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CLAT Exam
CLAT Syllabus
The Common Law Admission Test, commonly known as CLAT, is conducted on a national level basis by one of the seven top Law institutes of India. It is an entrance exam for students who want to pursue 5 years integrated law course. Some of the other law institutes and universities of India also consider CLAT scores as the criterion to give admission to law aspirants.
CLAT Syllabus – Sectional Composition
The syllabus of CLAT is divided into following sections:
- English Including Comprehension
- General Knowledge and Currents Affairs
- Mathematics
- Legal Aptitude
- Logical Reasoning
GK & Current Affairs
This sections comprises of following topics:
- Ancient, Medieval, Modern and World History
- Geography
- Economics (Outline of Indian Economy, Five Year Plans, National Income of India, Indian Tax Structure)
- Science and technology Environment & Ecology
- General Science National & International Burning topics
- Books and Authors
- Environment
- Major Industries in India
- Agriculture
- Awards and Achievements
English (with Comprehension)
The CLAT syllabus for English includes following topics:
- Vocabulary
- Grammar Usage and errors
- Comprehension
- Analogies
- English proficiency – idioms and phrases
- Fill in the blanks
- One word substitution
- Cloze tests
- Sentence improvement
- Jumbled sentences.
Legal Aptitude
Legal Aptitude questions are framed as legal propositions having a set of facts that satisfy the propositions where one has to analyze suitable proposition and answer questions based on the given set of facts. Apart from it questions will be asked from following topics:
- Indian Constitution
- Indian Penal Code
- Indian Contract Act
- Family Law
- Law of Torts
- Legal fundamentals and terms
- Legal Maxims
- Important Landmarks
- Supreme Court Judgements
Elementary Mathematics
- Number system
- Roots
- Decimals and fractions
- Surds and indices
- Average
- HCF and LCM
- Approximation
- Ration and proportion
- Logarithm
- Profit and loss
- Discounts
- Interest calculation
- Areas and volumes
Logical Reasoning
This section features questions such as logical links, identify patterns and rectifying illogical arguments. This particular section will test your ability to solve a wide variety of logical reasoning questions such as syllogisms, logical sequences, and analogies.
CLAT Exam Pattern for UG Courses
General Knowledge and Current Affairs - 50 Questions, 50 Marks
Legal Aptitude - 50 Questions, 50 Marks
English including Comprehension - - 40 Questions, 40 Marks
Logical Reasoning - 40 Questions, 40 Marks
Elementary Mathematics - 20 Questions, 20 Marks
Total - 200 Questions, 200 Marks
CLAT Marking Scheme
CLAT for undergraduate programs is of total 200 marks. Each question will carry 1 mark each. Questions would be of objective-nature where the candidates will be required to choose one option out of the four options given. There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each incorrect answer and 0 marks are awarded to non-attempted questions.
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