Mumbai: To bring the marking scheme of the common entrance tests for LLB (three-year) and LLB (five-year) programmes in line with the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) conducted by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs), the state’s CET cell has decided to reduce the number of questions from 150 to 120 this year. The duration of the exam will continue to be two hours, giving students one minute to attempt each question. The decision has been taken based on a directive passed by the state’s higher and technical education department.
Until last year, students were given 120 minutes to attempt 150 questions. While the number of questions has been reduced, the weightage given to each of the four sections will remain the same. The three-year LLB programme is popular among aspirants in the state, with over 70,000 already registering for the CET. The last day for registration was January 28, but the CET cell has extended the deadline until February 13. For the LLB five-year programme, close to 20,000 candidates have registered so far.
The CET for the LLB three-year programme comprises four sections: legal aptitude and legal reasoning (30 questions), general knowledge and current affairs (40), logical and analytical reasoning (30), and English (50), with maximum weightage given to English, followed by general knowledge and current affairs. In the new marking scheme, the weightage will remain the same, but the number of questions has been reduced to 24 for legal aptitude, 32 for general knowledge, 24 for analytical reasoning, and 40 for English. For the five-year programme’s CET, there is a small section on basic mathematics with a weightage of 6.7%, which is the same as last year. The paper will continue to be in multiple-choice question format, and questions will be asked in English and Marathi, as is the current practice.
Unlike CLAT, both the CETs will not have any negative marking.
Mumbai: To bring the marking scheme of the common entrance tests for LLB (three-year) and LLB (five-year) programmes in line with the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) conducted by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs), the state’s CET cell has decided to reduce the number of questions from 150 to 120 this year. The duration of the exam will continue to be two hours, giving students one minute to attempt each question. The decision has been taken based on a directive passed by the state’s higher and technical education department.
Until last year, students were given 120 minutes to attempt 150 questions. While the number of questions has been reduced, the weightage given to each of the four sections will remain the same. The three-year LLB programme is popular among aspirants in the state, with over 70,000 already registering for the CET. The last day for registration was January 28, but the CET cell has extended the deadline until February 13. For the LLB five-year programme, close to 20,000 candidates have registered so far.
The CET for the LLB three-year programme comprises four sections: legal aptitude and legal reasoning (30 questions), general knowledge and current affairs (40), logical and analytical reasoning (30), and English (50), with maximum weightage given to English, followed by general knowledge and current affairs. In the new marking scheme, the weightage will remain the same, but the number of questions has been reduced to 24 for legal aptitude, 32 for general knowledge, 24 for analytical reasoning, and 40 for English. For the five-year programme’s CET, there is a small section on basic mathematics with a weightage of 6.7%, which is the same as last year. The paper will continue to be in multiple-choice question format, and questions will be asked in English and Marathi, as is the current practice.
A CET cell official said that the proposal was under consideration for some time to have the marking pattern the same as CLAT. However, both the CETs will not have any negative marking, unlike the pattern followed by the Consortium of NLUs. A directive signed by the Director of Higher Education was recently passed, asking the CET cell to make necessary changes from the coming academic session, 2025-26. The state govt has also approved the proposed scheme of marking.