The CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) 2013 is tentatively scheduled to be held on Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 03.00 PM to 05.00 PM. Registration for the CLAT 2013 to be announced shortly. The CLAT-2013 is being conducted by Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur.
CLAT 2013 Online Application Form
CLAT 2013 Eligibility Criteria
Pattern for Undergraduate Programme:
Total Marks: | 200 |
Total number of multiple-choice questions of one mark each | 200 |
Duration of examination | 2 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 |
Syllabus:
English including Comprehension:
The English section will test the candidate's proficiency in English based comprehension passages and grammar. In the comprehension section, candidates will be questioned on their understanding of the passage and its central theme, meanings of words used therein etc. The grammar section requires correction of incorrect grammatical sentences, filling of blanks in sentences with appropriate words, etc.
General Knowledge/Current Affairs:
This section will only test students on their knowledge of current affairs.
Mathematics:
This section will test candidates only on "elementary" mathematics i.e. maths that is taught up to the class X.
Logical Reasoning:
The purpose of the logical reasoning section is to test the student'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.
Legal Aptitude:
This section will test students only on "legal aptitude". Questions will be framed with the help of legal propositions (described in the paper), and a set of facts to which the said proposition has to be applied. Some propositions may not be "true" in the real sense (e.g. the legal proposition might 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). Candidates will have to assume the "truth" of these propositions and answer the questions accordingly.
Pattern for Postgraduate programmes:
Total Marks | 200 |
Duration of examination |
2 Hours |
Multiple-choice Questions (100 questions of 1 mark each |
Pertaining to subject areas, viz, Law of Contracts, Law of Torts, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory |
Short-answer questions (100 Marks) | 10 questions of 10 marks each |