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• Focus on Concepts: The revised exam emphasizes a deeper understanding of legal concepts, not just rote memorization.
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More about CLAT:

Function: It's a national-level entrance exam for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate law programs in India.

Organized by: The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) conducts the CLAT exam.

Universities Covered: Scores are used for admissions into 22 National Law Universities (NLUs) with some exceptions. NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya have their own separate entrance exams.

Frequency: The CLAT exam is held annually, typically in December.

Eligibility:  Candidates who have completed or are appearing for their Higher Secondary Examination (Class 12) can apply for undergraduate programs. Graduates can apply for postgraduate programs.

Test Format: The CLAT is a pen-and-paper based offline exam with multiple-choice questions.

Syllabus: The syllabus covers five sections:

• Legal Reasoning
• Logical Reasoning
• Quantitative Techniques
• Current Affairs including Legal Knowledge
• English Language

Eligibility

Only Indian nationals and NRIs can appear in the test. The foreign nationals desirous of taking admission to any course in any of the participating Law Universities may directly contact the concerned University having seats for foreign nationals.

The eligibility requirements are as follows:

Under-Graduate Courses:
Senior Secondary School/Intermediate (10+2) or its equivalent certificate from a recognised Board with not less than 45% marks in aggregate (40% in case of SC and ST candidates). Students whose results are awaited can also appear in the test.

There is also an age restriction of twenty years for Unreserved/NRIs/NRI Sponsored categories candidates and 22 years for SC/ST/ OBC/Specially Abled Persons (SAP) category candidates.

PATTERN OF QUESTION PAPERS FOR ADMISSION TO UG COURSE IN CLAT-2020

Exam Format:

• Offline, pen-and-paper based exam.
• Total duration: 2 hours.

Question Types:

• All questions are Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs).

Number of Questions and Marks:

• The exam consists of a total of 120 questions, each carrying 1 mark.

Sections and Weightage:

The CLAT UG exam is divided into five sections, with the following approximate weightage:

• Legal Reasoning (40-45 Marks): Tests your ability to analyze legal problems, identify legal principles, and apply them to factual situations.
• Logical Reasoning (40-45 Marks): Assesses your reasoning skills, ability to identify patterns, analyze arguments, and draw logical conclusions.
• Quantitative Techniques (15-20 Marks): Focuses on basic mathematical abilities, data interpretation, and solving problems of moderate difficulty. (Questions typically come from Class 10 math level)
• Current Affairs including General Knowledge (20-25 Marks): Tests your knowledge of current events, legal and general knowledge, including social, political, economic, and scientific issues.
• English Language (20-25 Marks): Evaluates your reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and writing skills.

Negative Marking:

There is a penalty for incorrect answers. 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.

Tips:

• Remember, this is an indicative weightage. The actual distribution of questions across sections and difficulty levels may vary slightly from year to year.
• Focus on developing strong reading comprehension skills, as most sections rely heavily on reading and interpreting passages.
• Time management is crucial. Practice with mock tests to develop a strategy for tackling all sections within the time limit.
   

SYLLABUS FOR ADMISSION TO UG COURSE IN CLAT

Scope and coverage of questions under different subject areas:

1. English including comprehension:
The English section will test the candidates’ proficiency in English based on comprehension passages and grammar. In the comprehension section, candidates will be questioned on their understanding of the passage and its central theme, meanings of words used therein, etc. The grammar section requires correction of incorrect grammatical sentences, filling of blanks in sentences with appropriate words, etc. The passages will be of about 450 words each. 

2. General Knowledge and Current Affairs:
In this section, you will be provided passages of up to 450 words each. The General knowledge will be tested on the general awareness including static general knowledge. Questions on current affairs will test candidates on their knowledge of national and international current affairs.

Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate your awareness of various aspects of current affairs and general knowledge, including:

• Contemporary events of significance from India and the world;
• Arts and culture;
• International affairs; and
• Historical events of continuing significance.

3. Mathematics:
This section will test candidate’s knowledge on elementary mathematics, i.e., Data Interpretation and maths taught up to 10th Class/standard.  

The questions will require you to:

• Derive, infer, and manipulate numerical information set out in such passages, graphs, or other representations; and
• Apply various 10th standard mathematical operations on such information, including from areas such as ratios and proportions, basic algebra, mensuration and statistical estimation.

4. Legal Aptitude:

In this section, you will be expected to read passages of around 450 words each. The passages may relate to fact situations or scenarios involving legal matters, public policy questions or moral philosophical enquiries. You will not require any prior knowledge of law. You will benefit from a general awareness of contemporary legal and moral issues to better apply general principles or propositions to the given fact scenarios.

Each passage would be followed by a series of questions that will require you to:

• Identify and infer the rules and principles set out in the passage;
• Apply such rules and principles to various fact situations; and
• Understand how changes to the rules or principles may alter their application to various fact situations.
  

5. Logical Reasoning:
The purpose of the logical reasoning section is to test the candidate’s ability to identify patterns, logical links and rectify illogical arguments. The Logical Reasoning section will include a series of short passages of about 300 words each. Each passage will be followed by one or more questions that will require you to:

• Recognize an argument, its premises and conclusions;
• Read and identify the arguments set out in the passage;
• Critically analyse patterns of reasoning, and assess how conclusions may depend on particular premises or evidence;
• Infer what follows from the passage and apply these inferences to new situations;
• Draw relationships and analogies, identify contradictions and equivalence, and assess the effectiveness of arguments.
  

Seats in NLUs
National Law School of India University, Bangalore - 59
Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad - 130
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata - 213
National Law Institute University, Bhopal - 351
National Law University, Jodhpur - 343
Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur - 574
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar - 453
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow - 627
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala - 801
Chanakya National Law University, Patna  - 909
National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi - 826
National Law University, Orissa (Cuttack )- 1023
National University of Study and Research in Law Ranchi - 1051
National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (Guwahati) - 1124
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam - 1180
Tamil Nadu National Law School Tiruchirappalli - 1151
Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai Mumbai - 478
Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur Nagpur - 1126

NOTE: Students are advised to check the official website of the University conducting CLAT for the year for updated and most accurate information pertaining to CLAT.

• Consortium of National Law Universities website: https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/
• Information about the latest exam (if applicable): You can find news articles or updates on the CLAT website closer to the exam date.