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CLAT Prepration: Strategy and Guidance

Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national level exam for graduate and post-graduate courses. CLAT is conducted by National Law Universities (NLU) on rotation basis. It is held on an annual basis on second Sunday of May. This exam is for entrance into courses like BA LLB, BBA LLB, B.Com LLB, B.Sc LLB for undergraduates.

CLAT is a multiple choice question (MCQ) based exam, with 200 marks in total. There are basically 5 sections, viz., 1-) Verbal Ability(English); 2-) General Knowledge (Current Affairs of National and International Importance); 3-) Mathematics (Elementary Mathematics); 4-) Logical Reasoning; & 5-) Legal Aptitude.

CLAT Syllabus of each sections:

English –

Reading Comprehensions

Synonyms

Prepositions

Idioms and Phrases

Para Jumbles

Foreign Maxims

Spellings

Mathematics – (To test the candidates aptitude, memory capacity and grasping ability)

Profit & Loss

Percentages

Ratio & Proportions

Number System

Time and Distance

Simple and Compound Interest

Liner and Quadratic Equations

Average and Allegations

Geometry and Mensuration

Time and Work

Probability and Statistics

General Knowledge and Current Affairs – (To check awareness and insights into national and international happenings along with basic understanding of static general knowledge)

History

Geography

Economy

Polity

Personalities

Days and Events

Legal News

Logical Reasoning – (To check candidate’s logical aptitude and decision making skills and also decision abiding or following ability)

Critical Reasoning

Blood Relations

Logical Relations

Syllogism

Number Series

Arrangements

Statements and Arguments

Odd One Out

Legal Aptitude – (To ascertain candidates interests towards law also to check candidate’s legal situation analysis skills)

Constitution

Family Law

Corporate Law

Criminal Law

Torts

Legal Principles

Intellectual Property Rights

Assertion Reason

Exam Pattern:

English (including comprehension) – 40 Marks

Mathematics – 20 Marks

General Knowledge & Current – 50 Marks

Logical Reasoning – 40 Marks

Legal Aptitude – 50 Marks

Total 200 questions of 200 marks and time allotted is of 2 hours. Negative marking is there of 0.25 on each wrong answer.

CLAT Prepration Strategy:

Understanding Syllabus and its distribution – CLAT is basically divided into 5 sections and each section are allotted marks, of which legal aptitude and general knowledge covers the major portion. Hence, maximum time and energy should be given on these sections. Whereas, Mathematics is of 20 marks only i.e., 10% of total. So, wasting unnecessary time on mathematics could hamper the selection.

Major Focus Area: Legal Aptitude – First and foremost importance should be given to Legal Aptitude, since it is not taught in schools but has major portion in CLAT and other related exams. If last 5-10 years of exams are considered major focus is on – Criminal Law, Law of Tort, Indian Constitution and Contract Law. Hence, it is important to focus on developing good understanding of these 4 areas along with basic reading of other parts of syllabus.

General Knowledge and Current Affairs – Regular reading of one newspaper is very helpful along with one or two magazines which are to be followed religiously. Certain current sections like sports, literature, science, economy, awards, days & events and UN bodies are very important and should be focused upon. Indian Constitution and judiciary awareness is very necessary.

Mock Tests for CLAT – Most important strategy is to do mock tests and that too minimum one per day. Tests should be attempted after 80% of syllabus preparation at least. Hence, best time to start mock tests is after board exams and 1-1.5 months prior to CLAT exam.

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