There is a CLAT 2017 notification! CLAT 2017 will be conducted by Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) Patna. 18 National Law Universities will consider CLAT scores for admissions to their under graduate program.
The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is the national level law entrance exam conducted every year for shortlisting candidates for as many as 2252 seats distributed among the 17 participating NLUs. Last year as many as 39686 candidates had registered for CLAT out of which 37358 candidates appeared for the admission test.
The list of 18 participating NLUs are:
National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU).
National Academy of Legal Study & Research University of Law, Hyderabad (NALSAR).
National Law Institute University, Bhopal (NLIU).
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (WBNUJS).
National Law University, Jodhpur (NLUJ).
Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur (HNLU).
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar (GNLU).
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow (RMLNLU).
Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Patiala (RGNUL).
Chanakya National Law University, Patna (CNLU).
National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi (NUALS).
National Law University Odisha, Cuttack (NLUO).
National University of Study & Research in Law, Ranchi (NUSRL).
National Law University & Judicial Academy, Assam, Guwahati (NLUJAA).
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam (DSNLU).
Tamil Nadu National Law School, Tiruchirappalli (TNNLS).
Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai (MNLU).
Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur (MNLU)
The Common Law Admission Test- 2016 was conducted by RGNUL, Patiala on 8th of May from 3 PM- 5 PM. As per the students CLAT 2016 was quite easy, perhaps easiest of all the previous CLAT papers. RGNUL ensured that the registration process was smooth and hassle free and included specific time period for representation relating to the answer key. This has been done for the first time. The enforcement of the BCI notification by the Courts has ensured that, there was no age limit this year as well.
GK:
The difficulty level was easy to moderate.
90% questions mostly followed the mainstream current affairs news only. Those students, who did follow the newspapers would have performed very well in this section and would be fairly comfortable while solving this section. Most of the questions were easy and direct.
The following questions came in the CLAT 2016 paper (memory based):
International Consumer Rights’ Day? March 15th
Minimum qualification for Panchayati election upheld by which state? Haryana
Which state was to first to make gender education compulsory? Telangana
Who won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2015? Sania Mirza
Maximum number of smokeless villages? Karnataka
Who lit the Olympic torch in Greece ahead of the Olympic Games 2016? Katerina Lehou
Chairman of National Green Tribunal? Justice Swatenter Kumar
Femina Miss India 2016 Who is going to represent India in the global competition? Priyadarshini Chaterjee
First ever woman gymnast from India to qualify for Olympics? Dipa Karmarkar
Chairman of National Human Rights Commission? HL Dattu
What is Mars called? Red Planet
How many redundant laws were recently repealed? 1053
What was the 100th Amendment to the Constitution? Exchange of certain enclave territories with Bangladesh
Chairperson of NITI Aayog? Narendra Modi
First blind-friendly railway station in India? Mysore
Where did India sign the Paris deal? New York, USA
Paris Conference was signed in which month? December 2015
Currency of Thailand? Thai Baht
Punjabi is in which no. in usage in Canadian Parliament? 3rd
First developed nation to default on an International Monetary Fund loan? Greece
First parliament to run fully on solar power? Pakistan
Indomitable Spirit was written by? APJ Abdul Kalam
Fastest planet that revolves around the sun? Mercury
PAN required for transactions that exceed the amount of? Rs. 200000
What is ‘Start Up India’ for? Entrepreneurs activity and promotion
What is Setu Bharatam scheme? Project aims to make all highways free of railway crossings.
Who won a medal in long jump – Mayookah Johnny
Beyond the lines – An Autobiography – Kuldeep Nayar
Crime and Punishment is a book by – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Which three states will have election in a single session on may 2016 – Puducherry, Tamil and Kerela
Name of duke and duchess of Cambridge – Williams and Midleton.
President of Srilanka – Maithripala Sirisena
Who becomes president when both president and Vice President die? – CJI
Which Court ordered floor test in Uttarakhand – Supreme Court
President tenders resignation to whom – Vice President
Finance minister of India(YES THIS WAS THERE) – Arun Jaitley
Country with 6 deputy Prime Ministers – Nepal
The sessions of Parliament are convened at the discretion of – President
Official language of India – Hindi in devanagiri script and English
How many cities have been selected for smart cities – 20 W
hat constitutes the Indian Parliament? President, LokSabha, RajyaSabha.
Fastest test century – Brendon Mccullum 45.
99th Amendment repealed – NJAC
1st country to clone a calf – India
Be prepared is the motto of – Scout
A good attempt in this section would be around 46 questions with a net score around 42.
Legal Aptitude:
Much to the relief of all the students, the pattern of Legal Aptitude section was different from the last year. Out of the 50 questions, 35 were Principle- Facts and 15 were Legal GK questions. The majority of the students stated that the Legal Reasoning questions were easy to moderate and were not time consuming. All the legal reasoning questions only had a single principle and were easy to answer. The questions were a mix from contracts, torts and criminal law. The options given were pretty basic too so as to not confuse the students.
