CLAT Exam Pattern, Insights and Previous Year papers
The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is the common entrance examinationfor the National Law Universities of India. It is an online objective test conducted for admission to law universities, who conduct it on a rotating basis. CLAT is a national level online entrance test, which is taken after class 12 by the aspirants who wish to pursue under graduate and post graduate courses/programmes in Law. As of now 19 National Law Universities across India, all under a memorandum of understanding, participate to conduct CLAT on the basis of rotation each year. The motive of CLAT is to provide convenience for the candidates who seek admissions in Law colleges and universities all over India.
Earlier CLAT, most Law institutes, colleges & universities conducted their own separate home tests for accepting admissions in UG and PG Law programmes. These so called “home” tests used to clash with other major nation level entrance tests (like IIT JEE or AIPMT) for different courses. So, after the Union of India’s consultation with the National Law Universities of India, it was decided that all tests for Law admissions should be replaced with a common entrance exam, which was also seconded by the Bar Council of India and in 2007 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Vice Chancellors of the 7 NLUs to start conducting Common Law Admission Test or the CLAT. CLAT is a commuter-based test regulated by the CLAT Committee.
This entrance exam tests individual’s knowledge on areas of Legal Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, Legal Reasoning, English, General Knowledge and Mathematics. The duration of the exam is two hours and it is conducted only once a year.
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CLAT Eligibility Criteria
CLAT 2019 Important Dates
CLAT (UG) EXAM PATTERN
Duration: The duration of the CLAT exam will be of 120 minutes.
No. of Questions: 120 Objective type questions.
Syllabus Covered: English, Quantitative aptitude, General Knowledge, Legal Aptitude and Reasoning ability.
Marking Scheme: 1 marks will be awarded for every correct answer and 0.25 will be deducted for every wrong answer.
Mode of Exam: Online/Commuter-Based Test
CLAT (PG) EXAM PATTERN
Duration: The duration of the CLAT exam will be of 120 minutes.
No. of Questions: 150 Objective type questions.
Syllabus Covered: Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Other Law Subjects such as Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR
Marking Scheme: 1 marks will be awarded for every correct answer and 0.25 will be deducted for every wrong answer.
Mode of Exam: Online/Commuter-Based Test
Here are so me tested Tips and Tricks on how to crack CLAT
You need speed to finish CLAT 2020 within prescribed time limit. Go through the topics in the CLAT information brochure and start with the ones that you are good at. Practise reasoning and mathematics problems by memorising formulas.
• After each study session keep 1 hour for revision of topics learned/practised.
• Make mathematics your strong suit, practise questions to solve them within time to increase efficiency. The trick here is to mug up math formulas by heart, so they come in handy while solving a problem.
• Become smart by attempting questions that you are sure of first, then come to the questions you’re in doubt. But don’t attempt them anyway, remember negative marking is a factor here. Therefore, only attempt a question if you really know the answer to.
• Manage your time properly; give appropriate amount of time to each section. Try to improve your time by practicing as many online tests as possible. Youth4work provides online mock tests will time limit attached to each question; this way one can learn to finish the entire exam within the time limit.
• Studying in a stretch for hours can be tedious and hard and also not so good. Therefore, try to study at several times in regular sessions during a day. This will make learning easy and fun, also you will have enough time to brush up the already studied topics in between intervals.
• It is very important to maintain proper health, so you don’t fall sick on the big day. Give your brain appropriate time to refresh itself. Don’t rush too much information into your head than its limit allows. Take it slow and steady. And get at least eight hours of sleep each night.
Syllabus CLAT UG Programme
English including comprehension: The English section will test the candidate's proficiency in English based on comprehension passages and grammar. In the comprehension section, candidates will be assessed 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.
General Knowledge and Current Affairs: The General knowledge will be evaluated on the general awareness including static general knowledge. Questions on current affairs will test the candidate's on their knowledge of national and international current affairs.
Mathematics: This section will test the candidate’s knowledge on elementary mathematics, i.e., maths taught upto 10th Class/Standard.
Legal Aptitude: This section will test the candidate’s interest towards the study of law, research aptitude and problem solving ability. Questions may include legal propositions (described in the paper), and a set of facts to which the said proposition has to be applied. Some propositions may not be “true” in the real sense, candidates will have to assume the “truth” of these propositions and answer the questions accordingly.
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. It may include a variety of logical reasoning questions such as syllogisms, logical sequences, analogies, etc. However, visual reasoning will not be tested.
PG Courses: Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence and Other Law Subjects such as Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR etc.
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