AILET 2019 Topper Interview: AIR 10, Kaustubh Garg always wanted to pursue law as a career

Kaustubh Garg is the AILET topper 2019 with a total score of 80 and AIR 10. Know what prep strategy and study plan he followed to crack the AILET exam.

A student of Jaipuria Vidyalaya, Jaipur, pursuing law was always Kaustubh’s first preference. Apart from AILET, he has also appeared for CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) exam.

Kaustubh’s father is a businessman and mother is a housewife. He also has a sister who is a Chartered Accountant (CA) and is currently working in a public sector company. When not studying, Kaustubh like playing as well as watching Cricket and Football.  

Shiksha got talking to Kaustubh, wherein he spoke in lengths about his AILET preparation strategy, future plans and more. Read the complete interview below:

Frankly, I was confident of clearing the AILET 2019 exam but AIR 10 was a big surprise to me. I was very happy as my year-long hard work finally paid off.

No, my first preference has always been NLSIU Bangalore. But I really adore NLU Delhi as it provides many opportunities and good exposure in the field of law.

First of all, the most important thing is to analyse past years’ AILET question papers and get to know about the AILET exam pattern. My main focus was on English and Critical Reasoning which I brushed up throughout the year. I studied GK from various sources and stayed in touch with legal affairs as well. I gave a lot of mock tests throughout the year to get the hang of competition. Also, constant revision of the topics I studied played a very crucial part in my AILET preparation.

Yes, I took coaching from CLAT Prep Education, Jaipur which provided me constant support, motivation and guidance during my preparation.

The main focus was on giving mock tests as if it was an actual exam and thereafter, analyzing them. It was an inherent part of my AILET preparation. Also, I studied on daily basis and revised concepts/ topics on a week-to-week basis.

I followed RS Aggarwal for Maths and Reasoning, MK Pandey for Critical Reasoning, SP Bakshi and Wren & Martin for English and a couple of websites for General Knowledge. Apart from this, I studied from my coaching material and practiced past year papers which was more than sufficient.

I knew about my strong and weak subjects at the start of my preparation. Initially, my strengths were Maths, Reasoning and General Knowledge. I focused a lot on my vocabulary and grammar and ended up learning around 4,000 new words which were instrumental in my reading comprehension.

I did preparation for Legal Aptitude by solving various mock tests. I sharpened my strengths by solving complex questions. 

AILET is a comparatively tougher exam than CLAT and it needs to be handled in a smart way. English, Critical Reasoning and Legal GK are the most important parts of this exam. Also, while attempting the paper, easy questions should be attempted first and then the rest ones.

I want to pursue corporate law in future. I also want to appear for UPSC Civil Services Exam.  

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