CLAT Exam Paper Pattern 2015

CLAT Exam Paper Pattern 2015 for Under-Graduates

Total Marks – 200

Total number of multiple-choice questions of one marks each – 200

Duration of examination – Two Hours

Subject areas with weightage:

English including Comprehension – 40 Marks

General Knowledge/ Current Affairs – 50 Marks

Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability) – 20 Marks

Legal Aptitude – 50 Marks

Logical Reasoning – 40 Marks

Note: There shall be a system of Negative Marking wherein 0.25 mark will be deducted for each of the wrong answers to multiple choice questions.

The different subject areas of the exam are explained as under:

English Including Comprehension

The English section will test the candidates’ proficiency in English based on comprehension passages and grammar. In the comprehension section, candidates will be assessed on their understanding of the passage given, its central theme and meanings of the words used therein, etc. The grammar section will focus on correction of incorrect grammatical sentences, filling of blanks in the given sentences with appropriate words, etc.

General Knowledge and Currents Affairs

As far as general knowledge is concerned, the candidates will be assessed on their general awareness including static general knowledge. Questions on current affairs will test candidate’s knowledge on current affairs.

Mathematics

This section will test candidate’s knowledge on elementary mathematics, i.e. mathematics taught up to Class X.

Legal Aptitude

This section will test candidate’s interest towards study of law, research aptitude and problem solving ability. Questions asked may comprise of legal propositions/ principles and a set of facts to which the said proposition/ principle has to be applied to arrive at a most reasonable conclusion. Such propositions may or may not be ‘true’ in the real sense; yet the candidates will have to assume that the given propositions are true and answer the questions accordingly. An example of such legal proposition may be that any person who speaks in a movie hall and disturbs others who are watching the movie will be banned from entering any movie theatre across India for one year.

This section will test candidate’s interest towards study of law, analysis power and drawback resolution ability. Questions asked may comprise of legal propositions/ principles and a group of facts to which the said proposition/ principle should be applied to attain a most reasonable conclusion. Such propositions might or might not be ‘true’ within the real sense; however the candidates can have to be compelled to assume that the given propositions are true and answer the queries consequently. associate example of such legal proposition might be that any person United Nations agency speaks in a motion picture hall and disturbs others who are watching motion picture can be illegal from getting into any movie theatre across India for one year.

Logical Reasoning

The purpose of the logical reasoning section is to test the candidate’s ability to identify patterns, logical links and rectify illogical arguments. It will include a wide variety of logical reasoning questions such as syllogisms, logical sequences, analogies, etc. However, visual reasoning will not be tested.