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CLAT 2013: Exam Analysis
The CLAT 2013 paper came almost along the expected lines as mentioned in the CLAT notification regarding the pattern of test, unlike last year when many aspirants were led astray/caught off-guard by the actual exam. The difficulty level was relatively lower.
| English including Comprehension |
40 |
32-35 |
Easy-Moderate |
| G.K./ Current Affairs |
50 |
35-38 |
Moderate |
| Elementary Mathematics |
20 |
12-13 |
Moderate |
| Logical Reasoning |
40 |
32-34 |
Easy |
| Legal Aptitude |
50 |
38-40 |
Easy-Moderate |
Total No: of Questions: 200
Total Time: 2 Hours
Overall Expected Attempts: 149-160
Overall Difficulty: The level of difficulty of this paper was Easy-Moderate.
English:
This section of CLAT 2013 was not too different from the English section of previous year’s iteration. There was one Reading Comprehension passage, followed by 10 questions, two of which were synonym-based. The passage was on the evolution of education and the questions were relatively easy as they could easily be answered by referring to the body of the passage. Like last year, there were 5 questions each on Idioms, Para-Jumbles and Foreign Language Phrases. The Latin phrase ‘carte blanche’ was reproduced exactly from the 2012 paper. In grammar, contrary to the notification, no questions involved Sentence Correction/Spot the Error, however, as mentioned therein, there were 10 Fill in the Blanks questions based on prepositions. Overall, the level of difficulty of this section was easy to moderate.
Logical Reasoning:
This section should not have posed any problems for the aspirants as the level of difficulty was low. Breaking away from tradition, mathematical concepts played an important role. The entire section was dominated by Analytical Reasoning. There were 15 questions on Arrangements, and 5 questions each on Series, Blood Relationships, Syllogisms, Course of Action, and Analogy.
Elementary Mathematics:
This section of the paper had 20 questions. Most of the questions were straightforward and required application of the basic concepts to arrive at the correct answer. This section was mainly focused on questions from Geometry, Mensuration and Arithmetic, and most of the questions were from topics like percentages, profit, loss and discount, ratio & proportion, time, speed and distance, time and work, area, circles etc. There were about 3 - 4 questions each from Algebra and Number System. One question each was asked from Set Theory, Statistics and Probability. An attempt of 12 - 13 questions is an ideal one. There were at least a couple of questions here which did not have the right answer as any of the options.
General Knowledge:
The General Knowledge section in this year’s paper was almost at par with 2012 CLAT. It had a healthy mixture of Current Affairs and Static General Knowledge questions, with slightly more number of questions concerning Current Affairs. Legal General Knowledge covered the 117th Amendment and the number of High Courts in India. One question in General Science was repeated from last year’s paper, and there were lesser questions from this topic than the previous year. The couple of questions from History were a little tough. Questions testing knowledge of Personalities, World Days and International Organizations constituted the rest of the section. A good attempt would be about 35-36 questions, while an attempt of over 40 questions would be exceptional.
Legal Aptitude:
It was ambiguous whether the Legal Aptitude Section would have Legal Knowledge questions or not, but as a relief, they were absent from the paper. The questions were based on legal principles such as contracts covering promissory estoppel, postal rule, and cross offer. The questions on torts included topics like liability, nuisance, and negligence. Criminal law was also given due importance, covering topics like theft and kidnapping. Constitution included one question on Fundamental Rights, and one on State. One question was on family law. International law was conspicuous by absence, while knowledge of IPR was tested on copyright, trademarks and licenses. CL students would not have faced any problems due to their familiarity with the material and mocks, enabling them to achieve a respectable score in this section. There were not less than four questions which were taken verbatim from CLAT 2012.
Estimated Cut-offs for Different Law Schools
The estimated cut-offs provided below are subject to minor variations of +/- 5 marks.
Tier I Law Schools: 134-139
Tier II Law Schools: 130-134
Tier III Law Schools: 124-130
Due to the comparatively easier paper this year, the range of scores that will ensure admission to premier law schools will be much narrower, resulting in more intense competition for the few precious seats up for grabs. In case of a tie, the Legal Aptitude Section would be the deciding factor (as given on the CLAT website).
With Best Wishes,
Team LST
* This is the initial feedback based on interaction with CLAT takers.