Logical Reasoning:
This section was a bit tougher than the other sections and difficulty level would be moderate. There were questions on Statement Assumption, Cause and Effect, Analogy, Odd Word Out, Syllogism, Logical consistency. Logic was moderate. it had quite a lot of critical reasoning, statement assumption and cause and effect.The series was also easy.
There was one question on visual reasoning as well wherein there were a set of four squares with a pattern, we had to guess the fifth, though the official syllabus has specifically excluded that.
Those who practiced from the past papers, would have find this section easy. An attempt of 33- 35 questions and an overall score of around 30 would be good.
One question which definitely created confusion in the mind of the students is, “Choose the odd one out 1) CJI 2) Attorney General 3) Solicitor General 4) Advocate General”
English:
Many students felt that English was the easiest section of all. There was a passage comprising of 10 questions, Idioms, Spellings and Vocab based questions. Meanings of words such as accomplished, endorsement, Pedagogy, ab initio, alibi, persona non grata were asked. There were no surprises this time and the questions were very easy. This was the easiest section. An ideal attempt in this section would be 36- 38 and with a net score of 33- 36.
Maths:
This section was tricky and lengthiest of all. Questions were from Simple Interest, Ratio, Percentage, Probability, Averages, Profit and Loss, Clocks, etc. Attempt should have been around 12- 14, with a score of around 10. Nevertheless, this paper was a breeze of fresh air after the CLAT 2015 paper. Almost everyone was happy after the exam. Considering the paper, an attempt of around questions would be good. The paper with the answer key would be released on 12th May.
The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is the national level law entrance exam conducted every year for shortlisting candidates for as many as 2252 seats distributed among the 17 participating NLUs. Last year as many as 39686 candidates had registered for CLAT out of which 37358 candidates appeared for the admission test.
The list of 18 participating NLUs are:
National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU).
National Academy of Legal Study & Research University of Law, Hyderabad (NALSAR).
National Law Institute University, Bhopal (NLIU).
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (WBNUJS).
National Law University, Jodhpur (NLUJ).
Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur (HNLU).
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar (GNLU).
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow (RMLNLU).
Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Patiala (RGNUL).
Chanakya National Law University, Patna (CNLU).
National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi (NUALS).
National Law University Odisha, Cuttack (NLUO).
National University of Study & Research in Law, Ranchi (NUSRL).
National Law University & Judicial Academy, Assam, Guwahati (NLUJAA).
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam (DSNLU).
Tamil Nadu National Law School, Tiruchirappalli (TNNLS).
Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai (MNLU).
Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur (MNLU)
CLAT 2017 Exam Pattern
Total Marks: 200
Number of Questions: 200
Duration: 2 hours
Marking: There is system of negative marking and for every incorrect answer 1/4th marks will be deducted.
Number of Questions: 200
Duration: 2 hours
Marking: There is system of negative marking and for every incorrect answer 1/4th marks will be deducted.
CLAT Structure
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English (including comprehension)
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40 marks
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Elementary Mathematics
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20 marks
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General Knowledge/Current Affairs
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50 marks
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Logical Reasoning
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40 marks
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Legal Reasoning
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50 marks
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CLAT 2016 Syllabus
CLAT 2016 shall be conducted in online mode where the paper will have 200 questions from five different subjects including English (Comprehension), General Knowledge & Current Affairs, Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability), Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning.
Following are the subject-wise syllabus of the common law admission test-
CLAT English Syllabus (including Comprehension): You need to focus over English based comprehension passages and grammar. In the comprehension section, you will be questioned on understanding of a passage including its central theme and word-meanings. Some of the questions will also cover questions like correction of the incorrect grammatical sentences, fill in the blanks with appropriate words, etc.
CLAT General Knowledge & Current Affairs Syllabus: This section will test the knowledge of general awareness including static GK. Apart from GK, questions will also cover the recent topics and current affairs broadly featuring between March 2015 and April 2016.
CLAT Mathematics (Numerical Ability) Syllabus: The questions will generally of the numerical ability type of Class 10th standard.
CLAT Legal Aptitude Syllabus: The section will majorly test your interest towards study of law, research aptitude and problem solving ability. The questions will be framed on legal propositions and set of facts satisfying the propositions. The propositions may not be true in real sense and you will have to assume the true proposition based on the set of facts and answer the questions accordingly.
CLAT Logical Reasoning Syllabus: The questions of this section will test your ability to identify the patterns, logical links and rectify illogical arguments. The section will also cover a variety of logical aptitude questions including syllogism, logical sequences, analogies, etc. However, the logical reasoning section will not have visual reasoning questions.
CLAT 2016 Analysis:
GK:
The difficulty level was easy to moderate.
