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1st July 2020, 01:46 PM
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Re: Material for CLAT Preparation

Can you provide me syllabus for Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) conducted by Consortium of the National Law Universities (NLUs) for UG Program admission?
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1st July 2020, 01:46 PM
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Re: Material for CLAT Preparation

Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national level test conducted by Consortium of National Law Universities. The test takes place to offer admission in UG and PG programs.

The test is conducted in the offline mode. In the undergraduate exam, there are 150 multiple choice questions and in the post – graduate question paper, multiple choice questions and subjective type questions are asked.


CLAT Syllabus


English
English section will test the candidates' proficiency in English based on comprehension passages. Students will be given passages of about 450 words each and such passages could be fiction/ non-fiction, contemporary/historical etc.
Candidates will be questioned on their understanding of the passage and its central theme, meanings of words used therein, etc.
Inference would be key here, candidates will have to comprehend the main idea discussed in the passage including any counter-arguments used in the passage.


Current Affairs including General Knowledge
This section would again consist of passages instead of direct questions which were asked earlier.
The passages would again be of 450 words each and the same would be derived from news, journals etc.
Questions based on such passages would be asked. Such question can cover static portion as well, candidates are therefore advised not to forgo the static portion entirely.
Reading Newspaper daily, specifically articles containing any Bill or Judgments or legal information should help in preparing for this section.


Quantitative Aptitude
The Quantitative Technique or Maths section will include short sets of facts or propositions, graphs, or other textual, pictorial or diagrammatic representations of numerical information, followed by a series of questions.
The questions will be in the form of Data Interpretation i.e. candidates would be required to infer information from the given passage and answer accordingly.


Legal Reasoning
This section will test candidate's interest towards study of law, research aptitude and problem solving ability.
Questions would again be based on passages relating to facts or scenarios involving legal matters.
The passage would contain certain rules and principles which should be identified and accordingly applied to the questions.
The passages would be of approximately 450 words each.


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 questions would be based on passage of 300 words.


Exam Pattern

Duration:
2 hours

Total no. of questions:
150

Nature of questions:
Objective type (multiple – choice questions)

Marking scheme:
For the correct answers, +1 mark is awarded. For the wrong answers, -0.25 marks are deducted.


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