CLAT- Common Law Admission Test
Subject wise Courses for CLAT
Exam Name Common Law Admission test | Mode Offline (Pen Paper) | Exam Frequency Once in a Year |
Exam Duration 2 hours | Test Takers 59000 | Accepting colleges 104 |
Exam Language English | No. of cities Test centers across the nation | Official website clatconsortiumofnlu.ac.in |
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What is CLAT?
The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national level entrance exam for admission to candidate in undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) law courses offered at NLUs and other colleges/universities accepting exam score.CLAT began in 2008 and today more than 40,000 students write the entrance exam every year to secure a seat in one of the top participating National Law University including NLSIU Bangalore-the Harvard of the East. CLAT is conducted every year to select students for 19 National Law Universities in India, other than National Law University-Delhi and HP National Law University-Shimla, which have their own process to select the students.
CLAT Score is also accepted by other law schools including NMIMS, Mumbai, UPES Dehradun and Nirma University, Ahmedabad, to name a few. After passing CLAT examination, you are eligible to be admitted to any of the following National Law Universities to continue your studies in Law stream. After completion of Law courses in NLUs you get good placements on campus. You can then even become successful LAWYER and JUDGE and you may even reach higher positions thereafter like High court lawyer, chief justice, Solicitor general, Legal advisor and more.
CLAT 2020 Exam Dates and other events
The CLAT syllabus 2020 for UG course admission as mentioned on the official website for the exam is as follow
Section 1: English including comprehension
In this section, the candidates are tested in their proficiency in the English subject.They are asked questions related to comprehension passages and grammar in the exam.
In the comprehension section, a passage is given and candidates are asked questions related to that passage, its central theme, meanings of words used in the passage etc. The grammar section requires correction in given incorrect grammatical sentences, filling up the blanks in sentences with appropriate words, etc.
Section 2: General Knowledge and Currents Affairs
This section is all about evaluating the candidates general awareness including static general knowledge. Candidates are expected to have a good knowledge of current affairs and hence, all the questions are current affairs based. Candidates are supposed to be up to date with news and other topics discussed in mainstream media from March 2016 to April 2020.
Section 3: Mathematics
The Quantitative section of CLAT evaluates the Elementary Mathematics knowledge of the candidate which includes the various math concepts students have studied upto class 10.
Section 4: Legal Aptitude
The Legal Aptitude section is all about testing a candidate’s aptitude and interest in law, research aptitude and also, problem solving abilities.
According to the official website for CLAT: “Questions in this section will be framed with the help of legal propositions and a set of facts to which the said proposition has to be applied. Some propositions may not be “true” in the real sense (e.g. the legal proposition may be that any person who speaks in a movie hall and disturbs others that are watching the movie will be banned from entering any movie theater across India for one year). Candidates would have to assume these propositions as “true” and answer the questions accordingly”.
Section 5: Logical Reasoning
To evaluate a candidate’s ability to identify patterns, logical links as well as rectify illogical arguments, the Reasoning section is included in CLAT.
This section includes logical reasoning questions for various topics like syllogisms, analogies, logical sequences, etc. But, visual reasoning will not be tested.
CLAT Eligibility for five year integrated courses:
Candidate who have completed 10 2 or equivalent examinations for the national or state board of education:
They should have obtained minimum 45% marks if belonging to general/ others Backward class (OBC) / Specially abled categories and40% marks belonging to scheduled class(SC)/Scheduled Tribe(ST categories)
Candidates can apply for CLAT 2020 irrespective of their age as the limit criteria have been removed.
CLAT Eligibility for LLM Course:
Candidates should have completed their graduation with at least 55% marks if belonging to geral / other Backward Class(OBC)/ sSpecially abled person categories and at least 50% marks if belonging to scheduled class(SC) / scheduled Tribe(ST) categories.
Candidates who are in the final year of their graduation degree can also apply for CLAT 2020. However, they shou;d submit the proof of the qualifying the final examination and completing the graduation degree at the time of admission formalities.
There is no upper age limit to apply for the CLAT 2020 Exam.
CLAT Mock test 2020 is essential for everyone. They complete your preparation and ensure that you clear the examination with a good score. Candidates can also download the CLAT mock test which is now available and practise at home offline.These mock tests of CLAT 2020 have been designed to be solved in under 2 hours, thus Using the released CLAT mock test, the candidates will be able to prepare well for the upcoming examination. Since the mock test will have the same structure as the CLAT 2020 examination, the candidates will be familiar with the pattern and analyze their preparation. Time management can also be practiced using the CLAT 2020 mock test.
The consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) has announced few changes in CLAT 2020 Exam pattern. The consortium has also shared a sectional weightage/ question paper format of CLAT 2020 on 1st Jan along with the application form.
CLAT 2020 sectional weightage
The question paper of CLAT 2020 will comprise of 150 questions and the sectional wise allotment of the following is given below:
CLAT 2020 Making Scherm
Unlike the exam pattern, the marking scheme of CLAT 2020 will remains the same as earlier, i.e.
For every correct answer, a candidate. will be awarded one mark.
However, for every wrong attempt, 0.25 marks are deducted from their total score.
No marks will be awarded or deducted for questions not attempted.
The consortium of National Law University (NLUs) has published an official sample paper for the common Law Admission Test 2020 on 1st January. The sample paper is based on the new exam pattern of CLAT 2020 and will be helpful for candidates appearing in the upcoming. Also the past year CLAT question papers are quite very helpful for the students who wish to score good marks because they give you an idea of the type of the questions and help you evaluate yourself. Past years Clat question papers tell you about your weak points and thus you can improve it and gain a good score.
