Five Scoring Subjects in AIBE 20 Exam You Can’t Skip

10 questions out of 100

Direct questions: articles, landmark case principles, basic doctrines (fundamental rights, DPSPs, basic structure), and frequently tested one-liners.

Guaranteed marks if you learn key articles and the essentials of seminal judgments

Important Articles (e.g., 14, 21, 19 — and their limits)

Parts III & IV basics

Doctrine of basic structure

Writ jurisdiction (Articles 32 & 226)

Some landmark cases with one-line holdings (Kesavananda, Maneka Gandhi, Golak Nath. Know the principle, if not full facts).

Create a 2-page “Constitution cheat sheet” with articles on one side and case holdings on the other.

Do 2-3 MCQ sets from past AIBE papers.

18 questions out of 100.

Low ambiguity and quick to learn

Frequently-tested sections (IPC general exceptions, sections on culpable homicide vs. murder, offences against persons, theft/robbery)

CrPC provisions on arrest, bail, charge/frame, and trial stages

Focus on mapping the newer national codes to the old syllabus

Use a “section-map” chart: old law → new law (if applicable) → one-sentence meaning.

Try past-year MCQs and one-liners from a bare-act summary.

10 out of 100 questions for CPC

Procedural and categorical

Tests the letter of the law

Order numbers for service

Pleadings

Summary suits

Limitation periods

Essentials of res judicata (Section 11 CPC)

Execution basics

Memorise the structure, which remedy follows which order, instead of long textual explanations.

Build flow-charts for pre-trial → trial → execution.

Learn the most frequently asked Order/Section numbers.

Solve CPC-focused past MCQs.

8 out of 100 questions.

Concise questions that test definitions and admissibility rules.

Often “factual one-liners”

Perfect low-risk marks if you memorise the rules

Sections on relevance (Sections 5–16)

Statements by persons who cannot be called as witnesses

Secondary evidence

Oral vs. documentary evidence

Exceptions to hearsay

Short rules on privilege and judicial notice

Make flashcards for key sections and practice quick MCQ rounds.

Jot one real-life example for each exception to the rule.

4 out of 100 questions

Short but a high-precision segment

Low on interpretative risk

Factual and straightforward answers mostly

Duties towards the client and the court

Definition/examples of professional misconduct

Main Bar Council Rules you must know

Basic contempt rules

Outlines of the Advocates Act

Provisions on enrolment and disciplinary powers

Create a one-page list of “dos” and “don’ts” with the relevant section/order references.

Practice ethical scenario MCQs to sharpen application.