Introduction

Common-Law Admission Test or CLAT is a National Level exam that gives Entrance to National Law Universities throughout the country. The National Law Universities of India decides the exam syllabus and releases the official announcement of the exam on its website www.clat.ac.in.

The exam is conducted in an offline mode. To succeed in the exam, students have to be well aware of the exam syllabus and refer to the right study materials such as reference books, last year's question papers, and sample papers. Here is the detailed syllabus for CLAT Exam.

CLAT Exam Pattern 

All the questions in the exam are asked in the form of multiple-choice questions.

Name of the Topic
Weightage

Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability)
20 Marks

Logical Reasoning
40 Marks

General Knowledge and Current Affairs
50 Marks

Legal Aptitude
50 Marks

English including Comprehension
40 Marks

Total   
200 marks

Exam Duration
02:00 Hours

Negative Marking:
A deduction of 0.25 Mark for every wrong answer

CLAT Syllabus 2021

The CLAT exam paper comprises five sections: Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability), General Knowledge & Current Affairs, Legal Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, and General English. The syllabus aims at testing the fundamental knowledge of candidates. Students who are preparing for the exam should download CLAT 2021 SYLLABUS PDF and prepare accordingly. Check best books for CLAT.

General English 

This section tests the proficiency of the candidate in English based on grammar and comprehension passages.

  1. Synonyms
  2. Antonyms
  3. Word definitions
  4. Homonyms
  5. Analogies
  6. One-word substitution
  7. Idioms and Phrases
  8. Sentence improvement and rearrangement
  9. Fill in the blanks
  10. Articles & Conjunction, Noun and Pronoun
  11. Subject-Verb Agreement
  12. Grammatical errors- tense, preposition usage, voice, and speech errors
  13. Inappropriate usage of words
  14. Correct Spelling
  15. Spotting errors
  16. English Comprehension

General Knowledge and Current Affairs

Questions asked in this section will test the candidate's knowledge on international, and national current affairs. Attempt CLAT online mock test.

  1. Ancient, Modern, World and MedievalHistory
  2. Economics (An overview of Indian Economy, National Income of India, 5 Year Plans, and Indian Tax Structure)
  3. Environment & Ecology
  4. National and International Burning topics
  5. Environment
  6. Key Industries in India
  7. Honours and Accomplishments

CLAT MATHS SYLLABUS 2021

This section checks the knowledge of the elementary mathematics of a candidate. It helps in understanding their basic arithmetic skills.

  1. Areas,
  2. Volumes
  3. Interest,
  4. Profit,
  5. Percentage,
  6. Clocks and Calendars
  7. Partnership
  8. Loss and Discounts,
  9. Permutation & Combination
  10. Probability,
  11. Graphs and Charts
  12. Number system,
  13. Logarithms,
  14. C.F and L.C.M,
  15. Functions,
  16. Roots and Indices,
  17. Fractions and decimals,
  18. Simplification,
  19. Time and Work,
  20. Ratio and proportions,
  21. Average

Legal Aptitude

This section tests the candidate's knowledge in the area of law, problem-solving ability, and research aptitude.

  • Indian Penal Code
  • Family Law
  • Legal Fundamentals and terms
  • Important Landmarks, Supreme Court Judgements

Logical Reasoning

The logical reasoning section helps test the candidate's ability to find logical links, patterns, correct illogical arguments. It comprises several questions pertaining to logical sequences, syllogisms, analogies, etc.

  1. Statement & Conclusions
  2. Syllogism
  3. Statement & actions
  4. Direction and distance test
  5. Blood Relationships
  6. Analogy
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