CLAT Exam Syllabus & Exam Pattern – How to See Update Syllabus & Pattern

By | April 2, 2023

CLAT Question Paper will be prepared from five different sections such as Legal Aptitude, General knowledge and Current Affairs, Numerical Ability, English with comprehension, and Reasoning. Those five sections will constitute a total of 200 Marks. Each section’s weight of marks will vary as different no of questions will be asked. 

Below you can see Syllabus for the CLAT ( Common Law Admission Test ) 2022. As per updated syllabus you can do practice for the examination. 

CLAT Syllabus 2022 

General Knowledge/Current Affairs

  • This section will test the candidates’ awareness of national and international happenings and static knowledge.
  • Candidates will have to cover wide syllabus as questions may be asked from different disciplines such as General Science, Economy, Politics etc.
  • Experts advise candidates to follow Lucent GK Book, Manorama Year Book 2021, and read daily Newspapers to prepare better.
English with Comprehension
  • This section prepared to test candidates’ efficiency in the English language and comprehension understanding.
  • Questions will be asked from an understanding of English Comprehension based questions and English Grammar.
  • Candidates are suggested to follow Wren and Martins High School Grammar, Word Power Made Easy, Objective General English By SP Bakshi.

Numerical Ability 

  • This section will ask the question of mathematics to check your Numerical Ability.
  • Questions will be based on 10th Standard.
  • Candidates are suggested to follow CBSE 10th Standard Mathematics Book.

Legal Aptitude

  • Legal Aptitude section prepared to test candidates’ research ability, problem-solving ability as well as to know candidates interest in legal studies.
  • Questions will be asked based on hypothesis, it is expected from candidates to answer those questions by assuming those hypothesis to be true.
  • Candidates are advised to strengthen their legal aptitude section by practicing questions from Universal’s LLB Entrance Guide and CLAT and LLB Entrance exam by Bhardwaj.

Logical Reasoning 

  • This section is very common for most of the entrance exams.
  • Questions will be asked to test candidates’ ability to answer logically by identifying patterns, detecting logic, etc.
  •  RS Aggarwal for logical reasoning One of the most popular and useful books to prepare this section.

>> Download official Syllabus Update

Note: Please go through with CLAT Exam Pattern to prepare better.  

CLAT Exam Pattern: Complete Details

CLAT Exam Pattern includes all the details of the CLAT  Exam sch as Important Topics to prepare, Format of the CLAT Exam Question Paper, Distribution of the Question Paper form different subjects, Total No. of the Questions, Marking Scheme of the Question Paper etc. 

CLAT 2022 Exam will be conducted in the month of May 08, 2022. All those candidates who are preparing for the CLAT 2022 Exam must be aware of the CLAT Exam pattern as it will enhance and boost their preparation.

CLAT 2022 Exam Pattern details 

Mode of the ExaminationOnline
Medium of the ExaminationEnglish
Covered Subjects in the CLAT ExamVary with Courses (Read below to know your course)
Type of QuestionsMultiple Choice Based (Objective Type)
Total No. of QuestionsVary with Courses (Read below to know your course)
CLAT 2022 Exam Date 19 June 2022 
CLAT 2022 Exam Duration2 Hours (120 Minutes)
Marking Scheme+1 for correct responses, -0.25 for incorrect responses.

Marking Scheme

  • One mark will be awarded to the candidate for each correct responses while 0.25 mark will be deducted for an incorrect response.

For Undergraduate Course 

Distribution of Questions 

        Subject  No. of Questions  Marking Scheme   Total Marks
General Knowledge/Awareness50150
English with Comprehension40140
Aptitude (Legal)50150
Reasoning (Verbal and Non-Verbal)40140
Numerical Ability20120
Total 200 QuestionsTotal 200 Marks
For Postgraduate Course

Distribution of Questions

SubjectNo. of QuestionsMarking SchemeTotal Marks
Jurisprudence50150
Constitutional Law50150
Other Law Subjects50150
Total 150 Questions Total 150 Marks

To participate in the exam there will need Admit Card which can download CLAT Admit Card 2022 from the official website. 

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