CLAT Syllabus 2015
Common Law Admission Test is a national level examination administered by selected National Law Universities in India. The exam is a single level test for admission to undergraduate (LLB) and post graduate (LLM) courses. Admission is done on the basis of rank performance of candidates. Following is a detailed CLAT Syllabus for LLB and LLM exam. Before this is important to understand the pattern of the exam.
Pattern of CLAT Undergraduate Programme
Total Marks
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200
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Total Number of Questions
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200
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Duration
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Two hours
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Subject wise areas
with weightage
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English including comprehension
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40 marks
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General Knowledge and current affairs
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50 marks
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Mathematics
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20 marks
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Logical Reasoning
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45 marks
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Legal Aptitude and Awareness
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45 marks
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Total Marks
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200
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Duration of Exam
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Two hours
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Subject Areas
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Law of Contract, Law of Torts, Criminal Law, Constituional
Law,Legal Theory
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Total Number of Questions
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Objective Type
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100 questions of one mark each
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Essay
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Two questions of 100 marks each
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I English including Comprehension: The intention of this section is to test aspirants proficiency and command over the English language through grammar and comprehension based questions. In comprehension section you will be assessed on the basis of understanding of central theme and meaning of words in the passage. The grammar questions of this section focus on
• Synoymns
• Antonymns
• Analogies
• Idioms and Pharses
• Sentence Improvement
• Cloze Test
• English usage and errors
II General Knowledge and Current Affairs: Questions in the section test candidates general knowledge and awareness in
• Economics
• Science
• Technology
• Sports
• Persons and Places
• Books and Authors
III Elementary Maths: This section contains Class 10 elementary maths. This section includes questions in
• Number Systems
• Surds and Indices
• Square Roots
• Fractions and Decimals
• H.C.F. and L.C.M
• Simplification
• Logarithms
• Interest
• Percentage
• Profit and Loss
• Mensuration- Areas and Volumes
Legal Aptitude: This section test candidates aptitude in law. The questions in this section comprise of legal propositions/ principles and a set of facts to which the said proposition/ principle has to be applied to arrive at a most reasonable conclusion.
• Legal Terms
• Torts and Contracts
• Civil and Criminal Law
• Constitution
• Historic Law Based Questions etc.
Logical Reasoning: The purpose of this section is to check candidate’s ability to identify patterns, logical links and rectify illogical arguments. It will include logical reasoning questions in
• Direction and Distance Test
• Analogy test
• Classification test
• Number and Series Test
• Statements Assumption
• Statements Conclusion
• Statements Arguments
• Statements Action
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