SLAT Exam Pattern 2026: Type of Questions, Exam Timings, Sectional Weightage & Exam Duration

Symbiosis Law Admission Test 2026 ( SLAT )

DeskCalelnderExam On - 28 Dec '25

Anupama Mehra
Updated on Dec 16, 2025 16:46 IST

By Anupama Mehra, Assistant Manager – Content

The Symbiosis University will conduct the Symbiosis Law Admission Test in two phases. In the first phase, the SLAT 2026 will be conducted on December 20 and in the second phase, it will be conducted on December 28. The SLIU released the SLAT 2026 applications on its official platform and notified the exam pattern for the Computer-Based Test(CBT). The SLAT admit card was released on its portal - slat-test.org.

The SLAT 2026 exam pattern provides the structure of the paper, time duration and other details about the exam. The exam will be held in computer-based mode. The detailed exam pattern is mentioned here.  The SLAT exam will be conducted for the admissions to BA LLB (Hons.) and BBA LLB (Hons.) offered by SLS Pune and BA LLB and BBA LLB courses offered by SLS Nagpur, SLS Noida and SLS Hyderabad.

Table of contents
  • SLAT Exam Pattern Highlights 2026
  • SLAT Exam Pattern 2026 - Sectional Weightage
  • SLAT 2026 Difficulty Level
  • SLAT Exam Syllabus 2026
  • SLAT 2026 Exam Components
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SLAT Exam Pattern Highlights 2026

The Symbiosis University will conduct the SLAT as a CBT at the designated exam centres. The admit card was released on its official portal. The key features of the SLAT exam are as under:

Exam Features

Details

Exam mode

Computer-based test mode / Online proctored 

Exam level

National level exam

Test duration

60 minutes

Test medium

English

Subjects

  • Logical Reasoning
  • Legal Reasoning
  • Analytical Reasoning
  • Reading Comprehension
  • General Knowledge

Marking Scheme

1 mark is awarded for each correct answer

No negative marking

Type of questions

Multiple choices questions

Total questions

60 questions

Total marks

60 marks

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   Is there any Negative Marking in SLAT 2026?
A: 

The candidates should note that there is no negative marking in the SLAT exam. The SLIU do not mention about it in its official information bulletin. The Symbiosis Law Admission Test will be conducted on December 20 and 28.

Q:   What is the difference between Logical Reasoning and Analytical Reasoning sections of SLAT?
A: 

In SLAT Logical reasoning identify patterns and logical connections. Whereas, Analytical reasoning section is meant to check ability to know the situations and solve problems.

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SLAT Exam Pattern 2026 - Sectional Weightage

The question paper of SLAT 2026 will be carrying five sections with weightage as under,

Sections Questions per section Marks per section
Logical Reasoning 12 questions  12 marks
Legal Reasoning 12 questions  12 marks
Analytical Reasoning 12 questions  12 marks
Reading Comprehension 12 questions  12 marks
General Knowledge 12 questions  12 marks
Total 60 questions 60 marks

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To confirm the same, check the exam pattern weightage as mentioned on the official website,

 

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   Are questions asked from Mathematics in the SLAT exam?
A: 

Yes, questions from mathematics are asked in the SLAT exam. The difficulty level of the mathematics topic is up to Class 10. The number of questions asked are 12.

Q:   Is there any sectional time limit for the SLAT 2026?
A: 

The Symbiosis Law Admission Test will be conducted online. There is no sectional time limit in SLAT 2026. The exam will be conducted on December 20 and 28. The admit card was released on December 11 for the first phase.

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SLAT 2026 Difficulty Level

The SLAT mock test can help to prepare for the exam day. The SLAT exam is expected to have the following difficulty level as per the previous year trends:

Section

Difficulty Level of Test 1

Difficulty Level of Test 2

Logical Reasoning

Easy

Easy to moderate

Legal

Easy

Easy to moderate

Analytical

Moderate

Easy to moderate

Reading Comprehension

Easy

Moderate

General Knowledge

Moderate to difficult

Moderate

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   What is the expected Dificulty Level of SLAT 2026?
A: 

The Symbiosis Law Admission Test will be conducted as a Computer-Based Test (CBT). The SLAT 2026 will held on December 20 and 28. As per the previous year trends, the candidates can expected moderate difficulty level of the exam.

Q:   Which section is considered Difficult in the SLAT exam?
A: 

The Symbiosis International University mention the names of Broad topics in the SLAT syllabus. The candidates consider the General Knowledge section as the most difficult. The SLAT exam 2026 will be conducted on December 20 and 28.

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SLAT Exam Syllabus 2026

The candidates should prepare all the topics mentioned in the SLAT syllabus. The marks secured in the written exam has the highest weightage in the selection process. The Symbiosis Law Admission Test. The candidates can see below the broad topics of the syllabus:

  • Logical Reasoning
  • Legal Reasoning
  • Analytical Reasoning
  • Reading Comprehension
  • General Knowledge

The SLIU also mentioned the weightage of each section.

