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The Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLU) issued the CLAT 2024 exam pattern on its official website. The exam pattern includes all the details of the question paper for the CLAT 2024 exam. The exam pattern includes the mode, medium, duration, number of questions, types of questions to be asked, the level of the exam marking scheme etc. This article has all the relevant information on the CLAT 2024 exam pattern.
As per the notification on the official website, the CLAT 2024 will be held on December 3, 2023, and the results will be announced in December 2023. The conducting body will accept the application form from August to November 2023. Candidates should understand the exam pattern and prepare for the exam accordingly for the upcoming year. Continue reading to learn more about CLAT exam patterns and marking schemes.
Latest Update:
– Authorities have also revised the subject areas with weightage. Check out the table below for an approximate number of questions.
– The Consortium of NLUs have changed the CLAT 2024 exam pattern. Now, the question paper will comprise 120 questions instead of 150. However, the syllabus remains unchanged.
The applicant needs to understand the paper pattern before appearing in the exam at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, to get an idea about the question paper. The main highlights of the CLAT 2024 exam pattern are given below.
| Particulars | Details |
|---|---|
| Conducting Body | The Consortium of National Law Universities |
| Mode of Exam | Offline |
| Medium of Exam | English |
| Duration of Exam | 2 Hours |
| Number of Questions | CLAT UG – CLAT PG – 120 MCQs |
| Exam Level | National Level |
| Frequency | Once a Year |
| Total Marks | UG – PG – 120 Marks |
| Marks Per Question | UG Level: 1 Mark for Every Correct Answer PG Level: 1 Mark for Every Correct Answer in MCQs |
| Negative Marking | 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer |
| Division of Paper | UG Level: The question paper will be divided into five parts: English Language Current Affairs, including General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Techniques. PG Level: The question paper will be divided into two parts: Constitutional Law, and other law subjects such as Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR and Jurisprudence. |
The CLAT syllabus for postgraduate and undergraduate levels is defined separately in the notification on the official website. Candidates applying for the CLAT 2024 exam are advised to prepare according to the syllabus given as per the CLAT 2024 exam pattern. For the undergraduate level, the CLAT 2024 syllabus is divided into five parts, i.e. English Language, Current Affairs, including General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Techniques.
The syllabus of the CLAT postgraduate level is mainly divided into two parts, i.e. Constitutional Law and other Law Subjects such as Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR and Jurisprudence.
Let us look at the exam pattern of CLAT 2024 at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
The exam will be conducted in the English language only. The candidates cannot solve the CLAT 2024 question paper in any other language per the provided CLAT 2024 exam pattern analysis. In the question paper of the undergraduate level, the questions will only be asked in the English language. In the question paper at the postgraduate level, both multiple-choice and essay-type questions will be asked and solved in the English language only.
Let us look at the duration of the CLAT 2024 exam.
The exam paper of both postgraduate and undergraduate levels will be divided into the following categories and the list of subjects given below.
Under Graduate Level: List of subjects and their weightage
Let us look at the subject list and the weightage of the CLAT 2024 exam:
| Subject/ Topics | Total Number of Questions | Weightage in Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| English | 22-26 | 20% |
| Current Affairs, | 28-32 | 25% |
| Legal Reasoning | 28-32 | 25% |
| Logical Reasoning | 22-26 | 20% |
| Quantitative Techniques | 10-14 | 10% |
The exam paper of the postgraduate level will be divided into the following categories, and the list of subjects is given below.
| Parts | Subjects | Marks and Question Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Part A | Constitutional Law | 60 Multiple Choice Questions |
| Part B | Other Law Subjects such as Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR and Jurisprudence | 60 Multiple Choice Questions |
Let us look at the frequently asked questions on the CLAT exam pattern.
Ans: CLAT 2024 is an offline exam — a pen-and-paper-based test.
Ans: CLAT 2024 has a negative marking. The candidate will get 1 mark for every correct answer, and 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
Ans: The duration of CLAT 2024 is two hours, i.e. 120 minutes.
Ans: The question paper of CLAT 2024 UG includes 120 multiple-choice questions, and CLAT 2024 PG has 120 multiple-choice questions.
Ans: The CLAT 2024 will be conducted on December 3, 2023.
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