FACULTY OF LAW ENTRANCE EXAMS SYLLABUS

Total marks 400

Number of questions 100

Number of sections Four

Current Affairs (Static GK +Current affairs)

 Events
 Awards
 History, Political Science, Economics and Environment
 Landmark Supreme Court cases of previous and current years.

Constitution basics

 Articles 12 -35(vvi)
 Article 14, 19, 21 - Golden triangle law.
 DPSPS- article 35 – 51(A)
 Doctrine of Eclipse- Article 13.
Static consti- like –
 i) Which article gives the power to president to assent the bill?
 ii) Which article gives the power to amend the existing law?
 iii) Supreme Court, High Court derives its power from which articles?
 Chief justices of India, governor, president, prime minister etc.

Landmark cases

 Keshvananda bharti vs. UOI cases

 K. puttuswamy case ( privacy aadhar case)
 Maneka Gandhi vs. UOI,
 ICJ golaknath case,
 Cases must be understood in FIRAC method – Facts, Issues, Rules, Analysis, Conclusion
(basic knowledge of the case and not the in- depth knowledge)
 Must know the ratio of judgment and ratio decidendi
 Must know the name of Justice pronouncing any dissenting opinion in the
landmark cases.
Legal Awareness and Aptitude 25 marks

 Legal propositions
 Legal Maxims
 Bare Acts of the Indian Constitution.

Logical and Analytical Reasoning (25 marks)

 Number Systems
 Percentage & Average
 Time Speed and Distance
 Profit Loss
 Areas Mensuration
 Venn Diagrams
 People Work and Time
 Probability
 Sets, Missing Numbers & Series
 Blood Relations
 Statistics Graphs

Law of Contract

 Basics of Contract law

 Essentials of contracts
 Types of contract, contractual obligations
 Remedies available in cases of infringement of contractual obligation
 Legal Maxims are VVI
 Sections and the concept -Principal agent relationship, employer- employee relations.

Law of Torts

 Legal maxims are VVI

 Justification of torts- exceptions such as volenti non fit injuria, private defence, necessity
 Remedies -Liquidated damages, unliquidated damages
 Negligence , Nuisance etc.
 Assault and Battery
Maths

Class 10th level maths (v.easy )

IPC

 Basic provisions. ( subject to verification from syllabus)

English (25 marks)

 Grammar and comprehension

 Proverbs
 Synonyms and Antonyms 
 Substitute with one word
 Correction of sentences and words
 Spelling check

Notes
 Past 5 years question papers must be solved. Questions are repeated vv.often.
 In First week of preparations-
I) Skim the question papers
II) Observe the patterns and nature of questions
III) Determine the no. of questions asked from a particular subject.
 Study any law paper with the analytic approach and landmark cases in the FIRAC
method.
 Make sure to be acquainted with syllabus all the time.
 Coaching Institute materials will be more than enough.

…………(All the best)