The Bar Council of India (BCI) has released the exam pattern for AIBE XX (20) 2025. The exam is a certification test for issuing the Certificate of Practice (COP), which is mandatory for practicing law in India. Candidates must review the AIBE 2025 exam pattern before starting their preparation.
Key Highlights of AIBE XX 2025 Exam Pattern
The AIBE 20 exam tests essential analytical and legal skills required for practicing law. The exam is conducted in offline, pen-and-paper mode and covers 19 law subjects. Candidates are not allowed to carry books or notes, except for Bare Acts without short notes.
Feature | Details |
Purpose | Minimum benchmark for practice of law |
Exam Type | Certification exam |
Difficulty Level | Moderate |
Exam Mode | Offline, pen-and-paper |
Duration | 3 hours (extra 20 minutes for candidates with >50% disability) |
Total Questions | 100 MCQs |
Marking Scheme | 1 mark per question; no negative marking |
Language Options | English, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Santhali, Maithili, Dogri |
AIBE XX 2025 Subject-Wise Question Distribution
The exam consists of 100 objective-type questions from 19 subjects. Some subjects carry higher weightage; for example, Constitutional Law has 10 questions, whereas Intellectual Property Law has 2 questions. Candidates should focus preparation according to topic weightage.
Subject | No. of Questions |
Constitutional Law | 10 |
Indian Penal Code | 8 |
Criminal Procedure Code | 10 |
Code of Civil Procedure | 10 |
Evidence Act | 8 |
Alternate Dispute Redressal (including Arbitration Act) | 4 |
Family Law | 8 |
Public Interest Litigation | 4 |
Administrative Law | 3 |
Professional Ethics & BCI Misconduct Cases | 4 |
Company Law | 2 |
Environmental Law | 2 |
Cyber Law | 2 |
Labour & Industrial Laws | 4 |
Law of Tort, Motor Vehicles Act, Consumer Protection | 5 |
Law of Contract, Specific Relief, Property Laws, Negotiable Instruments | 8 |
Law-Related Taxation | 4 |
Land Acquisition Act | 2 |
Intellectual Property Law | 2 |
Candidates must carefully plan their preparation by allocating time based on subject weightage and focus on topics carrying more questions.
Exam Rules and Guidelines
- Open-book exam discontinued from AIBE 16 onwards; only Bare Acts allowed.
- Candidates cannot bring books, notebooks, or other textual material.
- The COP will be issued only to qualified candidates.
