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Read here the complete details about BHU Undergraduate law entrance test 2018.

BHU Undergraduate law entrance test 2018


      Banaras Hindu University is the pioneer
of three year law courses in India and also the first educational institute
that brought about legal aid programs for the poor. The university gives back
to the society by its courses such as law and environment, and courses about
law and the country. That’s not all and there are courses such as law and
poverty, population and law and animals and law. These courses were unheard of
before the law school of Banaras Hindu University introduced these courses.
The
students of Banaras Hindu University indulge in research work in various fields
of law. The law school has its own journal to which foreign scholars also
contribute. There are moot court events to help students polish their legal
skills and presentation and research skills.
This
law school started the clinical legal services in association with six other
universities.  
Now
that you know why you should join the law school of Banaras Hindu University let
us look at all BHU law entrance exam related details
Aboutexam
Banaras Hindu University conducts
an entrance exam called UET or undergraduate entrance test for admission into
its three year and five year law programme.
The exam notification talks in
detail about the university, the courses offered, minimum eligibility and
duration of the courses. It also talks about number of seats, reservation, age
limit, application forms and fee, important dates and test centres. This
notification also talks about the details related to the admit card, documents
required to be submitted, and counseling procedure.
The first step is that the
candidates have to register on the official portal of BHU. Once an applicant
selects their course there will appear an application form which has to be
filled only in the online format. The application fee will also be paid online.
The fee can be paid using a debit or credit card, or in cash using a bank
challan payable only at any HDFC branch. The fee for all categories except SC
and ST is Rs 500 and for SC and ST it is Rs 250.
Eligibility
criteria for LLB Hons (three year course) and BA.LLB ( five year course)
First let us look at the
eligibility criteria for admission to the five year BA.LLB course. Any student
who has completed 10+2 or equivalent education from a recognized board, Indian
or foreign university with a minimum score of 50% marks ( or 45% in case of OBC
and 40% in case of SC and ST) can apply. Those who are going to sit for the
10+2 or equivalent exam can also apply and in the latter case the students have
to submit their qualifying exam mark sheet at the time of counseling.
Conditional admission to BHU will
also be granted in case the mark sheet is not submitted at the time of
counseling. But these students who have thus got conditional admission will
need to still submit the said mark sheet at the stipulated time and date or
their admission will be cancelled. Also, those students who have not obtained
minimum qualifications after passing out from open universities are not
eligible.
Now let us look at the eligibility
criteria for three year LLB Hons. program.
To be eligible to get admission
into the three year LLB program one has to have completed his/her B.A. or B.Sc
or B.Com degree or he/she has to have completed 10+2+3 years of education from
a recognized university. Also, the candidate should have completed this
education with a minimum score of 50%.
The exam will be held offline or
in the pen paper mode.
The exam paper for three year LLB
will consist of 150 objective questions of the multiple answer type and the
total exam will be for 450 marks. The duration is 2 hours. The sections covered
are General awareness and Current affairs,  Common legal knowledge , Aptitude and mental
ability, and English comprehension. All five sections are for a maximum of 90
marks each. For every correct answer there are +3 marks and for every wrong
answer .33 mark will be deducted.
Now let us look at the exam
pattern of the entrance for the five year law program. The max marks are 450
and total exam duration is 2 hours. The exam is completely objective type and
there are 3 marks for each correct answer and negative .33 mark for every wrong
answer. The sections included are General awareness and current affairs, legal
aptitude and mental ability.
Syllabus
Following is the syllabus for
different sections that are covered under the entrance exam.
General awareness and current
affairs
Indian history events since
independence, Indian politics, and science news and scientific advances
Legal knowledge
Constitution, Fundamental rights,
and IPR. You could also get questions from Indian penal code, family law, labor
law and contracts.
Mental ability
Logical reasoning, series based
questions, critical reasoning, and analogy. You could also get questions from
modern maths, arithmetic, mensuration and commercial maths.
English comprehension
Vocabulary, grammar, synonyms and
antonyms, spellings, idioms and words usage
Past
year papers
Past year papers can be found on
the following link and they will give you a fair idea of what you can expect in
the exam paper. These sample papers are past year papers of BHU UET.
https://law.careers360.com/articles/bhu-llb-2016-sample-papers
Admit
card
The university will release admit
cards prior to the exam and the same can be downloaded from the official
website of the university. You can search for your admit card on the website by
using your registration ID or the email id using which the account was created.
Simply search and then click on the download button and then take a print out
of the admit card. You must keep a copy of the admit card with you till the
entire admission procedure is completed and up until the counseling takes
place.
Important point to note is that
you will be notified that the admit cards are released via SMS and email so do
remember to create a registration account with a valid phone number and email
id. If there are only three days left for the exam and you have not been able
to download your admit card then you must contact the controller of examinations
via phone or email. One must also contact the controller of examination in case
of any error in the admit card.
Students need to carry the admit
card with them on the day of the exam or they will not be allowed to sit for
the exam. Along with the admit card one also needs to carry a valid ID proof on
the day of the exam.
Following table illustrates
important dates that you should mark for the 2018 BHU UET exam.
S.NO.
Event
Date
1
Date to start filling
application forms
January 2018 last week
2
End date by which you should
submit application forms
February 2018 last week
3
Date when admit cards will first
be released
Seven days prior to the exam
4
Exam date
May 2018 third week
5
Official answer key release date
May 2018 last week
6
Results date
June 2018 first week
7
Counseling begins
July 2018 third week
Results
The results will be announced
online. The results will show the scores obtained by the applicants and then a
merit list will be prepared according to the scores.
Counseling
Counseling will be held in the
month of July 2018. You need to carry with you the following documents when you
are going to attend the counseling session.
·        
Graduation
mark sheet
·        
Transfer
certificate
·        
Admit
card of the entrance test
·        
Mark
sheets of 10th and 12th
·        
Passing
certificate of 10th and 12th or equivalent
·        
Certificate
of category if applicable
·        
Migration
certificate
Admission will be granted on the
basis of document verification only.
Seats
and reservation
There are 230 seats for three year
LLB course and 60 seats for BA.LLB five year program. There are 15% of seats
reserved for SC candidates and 7.5 % seats reserved for scheduled tribe. 27%
seats are reserved for OBC category not counting creamy layer students. Also,
3% seats are reserved for physically challenged candidates.
Age
limit
Anyone who applies for this exam
should not be more than 20 years of age as on July 1, 2018 for general category
students. This age limit is 22 years for SC, ST and OBC candidates.
Test
centres
Following is a list of test
centres where the exam will be conducted in the pen paper mode or offline mode.
1.   
Allahabad
2.   
Bhopal
3.   
Bhubaneswar
4.   
Chennai
5.   
Delhi
6.   
Dimapur
7.   
Gorakhpur
8.   
Guwahati
9.   
Hyderabad
10. Jaipur
11. Kolkata
12. Kochi
13. Lucknow
14. Mirzapur
15. Vadodara
16. Varanasi

This is all
information you need to know before you appear for the BHU UET exam. Hope you
got all answers you were looking for. Good luck!