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   Does the SLAT syllabus change every year?
A: 

For the past 2-3 years, the syllabus of SLAT has been the same. However, there is a guarantee that the SET exam authority will not make any changes to the SLAT syllabus in the future. All the important updates related to the SLAT exam are published on the official website of the Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET), set-test.org. Thus, if the exam authority changes the SLAT syllabus, candidates will be able to know about those changes by visiting the SET website. All the details related to SLAT in a particular year are published on this website at least 5-6 months prior to the commencement of the exam. Thus, if the exam authority makes some changes to the SLAT syllabus, this much time will be sufficient for SLAT aspirants to prepare for the exam according to the updated syllabus.

 

Q:   Which topics are asked in the SLAT exam?
A: 

Since the SLAT places a lot of emphasis on analytical skills, the questions tend to be drawn from subjects that call for in-depth study and practise. Candidates must employ their capacity for minute observation and quick calculation in each of the three areas of the SLAT question paper. The SLAT's primary topics, broken down into sections, are listed below.

  • Reading Comprehension - Questions based on passages, Para meaning, Reasoning: Blood Relation,
  • Seating Arrangement, Syllogism, Coding-Decoding, Sets and Caselets, Family Tree, Assumptions
  • Mathematics - Algebra Number System Modern Math, Arithmetic, Mensuration

The difficulty level of SLAT questions is usually moderate to high. Only a few questions are easy and quick to solve. To crack the SLAT exam, one needs to pay attention to the mentioned topics.

 

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SLAT 2026 Exam Components

While discussing the exam pattern for SLAT 2026, candidates also need to know the components of the SLAT 2026 based on which they will be admitted to a Symbiosis Law School. SLAT components have been described below:

SLAT 

  • The computer-based Symbiosis Law Admission Test, or SLAT, is the first component of the SLAT exam. 
  • The full marks for SLAT are 60. But these marks are scaled up to 70. 
  • Thus, the weightage of SLAT is 70. 

SLAT PI 

  • SLAT PI stands for SLAT Personal Interview, which is an interview that assesses candidates' aptitude and personality to pursue law education. 
  • The weightage of SLAT PI is 30. 

The combined scores of SLAT, Sand SLAT PI (70+30 = 100) are used for the SLAT selection process for admission to a 5-year LLB course. 

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Answered 19 hours ago

The candidates shared that the paper was based on the exam pattern. It was easy to solve. There were no surprises in the SLAT 2026 exam. 

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Nishtha Shukla

Beginner-Level 5

Answered 19 hours ago

The SLAT 2026 exam (Test 1) was conducted across the nation on December 20. The candidates who appeared in the exam shared that the paper was easy to moderate.

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Vipra Sharma

Beginner-Level 5

Answered 20 hours ago

The SLAT 2026 exam analysis is available here. The paper was easy with some difficult questions.  The Symbiosis International University will conduct the Slot 2 on December 28.

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Rachit Kumar Saxena

Contributor-Level 9

Answered 21 hours ago

The SLAT exam analysis gives an insight about the exam. It shows the difficulty level of the paper, frequent topics asked in the test and the likes.

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Manori Malhotra

Beginner-Level 5

Answered 2 days ago

The Symbiosis International University (SIU) will conduct the SLAT exam on December 20 and 28. The University will conduct the Personal Interview at the designated exam centres.

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Saakshi Kumar

Beginner-Level 5

Answered 2 days ago

Yes, the SLAT Admit card 2026 for the SLOT 2 has been released. The candidates can download their admit card to know their exam centre and report accrodingly. The SLAT Slot 1 will be conducted on December 20.

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Rashmi

Beginner-Level 5

Answered 4 days ago

The Symbiosis International University mention the names of Broad topics in the SLAT syllabus. The candidates consider the General Knowledge section as the most difficult. The SLAT exam 2026 will be conducted on December 20 and 28.

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Akanksha

Beginner-Level 5

Answered 4 days ago

The Symbiosis Law Admission Test will be conducted as a Computer-Based Test (CBT). The SLAT 2026 will held on December 20 and 28. As per the previous year trends, the candidates can expected moderate difficulty level of the exam.

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Raj Shukla

Beginner-Level 5

Answered 4 days ago

The Symbiosis Law Admission Test will be conducted online. There is no sectional time limit in SLAT 2026. The exam will be conducted on December 20 and 28. The admit card was released on December 11 for the first phase.

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Nishtha Shukla

Beginner-Level 5

Answered 4 days ago

The candidates should note that there is no negative marking in the SLAT exam. The SLIU do not mention about it in its official information bulletin. The Symbiosis Law Admission Test will be conducted on December 20 and 28.

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Mamona Gupta

Beginner-Level 5

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