ALL ABOUT CLAT

UG Eligibility Criteria

1. There is no upper age limit for candidates appearing for UG Programme through the CLAT .
2. Candidates must secure the following minimum percentage of marks in their qualifying examination (i.e., 10+2 or an equivalent examination):

Forty five percent (45%) marks or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to General / OBC / PWD / NRI / PIO / OCI categories

Forty Percent (40%) marks or equivalent in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST categories.

3. Candidates who may be appearing for their qualifying examination in March/ April, are also eligible to appear for the CLAT examination. However, they shall be required to produce an evidence of their passing the qualifying examination at the time of admission, failing which they shall lose their right to be considered for admission.

4. The result of the qualifying examination (i.e., 10+2) shall be submitted by the candidate at the time of admission, failing which the candidate shall be ineligible for admission to the course they may have applied for.
5. If more than one candidate secures an equal number of marks in the CLAT , the break of tie shall be by the following procedure and order as under:

Higher marks in the component/section on Legal Aptitude in the CLAT exam;

Higher age;

Computerised draw of lots.

Syllabus and Guide

Introduction and Overview

The UG-CLAT would focus on evaluating the comprehension and reasoning skills and abilities of candidates. Overall, it is designed to be a test of aptitude and skills that are necessary for a legal education rather than prior knowledge, though prior knowledge occasionally may be useful to respond to questions in the Current Affairs including General Knowledge section.

The UG-CLAT shall be a 2-hour test, with 120 multiple-choice questions carrying 1 mark each. There shall be negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer. These questions would be divided across the following 5 subjects:

English Language

Current Affairs, including General Knowledge

Legal Reasoning

Logical Reasoning

Quantitative Techniques

English Language

In this section of the UG-CLAT , 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 in the context that they are used in the passage.

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.

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 enquiries. You will not require any prior knowledge of law to attempt the questions in this section. 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.

Logical Reasoning

The Logical Reasoning section of the UG-CLAT will include a series of short passages of about 450 words each. Each passage will be followed by one or more questions that will require you to:

Recognise 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, and how conclusions may be strengthened or weakened as a consequence of an alteration in premises or supporting facts;

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

Quantitative Techniques

The Quantitative Techniques section of the UG-CLAT will include short sets of facts or propositions, or other textual representations of numerical information, followed by a series of questions. You will be required to derive information from the passages or questions, and apply mathematical operations on such information.

The questions will require you to:

Derive, infer, and manipulate numerical information set out in such passages; and

Apply various 10th standard mathematical operations on such information, including from areas such as ratios and proportions, basic algebra, mensuration and statistical estimation.

Preparing for the UG-CLAT

The Consortium plans to publish various preparatory materials for the UG-CLAT , including:

Guides to the question paper and sample questions;

Model question papers; and

Instructional materials and exercises for each of the subjects that the UG-CLAT comprises.

The Consortium will also provide candidates who have successfully completed their application to the UG-CLAT access to a learning platform where you may access the preparatory materials described above, as well as your scores on various exercises and model question papers. The Consortium shall also organise online sessions for such candidates, in which subject experts shall provide guidance on how best to prepare for each of the sections of the UG-CLAT , and how candidates may approach the questions in each section.
In addition, you should develop your capacity to read and understand bodies of text, ensure you stay abreast of news and current affairs by regularly reading quality newspapers and periodicals, and improve your speed of answering questions on quantitative techniques by practising with materials such as 10th standard mathematics textbooks.

UG Question Paper Format

120
02:00 Hours
120 questions of one mark
0.25 Mark for each wrong

Subject Areas with weightage:	(approximate number of questions)
English Language	22-26 questions, or roughly 20% of the paper
Current Affairs, including General Knowledge	28-32 questions, or roughly 25% of the paper
Legal Reasoning	28-32 questions, or roughly 25% of the paper
Logical Reasoning	22-26 questions, or roughly 20% of the paper
Quantitative Techniques	10-14 questions, or roughly 10% of the paper

General Instructions

• The CLAT examination will be held in OFFLINE mode
• The applications have to be submitted ONLINE only from consortiumofnlus.ac.in website.
• The date of examination is scheduled on 3rd December, 2023 from 2 PM to 4 PM. (Subject to revision in case of necessity)
• Indian Nationals/NRIs seeking admission in the UG programmes shall appear in CLAT .
• Foreign Nationals need not appear for the test
• For any information relating to the 22 NLUs, the candidate may refer to the e-brochure of the respective Institutions available in the Consortium website.
• For NRI/NRI Sponsored/Foreign National seats, the applicants are advised to refer to the e-brochures as well as the websites of the respective NLUs for more details. All NRI Category candidates have to appear for the CLAT examination for those NLUs where such category is admitted through CLAT rankings and not admitted directly by the concerned Universities. Please note that for admission in these categories, you will need to apply directly to the concerned NLU in addition to appearing for the CLAT exam. Please refer to the NLU website for more information.
• Information regarding the details of intake, reservation policies and the courses offered along with the fee structures of various participating National Law Universities is available in the Information Brochure which can be accessed from the official website of CLAT and also from the websites of the participating NLUs. The candidates are, therefore, advised to thoroughly go through the rules, policies and the fee structure of the participating NLUs before filling in the application form for UG courses, and also for the NRI and Foreign National seats.
• Information provided in the e-Brochure regarding the intake, reservation policy, fee, courses offered and the subjects taught at various levels including the areas of specialization, etc., has been specified very briefly. For detailed information regarding the same, the candidates may refer to the information available at the websites of the participating NLUs.
• Candidates are advised to visit CLAT website regularly for updates. The allotment of seats and the offer for admission under CLAT shall be provisional and shall not create any right of admission in favour of a candidate.

Application Fee

Application fees can be paid online only.

Application fee for General/OBC/PWD/NRI candidates: Rs.4,000/-

Application fee for SC/ST/BPL category candidates: Rs.3,500/-

The cost of previous years' question papers is Rs.500/- (not included in the CLAT application fee of Rs.4,000/- or Rs.3,500/- as the case may be.)

The candidates themselves will have to bear the bank transaction charges for remitting the fee online. The actual bank transaction charges will be displayed in the payment gateway page after candidates choose the mode of payment.

Application Fees is non-refundable.

Admit Card/Hall ticket

The Admit Card/Hall ticket can be downloaded by the candidate by logging into his/her account. The exact date on which the hall tickets will be made available will be intimated on the website.