MH CET Law 2026 Section-wise Preparation Tips - Check Pattern, Important Topics, Weightage
Maharashtra Common Entrance Test - Law 2026 ( MHCET Law )
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Get here section-wise MH CET Law preparation tips 2026 for English Comprehension, Legal Aptitude & Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, GK & Current Affairs and Mathematics subjects.
The Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra will conduct MH CET Law 2026 for the three-year LLB course and 5-year LLB course. Although the level of courses is different, MH CET Law syllabus for both the courses is the same. Candidates will attempt MH Law CET 2026 question paper based on English Comprehension, Legal Aptitude and Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, General Knowledge and Current Affairs and Mathematics. Candidates should aim for each subject separately to prepare well for MHCET Law 2026. Here are some section-wise Law MH CET preparation tips that candidates can refer to for the upcoming Law MHCET examination 2026.
Candidates can prepare for the MHCET Law 3-year LLB & 5-year LLB courses by following the strategies given here.
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MH CET Law 2026 Question Paper - Sectional Weighatge
Before knowing the section-wise preparation tips for MH CET Law, to understand the importance of each section candidates should know the sectional weightage of the exam.
| Subject |
Weightage (5-year LLB) |
Weightage (3-year LLB) |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Aptitude and Legal Reasoning |
32 marks |
24 marks |
| General Knowledge with Current Affairs |
24 marks |
32 marks |
| Logical and Analytical Reasoning |
32 marks |
24 marks |
| English |
24 marks |
40 marks |
| Mathematical Aptitude |
08 marks |
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Section-Wise MH CET Law Preparation Tips 2026
Candidates can refer to the below given pointers to prepare for each subject of MH CET Law for the five-year LLB and the three-year LLB courses:
MHCET Law 2026 Preparation Tips: Legal Aptitude and Reasoning
While preparing for Legal Aptitude and Reasoning section of MH CET Law 2026, candidates should consider the following tips:
Candidates are advised to focus on all the sections asked in the MH CET Law exam. Each section carry importance and finally add into the final score. Also, you can see the weightage of the sections asked in MHCET Law exam, the Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning sections carry more marks than the other sections. In the 3-year LLB exam of Maharashtra LAWCET, English section also carry more weightage in the exam. Students should have a strategic approach while preparing for the exam, keeping in mind the exam pattern and MHCET Law marking scheme.
Know the Important Topics to be Covered
It is important to know the syllabus in detail for MHCET Law Legal Aptitude section in order to prepare strategically. Here are the main topics to be covered by candidates in the section:
- Study of law, legal facts, principles and terms
- Torts, Liability, Criminal Law, Family Law, Contractual Law, Constitutional Law, International Law, IPR, contemporary topics
- The problem-solving ability for law case-studies
- Legal general knowledge around Law domain and Judiciary in India
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The syllabus for this section is vaguely described, therefore, candidates should refer the books recommended by the law exam experts and past years' toppers to preparefor Legal GK and Aptitude. Here are some best books for MH Law CET as recommended:
- Legal GK for competitive examination by Universal Publications
- Legal Awareness and Legal Reasoning by A P Bhardwaj
- Chapter-wise Objective Questions Bank for Law by Arihant Experts
How to Prepare for MHCET Law 2026 Legal Aptitude and Reasoning?
Candidates can prepare for this section in Law CET Maharashtra according to the following plan:
- Gather legal facts, GK and current affairs topics and write them down in a notebook
- Make time every day to learn at least fout to five legal terms and principles
- Practice questions based on the collected legal terms and facts to ensure better preparation
- Don’t go into the core legal subjects, just understand the factual part
- Keep a track of all the controversial and landmark judgements made in the last one year
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MHCET Law 2026 Preparation Tips: GK and Current Affairs
This section is based on past years general knowledge and key events of national and international importance. Candidates have to cover the events in the past and general awareness around political, historical, geographical, economical, environmental sciences. Below are some tips for GK and Current Affairs preparation:
- Candidates should prepare for GK and current affairs separately
- Make notes on General Knowledge topics and learn them on a regular basis
- Practice quizes or objective questions available online to prepare for GK and current affairs
- Go through at least four-five topics a day and practice sufficient questions
- Go through your preparation notes time-to-time to revise whatever topics you prepare
Books to Prepare for GK and Current Affairs are:
- General Knowledge 2021-2026 by Arihant Experts
- Yearly General Knowledge Book by Pearson
MHCET Law 2026 Preparation Tips: Logical and Analytical Reasoning
The section is based on cognitive skills, therefore; candidates need to work on time management, speed and accuracy to score well in this section. For this, they should practice questions based on the following topics regularly:
- Identifying patterns
- The rectification of logical links and illogical arguments
- Analogies
- Arguments completion
- Drawing well-supported conclusions
- Reasoning by analogy
- Applying principles or rules
- Structures
- Relationships among persons, events, and things
Aspirants should develop tricks to solve questions quickly and accurately. Moreover, they can practice the sample papers available online and in books as mentioned below:
- Logical Reasoning for CLAT, SLAT, LSAT India and other law entrance exams by Universal Publications
- A modern approach to Logical Reasoning by RS Aggarwal
- 501 Challenging Logical reasoning by Learning Express
The only approach to ace in this section is by practising regularly and special attention should be given to Data Interpretation based questions.
