CLAT Exam Details – Eligibility, Syllabus, Sample Papers, Fee etc

CLAT Exam Details: The full form of CLAT is Common Law Admission Test. CLAT is one of the most important and well known entrance examinations. It is a national level entrance examination to provide admission in UG (Under Graduate) and PG (Post Graduate) Law courses.

Here you can get CLAT Exam Date, Exam Pattern & syllabus. Also provide the CLAT Application Form of registration process for candidates those who are willing to apply for this Common Law Admission Test. For more details like CLAT Exam Eligibility, CLAT Exam Fee, etc please read the complete article.

About CLAT

Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a centralized test for admission to 17 prominent National Law Universities in India.

CLAT is a non-statutory body created for the convenience of the students seeking admission to the various Law Universities in the Country under Memorandum of Understandings. The CLAT Exam is conducted to provide a list of candidates on the basis of ‘merit-cum-preference’ to each University for admission to their UG & PG programs, as per the qualifications, reservation and other conditions of the participating Universities. For any further information regarding CLAT Admission Process, Counselling etc please visit the official website www.clat.ac.in

CLAT Exam Eligibility

For UG Programme:

• Candidate must be 12th passed out in order to apply for this Common Law Admission Test.
• They must have cleared 12th from a recognized university with minimum of 45% marks for general category and 40% of marks for SC/ST category.

For PG Programme:

Interested candidates must have done LLB (5 year Integrated LLB degree) from a recognized with minimum of 55% marks for general candidates and 50% of marks for ST/SC candidates.

Common Law Admission Test Fee for Application:

• The application fee for general OBC/PWD and other category candidates is Rs.4000/- while submitting the CLAT Application Form
• The Common Law Admission Test Fee is Rs.3500/- in case of the SC/ST category candidates
• Previous year e- CLAT Sample Papers shall be available on the payment of Rs.250/- only; for this the mode of payment is Online only

CLAT Exam Pattern

• This entrance examination gets conducted for the duration of 2 hours.
• In this Computer Based Test (CBT) there will be multiple type questions based on General Knowledge, Math, English and Legal & Logical Reasoning.
• For each accurate answer, you will get one mark and for each wrong answer, 1/4th marks will be deducted
• There will be total 200 multiple answer type questions for UG Courses.
• There will be 150 multiple choice questions for PG Courses.

Subject areas with weightage for CLAT UG Courses:

• English including Comprehension: 40 Marks
• General Knowledge and Current Affairs: 50 Marks
• Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability): 20 Marks
• Legal Aptitude: 50 Marks
• Logical Reasoning: 40 Marks

Subject areas with weightage for CLAT PG Courses

• Long Essay Type Descriptive Questions: 100 Mark
• Multiple-Choice Questions: 50 Marks (50 questions of 1 mark each)

CLAT Syllabus

The interested applicants for CLAT Exam must check the CLAT Syllabus before they start their preparation. The examination syllabus of Common Law Admission Test covers all the sections of English, GK, Current Affairs, Mathematics, Legal Aptitude, and Logical Reasoning.

Refer the below provided link for topic wise CLAT Syllabus

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By5qPgbHdghOd0s0UjJxLXhHUW8/view?usp=sharing

List of all National Law Universities

• National Law School of India University – Bangalore
• Nalsar University of Law – Hyderabad
• The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences – Kolkata
• National Law Institute University – Bhopal
• National Law University – Jodhpur
• Hidayatullah National Law University – Raipur
• Gujarat National Law University – Gandhi Nagar
• Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University – Lucknow
• Chanakya National Law University – Patna
• National University of Advanced Legal Studies – Kochi
• Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law – Patiala
• National University of Study and Research in Law – Ranchi
• National Law University – Cuttack
• National Law University and Judicial Academy – Guwahati
• Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University – Visakhapatnam
• Tamil Nadu National Law School – Sriranga

Test Centers:

Agra Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Gantok, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Greate Noida, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Haldwani, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kurushetra, Lucknow, Mumbai, Noida, Patiala, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shilong, Shimla, Srinagar, Tiruchirappali, Varanasi, Vijayawada & Visakhapatnam