The state CET (Common Entrance Test) cell of Maharashtra has released the latest notification for MH CET Law 2017. MH CET law is the state level entrance test for those students who are looking for admissions in L.L.B (Three Year) and L.L.B (Integrated-Five Year) programmes offered by the colleges across Maharashtra.
The state CET cell of Maharashtra is for the first time conducting the common entrance test for admission to 3 year LLB and 5 year integrated LLB courses. There are 12 law universities/ colleges of Maharashtra which will participate in MH CET Law 2017. Candidates will be tested on various topics such as Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning, General Knowledge and Current Affairs, Logical and Analytical Reasoning and English.
Here we are providing MH CET Law 2017 Important dates, Application Form, Eligibility Criteria, Exam Pattern, Syllabus and other details.
MH CET Law 2017 Important Dates
Events | Scheduled Dates |
Online application form starts | 31st March 2017 |
Last date to submit the application form | 26th April 2017 |
Issue of Admit Card | 9th May 2017 |
MH CET 5 Years Law Test | 20th May 2017 |
MH CET 3 Years Law Test | 21st May 2017 |
Result announcement | 30th May 2017 |
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MH CET Law 2017 Eligibility Criteria
- For L.L.B (five-year) programme, students must have passed 12th or equivalent exam from any recognized board securing 45% marks for general, 42% marks for OBC and 40% marks for SC/ST candidates.
- For L.L.B (Three year) course, candidates must hold a graduate or post-graduate degree with obtaining minimum 45% marks for general, 42% marks for OBC and 40% marks for SC/ST candidates.
- All the candidates must be Indian national.
MH CET Law 2017 Application Form
The application form for MH CET Law 2017 is available only in online mode and the candidates access the same from the below.
For 3 Year LLB Programme – Click Here
For 5 Year Integrated LLB Programme – Click Here
To apply for MH CET Law 2017, the candidates are required to register first. Once the candidates successfully registered, they will be able to access the application form of MH CET Law 2017. The law aspirants preparing for MH CET Law 2017, must fill in and submit the application form of MH CET LLB (3 years and 5 years) 2017 before the last date. Also, the candidates must make sure that they fill in the details without any error. In the case of any error in the application details may disqualify the candidates.
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Also, while applying for the test, the candidates are required to upload their scanned images of passport size photograph and signature.
Application Exam Fees Details
The application fee for general category candidates of Maharashtra state, candidates from outside Maharashtra and J&K migrant candidates is Rs. 800/- and Rs. 400/- for reserved categories. The fee payment can be done through debit/ credit card and net banking.
MH CET Law 2017 Test Pattern and Syllabus
The MH CET Law Test pattern for both the LLB 3 years and 5 years are quite similar, however along with the common subjects, Basic Mathematics is added in 5 year integrated LLB Syllabus. For The question paper will contain 150 Objective type questions and each question will carry only one mark. There are no negative marks for wrong answers. The candidates will be provided 2 hours i.e. 120 minutes to complete the test.
1. Legal Aptitude and Legal Reasoning
This subject will test candidate’s interest towards the study of Law, Legal aptitude and problem solving ability. Questions will be framed with the help of legal prepositions and a set of facts to which the said prepositions have to be applied. Some prepositions may not be true in the real sense. Candidates will have to assume truth of these prepositions and answer the questions drawing well supported conclusions. There would be around 30-40 questions.
2. General Knowledge with Current Affairs
The topics such as History, Geography, General Science, Economics, Civics and the Current Affairs of the past One Year. The subject is to assess the knowledge of the recent happening and awareness of the world.
3. Logical and Analytical Reasoning
The subject is to test the candidate’s ability to identify patterns , logical links and rectify illogical arguments. It will include a wide analogies, completing arguments, drawing well supported conclusions, reasoning by analogy, applying principles or rules. Further the subject is to measure the ability to understand the structure, relationship and to draw logical conclusions about the structures. It includes reasoning deductively from the set of statements and rules or principles that describes the relationship among persons, things or events.
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4. English
This section will consist the questions on the areas like Vocabular (Synonyms, Antonyms, analogies etc.) Proficiency (Idioms and Phrases, One word Substitution, Sentence Improvement and rearrangement, fill in the blanks etc.) English Usage Errors (Common errors, Spotting errors, inappropriate usage of words, spelling mistakes etc.) English Comprehension with minimum two passages followed by Five to Ten questions that test reading and reasoning abilities.
5. Mathematical Aptitude
This section is to test the candidate’s liking for Mathematics which would broadly include the numerical ability. The Mathematical questions will be of 10th Std. level including various topics like Profit and Loss, Speed and Distance, Time and Work, Algebra, Average, Venn Diagram etc. There will be around 10 questions of 1 mark each for 5 year LLB entrance exam.
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