ALL INDIA BAR EXAM (AIBE)

All India Bar Examination is an examination conducted by Bar Council of India for law graduates willing to start practice of Lawyer. The candidate will be awarded certificate of practice after clearing the examination and is eligible to practice in any court in India. The exam is conducted in 53 cities of India in national and regional languages.

Eligibility Criteria:

Members should hold a law degree (3-Year/5-Year) from a recognised institute of law approved by the Bar Council of India.
The BCI mentions no minimum marks are required for appearing in the AIBE exam. However, a candidate must secure a minimum percentage or grades in the degree of law as prescribed by university.
The candidates should have been registered with their respective State Bar Councils.
No upper age limit for appearing in the exam.
Candidates awaiting results of final year can apply for AIBE exam, given that they must qualify the degree examination before AIBE results are announced. In addition, they must also get enrolled as an advocate with the state bar council.

Exam Pattern:

The All India Bar Examination (AIBE) conducted by Bar Council of India (BCI) once a year in 11 languages.
The Examination is Objective in nature and is conducted in Offline Mode i.e. Pen & Paper-based Test (PBT) in various test centers across India.
The time given to complete the whole examination will be of 3 hours 30 minutes.
The total number of questions approximately, 100 questions.
One mark will be awarded for every correct answer and there is no negative marking.
Candidates belonging to General/ OBC category must obtain at least 40% marks from the total scores of the AIBE exam.
Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD category must obtain at least 35% marks in the AIBE examination.
Up to AIBE XV, the exam was a book-and-paper test.
Starting with AIBE XVI, only Bare Acts are allowed in the exam room.

Syllabus:

The syllabus if the AIBE is very wide, though the important topics are related to

Criminal Procedure Code, Code of Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Law of Contract, Specific Relief, Property Laws, Negotiable Instrument Act, IPC, Evidence Act, Family Law, Law of Tort, Motor Vehicles Act and Consumer Protection Law, Professional Ethics and Cases of Professional Misconduct under BCI Rules, Administrative Law, Alternate Dispute Redressal Including Arbitration Act, Labour and Industrial Laws, Law Related to Taxation, Land Acquisition Act, Intellectual Property Laws etc.

Application Procedure:

The exam notification publishes on their official website: https://www.allindiabarexamination.com/
The candidate had to get registered and create an applicant account by enter their Advocate Enrolment No.
The candidate must fill in various fields in the application form, including personal, educational, and contact details.
Essential documents that have to be uploaded include a photograph, signature, self-attested enrolment certificate, and self-attested photo id.
The AIBE exam will be conducted in 11 languages. Candidate should select one language and an exam centre.
The exam fee should be paid.

Application Fees:

The payment should be made through online mode.
The exam fee is INR 3500 for general/ OBC candidates and INR 2,500 for SC/ ST candidates.

Documents to be uploaded:

Recent scanned photograph, in jpg/jpeg format.
Recent scanned signature, in jpg/jpeg format.
Scanned self-attested enrolment certificate, in jpg/jpeg format.
Scanned self-attested photo id, in jpg/jpeg format.

Admit Card:

AIBE admit card will be released by the Bar Council of India (BCI) in their official website.
Candidates will have to use their registration ID and date of birth to download the admit card.

Results:

After the exam results are declared on the official website of BCI: https://www.allindiabarexamination.com/.
Candidate should click on the result link. Provide the login credentials, including user ID and password. The AIBE results will be shown on the screen.

Sample Mock Tests for Practice

THE ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT, 1996 (PAPER 01 Q. NO. 1 TO 30)

THE INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872 (PAPER – 12 Q. NO. 441 TO 480)

THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908 (PAPER – 09 Q. NO. 321 TO 360)

MADHYA PRADESH LOWER JUDICIAL SERVICES 2019(1)

THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, 1949 (PAPER – 11 Q. NO. 351 TO 385)

CLAT 2013

THE HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955 (PAPER -5 Q. NO. 101 TO 134)

UTTAR PARDESH LOWER JUDICIAL SERVICES G.K. EXAM 2018

THE HINDU SUCCESSION ACT, 1956 (PAPER 02 Q. NO. 36 TO 65)

THE WILD LIFE PROTECTION ACT, 1972 (PAPER 02 Q. NO. 26 TO 50)

THE INDIAN CONTRACT ACT, 1872 (PAPER – 18 Q. NO. 596 TO 636)

THE INDIAN CONTRACT ACT, 1872 (PAPER – 15 Q. NO. 491 TO 525)

THE SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT, 1963 (PAPER – 05 Q. NO. 141 TO 175)

CLAT 2012

THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908 (PAPER – 20 Q. NO. 761 TO 800)

MAHARASHTRA LOWER JUDICIAL SERVICES 2022

THE CHHATTISGARH RENT CONTROL ACT, 2011 (PAPER 01 Q. NO. 1 TO 8)

AILET – National Law University Delhi Entrance Test (NLU 2017)

G.K. ENGLISH – 01 GGSSS BNL

THE SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT, 1963 (PAPER – 02 Q. NO. 36 TO 70)

THE INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872 (PAPER – 13 Q. NO. 481 TO 520)

AILET – National Law University Delhi Entrance Test (NLU 2018)

THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908 (PAPER – 01 Q. NO. 1 TO 40)

HIMACHAL PARDESH LOWER JUDICIAL SERVICES 2014

THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973 (PAPER – 16 Q. NO. 601 TO 640)

THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908 (PAPER – 15 Q. NO. 561 TO 600)

GUJRAT LOWER JUDICIAL SERVICES 2019(1) & (2)

CLAT 2020

THE INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872 (PAPER – 06 Q. NO. 201 TO 240)

UTTARAKHAND LOWER JUDICIAL SERVICES 2018

THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973 (PAPER – 12 Q. NO. 441 TO 480)

THE SALE OF GOODS ACT, 1930 (PAPER – 01 Q. NO. 1 TO 35)

THE SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT, 1963 (PAPER – 01 Q. NO. 1 TO 35)

THE LIMITATION ACT, 1963 (PAPER 06 Q. NO. 201 TO 240)

THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908 (PAPER – 17 Q. NO. 641 TO 680)

CLAT 2021