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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Candidates will be attempting MH CET Law 2026 question paper based on English Comprehension, Legal Aptitude and Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, General Knowledge and Current Affairs and Mathematics. In order to prepare well for MHCET Law 2026, candidates should aim for each subject separately. Here are some MH CET Law 2026 preparation tips.

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.

Also Read: Law CET Maharashtra Mock Test 2026: 3-year LLB Mock Test Link

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:

Q:   What is the revised MH CET Law exam Pattern?
A:

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. 

Q:   Which is a scoring section in MH CET Law?
A:

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. 

Q:   When will MHCET Law 2026 Exam Analysis be released?
A:

MHCET Law 2026 Exam Analysis will be released after the exam. MHCET Law exam will be conducted on May 8, 2026. We'll provide the exam analysis based on student reviews and reactions.

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

Also Read: Law MHCET 2026 Legal Aptitude and Reasoning Preparation: Important Topics, Books, Preparation

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.

Also Read: MH Law CET 2026 Logical and Analytical Reasoning Preparation: Important Topics, Books, Tips 

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

Also Read: MH CET Law 2026 English & Mathematics Preparation: Important Topics, Books, Tips

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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No. The candidates will not be allowed to carry their mobile phone to the MH CET LAW exam centre. The authorities will not allow the candidates to bring their electronic devices inside the centres. Some of the electronic devices that are not allowed in the MHCET Law centre. If the candidates are fou

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The MH CET Law 2026 Counselling Process is primarily online, involving online registration, document uploading, choice filling and online seat allotment. It is done by the Maharashtra CET Cell on the official portal. Though some verification might involve physical document checks later, the main pro

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The last date to apply for the MHCET Law 2026 has been released. Candidates will be able to fill the MH CET Law 3-year Application Form from January 8, 2026 to January 23, 2026. No notification for 5-year LLB courses have been released so far. All the details related to the MHCET law application win

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The application fee for the MHCET Law 2026 exam differs by category. Check details below

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INR 1000

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(ST, SC, VJ/DT (NT-A), NT-1 (B), NT-2 (C), NT-3 (D), OBC and SBC)

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The candidates need to submit the given details while filling out the MHCET Law 2026 application form:

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  • Father's name
  • Mother's name
  • Gender
  • Marital status
  • Date of birth
  • Religion
  • Region to which you born
  • Annual family income
  • Mother tongue
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Permanent Address Details
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  • State
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  • Taluka
  • Village
  • PIN Code
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MHCET Law 2026 Exam Analysis will be released after the exam. MHCET Law exam will be conducted on May 8, 2026. We'll provide the exam analysis based on student reviews and reactions.

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No, even though the MHCET LAW examination is conducted by the same body for both courses, the question papers are different. The Maharashtra Common Entrance Test law 3-year LL.B. Question paper and 5-year LL.B. Question paper contain questions in 4 and 5 sections. However, questions in the two quest

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