CUET UG for BA LL.B. 2027: Which Universities, Which Tests and How Marks Are Counted

A handful of central and state universities fill their five-year BA LL.B. seats through CUET UG, and most of them count a language paper and the General Aptitude Test. Banaras Hindu University asks for English or Hindi plus the General Aptitude Test. The University of Allahabad counts your language score, the General Aptitude Test and your best domain subject. There is no Legal Studies paper in CUET UG 2026, and the University of Delhi’s law programmes do not use CUET at all: they admit through CLAT. This guide shows what to take and how to prepare.

CUET UG pattern (2026 cycle, official)

For 2026, applications ran from 3 to 30 January 2026 and the exam was scheduled for May 2026. The NTA has not yet announced CUET UG 2027 dates; if the pattern holds, applications will open around January 2027.

Universities that admit to BA LL.B. through CUET UG

Several other central universities also offer law through CUET UG, and their test combinations vary: some want the General Aptitude Test alone, some add English, and a few add domain subjects such as Political Science or History. These combinations change from year to year, so check each university’s current bulletin before you finalise your five subjects.

What about Delhi University?

DU’s BA LL.B. (Hons.) and BBA LL.B. (Hons.) are filled “solely” on CLAT scores, with 60 seats in each programme. If DU law is your target, you need CLAT, not CUET. See our CLAT 2027 exam pattern and syllabus.

Choosing your five subjects

1. Always take the General Aptitude Test (501). Almost every law programme on CUET counts it.
2. Take English (101) or Hindi (102), whichever you score better in, unless your target university specifies one.
3. Add one or two domain subjects you are strong in. Political Science and History are the most useful for law, because some universities count them.
4. Keep one slot free for a programme outside law if you want a backup.

How to prepare for the General Aptitude Test

The General Aptitude Test covers general knowledge, current affairs, general mental ability, numerical ability, quantitative reasoning and logical and analytical reasoning. With 50 questions in 60 minutes and a one-mark penalty for each wrong answer:

• Read the news daily and keep monthly current affairs notes.
• Practise reasoning sets daily; they are the most scoring part.
• Revise Class 10 level arithmetic: percentages, ratios, averages and time and work.
• Do not leave questions blank. At +5/-1 with four options, even a pure guess is worth half a mark on average, and ruling out one option makes it clearly worth it. Spend your time first on the questions you can solve, then mark your best guess on the rest.

The skills overlap heavily with CLAT. If you are writing both, prepare for CLAT and add CUET-style timed practice in the last month. For the full picture on Legal Studies, read CUET UG Legal Studies: 2026 status.

Practise free

Lexfolio’s free CLAT 2027 (UG) mock covers current affairs, logical reasoning and quantitative techniques under timed conditions, which is the best practice for the General Aptitude Test too. For current affairs, read our guide on how to prepare current affairs.

Sources

• National Testing Agency, CUET (UG) 2026 Information Bulletin, including Appendix II (list of languages and domain subjects)
• Banaras Hindu University, Notice for Undergraduate Registration 2026 (27 June 2026)
• University of Allahabad, B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) admission cut-off notice, session 2026-27
• University of Delhi, Bulletin of Information for BA LL.B. and BBA LL.B. 2026

Last checked: 24 October 2026.