DU LLB Syllabus 2027: 5 Sections, Subject-Wise Topics, Weightage and PDF Download

Long comprehension passages (factual and analytical); short paragraph-based questions; inference and implication questions; tone and purpose of the passage; summary and suitable title selection; author’s viewpoint and main argument; vocabulary in context.

Synonyms and antonyms; one-word substitution; idioms and phrases; foreign words and phrases used in English (including legal Latin); confusing word pairs (affect/effect, principal/principle, eminent/imminent); word analogy; contextual meaning of words.

Parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions); tenses and their correct usage; subject-verb agreement; active and passive voice; direct and indirect speech (narration); articles; degrees of comparison; sentence transformation; preposition usage.

Error spotting and sentence correction; fill in the blanks (single and double); para jumbles (sentence rearrangement into a coherent paragraph); cloze test passages; sentence improvement questions.

Major government policies and welfare schemes; Union Budget key highlights; Parliament sessions and landmark legislation; important Supreme Court and High Court verdicts; national appointments (Governor, CJI, CECs, heads of constitutional bodies); elections and political events; social and economic issues; national disasters and relief measures.

International summits (G20, BRICS, SCO, COP); India’s bilateral and multilateral agreements; major global political events and elections; international organizations (UN, IMF, World Bank, WTO, WHO); climate and environmental developments; global peace and conflict situations.

Indian History — ancient, medieval, and modern (Freedom Struggle, Constitutional history); Indian Geography — physical features, rivers, states, and capitals; Indian Polity — Constitution basics, Schedules, Constitutional Bodies; Indian Economy — sectors, GDP, banking, RBI policy; Science and Technology; Environment and ecology; Famous books and authors; Art, culture, and heritage of India.

Recent sports championships, tournaments, and medal winners; India at international sporting events; National Awards (Padma Awards, Bharat Ratna, Arjuna Award); International Awards (Nobel Prize, Pulitzer, Booker, Oscars); Film and media awards; Science and technology awards.

Preamble and its interpretation; Fundamental Rights (Articles 12–35) — scope, exceptions, and landmark cases; Directive Principles of State Policy (Articles 36–51); Fundamental Duties (Article 51A); Constitutional Bodies (Supreme Court, High Courts, Election Commission, CAG, UPSC, NHRC); Emergency provisions (Articles 352, 356, 360); Federalism and Centre–State relations; important Constitutional amendments (42nd, 44th, 73rd, 74th, 86th, 103rd).

BNS 2023 replaced the Indian Penal Code 1860 — prepare from the new code for 2027. Key areas: General definitions and explanations; offences against the state; offences affecting the human body (murder, assault, grievous hurt); property offences (theft, dacoity, extortion); criminal liability and General Exceptions (self-defence, insanity, consent); abetment and criminal conspiracy; organised crime provisions (new in BNS).

Essentials of a valid contract — offer, acceptance, consideration, capacity, free consent, lawful object; void and voidable agreements; contingent contracts; breach of contract and remedies (damages, specific performance, injunction); special contracts — indemnity, guarantee (surety’s liability), bailment, pledge, and agency.

Law of Torts — negligence, strict liability, defamation, nuisance, trespass; Consumer Protection Act 2019; Right to Information Act 2005; Protection of Human Rights Act 1993; Family Law basics — Hindu Marriage Act 1955, Muslim Personal Law, Special Marriage Act; Environmental Law basics; Juvenile Justice Act 2015; POCSO Act 2012; Legal maxims and Latin terms (res ipsa loquitur, actus reus, mens rea, audi alteram partem, volenti non fit injuria); landmark Supreme Court judgments from the past 3 years.

Blood relations and family tree problems; seating arrangements (linear and circular); direction sense and distance calculation; ranking and ordering puzzles; scheduling and timetable-based problems; input-output machine problems; data sufficiency questions.

Syllogisms (all/some/no statement patterns — Venn diagram method); statement–conclusion questions; statement–assumption questions; cause and effect identification; logical sequences and number/letter series; coding-decoding; analogies (word-based and number-based); classification (odd one out).

Strengthening and weakening arguments; identifying assumptions in arguments; drawing valid inferences; course of action questions; identifying flaws and fallacies in reasoning; assertion–reason questions; paragraph completion (completing a logical argument).

Number System — LCM, HCF, divisibility rules, fractions, decimals, surds and indices; Percentage and its applications; Profit, loss, and discount; Simple interest and compound interest; Ratio and proportion; Averages and mixtures (alligation method); Time, work, and pipes-cisterns; Speed, distance, and time (trains, boats, streams).

Tables (2D data tables with row and column analysis); Bar graphs (simple and grouped); Pie charts and percentage distribution; Line graphs and trend analysis; Mixed DI sets combining two chart types; Caselet-based DI (data given in paragraph form).

Linear equations (one and two variables); Quadratic equations (roots, discriminant); Basic mensuration — area and perimeter of rectangles, triangles, circles; volume of cubes, cuboids, cylinders, cones, spheres; Geometry basics — angle properties, triangle types, circle theorems, Pythagoras theorem.