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Memory based questions of CLAT 2013
1. Baglihar Dam is located at which river? Chenab river in J & K
2. Which state touches the boundry of Uttar Pradesh and Chhatisgarh? Madhya Pradesh/The Boundries of which states do not touch? Meghalaya and Manipur
3. Light Year is the unit of: Distance
4. Potential energy (PE) is presented as: mgh (mass X gravity X height of the object from the ground)
5. Which year has been declared as the International Year of Biodiversity? 2010
6. Kuchipudi Dance belongs to which state? Andhra Pradesh
7. The richest temple in India is: Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple
8. Delhi was declared as the capital of India in which year? 1911
9. Who was the first ruler of Saka dynasty? Maues (Moga)
10. Hugo Chavez was the President of which country? Venezuela
11. Indian Olympian Vijay Kumar is associated with which sport: Shooting
12. Sushil Kumar is associated with which sport? Wrestling
13. The principal work of Norman Borlaug happened in which country? Mexico
14. FIFA 2014 and next Olympic games would be held in: Rio De Janerio
15. Rate of Fiscal Deficit declared for the period of 2012-2013 was targeted to be: 5.3% of GDP was the fiscal deficit for 2012-13
16. Bharat Ratna and other Padma awards were introduced in: 1954
17. What does P. in P. Chidambaram stand for? Palaniappan
18. Miss World 2012 is: China's Wen Xia Yu
19. 117th Amendment Act is related with: Reservations in promotions
20. NAM Summit 2012 was held in: Tehran
21. The Head Quarters of European Union is located at: Brussels
22. The centre of gravity of leaning tower of Pisa passes through: Its base
23. Total number of medals won by India in London Olympics: 6
24. World Literacy Day is observed on: 8th September
25. International Women’s Day is celebrated on:8th March
26. Total number of High Courts in India is: 24
27. Bluetooth device is named after: King of Denmark
28. Who was the last monarch of British India? King George VI
29. The most recent bomb blasts took place in which locality of Hyderabad? Dilsukhnagar
30. Environment Act in India was passed in: 1986
31. What was the name of Oscar Pistorius’s girlfriend? Reeva Steenkamp
32. The five year plan of year 2007-11 was which 5 year plan: 11th five year plan
33. The nationality of the new Pope is: Argentina
34. Who was the last nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa: Siraj-ud-daulah
35. Viswanathan Anand beat Borris Gelfand to win his fifth FIDE world chess championship. Borris Gelfand is from which country? Israel
36. Which actor was associated with controversial film “Vishwaroopam”recently?: Kamal Hassan
37. Carlos Slim is from which country?: Mexico
38. The space vehicle on which Chandrayan-I was launched? PSLV C-11
39. Who was the Chairman of Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights? Vallabhbhai Patel/
Chairman of the Fundamental Rights Sub Committee? J B Kriplani
40. The relics of Buddha were transferred to which Country? Srilanka
41. Who wrote “Paradise Lost”? John Milton
42. POSCO steel plant is situated in which State? Odisha
43. On which day did the 2013 Kumbh Mela Started? 14 January
44. The founder of Red Cross Society was?: Henry Dunant (His birthday was on 8th May)
45. Which American state was formerly known as New Amsterdam?: New York
46. Navjivan Trust was founded by Mahatma Gandhi.
47. The Indian state with the lowest sex ratio (877) is Haryana.
48. The Italian ambassador was asked by the honourable supreme court to
not to leave India.
49. The meaning of Paleolithic age: Old Stone Age
50. The diwani rights of Bihar and Bengal were passed to the British
during MUGHAL EMPEROR SHAH ALAM 2.
Section:
Verbal Ability
Foreign Language phrase and their meanings:
1. Carte Blanch- Unrestricted power to act at ones’ own discretion
2. Vis a Vis- face to face or in relation to
3. El Dorado- A place of great abundance
Spelling Errors:
1. Entrepreneur
2. Paraphernalia
3. Dyslexia
4. Haemorrhage
5. Onomatopoeia
Meaning of ‘Vogue’: The prevailing fashion or style.
Meaning of ‘Snake in Grass’: A deceitful person.
Meaning of ‘Gospel’ : A thing which is absolutely true.
Section: Quantitative Ability
1. 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13... (Fibonacci Series)
Here every term, starting with the third one, is the sum of the previous two terms.
