December 6, 2024

Understanding the CLAT syllabus 2024!

The Common Law Admission Test is one of the most competitive and top national level entrance exams in India. It serves as the roadmap to some of the country’s top National Law Universities and esteemed law colleges. CLAT is a highly competitive exam every year thousands of applicants fill out their applications to enter into the top law professional institutes all across the country. For this the candidate must understand the CLAT syllabus. It can give the candidate a roadmap for understanding the exam pattern and the CLAT syllabus.

 

The CLAT 2024 Syllabus  Overview

The CLAT syllabus covers a wide range of subjects, testing the candidates aptitude, verbal ability, logical reasoning, and legal knowledge. The exam comprises two sections – Section A English Language and Section B Current Affairs, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Techniques.

 

CLAT LLM Syllabus

CLAT UG Syllabus

Contract, Law of Torts, Family Law, Criminal Law

Current Affairs, Including General Knowledge

Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law

English Language

Public International Law, Tax Law

Logical Reasoning

Property Law, Company Law

Legal Reasoning

Environmental Law, And Labour & Industrial Law.

Quantitative Techniques

CLAT SYLLABUS – LLM (PG)

The CLAT LLM syllabus covers the most important aspects of the LLB curriculum at the postgraduate level (3-year LLB and 5-year LLB). The following is an outline of the many subjects covered by the course curriculum.

Constitutional Law

Torts

Administrative Law

Criminal Law

Family Law

Labour And Industrial Law

Property Law

Public International Law

Jurisprudence

Company Law

Intellectual Property Law

International Law

Tax Law

Contract

Environmental Law

 

CLAT LLM PATTERN –

 

SUBJECTS

NUMBER OF MCQ QUESTIONS

MARKS

Constitutional Law

60

60

Contract, Tort, Criminal Law, International Law, Intellectual property law And Jurisprudence.

60

60

PARTICULARS

CLAT PG

Exam Mode

Offline, Pen And Paper-Based

Exam Duration

Two Hours

Language

English

Question Type

Multiple Choice Type Questions From Comprehension Passages

Number Of Questions

120 Questions

Marking Scheme

+1 for correct response and -.25 for wrong response

Total Marks

120



CLAT SYLLABUS – UG

A comprehension-based segment makes up the UG-CLAT exam. The comprehension passages are used as the basis for the multiple-choice questions that are asked in each session. In order for candidates to answer the questions, they will need to read the passage very carefully. In subjects like mathematics and logical reasoning, you could be given questions based on diagrams that are supposed to represent certain data or information. The section-by-section CLAT exam syllabus is given below –

 

CLAT SYLLABUS – English Language

PARTICULARS

DETAILS

Total Weightage Of Section

20%

Question type

Comprehension-Type Passage-Based Questions

Composition of Passages/Questions

Passages of 450 words or less will be chosen from recently published or historically significant fiction and non-fiction writing.

Skillset Tested

Comprehension And Language Skills

Ability To Draw Inferences And Conclusions

Ability To Summarise Passage

Identify Arguments And Viewpoints

Word Meaning And Phrases

Level Of Questions

12th Standard

Important topics to study 

  • Newspaper – The Hindu or The Indian Express

  • Norman Lewis’ Word power made easy

  • Wren and Martin’s High School English Grammar and Composition

  • Newspaper Editorials and latest magazines of every domain 

 

 

CLAT SYLLABUS – General Knowledge and Current Affairs

 

Particulars

Important details

Total Weightage Of Section

25%

Question type

Questions of the Comprehension Kind Based on Reading Passages – General Knowledge and Current Events Static

Composition of Passages/Questions

News, Journalistic Sources, And Non-Fiction Writing.

Skillset Observed

Awareness and Full knowledge Of Following areas –

  • Modern Events Of Significance From India And The World;

  • Arts And Culture;

  • International Affairs; And

  • Historical Events Of Continuing Significance.

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Level Of Questions

12th Standard

 

Important topics to study –

  • General knowledge Lucent’s publication 

  • Pratiyogita Darpan

  • Any good English newspaper such as The Tribune or The Indian Express or The Hindu

  • Go through the Websites based and focused on current events for CLAT exam and UPSC exams.

  • NCERT books for basic understanding of geography, history, polity and economics

 

 

CLAT SYLLABUS – Legal Reasoning

 

Particulars

Important details

Total Weightage Of Section

25%

Question type

Passages with comprehension questions of 450 words each, followed by questions of the objective type

Composition of Passages/Questions

Circumstances or scenarios based on the facts that involve issues of law, questions of public policy, or moral and philosophical investigations.

Important Areas To be Covered

  • General Awareness and knowledge Of latest Legal And Moral, Ethical affairs

  • Identify And comprehend the instructions and rules described in the passage.

  • Application of Rules And Principles To a wide range of Factual Situations

  • Capability To Break Down How Changes To The Rules Or Principles May Affect Their Application To Various Fact Situations.

Level Of Questions

12th Standard

 

Important topics to study – 

  • Indian Constitution – Fundamental Rights, Duties, Judiciary, Parliament, Directive Principles of State Policy, Local governments

  • Important amendments and provisions

  • Important judgments

  • Current legal affairs

CLAT SYLLABUS – Logical Reasoning

 

Particulars

Important details

Total Weightage Of Section

20%

Question type

Passage-Based (300-Word Long) Objective Questions

Composition of Passages/Questions

Based On Sets And Arguments, Puzzles, Diagrams, Relationships And Others

Skillset Tested

Ability To Identify Arguments And Their Premises And Draw Conclusions

Ability To Critically Analyze 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.

Level Of Questions

12th Standard

 

Important topics to study –

  • Analogies

  • Series

  • Seating arrangement

  • Syllogisms

  • Blood relations

  • Logical sequences and matching

  • Calendars and clocks

 

CLAT SYLLABUS – Quantitative Techniques

 

Particulars

Important details

Total Weightage

10%

Type Of Questions Asked

Sets Of Facts Or Propositions, Graphs, Or Other Textual, Pictorial, Or Diagrammatic Representations Of Numerical Information, Followed By A Series Of Questions.

Skillset Observed

Derive, Infer, And Manipulate Numerical Information Set Out In Such Passages, Graphs, Or Other Representations; And

Apply Various 10th-Standard Mathematical Operations

Level Of Questions

Class 10th

 

Important topics to study –

The candidates should aim to strengthen their numerical skills by practicing questions from the following topics in order to prepare for the exam.

  • Ratios and proportions

  • Basic algebra

  • Mensuration

  • Statistical estimation

  • Algebra

 

CLAT UG PATTERN –

Particular

CLAT UG

Mode

Offline, Pen And Paper-Based

Duration

Two HoursCC

Language

English

Type Of Questions

Multiple Choice Type Questions From Comprehension Passages

Number Of Questions

150

Marking Scheme

Each Question Will Carry One Mark

Each Incorrect Answer Will Invite A Penalty Of 0.25 Marks.

Total Marks

150

 

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