CLAT 2020 Notification Out, Check Question Paper Format & Syllabus

By Neeraj Mishra|Updated : December 31st, 2019

CLAT 2020 Notification is declared now. As per the officials, the new exam date for CLAT 2020 exam is moved from 24th May 2020 to June 21, 2020. The online registrations will open on 1 January 2020 and the last date for the online submission form is extended till 18th May 2020. 

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The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national level entrance exam for admissions to undergraduate (UG) offered by 21 National Law Universities around the country. CLAT is organized by the Consortium of National Law Universities consisting of representative universities.

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CLAT 2020: Important Dates

Here are some important dates for CLAT 2020 exam details:

Event

Important Dates

CLAT 2020 Online Registration Starts Date

1st January 2020

Last date for submission of applications

01st July 2020

CLAT 2020 Exam Date

22nd August 2020

CLAT 2020 Declaration of the final results

To be announced soon

Mode of Exam

The CLAT 2020 examination will be held in Online Computer Based Test mode

Age-based Eligibility

  • There are no age limit criteria for candidates applying for CLAT 2020.

Educational Qualification

  • Candidate should qualify the class 12th or equivalent exam from a recognized board or university
  • For General/OBC/Specially-abled person (SAP) the percentage criteria are 45%
  • For SC/ST the percentage criteria are 40%.

Thus the CLAT 2020 process will be held in the following stages:

  • Online (Computer Based Test)
  • Counseling
  • Merit List

Note:

  • In case of equal marks, the break of tie shall be by the following procedure and order as under:
  1. Higher marks in the component/section on legal aptitude in the CLAT 2020 exam;
  2. Higher age;
  3. Computerized draw of lots.

CLAT 2020: Pattern of the Exam

CLAT 2020 will be a 2-hour test, with 150 multiple-choice questions carrying 1 mark each. There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer. 

Subjects

No. of Qs

English Language

28-32 questions,

Current Affairs, including General Knowledge

35-39 questions

Legal Reasoning

35-39 questions

Logical Reasoning

28-32 questions

Quantitative Techniques

13-17 questions

 CLAT 2020: Detailed Syllabus 

1. English Language

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:

  • Read and comprehend the main point discussed in the passage, as well as any arguments and viewpoints discussed or set out in the passage;
  • Draw inferences and conclusions based on the passage;
  • Summarise the passage;
  • Compare and contrast the different arguments or viewpoints set out in the passage; and
  • Understand the meaning of various words and phrases used in the passage.

2. Current Affairs Including General Knowledge

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:

  • Contemporary events of significance from India and the world;
  • Arts and culture;
  • International affairs; and
  • Historical events of continuing significance.

3. Legal Reasoning

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 inquiries. 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:

  • Identify and infer the rules and principles set out in the passage;
  • Apply such rules and principles to various fact situations; and
  • Understand how changes to the rules or principles may alter their application to various fact situations.

4. Logical Reasoning

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:

  • Recognize an argument, its premises and conclusions;
  • Read and identify the arguments set out in the passage;
  • Critically analyse patterns of reasoning, and assess how conclusions may depend on particular premises or evidence;
  • Infer what follows from the passage and apply these inferences to new situations;
  • Draw relationships and analogies, identify contradictions and equivalence and assess the effectiveness of arguments.

5. Quantitative Techniques

  • 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:

  • Derive, infer, and manipulate numerical information set out in such passages, graphs, or other representations; and
  • Apply various 10th standard mathematical operations on such information, including from areas such as ratios and proportions, basic algebra, mensuration and statistical estimation. 

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