CLAT Exam

CLAT Exam Pattern 2021

Introduction

The Consortium of NLUs has released the CLAT 2021 exam pattern in their official website https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/ To check the updated exam pattern

• 1.Firstly, visit the website.
• 2. Click on either the Undergraduate or Postgraduate dropdown menu.
• 3. Click Syllabus and Guide both for UG and PG dropdown menu and read.

The exam pattern guides candidates who are preparing for the Common Law Entrance Test (CLAT). Through this pattern, candidates will know the type and number of questions asked in the exam.

Last year, the Consortium of NLUs made major changes in the exam pattern. It has introduced comprehension-based questions in both CLAT UG and PG. The number of questions has been reduced from 200 to 150 in CLAT UG.

The exam was held online as a Computer Based Test (CBT). CLAT LLM has two sections; Objective and Subjective. There was no subjective section for the UG paper.

CLAT 2021 test pattern will remain the same as that of last year.

CLAT Exam Pattern

• Each section (UG), except for Quantitative Techniques, will have multiple passages of 300-400 words each.
• These passages will be followed by a set of MCQs.
• The objective section of PG CLAT will also ave passage-based questions.
• Only CLAT PG will have 2 essay-type questions. Candidates will have to answer these questions within 800 words.
• CLAT UG will have 150 questions and PG will have 120 questions.
• For the UG exam, the question will be from the class 12 syllabus
• The question in the Quantitative section will be based on graphs, passages, pictorial representations, etc.

UG CLAT

UG-CLAT 2021 is a 2-hour test. It will have 150 multiple-choice questions carrying 1 mark each. There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer. The questions will come from the following 5 subjects:

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

English Language

• In this section, candidates will be provided passages of 450 words each.
• These passages will be from contemporary or historically significant fiction and non-fiction writing.
• The question will be from the 12th standard.
• Candidates may be able to read in about 5-7 minutes.
• The questions in each passage will test the candidate’s comprehension and language skills.

General Knowledge

This section will have 450 words in a passage. The passages can be from news, journalistic sources and other non-fiction writing. The questions will not require any additional knowledge of the law beyond the passage.

Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will test candidates’ knowledge of current affairs and general knowledge.

Legal Reasoning

This section will also have 450 words in a passage. Topics will be from legal matters, public policy questions or moral philosophical enquiries.

Logical Reasoning

• This section will short passages of 300 words.
• Each passage will be followed by one or two questions. Candidates will have to
  • Recognize conclusions, argument
  • Read and identify the arguments set out in the passage
  • Critically analyse patterns of reasoning
  • Draw relationships and analogies

Quantitative Techniques

This section will have:

• short sets of facts or propositions
• graphs, or other textual,
• pictorial or diagrammatic representations of numerical information.

The passage will be followed by a series of questions. Students have to find information from such passages and apply mathematical operations to such information.

PG CLAT

PG CLAT 2021 emphasizes the comprehension abilities of the students. It shall be of 120 minutes duration, with one section.

• The first section will include 100 objective-type questions carrying 1 mark each.
• There shall be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.
• In the second section, candidates will have to write 2 descriptive essays.

Objective Section

Candidates will be provided passage from primary legal materials. These extracts can be important court decisions in various fields of law, statutes or regulations. Each passage will be followed by a series of questions. Candidates will have to:

• Explain in short the passage
• Understand the issues discussed in the passage
• Apply their law education discussed in the passage.

Descriptive Section

In this section, candidates will have to write essays. They will have to answer any 2 questions from amongst the list of questions supplied. The answer should be within 800 words. The answer should reflect:

• Awareness of the legal, factual, and philosophical issues
• Ability to structure the answer
• Provide various arguments and perspectives related to the topic and
• Draw a conclusion based on the above

For detailed information about CLAT Exam visit consortiumofnlus.ac.in and contact IESOnline.