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CLAT Exam Pattern for ug & pg Entrance

clat online coachingIf you are appearing in clat for admission into llb & llm courses, then you must update yourself with latest clat exam pattern. In the year of 2020, the consortium of nlus announced major changes into the exam pattern of clat ug entrance i.e. llb course. These changes include reducing the number of questions asked from the 200 to around 150. Also, the comprehension based questions will be asked from quantitative techniques, english, gk, current affairs, logical reasoning and legal reasoning sections. Again from clat 2024, not of questions decreased from 150 to 120. It means you have to answer now 120 comprehension & passage based mcqs in 2 hours. While there is no change announced in clat pg exam pattern.

CLAT Exam Pattern Overview

Category Details
Exam Common Law Admission Test
Abbreviated Name CLAT
Duration 2 hours
Mode Offline (pen paper mode)
Type of Questions Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Number of Questions Undergraduate Exam (BA LLB) - 120 passage based questions
Postgraduate Exam (LLM) - 120 objective type questions
Language English
Total Marks UG - 120 marks
PG - 120 marks
Marking scheme 1 mark for each correct answer & -0.25 mark for each wrong answer.

CLAT UG Exam Pattern Overview

Features Details
Exam mode Pen-paper mode test
Exam duration 120 minutes
Test Language English
Type of questions Passage based multiple choices questions
Subjects Five subjects
Total questions 120 questions
Total Marks 120 marks
Negative Marking Yes, 0.25 marks for each incorrect attempt

Section Wise CLAT UG Exam Pattern

Each section of CLAT question paper for LLB program will carry weightage as under:

Subject Areas Questions per section Weightage per section
English Language 22-26 questions 20% of the paper
Current Affairs, including General Knowledge 28-32 questions 25% of the paper
Legal Reasoning 28-32 questions 25% of the paper
Logical Reasoning 22-26 questions 20% of the paper
Quantitative Techniques 10-14 questions 10% of the paper
Total Questions 120 MCQs 100%

CLAT PG Exam Pattern Overview

Features Details
Exam mode Pen-paper mode test
Duration of Examination 2 hours
Language Options English
Type of questions Multiple choices questions
Subjects Constitutional Law & Legal Reasoning
Objective Type Questions 120
Negative Marking Yes, 0.25 marks for an incorrect attempt
Maximum Marks 120 marks

Section Wise CLAT PG Exam Pattern

Each section of CLAT question paper for LLM program will carry weightage as under:

Subject Areas Questions Marks
1. Constitutional Law 120 MCQs 120 Marks
2. Other areas of law such as Jurisprudence, Administrative Law, Law of Contract, Torts, Family Law, Criminal Law, Property Law, Company Law, Public International Law, Tax Law, Environmental Law, and Labour & Industrial Law
Total Questions 120 MCQs 120 Marks

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