Preparation Tips to Crack CLAT

I want to crack CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) through self study so please give some preparation tips?

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CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) is an aptitude test designed to test your mental faculties in relation to time management and analytical abilities simultaneously.

The question paper is structured on following five different areas:
English
General Knowledge
Legal Reasoning
Reasoning (Logical and Analytical)
Mathematics


Preparation of Legal Aptitude:
50 marks
Grasp the legal principles and jargons very quickly and apply the same to the given factual situation. To crack this section is to have a good reading speed and quick analyzing capacity.


Preparation of English:
40 marks

English section will test the proficiency in English based 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 in of blanks in sentences with appropriate words, etc.


Preparation of GK:
50 marks

Prepare general awareness on current happenings including static general knowledge. It is important to be aware of at least last one year’s events for which one can refer to magazines containing summaries of all the happenings of the preceding month/fortnight.


Preparation of Mathematical Ability:
20 marks

This section will test candidates only on “elementary” mathematics. It is pertinent to understand the fundamentals of the various topics of standard X level.


Logical Ability:
40 marks

This section consists of two parts – i.e. critical and analytical reasoning. Analytical reasoning contains questions ranging from topics such as directions and blood relations to number series and sequences.

Critical reasoning, which is much tougher, contains questions such as strengthening/weakening arguments, determining assumptions implicit in a passage, deriving conclusion, etc.


Preparation Tips:

Daily study hours judiciously and as per requirement on newspaper, magazines, solving model and previous year question papers, solving analytical reasoning and math questions and absorbing knowledge.

Since CLAT consists of 200 questions to be attempted in a mere 120 minutes, every individual needs to chalk out a strategy to tackle the paper.

Before appearing for the actual paper one needs to chalk out the best approach for the paper.

Smart and selective study

Solve Previous Years Papers

Prepare brief GK notes