NEF Law Entrance Test (NLET) Pattern 2025: Know Marking Scheme & Exam Duration

NEF Law Entrance Test (NLET) 2026

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NLET 2025 exam pattern: The exam pattern of NLET 2025 was released by NEF law college. Check the exam pattern to get details about the structure of the written test, including the subjects, sectional weightage, type of questions and other details. Candidates who appeared for the law entrance exam by the NEF Law College could check here the detailed exam pattern for five-year integrated LLB course.

Q:   What is NEF Law Entrance Test 2026 Exam Pattern?
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Understanding the exam pattern of NLET 2026 is the most crucial part of preparation. Check the exam pattern of NEF LET 2026 as mentioned below:

  • Exam mode - Pen-paper based test mode
  • Exam duration - 2 hours 30 minutes
  • Test language - English only
  • Type of questions - Objective type as well as the subjective type of questions
  • Total questions - 182 questions
  • Total marks - 200 marks
Q:   What is NLET 2026 Marking Scheme?
A: 

Candidates will be awarded one mark for each correct answer of Question number 1 to 180. Whereas, question number 181 and 182 carry 10 marks each. There is no negative marking scheme for wrong attempts in case of objective-type of questions. Moreover, no marks will be awarded or deducted for questions not attempted by the candidates. The negative marking scheme for long answers type question is not clear. Therefore, only correct answers will be taken into consideration for final score calculation.

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  • NLET 2025 Exam Pattern Highlights
  • NLET 2025 Sectional-Weightage
  • NLET 2025 Marking Scheme
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NLET 2025 Exam Pattern Highlights

Features Details
Exam mode Pen-paper based test mode
Exam duration 2 hours 30 minutes
Test language  English only
Test booklets Set A, B, C and D
Type of questions Objective type as well as the subjective type of questions
Total questions 182 questions
Total marks 200 marks
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Q:   What is NEF Law Entrance Test 2026 Exam Pattern?
A: 

Understanding the exam pattern of NLET 2026 is the most crucial part of preparation. Check the exam pattern of NEF LET 2026 as mentioned below:

  • Exam mode - Pen-paper based test mode
  • Exam duration - 2 hours 30 minutes
  • Test language - English only
  • Type of questions - Objective type as well as the subjective type of questions
  • Total questions - 182 questions
  • Total marks - 200 marks
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NLET 2025 Sectional-Weightage

Section Number of Questions Marks
English including Comprehension 40 40
General Knowledge & Current Affairs 40 40
Elementary Mathematics 30 30
Legal Aptitude/ Awareness 40 40
Logical Reasoning 30 30
Long Questions 2 20
Total 182 200
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Q:   What is NLET 2026 Sectional-Weightage?
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Candidates can check NLET 2026 Sectional-weightage

SectionNumber of QuestionsMarks
English including Comprehension4040
General Knowledge & Current Affairs4040
Elementary Mathematics3030
Legal Aptitude/ Awareness4040
Logical Reasoning3030
Long Questions220
Total182200
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NLET 2025 Marking Scheme

  • Candidates will be awarded one mark for each correct answer of Question number 1 to 180.
  • Whereas, question number 181 and 182 carry 10 marks each.
  • There is no negative marking scheme for wrong attempts in case of objective-type of questions. Moreover, no marks will be awarded or deducted for questions not attempted by the candidates.
  • The negative marking scheme for long answers type question is not clear.
  • Therefore, only correct answers will be taken into consideration for final score calculation.

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Q:   Please suggest books for NEF Law Entrance Test 2026?
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Candidates can prepare for the law entrance exam with the help of following books for each subject: 

SubjectBooks Recommended

English Comprehension

30 days to a Faster Vocabulary by Norman Lewis

Quick Learning Objective General English by RS Aggarwal

General Knowledge and Current Affairs

General Knowledge by Arihant

Lucent’s Objective GK 2024-2025

Elementary Mathematics

Mental Ability for all Competitive Exams by Manjunath Badagi

Quantitative Aptitude by RS Aggarwal

Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Arihant Publications 

Legal Aptitude 

Legal Awareness and Legal Reasoning by Pearson

Legal Aptitude and Legal Reasoning by A P Bhardwaj

Logical Reasoning

501 Challenging Logical reasoning Practice Book by Learning Express

Shortcuts in Reasoning (Verbal, Non-Verbal & Analytical) by Disha Experts 

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