(Exam Syllabus) Himachal Pradesh National Law University National Law Entrance Test (HPNLET)

For B.A./B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.)

• General Awareness: 50
• Legal Awareness & Reasonning: 40
• Quantitative Aptitude: 30
• English Comprehensive: 30

Total no. of Marks – 150 marks

For LLM

120 MCQ from the areas below

• Constitutional Law
• Law of Contract
• Law of Torts
• Family Law
• Criminal Law
• Public International Law
• Jurisprudence
• Corporate Law and
• 30 Marks essay on Contemporary Legal Problems, total 150 Marks

For Ph. D

Paper I: 50 MCQs of Legal Research Methodology of 100 Marks
Paper II 50 Marks essay on a Topic related to Law and Social Transformation.

Total – 150 Marks

Formation/Moderation of Paper

1. Question papers for Mid Semester Test, and Semester-end Examination shall be prepared by concerned subject teacher. If more than one teacher is involved in teaching of a course, the setting of question paper and evaluation shall be done jointly by all the teachers who taught the course. However, if the concerned subject teacher is unable to prepare the question paper due to any reason, including conflict of interest, in such case Controller of Examination will nominate another subject teacher in consultation with Dean/Head of Department.
2. Questions in the question paper shall necessarily be spread in such a way as to cover entire area/syllabus. The question papers in all courses, especially those of law, should comprise of at least 70% problem-based questions and be designed to evaluate the analytical skills of the students. The question papers of humanities and social science courses shall be based on critical evaluation of the concepts and their relationship to diverse fields of law.
3. Question paper for Mid Semester Test shall carry Two Sections. Section ‘A’ shall be Objective Type, and shall have 4 Multiple-Choice questions, carrying 1 mark each. In Language paper, Section ‘A’ may carry other forms of objective types questions such as ‘fill in the blanks’, ‘true-false’ etc. Section ‘B’ of the paper shall Descriptive in nature, and have at least 02 questions with their respective additional options, as parts (a)-(b) carrying 8 marks each, and shall be long answer type/application based questions. Descriptive questions may be conveniently divided into parts and sub part depending on nature of the question.
4. Question paper for Semester-end Examination shall carry Two Sections. Section 'A' shall be Objective Type, and shall have 05 Multiple-Choice questions, carrying 2 marks each. In Language paper, Section 'A' may carry other forms of objective types questions such as 'fill in the blanks', 'true-false' etc. Section 'B' of the paper shall have at least 04 questions with their respective additional options, carrying 10 marks each, and shall be long answer type/application based questions. Descriptive questions may be conveniently divided into parts and sub-parts depending on nature of the question.
5. For the Semester-end Examination, 02 sets of question paper shall be prepared by a paper setter and shall be submitted to Controller of Examination as per the schedule notified in this regard. Additional01 set of paper for repeat-examination may also be prepared along with the two sets already prepared.
6. At Post Graduate level, in each semester, at least one set of question paper shall be set externally as well as internally. A panel of name of external examiners shall be prepared by “Board of Studies”, and the Controller of Examination or any other teacher shall pick any name, with rotation policy, from the panel so prepared.
7. There shall be a Departmental Moderation Committee, which shall have the responsibility of ensuring that Rules and guidelines contained in Rule 5 & 6 are strictly complied with in each question papers.

Medium and Duration of Examination

1. Medium of examination shall be English only. Differently abled student shall be given the option of choosing the mode of taking the examinations i.e. Braille, through scribe etc.
2. Mid Semester Examination shall be of 90 Minutes with 30 Minutes additional compensatory time to differently-abled student who has difficulty in writing. 
3. Further a student who during examination is unable to write due to injury caused by accident or otherwise, may ask for a writer- who in all cases should be a candidate having qualification less than the candidate.
4. Semester-end Examination shall be of 3 hours, with 60 Minutes additional compensatory time to differently-abled student who have difficulty in writing. 
5. Further a student who during examination is unable to write due to injury caused by accident or otherwise, may ask for a writer- who in all cases should be a candidate having qualification less than the candidate.

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