CLAT Syllabus 2021: GK | Additional Study Material for CAT PDF Download

CLAT syllabus is the first thing that must be understood by an aspirant who is planning to prepare for CLAT 2021. Knowing the CLAT syllabus 2021 is one thing, and understanding the contents of that syllabus is quite another. By contents of the syllabus, we mean the individual topics and subtopics that fall in that syllabus.

It is for this reason that we recommend the student to understand the syllabus by getting into the details of the different topics and subtopics, by understanding the different types of questions that have come from those topics and subtopics, and by understanding their relevance in the context of the latest CLAT exam pattern.

Before we go ahead into the nitty-gritty of the CLAT syllabus, we want you to know that CLAT changed its exam pattern recently in 2019; therefore, you must go through the syllabus once.

The CLAT exam tests the aspirants in five areas:

• English Language 
• Current Affairs, including General Knowledge 
• Legal Reasoning 
• Logical Reasoning 
• Quantitative Techniques

We will try to understand the syllabus for CLAT Current Affairs & GK in this document.

CLAT Syllabus: Current affairs and GK

This section contains 35-39 questions equivalent to 25% of the exam. This section will also have comprehension passages of up to 450 words each. The content of these passages will be derived from the following topics.

• Current Affairs
• Economy, Science
• Historical events of continuing significance
• Significant developments in the areas of sports
• Geopolitics and important environmental agreements
• Awards and honours
• Eminent personalities
• Contemporary events of significance from India and the world
• International Affairs
• Arts and Culture
• Legal editorials and opinions
• Journalistic sources
• Other non-fiction writing

Topics

• Science & Technology
• Constitutional Law
• Indian Government
• Indian History
• World Knowledge
• Indian Art & Culture
• Indian Geography
• Important Treaties & Conventions
• Important Lists: India
• Current Affairs: Passage Based Questions
• Supreme Court Judgements
  (i) Important: Recent Landmark Judgements
  (ii) Important: Case Laws on Constitutional Law
  (iii) Important: Case Laws on Indian Penal Code
  (iv) Case Laws on Civil Procedure Code
  (v)Case Laws on Indian Evidence Act
  (vi) Case Laws on Criminal Procedure Code
  (vii) Case Laws on the Indian Contract Act