The Bar Council of India (BCI) has published sample questions for the upcoming 9 December All India Bar Exam (AIBE), while having changed the number of questions per topic.
The sample question paper is now available on the official bar exam website, via a link at the top of the page. [click here to download PDF]
Apart from the purely legal-knowledge-based questions of the three first AIBEs, the model paper now published by the BCI also includes questions that require general and historical knowledge relating to the law and the constitution.
The BCI did not publish information on whether the pass marks for the exam had changed or any other details.
Some excerpts from the sample paper (BCI’s suggested answers in bold):
The structure of Indian Constitution is? Federal in form and unitary in spirit. A) Federal in form and unitary in spirit. B) Unitary. C) Unitary in form and federal in spirit. D) Purely federal.
In whose time period, the Panchayats were given the Constitutional status? A) Rajiv Ghandhi. B) Chandrashekhar. C) V.P. Singh. D) P.V. Narsimha Rao.
Arbitration is akin to: A) Panchayat B) Lok Adalats C) A form of conciliation D) Both (a) and (b)
Who described the Part III of the Indian Constitution as “most criticized part of the Constitution”? A) Jawahar Lal Nehru. B) B.R. Ambedkar. C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. D) B.N. Rau.
For appointment of a Special Public Prosecutor, how many years of experience is required as a practicing Advocate? A) 7 years. B) 10 years.
C) 15 years. D) 5 years.The Supreme Court has held in a case that Mrs. Sonia Gandhi,the President of Congress(I) is not an Italian citizen, but is an Indian citizen under: A) Article 10. B) Article11. C) The citizenship Act, 1955 D) None of the above.
New syllabus & subject weightings
| Category / Subject | # of questions |
|---|---|
| Constitutional Law | 10 |
| C. P. C. | 10 |
| Cr. P. C. | 10 |
| Evidence | 8 |
| Law of Contract, Specific Relief, Prop. Laws, Spl. Contract N. I. Act | 20 |
| I. P. C. | 6 |
| Jurisprudence | 3 |
| Professional Ethics & Cases of Professional misconduct under B.C.I. rules | 4 |
| ADR + Arbitration Act | 4 |
| Limitation Act | 2 |
| Company Law | 4 |
| Family Law | 4 |
| Labour + Industrial Laws | 6 |
| Administrative Law | 3 |
| Law of Tort, including Motor Vehicle Accidents, and Consumer Protection Law | 6 |
Full disclosure & sponsored link: BarHacker.in is an bar exam preparation service with a 100% pass rate, that is jointly owned by iPleaders and Legally India.
Comments
BCI I have a MCQ for you:
Question: What does the AIBE seek to test?
A) Patience
B) Wealth
C) Frustration
D) All of the above
I am sure anyone who has gone through the sample paper will choose D!!
Lok adalat is akin to conciliatory proceedings. Go study
Good show, BCI, and kudos to test techies at the venerable ITES Horizon.
This is what happens when you give entrust a government body with something. The questions reflect our educational system which has always emphasised on roting rather than analysing stuff. This will make sure that students fromm symbi and amity who have always believed in mugging rather than understanding do better than the national law school students!
This will only take the standards of the legal system down
I was asked to study the prep material of AIBE 2012(Bharat's book on sure success of AIBE and JCJ)book, and surprisingly the book does not contain most of these sample questions that have been put up. Also, I had called AIBE a few days back, they told me that they'll let me knw by Nov end as to which book I need to refer to and also told me that once they had uploaded the sample questions(which they have), I would get a sense of the paper pattern... I don't understand as to why cant they simply tell us to refer to this book and tell us that this is what the paper pattern shall be? Why wait for such a long time?
You miss the point. Changing the syllabus and test pattern nine days before the exam is patently unfair. In addition, someone will likely launch a PiL and obtain a stay order on the exam. This late disclosure is simply shocking and indefensible.
I would have to wait another six months to do it.
BCI made it clear in the beginning that this was not to be a rote-learning based exam. So in a way it is similar to CLAT. Maybe you low-rankers think that the day on which CrPC came into force is irrelevant, but try going and saying that to a senior counsel and watch how they kick your butt. I think this is a welcome change from those IAS / IIT type exams or even the NYC bar exam (which I failed simply becos I didnt mug up volumes of useless info). All those whining on this page are total losers. Hint: Tell us your CLAT rank before posting comments
Let's just get on with this charade. LI - Consider daily posts on the BCI's daily AIBE prep activities until the exam. Consider setting up a Live Blog post that can be updated through the day on the 9th. There will be riots, unjust exclusions, cheating, etc....
The NY Bar exam is objective, rigorous and covers an established syllabus in a format that is disclosed well in advance and changed only on adequate notice. Devottam is correct that preparation for it resembles mugging. U.S. legal education involves almost no mugging at all, since it employs the Socratic method of philosophical exploration; the bar exam consequently is designed to test whether you can study up the bits and pieces of the law in a focused manner for a few months, then move on and start your professional life. No one in the U.S. would spend three to five years mugging their way through law school. Think about how that contrasts with our experiences here.
Devottam will next want to see our CBSE mark sheet before he allows us to post.
The NY Bar exam is objective, rigorous and covers an established syllabus in a format that is disclosed well in advance and changed only on adequate notice. Devottam is correct that preparation for it resembles mugging. U.S. legal education involves almost no mugging at all, since it employs the Socratic method of philosophical exploration; the bar exam consequently is designed to test whether you can study up the bits and pieces of the law in a focused manner for a few months, then move on and start your professional life. No one in the U.S. would spend three to five years mugging their way through law school. Think about how that contrasts with our experiences here.
Devottam will next want to see our CBSE mark sheet before he allows us to post.[/quote]
dude, gimme some of the stuff youre smoking in the "Socratic method of philosophical exploration". Lolz
But you can pick up a nice Limca GK Quiz Book for the AIBE and read about Socrates. I am sure it will increase your knowledge.
But you can pick up a nice Limca GK Quiz Book for the AIBE and read about Socrates. I am sure it will increase your knowledge.[/quote]
Dazed and confused should change his name to dazed and buggered. Because buggered in exactly what the study of law has done to him. If his statement is true let him say what his sources are. I know devotttam is from two of the finest law schools in the world. And he doesn't say this bull for the sake of it.
@dazed and confused
You are a freshly graduated guy or gal who has just given his or her AIBE. What the hell do you know about the overseas bar exams??? Have you sat for one?? Are u commenting simply cos its cool to comment about others? Dev has had the guts to admit he didn't pass his NY Bar and also gave the reasons which I agree with, having also done an overseas LLM but having not attempted the bar. Its ridiculous that a clown like you who is not even qualified to practice law in india is trying to disparage others comments on the New York Bar. Next you will be guiding us on the rules of procedure of the German constitutional court??
Every jackass. Just out of college is a real authority these days.