2. 1, 4,27,256,3125...
Here,the series was like this:
11, 22, 33, 44, 55....
Basically the nth term was nn.
3. a - 10, e - 15, i - 20, m - 25, q - 30
a is the 1st letter of the alphabet, e is the 5th, i is the 9th, m the 13th and q the 17th. 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30, of course, make a sequence.
4. Two successive discounts of 15% and 5 % are equivalent to one single discount of 19.25%.
As reported by the students, none of the option was 19.25% !!
5. Angle subtended in a semi-circle is 90 degrees.
6. Tap A can fill a tank in 10 hours and Tap B can fill it in 15 hours. Both the taps start filling the empty tank but after 3 hours, Tap A is shut off. How long would Tap B take to fill the tank completely? Answer: 7 and a 1/2 hours
7. What is the sum of the first 15 multiples of 8?
Sol:Sum of first 15 multiples of 8 = 8 × 1 + 8 × 2 + 8 × 3 + … + 8 × 15
= 8 × (1 + 2 + 3 + … + 15) = 
8.If  is a rational number, then  is ___
Sol: which is an irrational number.
9. If the angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 : 8, what is the measure of the smallest angle?
Sol: The measure of the smallest angle = 
10. A distance of 4 m separates two poles of different lengths. If the shorter pole is 10 m and the distance between the tops of the two poles is 5 m, what is the area enclosed by the figure?
Sol: From the figure below, we have ED = 3m (From Pythagoras theorem)
So CD = 13m
Hence required area = 1/2 x 4 x (10+13) = 46 sq.m
[Area of a trapezium = 1/2 x d x (a +b)]
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SET (Law) 2013- Exam Analysis
SET (Law) 2013 was conducted on 4 May, 2013 all over India and was on the expected lines. Though the actual paper was not given to the examinees, the analysis is based on feedback from students who appeared in the examination.
The level of the entire paper can be summed up as easy to moderate and students should expect a decent show. Many of the questions, particularly in the Legal Aptitude, English and Reasoning Sections have been discussed in our materials almost in the same manner. The comprehensive LST course covered almost every question type that appeared in the exam.
The examination comprised 150 questions, which were divided equally over the five sections. Each question had 4 options and the time limit of the paper was 150 minutes. The allotted time was more than enough and most students had time left over.
Each question carried 1 mark and there was no negative marking for wrong answers.
| Section |
No. of Question |
Suggested time (mins) |
Possible score |
| Legal Reasoning |
30 |
30 |
24-27 |
| Critical Reasoning |
30 |
40 |
22-24 |
| Analytical Reasoning |
30 |
30 |
23-25 |
| Reading Comprehension |
30 |
35 |
24-26 |
| General Knowledge |
30 |
12-15 |
20-22 |
| Total |
150 |
150 |
113-124 |
Section-wise analysis of the paper:
Legal Reasoning:
This section was a combination of questions based on legal reasoning and legal knowledge. Students found few of the questions to be tricky as there were facts given but no Legal Principles were provided. In legal reasoning, concepts from Torts (including Nuisance), Constitution (including Writs, UCC, Right to Life) were covered. The questions in the legal knowledge section were, however, mostly based on Contracts and the Constitution of India. Apart from Constitutional Law and Contracts, a blend of various subject matters was encapsulated in this section.
Logical Reasoning:
A total of 30 questions were asked in this section. The questions were from areas such as Statement Assumption, Statement Conclusion, Strong and Weak Arguments, Assertion-Reason drawing conclusion from given statements (one liner and three-four liners), analogy (both vocab related as well as verbal logic related). There was appearance of some figure based questions as well in this section, which was the only surprise in this section. The overall difficulty level of the questions ranged from easy to moderate. An attempt of 22 – 24 questions can be considered good attempt here.
Analytical Reasoning:
This section of the paper did not see any major surprise as compared to previous year’s papers. Out of the thirty questions asked in this section, a major chunk of the questions were from Arrangement Based Problems. Series based questions were also present in good number. Another area from where there were some questions was Coding-Decoding. A few questions were from Blood Relation, Calendar and Directions. A score of 25+ can be considered as a good score. In the question set based on Octagon Table, only six persons were to be arranged while the options had eight persons in a probable attempt to confuse the students.