The Online Registration and Application process has started from 1st January onwards and the last date to submit the CLAT application form is 31st MARCh. Following steps to carry out application process is given below:
Step 1: Register for CLAT
Register on the official website(https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/clat-2020/). Candidates need to enter their details to register. Once registered, candidates need to activate their account by entering their mobile number, this will generate an OTP on your number. Fill that OTP and then login by setting a password. Then click on the register for the CLAT 2020 button.
Step 2: Fill the CLAT Application form
Candidates need to enter their personal details, academic details, communication details, category, exam centre preference details etc. After taking a preview of the form you can click on the submit button.
Step 3: Upload Documents
Candidates are supposed to upload their signature, photograph and a copy of the domicile and category certificate. Otherwise, their Clat application form is not completed.
Step 4: Candidates can pay the application fee for CLAT 2020 in online mode using (debit card/ credit card/ net banking) as well as offline (bank challan) modes. CLAT Application fee for different categories is an mentioned in the table below:
The conducting body of CLAT 2020, NLU odisha, Cuttack will be releasing the admit card of CLAT 2020 by the last week of April 2020. Candidates can get access for the same in online mode by entering their registration id and password. CLAT 2020 Admit card is a hall ticket to enter the examination hall thus it is an important document for the candidate. Without the admit card of CLAT 2020, no candidates will be allowed to enter the examination hall under any circumstances. Candidates are advised to check all the details like the name of the candidates, roll number, subject code, examination centre and date before downloading the same. Candidates should also take a print out of the same for future references.
Check CLAT 2020 Result, As per the CLAT exam dates, the results for CLAT 2020 will be published on the official website (https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/clat-2020/). CLAT results will be composed of an overall merit list with names of the candidates along with their CLAT score and categories. Apart from this, the state specific as well as all India Merit list shall be prepared for various categories like- Unreserved/ SC/ ST/ OBC/ women/ PWd etc. candidates can view their personal Login account.
A variation seen in CLAT Cutoff every year. The cutoff of CLAT depends on multiple criteria and they are as follows:
Difficulty level of the exam
Total number of seats available that year
The Cut Off for the common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is the score or rank at which aspirants are offered admission in different colleges accepting their CLAT score. Thus, CLAT Cut Off forms a basis on which the candidates are offered admission in different NLUs.
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Recommended Question & Answers for CLAT
- Statements :Some trees one are mangoes.All mangoes are bananas.All tomatoes are bananas.Conclusions:(i) All trees are tomatoes is a possibility.(ii) No bananas are tree is a possibility.
- a)if only conclusion I follows;
- b)if only conclusion II follows;
- c)if either I or II follows;
- d)if neither I nor II follows; and
- e)if both I and II follow
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer? - Who is the current president of European Central Bank?
- a)Luis de Guindos
- b)Christine Lagarde
- c)Xavier Giocanti
- d)Bernard Tapie
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? - DIRECTIONS for the question: In the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below each four pairs of words have been denoted by numbers (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.Although many of the members were ______________ about the impending deal, others were ___________ about the benefits it would bring.
- a)euphoric …….. Confident
- b)optimistic …….. Dubious
- c)angry ……… skeptical
- d)confused ……… pleased
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? Sheeps are economically useful (A) / and so they are reared (C) / in the hills.(C) / no error (D)
- a)Sheeps are economically useful
- b)and so they are reared
- c)in the hills
- d)no error
Statements: Some Clothes are lamps. Some flowers are lamps. Some lamps are dresses. All dresses are shirts.
- a)None follows
- b)Only I follows
- c)Only II follows
- d)Only III follows
- e)Only IV follows
- a)There is no contract concluded because the acceptance has not reached the proposer
- b)There is no contract concluded because the proposer had not received the letter
- c)The contract is concluded because the acceptance is complete from the date of dispatch, notwithstanding any delay or miscarriage in its arrival from causes not within the acceptor's control
- d)None of these.
- a)USA
- b)USSR
- c)UK
- d)Ireland
- a)1608
- b)1407
- c)1541
- d)1474
Q.
Statements :
- a)If only conclusion I follows;
- b)If only conclusion II follows;
- c)If either I or II follows;
- d)If neither I nor II follows; and
- e)If both I and II follow
- a)The mother as well as her children
- b)were brought
- c)to the police station for interrogation.
- d)no error
- a)The agreement is valid. Both will have to honour their commitments.
- b)The agreement is void.
- c)Agreement to catch a wild animal is illegal and hence punishable.
- d)Such an attempt can prove to be very dangerous.
- a)Jawahar Lal Nehru
- b)B.R. Ambedkar
- c)Dr. Rajender Prasad
- d)B.N. Rau
- a)Gift of both the properties is valid
- b)Gift of both the properties is void
- c)Gift of house is void, but the gift of the plot of land is valid
- d)Gift of house is valid, but the gift of the plot of land is void.
- a)‘A’ has committed trespass
- b)‘A’ has committed nuisance
- c)‘A’ has not committed nuisance
- d)None of the above
- a)Mr. X cannot enter into contract because he is of unsound state of mind when he entered into contract.
- b)Mr. X can enter into contract but the burden is on the other party to prove that he was of unsound state of mind at the time of contract.
- c)Mr. X can enter into contract but the burden is on Mr. X to prove that he was of sound state of mind at the time of contract.
- d)None of these
