SET Analysis 2011

Symbiosis paper has never caused any problem for LSTians for two reasons. First, the paper is always doable and second; most of the topics or questions are taught/provided/tested during the LST course itself.

The examination comprised 150 questions, which were divided equally over the five sections. This year too, the examination was on similar lines as those of the last year.

The time limit was 150 mins.
Total Questions were 150 with 4 options for each question.

The overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate.

The overall break up of the paper was as follows

Section-wise analysis of the paper:
Logical Reasoning:
A total of 30 questions were asked in this section. The overall difficulty level of the questions was ranging from easy to moderate.  An average student should be able to attempt at least 25+ questions in the section. Q.2 had incorrect options.

Legal Aptitude: It turned out to be another sitter for LSTians, as far as this section is concerned.  90% of the questions were dealt with in the classroom sessions or through Modules and also, some on myLST. A regular reader would have easily attempted 25 to 28 easily, if not all. Questions based on reasoning needed a bit of concept clarity. However, the knowledge- based questions were simple and doable. In fact, the Module provides answers to many questions, both in reasoning and knowledge.
A 25+ score in this section is expected.

Analytical Reasoning:
A total of 30 questions were asked in this section. The overall difficulty level of the questions was ranging from easy to moderate. An average student could attempt 24+ questions in this section.

Reading Comprehension:
There were 6 passages. The passages were more or less from the field of Law. Most of the questions were factual and could be answered easily. There were some questions of contextual vocabulary also. The difficulty level of these questions was also easy. But on a whole an average student should attempt all the questions with an accuracy of over 80%.

General Knowledge:
This year's SET- Law -2011 examination had 30 GK questions out of a total of 150
questions, thus having a weight age of 20% ,which is quite significant.
Majority of the questions were from Static part of general knowledge with some questions on current affairs. The level of difficulty of the section was moderate. A score in the range of 18 to 20 can be considered as a good score.

Last, but definitely not the least, the expected cut-off: it can be safely estimated that it would hover around 100-105 (tentative), similar to last year's.

All the Best!

The LST Team

Analysis of National Law University Orissa 2011

And it all comes to an end in great style!!!

The NLU Orissa exam was held on May 22, 2011. For the last few years now, the NLU Orissa has earned praise for focusing on testing the all round ability (across sections) in its examination paper and it was no different this time around. Detailed analysis of different sections of the paper is set out below.

  SECTION: LEGAL APTITUDE:
Legal Aptitude section questions included varied questions, which tested reasoning skills, current affairs and legal knowledge of a person. The questions were based on the following pattern:

1. Legal Reasoning (Principle-Fact questions): 15 questions
2. Critical Reasoning (Assertion-Reasoning questions and inference based questions): 10 + 4 questions
3. Legal Knowledge – 8 questions
4. Legal Current Affairs – 8 questions

The overall structure of the section was as follows:

Legal Reasoning:
Most of the questions in the reasoning section were from the topics of Torts and Contracts. There were six questions from each of these topic, two questions were from Criminal Law and one from Constitutional Law. This section definitely expected the students to be aware of the legal lingo. Prior legal knowledge or familiarity with the legal principles was required in order to be comfortable with this section. All in all, it can be said that the Legal Reasoning questions were of moderate difficulty level.

Critical Reasoning:
Like previous year, this year again seemed to favor Constitutional Law, with six questions from this genre. There were 10 assertion-reasoning types of questions and apart from that there were couple of inference-based questions. The questions required a person to have conceptual clarity and some knowledge of basic constitutional law principles. This sub-section can be said to be of moderate to high difficulty level.

Legal Knowledge:
There were eight questions from this area, which tested the legal knowledge of students. Most of the questions required application on the knowledge on the pertinent areas of constitutional law. Apart from constitutional law, assorted blend of subject matters was encapsulated in this section. Legal knowledge questions were also tested in the form of legal reasoning. Overall difficulty of this sub-section can be called as moderate

Legal Current Affairs:
Legal awareness on the current topics was also examined. There were eight questions testing the legal current affair. The questions were easy but the students required to be well versed with all the political and social developments happening around. The questions were all on national current affairs and international news was totally omitted. On the whole, this sub-section can also be called as easy.

SECTION: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND CURRENT AFFAIRS
This years GK section had 50 questions in all, like the last year. The section was an interesting blend of Static GK and Current GK. In fact, there was more current GK vis-à-vis static GK. In Static GK there were questions from History, Geography, Science, Constitution, Economics etc. and the maximum questions were from Geography (7) followed by Science (6). The detailed categorization of the types of General Knowledge questions is as under:

The Static GK questions were of moderate to high level of difficulty and History and Geography questions were difficult. The Current GK section was again not an easy one and had questions on statements, which were lengthy and factual in nature. This section was surely a challenging one and a score of something to in the range of 20-25 would be very competitive.

