AIBE Preparation Tips 2025: Section-Wise Study Plan, Material, Important Books & Strategy

All India Bar Examination 2025 ( AIBE )

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Anupama Mehra
Updated on Nov 21, 2025 08:09 IST

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Candidates looking to sit for the AIBE exam must prepare for it using a well-structured plan. The Bar Council of India will conduct the AIBE 20 Exam 2025 Date was released in the AIBE 20 Notification 2025. The AIBE examination is conducted for lawyers/ advocates provisionally enrolled with a state bar council. It is important to clear this exam to get the Certificate of practice for all over India Courts. The prime reason why many candidates fail to qualify AIBE is not that they are incapable but due to a poor preparation strategy. The most common reason, however, is not finding sufficient time to prepare for AIBE according to the AIBE Syllabus. To help you ace the AIBE exam, in this article, we look at how to prepare for AIBE Exam effectively.

The AIBE exam is conducted by the Bar Council of India (BCI) to test a candidate's legal knowledge and aptitude, conceptual clarity, and decision-making skills. Until 2020, AIBE was an open-book exam. However, starting 2021, BCI has changed this pattern, and AIBE is no longer an open-book exam. 

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Table of contents
  • AIBE 20 (XX) Exam Pattern & Syllabus 2025
  • Important AIBE 20 (XX) 2025 Preparation Books 
  • AIBE Preparation Study Material
  • Crucial Tricks for AIBE 20 Preparation 2025
  • Past Years' AIBE Qualifiers Tips
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AIBE 20 (XX) Exam Pattern & Syllabus 2025

Knowing AIBE XX (20) syllabus 2025-26 and exam pattern well is the first step towards effective AIBE exam preparation. Candidates after consulting the subjects, weightage, type of questions asked. etc. must incorporate them in their preparation plan:

Features

Details

Exam mode

Paper-Based Test 

Exam duration

3 hours and thirty minutes

Test medium

22 vernacular languages and English

Subjects

19 law subjects

Total questions

100 questions

Type of questions

Multiple-choice questions

Marking Scheme

One mark per question

No negative marking in case of wrong attempts

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Below is the AIBE syllabus, as specified by Bar Council of India. AIBE syllabus is vast therefore, candidates are advised to cover each topic as per the weightage only.

AIBE Subjects/Topics

No. of Questions

Constitutional Law

10

Indian Penal Code

8

Criminal Procedure Code

10

Code of Civil Procedure

10

Evidence Act

8

Alternate Dispute Redressal Including Arbitration Act

4

Family Law

8

Public Interest Litigation

4

Administrative Law

3

Professional Ethics and Cases of Professional Misconduct under BCI Rules

4

Company Law

2

Environmental Law

2

Cyber Law

2

Labour and Industrial Laws

4

Law of Tort including Motor Vehicles Act and Consumer Protection Law

5

Law of Contract, Specific Relief, Property Laws, Negotiable Instrument Act

8

Law Related Taxation 

4

Land Acquisition Act

2

Intellectual Property Law

2

Total

100

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Important AIBE 20 (XX) 2025 Preparation Books 

The main challenge is to get right AIBE study material. But in this pool of options it is important that you know best AIBE 20 books for preparation. Listed are few AIBE best books 2025 for the reference of candidates: 

AIBE Books

Authors/Publications

AIBE – Previous years solved papers

By Thakral Law Publications

AIBE Solved papers

By Lovedeep Bangia

The Constitution of India Bare Acts with short notes

Universal Publication

Guide to All India Bar Examination

Dr PK Pandey

AIBE Study Plan

Once you have acquired the required study material and books, it is now time to make a proper study plan for AIBE. The study plan should include all aspects of preparation including study of books, making of notes, revision and attempting previous year question papers. Also, you should consider points like which and how many topics to study in a single day while creating the AIBE study timetable

Past Years AIBE Exam Analysis 

Apart from following the preparation strategy mentioned above, candidates are also advised to refer to past years' AIBE exam analysis by experts and test-takers. The exam analysis gives insights about the question paper, test-taking skills required, the type of questions asked, any changes in paper pattern, etc.

Previous Year AIBE Question Papers & Mock Tests

Attempting previous years' AIBE question papers & mock tests is one of the most important aspects of clearing the Bar exam. Attempting AIBE past year papers not only help in understanding the difficulty of the exam. Therefore, you should try and attempt as many AIBE question papers & mock tests as possible to ace the exam.  

 

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Crucial Tricks for AIBE 20 Preparation 2025

Some of the other tips and tricks to keep in mind while preparing for AIBE 2025 include

  • Time management: You should learn to manage your time. Give more time to higher weightage subjects.
  • Consistency: Be regular in your studies. Don't take it lightly
  • Notes: Create short notes while preparing for a topic. You can refer to these notes during revision.
  • Tracking law cases and judgments: As per previous year paper analysis, few questions in the paper are asked from landmark cases. Hence, read those.
  • Important topics: Start with the topics that hold maximum weightage in the exam.

 

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Past Years' AIBE Qualifiers Tips

Click on the links below to know what preparation strategy was adopted by AIBE qualifiers of past years to crack the exam:

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Answered Yesterday

To identify the best reference material, candidates should check: 

AIBE Reference material is free of grammatical errors 
Legal concepts are explained clearly 
All illustrations, examples, and other such representations are accurate 
The reference book for AIBE is reviewed by law experts
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Mukul Singh

Contributor-Level 7

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For the AIBE exam, the best books are bare acts (without comments) for core subjects like the new BNS, BNSS, BSA, CPC, and others, alongside comprehensive guides like Universal's or Taxmann's publications, and subject-specific texts like Durga Das Basu for the Constitution or C.K. Takwani for CPC, f

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Anupama Mehra

Contributor-Level 10

Answered Yesterday

No candidates can actually prepare for AIBE Exam along with their class 12th exam. They just need to take out time to prepare for the entrance exam. 

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Akanksha

Contributor-Level 7

Answered Yesterday

If you have topped while pursuing law there is still some chance. But if you were an average student who have not prepared even once for the exam, it is next to impossible to prepare for the exam in one month. 

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Nitesh Srivastava

Contributor-Level 7

Answered Yesterday

The AIBE 21 Exam will be held in pen-and-paper mode. No notification mentioning that it will be held in online mode has been released by the council yet.

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Chanchal Patra

Contributor-Level 7

Answered Yesterday

To check the AIBE Exam Pattern candidates can visit allindiabarexamination.com. Candidates must check the exam pattern before beginning their preparation journey.

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Akanksha Kumari

Contributor-Level 7

Answered 6 days ago

The Bar Council of India will begin the AIBE Result Rechecking Process from January 14, 2026. Candidates can apply until January 23, 2026 by visiting allindiabarexamination.com.

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Manisha Gard

Contributor-Level 7

Answered 6 days ago

Candidates will have to pay INR 500 to apply for the rechecking of AIBE Result/ OMR sheet. Candidates can complete the process by visiting allindiabarexamination.com. Candidates must note that there is no other way to apply for rechecking.

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Divya Surbhi

Contributor-Level 8

Answered 2 weeks ago

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Suneel Kumar mishra

Beginner-Level 1

Answered 2 weeks ago

The BCI conducts the AIBE Exam in 11 languages. One of the language is hindi too. Hence, candidates have an option to appear for the exam in hindi too.

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