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MHCET Law 2026 Preparation Tips: English
This subject is the most scoring among all the sections. However, candidates can fail to score well in English if they do not work on reading skills and prepare well. Moreover, key topics mentioned below should be prepared sufficiently:
- Vocabulary (Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies),
- Proficiency (Idioms, Phrases, One-word substitution, Sentence Improvement, Rearrangement, Fill in the blanks),
- English Usage Errors (Common Errors, Spotting Errors, Inappropriate usage of words, spelling mistakes)
- English Comprehension with two passages followed by five to ten questions based on reasoning and testing abilities
For this, candidates should:
- Read on a regular basis and clarify grammatical concepts as well
- Practice at least 5-10 questions every day and two-three mock tests in a week
- Improve vocabulary by learning new words and writing them down in a notepad. Also, write down Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies along with the definition
- Practice google word quiz or vocabulary quiz as it is a fun way to learn new words
Also Read: MH CET Law Sample Papers
Books Recommended for English Section are:
- Quick Learning Objective General English by RS Aggarwal
- Objective General English by A P Bhardwaj
- Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
- 30 days to a Faster Vocabulary by Norman Lewis
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MHCET Law 2026 Preparation Tips: Mathematical Aptitude
This section of MHCET Law carries the least weightage in the question paper. However, candidates would be able to score full marks if they prepare it strategically. The syllabus shared by CET Cell Maharashtra for the Mathematics section of MHCET Law covers the following topics:
- Profit and Loss
- Speed, Distance and Time
- Work
- Algebra
- Average
- Venn Diagram
All the questions would be of elementary level and candidates need to:
- Clarify at least two concepts and solve 10 questions on each topic on a regular basis
- To understand and retain the conceptual knowledge on a regular basis, candidates should make notes while preparing them
- It would be best to develop tricks of solving questions quickly
- If a candidate has not studied Mathematics in the past years then they can refer to the video tutorials available by experts on various platforms
Books to Practice Mathematics at an Elementary Level are:
- Class 10 Mathematics IQ Challenge by Anil Ahlawat
- Quantitative Aptitude by RS Aggarwal
- Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Arihant Publications
- Objective Mathematics and notes by R D Sharma
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a month ago
The Maharashtra CET examination cell conducts the MHCET Law exam for admission to the LLB programs offered at the colleges in Maharashtra. The exam is conducted at the designated centres across the state and nearby cities. Candidates who register for the exam will only be issued the admit cards and
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Answered 2 months ago
The candidates will have to mandatorily carry the hall ticket to the examination hall to avoid rejection in sitting for the exam. The admit card for MHCET Law is important as it mentions the candidates' roll number, the venue of the exam, direction to the exam hall, reporting time and the exam date.
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In case candidates do not carry the hall ticket document to the exam hall, they will denied the entry to the appear for the exam. Candidates in such a case are advised to keep a softcopy of the hall ticket number with them. They can get the print out of the MHCET Law 2025 admit card from a nearby se
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The Maharashtra CET Law admit card will be issued a few days before the exam to the registered candidates. The admit card will be provide the-
- Exam day schedule
- Exam centre details
- Important guidelines
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MHCET Law Notifications
The State Common Entrance Cell, Maharashtra has released the revised exam pattern of the MH CET Law 2025 for the five-year and 3-year LLB programmes. The exam authority changed the total number of questions to be asked to 120 from 150.
Three year LLB programme entrance exam has Legal Aptitude and Legal Reasoning, General Knowledge with Current Affairs, Logical and Analytical Reasoning, English. Same subjects for the five-year LLB course as well but with Mathematical Aptitude as well.