From December, law graduates will have to pass an All-India test before they can become practising lawyers. On December 5 this year, the Bar Council of India will conduct the first nation-wide test with 100 multiple choice questions for law graduates who want to enroll as lawyers. <br/><br/>Solicitor General and Bar Council of India chairman Gopal Subramanium said that the All-India Bar Council Examination will serve as a benchmark test to ensure a basic level of skill and knowledge among those joining the legal profession.<br/><br/>Talking to reporters during the launch of Council's Vision Statement in New Delhi, he said the test will be held every six months and any person failing in it can reappear. He said that there is no bar on taking the test and it will have no grading system. <br/><br/>The test will apply to law graduates of the session 2009-10 and will be held in nine languages for which applications will be available from July 15 to September 30. He said the candidates will have to shell out 1300 rupees for the test.