Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

Overview

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), is an all India entrance examination, conducted on rotation by 17 National Law Universities (NLUs) for admissions to their Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate degree programmes.

For UG exam:

This law entrance exam is of two hours duration. The CLAT question paper consists of 200 multiple choice questions. There are five sections in CLAT exam paper wherein students need to answer questions from subjects such as:

• English including Comprehension
• General Knowledge and current Affairs
• Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability)
• Legal Aptitude
• Logical Reasoning

For PG exam :

This law entrance exam is of two hours duration. The CLAT question paper consists of 150 multiple choice questions.  There are following sections for PG CLAT entrance exam:

• Constitutional Law
• Jurisprudence
• Other Subjects such as Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR etc.

Negative Marking: For every correct answer, aspirants are given one mark and for each wrong answer 0.25 marks are deducted from their total score.

Eligibility:

For LLB, 10+2 or equivalent examination with the minimum of 45% marks in case of candidates belonging to Unreserved/OBC/(Specially Abled Persons) Categories and 40% marks in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST Category.