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Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) - Exam Details


CLAT entrance examination is conducted for admission to 17 of the coveted National Law Schools. The following national law universities (NLUs) consider CLAT scores for admissions to their under graduate program:

  • NLSIU - Bangalore
  • NALSAR - Hyderabad
  • NLIU - Bhopal
  • WBNUJS - Kolkata
  • NLU - Jodhpur
  • HNLU - Raipur
  • GNLU - Gandhinagar
  • RMLNLU - Lucknow
  • RGNUL - Patiala
  • CNLU - Patna
  • NUALS - Kochi
  • NLUO - Cuttack
  • NUSRL - Ranchi
  • NLUJAA - Guwahati
  • DSNLU - Visakhapatnam
  • TNNLS -Tiruchirappalli
  • MNLU - Mumbai

 

CLAT (LLB) Exam Pattern:

  • Exam Description 200 Total Marks
  • Number of multiple-choice 200 questions of one mark each
  • Duration of Examination 02:00 hours

Subject areas with Weightage

  • English including Comprehension 40 Marks
  • General Knowledge and Current Affairs 50 Marks
  • Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability) 20 Marks
  • Legal Aptitude 50 Marks Logical Reasoning 40 Marks

 Note: There shall be a system of Negative Marking wherein 0.25 marks will be removed for a wrong answer.



CLAT (LLM) Exam Pattern:


Total Maximum Marks 150


Total Time Duration of Examination Two hours (02:00 hours)


Long Essay Type Descriptive Questions (covering subject areas such as Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence) 100 Marks (4 questions of 25 marks each)


Multiple-Choice Questions (Covering all compulsory law subjects prescribed by the BCI for the Under-Graduate Course except Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence) 50 Marks (50 questions of 1 mark each)


Note: There shall be a system of Negative Marking wherein 0.25 marks each will be removed for a wrong answer (Only Multiple Choice).


CLAT Syllabus LLB, LLM Exam:

 English including comprehension:

  • Comprehension Passages
  • Grammar
  • Omissions/Corrections
  • Fill In the Blanks
  • Incorrect Sentences
  • Spotting Error etc.

 This section of the exam will test the applicants' skill in English based on comprehension passages and grammar.


General Knowledge and Currents Affairs:

  • Culture
  • History
  • Sports
  • News
  • Inventions Etc

 In this segment candidates will be tested on their general awareness including static general knowledge.

Questions on current affairs will check the contenders on their knowledge of current affairs.


Mathematics:

  • Profit and Loss
  • Decimal Fraction 
  • S.I & C.I Percentage
  • Problems on Ages
  • HCF & LCM etc

Mathematics will test candidate's knowledge on elementary mathematics.


Legal Aptitude:

This section will test contestant's attention towards learning of law, research aptitude and problem solving ability. Questions will be mentioned with the help of legal propositions (described in the paper).


Logical Reasoning:

  • Patterns
  • Syllogisms
  • Analogies 
  • Sequences
  • Visual Reasoning.

 The purpose of the logical reasoning section is to test the candidate's ability to identify patterns, logical links and rectify illogical arguments.


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