In this section of the UG-CLAT 2020, you will be provided passages of about 450 words each. These passages will be derived from contemporary or historically significant fiction and non-fiction writing, and would be of a standard that a 12th standard student may be able to read in about 5-7 minutes.
Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate your comprehension and language skills, including your abilities to:
In this section, you will be provided passages of up to 450 words each. The passages will be derived from news, journalistic sources and other non-fiction writing. The questions may include an examination of legal information or knowledge discussed in or related to the passage, but would not require any additional knowledge of the law beyond the passage.
Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate your awareness of various aspects of current affairs and general knowledge, including:
In this section, you will be expected to read passages of around 450 words each. The passages may relate to fact situations or scenarios involving legal matters, public policy questions or moral philosophical enquiries. You will not require any prior knowledge of law. You will benefit from a general awareness of contemporary legal and moral issues to better apply general principles or propositions to the given fact scenarios.
Each passage would be followed by a series of questions that will require you to:
The Logical Reasoning section of the UG-CLAT 2020 will include a series of short passages of about 300 words each. Each passage will be followed by one or more questions that will require you to:
The Quantitative Techniques section of the UG-CLAT 2020 will include short sets of facts or propositions, graphs, or other textual, pictorial or diagrammatic representations of numerical information, followed by a series of questions. You will be required to derive information from such passages, graphs, or other representations, and apply mathematical operations on such information.
The questions will require you to:
CLAT is a Common Law Admission Test. It is a national level leading law entrance examination for admission to 22 National Law Universities (NLU) in India.
The CLAT exam was scheduled on 28 September 2020.
Aspirants can register for CLAT from its official website website
The purpose of CLAT is to get admission in NLU, Self-financed Law College and PSUs.
The validity of CLAT exam scorecard is one year.
The Minimum qualification for Under Graduate (UG) candidate is 10+2 or equivalent.
The Minimum qualification for Post Graduate (PG) candidate is LLB degree or equivalent.
As such, there is no age bar set to appear in the CLAT exam.
The procedure for filling the application form are as follows:
1. Visit CLAT 2020 official
website- /Click on New Registration.
2. Enter name, mobile number, create a new password and confirm password.
3. Click on Register
4. The candidate will receive OTP while entering the mobile number at the time of generation.
5. Enter OTP, then Submit
6. Application form opens:
7. Enter Personal Details, contact information, academic details, work experience, program preference, and exam centre preference.
7. Enter Personal Details, contact information, academic details, work experience, program preference, and exam centre preference.
8. Documents upload
9. Payment
No, CLAT exam has only objective type questions.
The application fees for General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI candidates is Rs.4000.
the application fees for SC/ST/BPL candidates is Rs.3500.
Application fees are non-refundable.
Candidate can download admit card from the official website of CLAT, i.e. https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in
Admit card downloading procedure
1. To download e-Admit card, candidates will require Registration id followed by Date of Birth (DD-MM-YY)
2. Enter captcha word, then log in.
3. After Logging in, you will find an option to download the admit card.
Candidates are required to wear clothes with half sleeves.
CLAT selection process: Registrationą Online exam Result Counselling.
Rs 50000 is to be paid for a counselling session of CLAT exam.
Minimum percentage required for CLAT- UG exam is 45% for General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI categories and 40% for SC/ST categories.
Minimum percentage required for CLAT- PG exam is 50% for General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI categories and 45% for SC/ST categories.
Negative marking is 0.25 for each incorrect answer.
The Total number of question asked is 150 in CLAT-UG exam.
The Total number of question asked is 120 in CLAT-PG exam.
The duration of CLAT exam is 2 hours.