Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2024 - The CLAT will be conducted in offline mode. It is an objective-paper and the total duration is two hours. Each correct answer will be awarded one mark and 0.25 mark will be deducted for incorrect answer. The examination will be conducted in English language only.
CLAT 2024 for UG Courses is based on five subjects - English Language, Current Affairs Including General Knowledge, Logical Resoning, Quantitative Techniques & Legal Reasoning.
CLAT 2024 for PG Courses is based on Law subjects - Constitutional Law, International Law, Criminal Law, Contract, Torts, IPR & Jurisprudence, Law Topics and Contemporary Issues.
CLAT Exam Pattern for Undergraduate Programme: 2024
Exam Description
Total Marks / Maximum Marks | 150 |
Duration of CLAT 2024 Exam | 02:00 Hours |
Multiple-Choice Questions | 150 Questions of one mark each |
Negative Marking | 0.25 Mark of each wrong answer |
Subject Areas with Weightage | (Approximate Number of Questions) |
English Language | 28-32 Questions, or roughly 20% of the paper |
Current Affairs, Including General Knowledge | 35-39 Questions, or roughly 25% of the paper |
Legal Reasoning | 35-39 Questions, or roughly 25% of the paper |
Logical Reasoning | 28-32 Questions, or roughly 20% of the year |
Quantitative Technique | 13-17 Questions, or roughly 10% of the year |
CLAT Exam Pattern for Postgraduate programmes: 2024
Exam description
Maximum Marks | 120 Marks |
Duration of Exam | 02:00 Hours |
Multiple-Choice Questions | 120 Questions of one mark each |
Syllabus | 1. Contitutional Law. 2. Other Areas of Law such as Jurisprudence, Administrative Law, Law of Contract, Torts, Family Law, Criminal Law, Property Law, Company Law, Public International Law, Tax Law, Environmental Law, and Labour & Industrial Law. |
Please Note
There shall be a system of negative marking wherein 0.25 marks each will be deducted for each of the wrong answers to Multiple Choice Questions.