Reading Comprehension:
A total of 25 questions were asked from 4 passages. There was also a Cloze test with 5 questions. The Reading Comprehension passages were short, easy to read and with an average word count of about 100 – 150 words. Most of the questions were direct and could be answered easily with direct reference to the passage. All questions asked from one passage were vocabulary based. The overall level of questions in this section was easy and an attempt of 24 to 26 questions can be considered as a good attempt.
General Knowledge:
GK was on expected lines- more of static GK and less of current GK. GK supplement has proved to be quite useful as it covered almost all areas of the GK section in the SET paper. A total of 30 questions were there. Areas covered were awards, Geography, Science, History, Constitution, National & International events etc. The difficulty level of GK section was moderate to high.
The expected cut-off for GD-PI Symbiosis Pune campus can be estimated to be around 110-115 and for Symbiosis Noida campus the cut-off may vary from 100-110.
Disclaimer: All information on cut-offs, analysis, answer key and scores are based on independent analysis and evaluation made by Career Launcher. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken, based on this information.
All the best
Team CL
AILET (NLU Delhi) 2013- Exam Analysis
Overview
Although the paper was like previous years in terms of pattern, but it did defy expectations of the students in terms of the difficulty level of the General Knowledge and Mathematics sections. These sections which are known to be the easier sections can prove to be the deciding factor for the students. Like the previous year, the total number of questions that appeared was 150. These questions were to be solved in 90 minutes. Each question carried 1 mark. The paper was divided into 5 sections. 35 marks were allotted to four sections (English, Logical reasoning, Legal reasoning and General Knowledge) and 10 marks to the section on Mathematics.
English
The section was on expected lines. The section saw a Reading Comprehension passage of about 650-700 words with 7 questions. There were quite a few questions on Grammar with many FIBs based on prepositions. 3-4 questions each of Synonyms, Antonyms and Para Jumbles were also asked. Overall, the section was easy albeit a lengthy one. It might have been prudent to leave the RC for the end as it can take away precious time. A score of around 25-27 should be a good score for this section.
Legal Aptitude
After the last years’ experiment with the Legal Aptitude Section , it was more on the expected lines this year. There was approximately an equal proportion of Reasoning and Knowledge based questions. The questions based on reasoning were primarily from topics of Law of Torts including the concepts of vicarious liability, Strict Liability and Negligence, Law of Crimes including theft, abetment and criminal conspiracy, Constitutional Law. The knowledge based questions were from areas including but not limited to Constitutional law, Law Commission, Treaties, Definitions from concepts of law etc. Overall, an attempt of 32- 35 was manageable and 26- 28 would be a good score.
General Knowledge
The difficulty level of this section was moderate to high. Total number of questions asked was 35. Questions were more from static GK and only a few questions were from current affairs. History and Science dominated the entire paper. Nature of questions was a mix of facts and concepts. The areas from which the questions were asked are Science, Economy, Current Affairs, History, Polity, Sports, and Geography etc. Questions from science and history were tricky. A score of 20-23 would be good.
Mathematics
This section was full of questions from Arithmetic. Though most of the questions were based on basic concepts, all of them required some time to solve. A score of 5-7 would be considered as good. Two questions were from Number System and rest of the questions were from Time, speed and distance, Time and work, Profit, loss and discount, Average and others.
Reasoning
The section saw primarily moderate-tough level of questions. There were no questions on syllogisms. One set of Analytical Reasoning was tough and could have been left unattempted. A couple of questions required careful reading. In the questions based on Series, the candidates were asked to find the wrong term in the series. There were four questions based on word arrangement where the candidates had to find the word which could not be formed from the letters of the given word. These four questions were easy and should have been attempted. Questions were also asked from areas like Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Analytical Reasoning, Critical Reasoning, Calendars and others. A score of around 22 - 25 can be considered a good for this section.
The expected cut-off for this paper should range between 98 to 102 marks. Since the paper was very much on expected lines, it should have been able to put you in the mood for other law entrances that follow.
Disclaimer: All information on cut-offs, analysis, answer key and scores are based on independent analysis and evaluation made by Career Launcher. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken, based on this information.
