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CLAT 2023

Common Law Admission Test is a centralized national level entrance test for admissions to twenty two National Law Universities in India. Most private and self-financed law schools in India also use these scores for law admissions.

Important Dates
1
Registration Begins :
August 08, 2022
2
Last Date for Application :
November 13, 2022
3
Admit Card Release :
November 4th Week
4
Exam Date :
December 18, 2022
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Result :
December 4th Week
Exam Details
Website :
https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/
Mode :
Classroom
Exam Fee :
General/OBC/PwD/NRI/PIO/OCI ₹4,000 SC/ST/BPL ₹3,500
Reservation :
Yes
Exam Frequency :
Once a year
Duration :
120 minutes.
Conducted By :
Consortium of National Law Universities
Programmes :
B.A LL.B/BBA LL.B/B. Com LL.B
Languages :
English
Eligibility
Min Age : There is no age limit for appearing in UG CLAT 2023
Max Age : There is no age limit for appearing in the Common Law Admission Test. CLAT LLM Eligibility Criteria 2022.
Number of Attempts : No limit to the number of attempts.
Qualification Criteria : (Class 12 for CLAT UG and final year of graduation for CLAT PG)
Aggregate Percentage / Marks Required : An LL.B Degree or an equivalent examination with a minimum of Fifty percent (50%) of marks or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI categories
Marking Scheme, Pattern & Cut-Offs
Exam Mode :
Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs)
Stages :
2
Negative Marking :
1/4
Number of Ques. :
150
Maximum Marks :
150
Cut-Offs :
It will differ because the total marks this in 2021 are 150, whereas in the previous year it was 200.

Syllabus

CLAT 2023 shall be conducted in offline mode where the paper will have 150 questions from five different subjects including English (Comprehension), General Knowledge & Current Affairs, Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability), Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning. Scope and coverage of questions under different subject areas:

English language English section will test the candidates' proficiency in English based on comprehension passages. Students will be given passages of about 450 words each and such passages could be fiction/ non-fiction, contemporary/historical, etc. Candidates will be questioned on their understanding of the passage and its central theme, meanings of words used therein, etc. The inference would be key here, candidates will have to comprehend the main idea discussed in the passage including any counter-arguments used in the passage.

Current Affairs including General Knowledge: This section would again consist of passages instead of direct questions that were asked earlier. The passages would again be of 450 words each and the same would be derived from news, journals, etc. Questions based on such passages would be asked. Such a question can cover static portion as well, candidates are therefore advised not to forgo the static portion entirely. Reading Newspapers daily, specifically, articles containing any Bill or Judgments or legal information should help in preparing for this section.

Quantitative Aptitude: The Quantitative Technique or Maths section will include short sets of facts or propositions, graphs, or other textual, pictorial or diagrammatic representations of numerical information, followed by a series of questions. The questions will be in the form of Data Interpretation i.e. candidates would be required to infer information from the given passage and answer accordingly.

Legal Reasoning: This section will test the candidate's interest in the study of law, research aptitude, and problem-solving ability. Questions would again be based on passages relating to facts or scenarios involving legal matters. The passage would contain certain rules and principles which should be identified and accordingly applied to the questions. The passages would be approximately 450 words each.

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. The questions would be based on the passage of 300 words.

Exam Information & Centers

CLAT 2023 exam centres will be provided by the Consortium of NLUs in 25 states across the country. Depending on the amount of enrolled applicants, it may add new exam centres to the list. The table below contains a list of exam centres.

Exam centres of CLAT 2023 - Test Cities List

Agra

Gandhinagar

Kolkata

Ahmedabad

Allahabad

Gangtok

Kota

Amritsar

Aurangabad

Ghaziabad

Kurukshetra

Barrackpore

Barasat

Gorakhpur

Lucknow

Madurai

Gurugram

Greater Noida /Noida

Mohali

Mumbai

Haldwani

Guwahati

Muzaffarpur

Mysore

Bangalore

Bhopal

Hisar

Nagpur

Bilaspur

Hyderabad

Imphal

Varanashi

Indore

Jabalpur

New Delhi

Navi Mumbai

Bhubaneswar

Calicut

Jaipur

Patiala

Chandigarh

Jalandhar

Patna

Coimbatore

Chennai

Jammu

Pune

Durg

Dehradun

Jamshedpur

Raipur

Shimla

Ernakulum

Jodhpur

Ranchi

Tiruchirappalli

Faridabad

Kanpur

Shillong

Srinagar

Siliguri

Thane

Rajahmundry

Salem

Sonepat

Thiruvananthapuram

Puducherry

Kanyakumari

Visakhapatnam

Vijayawada

Chittor/Tirupathi

Kottayam

Amrawati (Maharashtra)

Hooghly

Kurnool

Tirunelveli

Cuttack

Hubli / Dharwad

Vellore

Gwalior

Vadodara

Surat

Meerut

Mangalore

Rajkot