NEF Law Entrance Test (NLET) LLM Pattern 2026: Know Marking Scheme & Exam Duration

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Updated on Nov 7, 2025 13:04 IST

It is very important to understand the pattern before beginning your preparation. The NLET schedule has not been announced yet. To appear in NEF Law Entrance Exam it is important to have good preparation.

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NLET 2026 Exam Pattern Highlights
NLET 2026 Sectional-Weightage
NLET 2026 Marking Scheme

NLET 2026 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

NLET 2026 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

NLET 2026 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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