90% questions mostly followed the mainstream current affairs news only. Those students, who did follow the newspapers would have performed very well in this section and would be fairly comfortable while solving this section. Most of the questions were easy and direct.
The following questions came in the CLAT 2016 paper (memory based):
International Consumer Rights’ Day? March 15th
Minimum qualification for Panchayati election upheld by which state? Haryana
Which state was to first to make gender education compulsory? Telangana
Who won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2015? Sania Mirza
Maximum number of smokeless villages? Karnataka
Who lit the Olympic torch in Greece ahead of the Olympic Games 2016? Katerina Lehou
Chairman of National Green Tribunal? Justice Swatenter Kumar
Femina Miss India 2016 Who is going to represent India in the global competition? Priyadarshini Chaterjee
First ever woman gymnast from India to qualify for Olympics? Dipa Karmarkar
Chairman of National Human Rights Commission? HL Dattu
What is Mars called? Red Planet
How many redundant laws were recently repealed? 1053
What was the 100th Amendment to the Constitution? Exchange of certain enclave territories with Bangladesh
Chairperson of NITI Aayog? Narendra Modi
First blind-friendly railway station in India? Mysore
Where did India sign the Paris deal? New York, USA
Paris Conference was signed in which month? December 2015
Currency of Thailand? Thai Baht
Punjabi is in which no. in usage in Canadian Parliament? 3rd
First developed nation to default on an International Monetary Fund loan? Greece
First parliament to run fully on solar power? Pakistan
Indomitable Spirit was written by? APJ Abdul Kalam
Fastest planet that revolves around the sun? Mercury
PAN required for transactions that exceed the amount of? Rs. 200000
What is ‘Start Up India’ for? Entrepreneurs activity and promotion
What is Setu Bharatam scheme? Project aims to make all highways free of railway crossings.
Who won a medal in long jump – Mayookah Johnny
Beyond the lines – An Autobiography – Kuldeep Nayar
Crime and Punishment is a book by – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Which three states will have election in a single session on may 2016 – Puducherry, Tamil and Kerela
Name of duke and duchess of Cambridge – Williams and Midleton.
President of Srilanka – Maithripala Sirisena
Who becomes president when both president and Vice President die? – CJI
Which Court ordered floor test in Uttarakhand – Supreme Court
President tenders resignation to whom – Vice President
Finance minister of India(YES THIS WAS THERE) – Arun Jaitley
Country with 6 deputy Prime Ministers – Nepal
The sessions of Parliament are convened at the discretion of – President
Official language of India – Hindi in devanagiri script and English
How many cities have been selected for smart cities – 20 W
hat constitutes the Indian Parliament? President, LokSabha, RajyaSabha.
Fastest test century – Brendon Mccullum 45.
99th Amendment repealed – NJAC
1st country to clone a calf – India
Be prepared is the motto of – Scout
A good attempt in this section would be around 46 questions with a net score around 42.
Legal Aptitude:
Much to the relief of all the students, the pattern of Legal Aptitude section was different from the last year. Out of the 50 questions, 35 were Principle- Facts and 15 were Legal GK questions. The majority of the students stated that the Legal Reasoning questions were easy to moderate and were not time consuming. All the legal reasoning questions only had a single principle and were easy to answer. The questions were a mix from contracts, torts and criminal law. The options given were pretty basic too so as to not confuse the students.
Logical Reasoning:
This section was a bit tougher than the other sections and difficulty level would be moderate. There were questions on Statement Assumption, Cause and Effect, Analogy, Odd Word Out, Syllogism, Logical consistency. Logic was moderate. it had quite a lot of critical reasoning, statement assumption and cause and effect.The series was also easy.
There was one question on visual reasoning as well wherein there were a set of four squares with a pattern, we had to guess the fifth, though the official syllabus has specifically excluded that.
Those who practiced from the past papers, would have find this section easy. An attempt of 33- 35 questions and an overall score of around 30 would be good.
One question which definitely created confusion in the mind of the students is, “Choose the odd one out 1) CJI 2) Attorney General 3) Solicitor General 4) Advocate General”
English:
Many students felt that English was the easiest section of all. There was a passage comprising of 10 questions, Idioms, Spellings and Vocab based questions. Meanings of words such as accomplished, endorsement, Pedagogy, ab initio, alibi, persona non grata were asked. There were no surprises this time and the questions were very easy. This was the easiest section. An ideal attempt in this section would be 36- 38 and with a net score of 33- 36.
Maths:
This section was tricky and lengthiest of all. Questions were from Simple Interest, Ratio, Percentage, Probability, Averages, Profit and Loss, Clocks, etc. Attempt should have been around 12- 14, with a score of around 10. Nevertheless, this paper was a breeze of fresh air after the CLAT 2015 paper. Almost everyone was happy after the exam. Considering the paper, an attempt of around questions would be good. The paper with the answer key would be released on 12th May.
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