What is the CLAT exam?

CLAT Exam: Highlights

The existing notifications comprise announcements regarding CLAT 2025 final admissions, and the basic tentative structure for CLAT 2025. While counseling for the academic year 2024 is about to get complete, CLAT 2025 is on the way, and the best practice is to know about the test months in advance. Find below the test highlights from CLAT 2024, which are expected to be the same for CLAT 2025.

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CLAT Exam: Participating Colleges

Here’s a list of top law institutes (non-NLUs) that accept admission into their law courses based on CLAT scores.

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CLAT 2025: Important Dates

Based on the previous year’s revised deadlines for the exam announced by the consortium, here are the important dates the candidate should keep a note of.

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CLAT Exam: Test Pattern

Once the CLAT exam pattern basic structure is clear, take a look at the five sections that comprise CLAT. These sections test one's aptitude and reasoning abilities, and hence, require months of preparation and practice.

Each question carries 1 mark and for every incorrect attempt, 0.25 marks will be deducted.

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CLAT Exam: Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for are primarily based on two factors:

• Educational Qualification
• Age Limit

Educational Qualification

Any candidate who has completed 10+2 or will complete a 10+2 equivalent examination is eligible to apply for the CLAT 2025 test.

Minimum marks required for different categories are listed below:

• 45% marks for General/ Other Backward Class (OBC)/ Specially abled person categories
• 40% marks for Scheduled Class (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST) categories

Note: Candidates appearing for their Class 12th examination in March/ April 2025 are also eligible for the test. Such candidates need to give evidence of passing their Class 12th exam at the time of admission. Candidates who fail to fulfill this will lose their right to admission through the CLAT exam.

Age Limit

There is no upper age limit to apply for the test.

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CLAT Exam: Syllabus

The test is conducted in offline mode where the paper has 120 questions from five different sections. Below is an elaboration of the scope and coverage of Detailed CLAT Exam Syllabus under every section.

Current Affairs including General Knowledge

This section consist of passages instead of direct questions that were asked earlier. The world limit for these passages is 300 words each and the same would be derived from news, journals, etc.

• Contemporary events of relevance from India and the world
• Arts and culture
• International affairs
• Historical events of enduring significance

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CLAT Current Affairs including GK Preparation

Legal Reasoning

Legal reasoning for CLAT tests a candidate's interest in the study of law, research aptitude, and problem-solving ability. Questions are based on passages of around 450 words, relating to facts or scenarios involving legal matters.
Each passage will be followed by a series of questions in which you will be required to:

• Identify and deduce the passage's rules and principles.
• Apply these rules and concepts to a variety of factual circumstances; and
• Understand how modifications to the rules or principles may affect how they are applied in different factual circumstances.

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Quantitative Techniques

The Quantitative Technique or Maths section includes short sets of facts or propositions, graphs, or other textual, pictorial, or diagrammatic representations of numerical information, followed by a series of questions.

Some of the important topics that students should focus on include: Number Systems, Percentage and Ratio, Algebra, Mensuration, Data Interpretation, Probability, Average, Speed Time and Distance, Ratio and Proportion, and Set Theory.

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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 are based on the passage of 300 words.

Each reading will be followed by one or more questions that will need you to:

• Recognize an argument, taking into account its premises and conclusions.
• Read the paragraph and identify the arguments presented.
• Analyze patterns of reasoning critically and examine how conclusions may depend on specific premises or evidence, and how conclusions may be strengthened or weakened as a result of a change in premises or supporting facts.
• Determine the passage's implications and apply your conclusions to other contexts.
• Draw comparisons and links, discover contradictions and equivalents, and evaluate the efficiency of arguments.

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CLAT Logical Reasoning

English

The English section tests the candidates' proficiency in English based on comprehension passages. Students are given passages of about 450 words each and such passages could be fiction/ non-fiction, contemporary/historical, etc.

Each paragraph will be followed by a series of questions that will demand you to demonstrate your comprehension and linguistic skills, including your abilities to:

• Read and grasp the paragraph's core message, as well as any arguments or opinions presented in the passage;
• Based on the reading, draw deductions and conclusions;
• Summarize the passage;
• Compare and contrast the various arguments or perspectives presented in the passage;
• Recognize the meaning of certain words and phrases in the context of the passage.

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