CLAT stands for Common Law Admissions Test.

CLAT is one of the most important entrance exams for admissions to law courses like five-year integrated LLB. The exam is primarily conducted for admission to law courses offered by participating NLUs including the top 3 law colleges in India as per National Institutes Ranking Framework (NIRF). However, CLAT scores are also accepted by top private law colleges in India.

CLAT- 2024 will be conducted by the Consortium of National Law Universities.

CLAT is a national-level entrance exam, held in an offline mode. The question paper of CLAT for 5-year law courses is based on five subjects (Quantitative Techniques Legal Reasoning, English Language, Current Affairs including General Knowledge, and Logical Reasoning).

Around 3000 seats at the undergraduate level and around 1,000 seats at the postgraduate level are filled at the participating NLUs through the Centralized Admission Process of seat allotment. 

CLAT Highlights 2024

By looking at the current year’s key details, CLAT 2024 can be understood from the table given below:

The journey of the Common Law Admission Test began in 2008, it was when the first CLAT was conducted by NLSIU, Bangalore. Earlier to this, all national law universities have their own entrance exam. But, after a petition, Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) i.e. law entrance exam for 21 National Law Universities was introduced. There are approximately 20,000+ seats offered. It includes courses like BA-LLB, B. Com.-LLB, BBA-LLB, etc., and the courses vary from college to college. CLAT is the preference of the number of students. Last year more than 50,000 students appeared for CLAT.

CLAT 2024 UPDATES

• The number of questions – The number of questions in CLAT has been reduced from 150 to 200.
• Questions in CLAT UG and PG entrance exam – Now, comprehension-based questions will also be asked from Quantitative Techniques, English, Current Affairs, Deductive Reasoning, and Logical Reasoning.
• The CLAT 2024 examination will be held in OFFLINE mode.

Success Mantra GTB Nagar Announce Course for CLAT

Features are given below :-

·       Classes 5 Days a week 

·       Specialised Faculty

·       Live classes on WebEx Meet+ Recording Sessions.

·       E-textbooks 

·       Hard books 

·       Sectional test 

·       Mock test 

Reading Comprehension and Verbal Ability       

Tense, Noun , Pronoun , Adjective, Adverb, Articles Preposition, One word Substitution, Idioms & Phrases, synonyms, Antonyms, Gerund, Infinite, & Present Participles, Narration, Voice, Jumbled Words, Figure of Speech, Reading Comprehension

General Knowledge and Current Affairs

Static GK (Polity and Indian Constitution, Indian History World History, Geography, Science, Economy, Banking & Financial Institutions, National Insignia, Science, Computers, Sports and Movies, Prizes, Awards and Honours, Personalities, Literature and Media, Days and Dates), Current Affairs (National and international)

Numerical Ability 

Number System, HCF-LCM, Average, Percentage, Profit and Loss and Discount, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Ratio & proportion, Mixture & Allegations, Time, Speed, Distance, Train, Boat and Stream, Mixed Proportion, Time & Work, Pipe & Cistern, Probability, Mensuration, Data Interpretation, Geometry

Legal Aptitude 

IPC 

Introduction to Legal Aptitude, Attempt, General Exceptions, Abetment, Criminal Conspiracy, Sedition, Offences Against Human Life, Theft, Extortion, Robbery, Dacoity & Cheating, Criminal Brench of Trust, Offences Relating to Documents, Legal Reasoning

Contract

Indian Contract Act, 1872, Offer and Acceptance, Consideration, Void Contract, Voidable Contract, Capacity of Parties, Free Consent, Quasi Contracts, Remedies For Breach of Contract, Bailment, Agency, The Indian Partnership Act, 1932,

Tort 

Introduction to Law of Torts, General Defenses, Vicarious Liability, Vicarious Liability of the State, Strict Liability & Absolute Liability, Torts in Relation to Persons, Negligence, Nuisance, Defamation, Trespass to Goods and Conversion, Liability of Owner for Dangerous Premises, Nervous Shock

Logical Reasoning

Introduction, Alphabetical Series & its Analogy, Coding-Decoding

Direction, Blood Relation (Normal & Coded), Ranking, Syllogism, Seating Arrangement, Puzzle, Calendar & Clock, Cube and Dice, Number Series & Matrix, Statement Conclusion, Assumption, Course of Action, Inequalities (Bank), Machine Input - Output (Bank), Venn Diagram, Arrangement of Words, Critical Reasoning

• Mode of examination: Offline
• Maximum Marks: 150
• Duration of the examination: 2 hours or 120 minutes
• Types of Questions: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
• Each question is of 1 mark with 0.25 marks deducted for each incorrect answer. Therefore, four wrong answers will lead to deduction of 1 Mark.

In case of equal marks among different candidates, the tie breaker procedure will be as following:

• Higher marks in the component /section on legal aptitude in the CLAT-2024 exam.
• Higher age
• Computerised draw of lots

CLAT 2024 Calendar

Tentative dates