All the best
Team CL
CLAT 2013: Reference of memory based questions asked in CLAT 2013
| 1. Baglihar Dam is located on which river |
Solution and analysis of CLAT 2011 provided by CL |
| 2. Light Year is a unit of |
i) Solution and analysis of CLAT 2012 provided by CL
ii) Static GK for LST (Q. No. 5) and in the explanation |
| 3. Hugo Chavez was the President of which country |
i) LST Weekly Quiz March 1st week
ii) LST MOCK 15 |
| 4. The principal work of Norman Borlaug took place in which country |
i) Exercise & Explanation of LST GK – 7
ii) CLAT MOCK TEST 5
iii) LST GK Economy Exercise – 1 & explanation |
| 5. FIFA 2014 and the next Olympic games would be held in |
i) LST GK current affairs (Que. No. 508) |
| 6. Miss World 2012 is |
i) CLAT MOCK Test – 2
ii) Exercise of 100 questions for LST GK
iii) CLAT MOCK TEST – 4
iv) Explanation of GK – 9 for LST |
| 7. NAM Summit 2012 was held in |
i) CLAT MOCK TEST - 5
ii) GK – 9
iii) Gyandhra , September 1st week |
| 8. Total number of High Courts in India is |
LST Span 2012-14 GK PPT 2, Indian Polity.ppt |
| 9. What was the name of Oscar Pistorious’ girlfriend |
LST Quiz Feb 2nd week |
| 10. The nationality of the new Pope is |
Daily GK Updates/News Updates (14th March 2013) |
| 11. The Italian ambassador was asked by the honourable supreme court to not to leave India. |
LST WEEKLY QUIZ MARCH 4th WEEK
Q NO. 7
Recently, Supreme Court barred which of the following country’s envoy from leaving India?
- France
- China
- UK
- Italy *
and LST MOCK 17 |
| 12. The Indian state with the lowest sex ratio (877) is Haryana |
i) Material of GK – 8 Exercise
ii) Exercise of Economy for LST GK
iii) General Knowledge Book provided by CL pp. 127 |
| 13. Kuchipudi Dance belongs to which state - |
i) LST GK – 3 Exercice & explantation
ii) General Knowledge Book provided by CL pp. 125 |
| 14. Indian Olympian Vijay Kumar is associated with which sport |
General Knowledge Book provided by CL pp. 95 |
| 15. Sushil Kumar is associated with which sport |
General Knowledge Book provided by CL pp. 95 |
| 16. Bharat Ratna and other Padma awards were introduced in |
General Knowledge Book provided by CL pp. 96 |
17. The founder of Red Cross Society was?: Henry Dunant (His birthday
was on 8th May)
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General Knowledge Book provided by CL pp.86 |
18. The Head Quarters of European Union is located at: Brussels
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General Knowledge Book provided by CL pp.86 |
19. Which year has been declared as the International Year of Biodiversity? 2010
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LST supplement of 500 questions (Que No. 425) |
| 20. World Literacy Day is observed on |
General Knowledge Book provided by CL pp 98 |
| 21. International Women’s Day is celebrated on |
General Knowledge Book provided by CL pp 98 |
| 22. Who wrote “Paradise Lost”? |
General Knowledge Book provided by CL pp 106 |
| 23. The five year plan of year 2007-11 was which 5 year plan |
General Knowledge Book provided by CL pp 158 & 159 |
24. Which actor was associated with controversial film
“Vishwaroopam”recently |
MOCK TEST 13 |
| 25. The space vehicle on which Chandrayan-I was launched |
Material on General Scinence |
| 26. POSCO steel plant is situated in which State |
i) LST GK – 100 question
ii) Que. No. 17 GK – 4 |
27. Viswanathan Anand beat Borris Gelfand to win his fifth FIDE world
chess championship. Borris Gelfand is from which country |
Extra questions for LST |
| 28. Potential energy (PE) is presented as |
Booklet of general science Que. no. 197 |
| 29. Bomb blasts in Hyderabad |
Daily GK updates/ News updates |
| 30. Shifting of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi |
Daily GK updates/ News updates (on the occasion of the centenary celebration of the capital) |
| 31. The diwani rights of Bihar and Bengal were passed to the British during the reign of Shah Alam 2 |
LST GK capsule Q. no. 279 (explanation) |
| 32. Name the first man to land on the moon (died recently) |
Daily GK Updates/News Updates of August 26, 2012 |
| 33. The Boundries of which states do not touch? Answer : Meghalaya and Manipur |
100 questions of LST GK – Geography |
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