently asked.

There are 20 questions from Analytical and Logical Reasoning. 5 out of these questions are based on data and usage. Coding- decoding, relations, directions, make a meaningful word from jumbled words are other important areas.

Maximum 85-90 questions are from Legal Awareness and Aptitude. Current legal knowledge, questions based on Principle and Reasoning, Constitution(fundamental rights and duties, powers of President, Vice-President, Governor and Prime Minister , Loksabha, Rajya Sabha), headquarters of famous organisations across the world, basics of criminal and civil law, Law of tort.

EXAM PATTERN:
There are total of 175 questions which are to be solved in 120 minutes.  For each correct answer 4 marks are rewarded and 1 mark is deducted for every wrong answer.  15 minutes go towards filling the OMR sheet and other formalities, so basically one has 105 minutes in hands to solve all the 175 questions i.e. 35 seconds for each question.

Best way to prepare for DU law entrance exam

There is no particular time to start the preparation. It’s never too late since you have to pay special attention to your English language, correct logic and quick comprehending ability. However one should start little beforehand, 3- 4 months time is enough to cover the entire syllabus. One should be well aware of not only the pattern but also the nature of the exam. For instance, current affairs are not what is to be focused rather Static GK should be paid special attention. More than 90 questions are from Legal Awareness and Aptitude, so this area has to be paid special attention.

The following are some good sources:

1. Universal’s Guide to CLAT and LL.B. Entrance Examination (this is easily available in market and online).
2. SS Guide for LL.B. Entrance Exam by Anand P. Misra.
3. IMS India CLAT Correspondence Course (http://www.imsindia.com/Home/study-in-india/graduate/clat-law-preparation/ImsPage/177/clat-correspondence.html )
4. The Hindu Dairy of Events for current affairs, ClatGyan’s General knowledge Compendiums (http://www.clatgyan.com/), IMS CLAT Correspondence current affairs material.
5. Delhi University Law Faculty LL.B. Entrance Test Solved Papersby Universal Publication (it’s online available on http://www.unilawbooks.com/search.asp?searchon=maincat&searchtext=115&subj=LL.B )

• Universal’s Guide to CLAT and LL.B. Entrance Examination is sufficient for Constitution, basics of criminal and civil law, law of tort and the entire legal knowledge and aptitude preparation. There are ample of multiple choice questions for practice and memorization.
  You may find some very easy questions like who is the Chief Justice of India or Chairman of Bar Council of India or Union Minister of HRD. So, information about courts, lawyers and judges is most important in Legal GK. At the same time paper may contain some difficult questions for them who do not follow legal news and developments in the country. For example, there was a question about Supreme Court judgment dated 22.03.2010 interpreting Articles 72 and 161 of the Constitution. There was another question about Delhi High Court’s judgment dated 22.03.2010 about protection of women from domestic violence. Another question related to IP litigation between Toyota & Prius Industries for trademark ‘Prius’.
• The best way to prepare Static GK is to solve every question from Universal’s Guide to CLAT and LL.B. Entrance Examination and Lucent’s General Knowledge book.
• Don’t miss to solve past years entrance papers, minimum 50 questions are repeated every year.
• You need to master three areas of English:
• Vocabulary
• Grammar & Sentence Correction, and
• Reading Comprehension

Building vocabulary on a daily basis from every possible source is important i.e. from your daily newspaper to your text books or from books like Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis. Similarly, doing some grammar and sentence correction exercise daily is important from any good book on objective English like ‘English is Easy’ of Chetanand Singh or a book on similar subject by R.S. Agarwal . For mastering comprehension, reading habit as well as practice from papers given in aforementioned books is needed. A two-month plan working two-hours daily on English can do the magic even for students of non-English medium.

• Though a look at DU 2008-2010 papers suggests that this area is not-so-important as very few questions (5-10) are asked each year, still students should practice this area thoroughly because 40 to 50 questions from reasoning were asked in DU LL.B. Entrances of year 2001 to 2006.

As the pattern of DU LL.B. exam keeps on changing and is highly unpredictable, students must solve at least few exercises from all type of reasoning questions to be on the safer side. Many good text-books on reasoning are available in the market but taking just one like that of M.K. Pandey’s Analytical Reasoning or any such similar book will suffice.

Is it necessary to take coaching for DU exam? What are the best coaching centres?

It is not at all required to join any coaching to crack DU Law Entrance Exam. A planned study of 2 to 3 months of intensive preparation is sufficient to pass DU Law Entrance Exam. A cool 5-6 hours of studies every day is required. Candidates must make a plan to study at least 2 subjects every day and have at least one vocabulary/English and one reasoning exercise daily. Reading a good newspaper like The Hindu and taking note of important points is important. For revision The Hindu Dairy of Events and other GK Compendiums could be referred.  Students may also trust Universal’s Guide to LL.B. and Universal’s book on Legal GK.

It’s advisable for every law aspirant to get past papers of CLAT and DU available at the respective law schools on payment or on University website for free in case of DU. Students can find some really wonderful communities on social networking sites like Facebook where thousands of law aspirants network and interact, without wasting precious time, one should keep abreast of the knowledge shared around.

The best way for ensuring time-management in the exam and getting right amount of confidence to crack the exam is to solve as many past papers and full-length mock papers as possible under strict time-limit and exam conditions.

A good distance learning course or classroom training programme can make a huge difference to your preparations. Some of the good coaching centres for DU Law entrance preparations are:

• Delhi Law Academy: Delhi Law Academy located in Staya Niketan, Dhaula Kua, Delhi offers a 15 days crash course for DU Law Entrance Exam. The fee is ₹ 9000 approximately. They provide an online course too for ₹7000 approx. Test series are also available. The details are available here http://www.delhilawacademy.com/main/du-llb/  .
• Ambition Law Institute: It’s located in Mukherjee Nagar in Delhi. They offer regular, weekend, summer vacation and crash courses. The fee ranges between 25 to 32k depending upon the course. For more details contact on 9312548656.
• Juris Law Academy: It’s located in GTB Nagar and provides regular, weekend, summer vacation and crash courses. The fee ranges between 25k to 35k. For further details contact on 8010905050.
• AB Tutorials: AB Tutorials in Hauz Khas, Delhi provide regular course and crash course. The fee for regular course is approximately 32k and that of crash course is 22k. For further details contact on 011-42270040 or check their website http://www.abtutorials.com/3year-LLB-examination.php .

What to expect on the exam day of DU entrance exam.

The entrance examination is conducted every year in the month of June. The centres are allocated in various colleges of the north campus. It is suggested to reach atleast 30 minutes before the scheduled time to grab the seat allotted to you, recollect your breath and calm down in the insanely hot weather. Not every room has an air conditioner, so you would be lucky if you happen to get one with an AC. Even otherwise the rooms are large, well lit and ventilated. Exams start on time and delay of more than half an hour to reach the centre after the exam has been started is not at all entertained. If are from out- station and have come along with your parents or relative, the staff is quite considerate to accommodate them for those 2 hours in the library and other vacant classrooms.
The environment inside the examination hall is quite decent, the classrooms are comfortable and cool even without air conditioners for the sake of old buildings and thick walls, the seats are comfortable and you are provided cold water at your seat every 15 minutes.
The invigilators are considerate and soft spoken. But if you feel they are shouting at your head or talking loud you would not have to point it out for more than one time. The management is quite good, you are given the OMR sheet and question paper 15 minutes before but you are not allowed to write anything over it until the invigilator asks you to start. That means you can go through the paper and sought out questions from English or general knowledge section.

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