Previous Year Qualified Candidates for AIBE Exam: Preparation Tips & Academic Profile

Nishant Chamoli 

Nishant cleared the AIBE Exam on his first attempt. He says, "CRPC (the Code of Criminal Procedure) and CPC (the Code of Civil Procedure), were challenging as those two are procedural laws, and one needs to have a basic understanding of them to go forward and understand the question in itself, as well as the case study-based questions."

Prep tips for AIBE candidates: 

those appearing in the AIBE Exam shouldn’t be stressed about the same, because if they have done satisfactorily in their college time they will be able to pass the exam easily as only bare minimum is required to clear the same but one shouldn’t take it too lightly, because there is a reason many people have failed this year maybe they had taken it for granted. Secondly, you should be carrying the Bare Acts with you, and you must know how to quickly read the Bare Acts and be on the section or the page you are required to be on to solve the particular question and one shouldn’t worry about the time given, cause trust me it's already too much.

Lakshya Nabh Pratap Singh

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Sugandh Chaturvedi - Qualified AIBE (XIV) 2019

Academic Profile – Bachelor degree in law from Rajasthan University

Sungandh is enrolled with the Bar Council of Rajasthan and she shared that it was her first attempt and she practised for the bar examination with Bare Acts books only. She added that regular studies (day and night whenever she could focus) was part of her preparation plan for AIBE 14. In addition, previous years AIBE question papers also helped her a lot.

Saransh Vijayvargiya, Qualified AIBE (XV) 2020

Academic Profile - LLB in IPR from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun.

Work Profile - Patent attorney at Zest IP, and an Independent Practitioner at Rajasthan and Delhi High Court.

Saransh shared that his plan was to get through core subjects such as Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), Evidence, Constitution and Indian Penal Code (IPC) because 50% of the questions are from these subjects only. Anyone taking this exam must go through the Bare Acts index of these subjects, he suggested. 

To overcome preparation stress, he took breaks and did something different like cooking, writing book reviews. These things kept him on the track and helped him turn his weaknesses into strengths.

He also said, "If anyone wants to clear the exam in the first attempt, he/she must go through the index of all Bare Acts. Since the candidate needs to score a minimum of 40% marks to clear the exam, so start attempting the questions you are confident of."

Rinki Gupta, Qualified AIBE XV 2020

Academic Profile - Bachelor of Arts and LLB 3 Years from Lloyd Law College

Rinki shared she studied previous year AIBE question papers, Bare Acts and most importantly, Criminal Manual, Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), Constitution of India that cover most of the questions. She also read newspapers and studied some landmark cases while preparing for the exam. She also shared, "To qualify for the AIBE, the candidate is required to have a general understanding of the topic and conceptual clarity. Since I am a law graduate, my basic concepts were clear. The books, which I referred to include: 

• CPC by CKTakwani
• Company Law and Practice by AK Majumdar/Dr GK Kapoor
• Constitution of India by Durga DasBasu
• Sarkar’s Civil Practice and Procedure Manual
• Universal’s Criminal Manual
• Other Bare Acts of Universal Law Publishing Co Pvt Ltd.

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