CLAT – How to crack the exam?

Updated : 16-Jun-2017

As we all know, The CLAT – Common Law Admission Test is known as one of the most important and very popular entrance examination. 

Each and every year CLAT examination gets conducted. It is also a national level entrance examination as it helps in the admission in further UG and PG Law courses. 

This examination also gets conducted for the duration of about 2 hours. Also in this text there will be multiple type questions, which will be based on General Knowledge, Math, English and Legal & Logical Reasoning. 

Please Note – To apply for this examination, you must be 12th passed out. 

Here are the Important Dates for CLAT (Tentative) -

• The application forms will be available –1st week of January to last week of March

• Dead line for online submitting the application form is the last week of March

• Admit cards will be available till Mid of April

• The date of examination for CLAT – is from 1st to 2nd week of May

• And the result will be out between – 3rd to 4th week of May

• Admission process will start from the 4th week of May to 1st week of July

• Admission duration will closed on 1st week of July

How to Apply for CLAT – 

• First and foremost, go to the official website in order to apply for CLAT. 

• However, except online registration, candidate can not apply via any other application mode.

Here are the details of Application Fee –

• Candidate who belong from general category they need to pay Rs. 4000/-

• Candidate who belong from reserved category they need to pay Rs. 3500/-

• Payment must be done via online mode by using net banking or debit card or credit card.

CLAT Syllabus – Have a look

Those applicants, who are going to appear for CLAT, firstly they must check the examination syllabus before starting the preparation. 

Also, the examination syllabus of CLAT covers all the sections of English, GK, Current Affairs, Mathematics, Legal Aptitude, and Logical Reasoning. The GK & Current Affairs sections include 50 marks each, whereas English section including comprehension, logical reasoning consists of 40 marks each. The mathematics section will have 20 marks.

Examination Pattern of CLAT - 

• For UG Courses– This test will be conducted only for 2 hours. There will be total 200 multiple answer type questions. You will get one mark for each accurate answer and if your answer is wrong, 1/4th marks will be deducted.

• For PG Courses– There will be 150 multiple choice questions in this test.

• All the candidates need to finish this test in the duration of 2 hours only. For each accurate answer candidates will get one mark and for each wrong answer ¼ marks will be deducted.

How to get CLAT Admit Card -

The admit cards for CLAT examination will be available online on their official website from the month of April. However, the applicants are advised to bring the ID proof along with their admit card at their respective examination center. The admit card will have all the important details related to examination, which includes examination date & time, examination center, applicant’s name, roll number, applicant’s signature, thumb impression etc.

Please Note: The given schedule is tentative, final dates will be updated only after release of official notice.