SECTION: ENGLISH
As is the case with the NLU-Orissa paper, the English section had a good mix of questions. The total number of questions asked was 40 and the over-all difficulty level was moderate to high.  A score of 25 + can be considered competitive. The following is the distribution of questions in this section.

SECTION: LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL REASONING
A total of 45 questions were tested in this section. The questions ranged from Easy - Moderate difficulty level. Questions were asked from a wide range of topics like Set Theory, Puzzles, Symbol based logic etc. The overall analysis of the section is as following:

SECTION: ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL ABILITY
The level of difficulty of this section ranged from Moderate to Difficult. A total of 20 questions from various topics of Mathematics were asked in this section. The questions from topics like Clocks, Time, Speed and distance and Profit and Loss were difficult and would have consumed time. The questions from Linear Equations and Percentages were comparatively easier. The overall structure of the section is as follow

CONCLUSION
For the third time in a row, NLU Orissa surprises us with the well-structured and well-thought paper. Putting together our assessment of all sections the cut-off can be safely estimated to be around 115+.

Unlike the other law entrance exams this year, there was not much of a surprise (read: shock) element involved and the paper was mostly on the expected lines. All in all, a great job done by NLU Orissa again.

With Best Wishes! The LST Team  

CLAT 2011: Analysis

Total No: of Questions: 200
Total Time: 2 Hours
Overall Difficulty: Difficult as compared to previous editions of CLAT
Most students have missed/guessed 25-30 questions on an average.

Section: English: Vocabulary and Grammar were missing from the section. The section was devoted to Reading Comprehension and had four passages, which were lengthy too. Each passage had ten questions each. Questions were direct in nature with questions devoted to areas like "one word substitution", fill in the blanks. One or two fill in the black questions was there based on prepositions. Most students found this section to be too lengthy and could manage to do 2-3 passages only. An attempt of 25-30 would be considered ideal.

Section: Quantitative Aptitude: One of the easiest sections but again a bit lengthy. There were 20 Questions in this section. The overall difficulty of the section was moderate. This section was more or less similar to LST Mocks. Some of the questions asked were based on Probability, Percentages, PLD (Profit, Loss & Discount), TSD (Time, Speed & Distance), Ages, Number system, Ratio-Proportion, Number series, Venn diagram and Equations. An average student must have attempted 17-18 questions with accuracy of 85%. . The only thing required to score well in this section was "Practice".

Section: General Knowledge: Can be considered easiest of all the sections. The questions were direct and covered all fields. Questions were based on Personalities, Books and Authors, Important Days and Dates, Ayodhya Verdict, Commonwealth Games, Telangana, Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia: Questions had references to:

1. Three parties in Ayodhya Dispute
2. Shunglu Committee
3. Telangana Committee
4. SAARC General Secretary
5. Ex-CVC PJ Thomas
6. Chairman of National Innovation Council
7. Music Director of Dhobi Ghat from which country
8. Joe Lelyveld's Book on Mahatma Gandhi
9. Vaishnavi Corporation of Nira Radia
10. IPL Chairman
11. Moner Manush, based on whose life
12. Venue of Commonwealth Law Conference
13. Head of PAC
14. Sania Mirza's Partner in Mixed Doubles at CWG
15. Who scored fastest century in World Cup'11
16. Women Reservation bill first introduced under which PM

 Overall, the questions were very easy and once can easily score 35-40 in this section. Section: Logical Reasoning: There were 35 questions based on critical reasoning. There were no questions based on blood relations, directions etc. Questions were based on alphabetical and numerical series. Questions were easy and if one managed time well, can easily attempt all the questions in time. A score of 30-35 can be termed decent.

Section: Legal Reasoning: Questions were in form of set where 3-5 legal principles were given for a fact situation and questions based on the same. The topics covered the areas of vicarious liability, theft, freedom of association, contracts etc. A score of 25-30 would be a decent one.

Estimated Cut-offs for Different Law Schools
The estimated cut-off ‘s provided below are subject to minor variation of +/-5 marks.
Top Three Law Schools: 130+

As already informed by CLAT committee, in case of tie, the legal reasoning section would be the deciding factor. Also, given the overall feedback received from students, one can expect a lot of students scoring same marks.

We hope you continue with your reading of the study materials and practice papers as NLU, Orissa and IP University's CET is scheduled next week.

With Best Wishes

Team LST
* This is the  feedback based on interaction with CLAT takers.