Aiming to crack AILET 2026? Here’s your ultimate guide to securing a spot at the prestigious NLU Delhi.
With thousands of aspirants vying for a limited number of seats, the competition for AILET is fierce. But with the right strategy, dedication, and guidance, you can overcome the challenges and achieve your dream of studying at NLU Delhi. As AILET 2026 approaches close in December 2025, this blog provides you with a comprehensive roadmap to success.
Fun Fact- While CLAT is taken by around 60,000 plus aspirants every year, AILET is taken by nearly 20-30,000 aspirants only. Does that make AILET easier exam to crack? NO!
Although AILET might seem easier due to fewer aspirants, the seats are also proportionally less, making it a challenging exam. To get into NLU Delhi, you therefore need to get an AIR under 100.
Understanding the exam pattern-
Before diving into the preparation strategy, it is crucial to understand the exam pattern. AILET 2026 will consist of 150 questions, divided into 3 main sections:
- English (50 questions)
- Logical Reasoning (70 questions)
- General Knowledge (30 questions)
The exam will be held for 120 minutes and unlike the LCAT exam, there is no Quantitative Aptitude section. The marking scheme is +1 for every correct answer and -0.25 for every incorrect answer.
Preparation Strategy-
AILET 2026 is all about facts, techniques, speed and accuracy! To crack AILET 2026, you’ll need to approach the exam with the right mindset, strategy and mentorship. Here’s a step-by-step preparation guide to help you get another step closer to your dream NLU.
- Build a strong foundation: Focus on building a strong foundation and strengthening your concepts first. Work on each section and identify the important topics from each area. Regularly revise and reinforce your basics to ensure a strong foundation for advanced concepts.
- Learn short tricks: Practice solving questions while checking your accuracy and speed alongside. Learn short tricks and speed hacks and use the same while solving your mocks.
- SWOT analysis-
- Identify your strengths and focus on increasing speed in such sections as much as possible without jeopardizing accuracy.
- Analyse your weaknesses and work on improving them.
- Utilize opportunities- take advantage of available resources, such as Mega G.K. study materials, live lectures and one-on-one mentorship sessions.
- Mitigate the threats- Identify potential threats, such as low scores or poor time management, and develop strategies to overcome them.
- Set realistic and achievable goals for each study session and also set monthly and weekly targets. Don’t postpone analysis or practicing weaker section, procrastination kills! Take up your weaknesses the day you identify them. Face your fears and work on them consistently.
- Based on your analysis, adjust your strategy to focus on your weaknesses and build on your strengths.
- Take mock tests at AILET timing to stimulate the actual exam experience and train your brain to activation for those particular 120 minutes especially.
- Don’t exhaust yourself by giving rigorous mocks and no analysis at all. Balance analysis after every single mock. Maintaining a positive attitude becomes equally important during your preparation. Believe in yourself and take breaks when required. Prioritize self-care to avoid burnouts.
- Practice with OMR sheets to develop your exam-taking skills.
- Learn to manage your time effectively through mock tests and practices. Develop a strategy to allocate time to each section.
- Avoid overthinking between options, trust yourself and go by your preparation and gut instincts. Incase you end up marking the wrong answer, try comparing your line of reasoning with that given in the answer key and identify where you went wrong.
- Stick to one resource, don’t scatter your resources or you might end up getting stuck with an information overload.
Subject-wise study plan-
ENGLISH SECTION
- Read editorials and analysis- Improve on your comprehension and vocabulary by reading editorials and analysis. Time yourself while reading the passages and question yourself upon the relevant context.
- Practice RC passages to improve reading comprehension skills and speed.
- Tone and Inference-based questions- practice tone and inference-based questions to improve your critical thinking skills.
- Contextual vocabulary- learn minimum of 10 contextual vocabulary words everyday and revise them regularly.
- Elimination technique- learn elimination techniques to improve your speed and accuracy while solving complex RC passage-based questions.
LOGICAL REASONING
- Focus on concepts like Critical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning, and puzzle-based questions
- Understand the important rules of reasoning such as for syllogism, etc. and learn short tricks and elimination techniques to solve questions correctly and quickly.
- Attempt sectional tests and analyze your weak areas thoroughly.
- Develop a strong grasp over legal vocabulary including maxims and their usages.
- Focus on legal principal-fact-based and application-based questions.
- Build your conceptual understanding of basic legal concepts and practice case-based questions to improve your analytical skills.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
- Focus on factual, one-liner GK questions and revise from specially curated one-liner monthly revision compendiums.
- Clear your backlogs regularly and stay up-to-date with the current events.
- Focus on static GK topics that are relevant to the current topics or hold significant historical value.
CONCLUSION
Most aspirants fear that preparing for both CLAT and AILET simultaneously can be extremely unapproachable. However, with a well-planned strategy, dedication and the right resources, you can achieve your dreams. All you need is a focus approach and a smart strategy. Stick to what works best for you. Get your basics right. Understand paper pattern, use reliable resources like the MEGA G.K. study materials and make a roadmap and strategy personalized to your situation and specific to AILET and don’t hesitate to seek guidance when needed.