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CLAT 2017 Exam Overview and Syllabus

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2017 will be conducted on the second Sunday of May by one of the National Law Universities. CLAT is one of the most prestigious national level examinations for admission to UG and PG law programs offered by top law colleges in India. The CLAT paper will be 2 hours with 200 questions across 5 sections: English, General Knowledge, Mathematics, Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning. The document also provides the breakdown of topics covered in each section.

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CLAT 2017 Exam Overview and Syllabus

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2017 will be conducted on the second Sunday of May by one of the National Law Universities. CLAT is one of the most prestigious national level examinations for admission to UG and PG law programs offered by top law colleges in India. The CLAT paper will be 2 hours with 200 questions across 5 sections: English, General Knowledge, Mathematics, Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning. The document also provides the breakdown of topics covered in each section.

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CLAT 2017

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2017 will be conducted on the second Sunday of
May. The exam will be conducted by one of the participating National Law University. CLAT is
one of the most prestigious national level examinations for admission in to UG and PG programs
offered by the top law colleges in India.

The CLAT paper is conducted online in a time period of 2 hours (120 minutes). The paper has
200 questions under 5 different sections. The first step towards an effective preparation is to
know the syllabus well. Since there has been no official syllabus released for CLAT, we have
come up with a list of important topics based on previous years CLAT papers.

Sr.No. Subjects Questions Marks


1 English including Comprehension 40 40 Marks
2 General Knowledge and Current Affairs 50 50 Marks
3 Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability) 20 20 Marks
4 Legal Aptitude 50 50 Marks
5 Logical Reasoning 40 40 Marks
**Negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer

English including Comprehension


1. ENGLISH VOCABULARY:
i. Synonyms - 4
ii. Antonyms - 4
iii. Analogies - 3

2. ENGLISH PROFICIENCY:
i. Idioms and Phrases - 3
ii. One word substitution - 3
iii. Sentence improvement - 3
iv. Sentence Rearrangement - 3
v. Fill in the blanks - 3

3. ENGLISH USAGE ERRORS:


i. Spotting errors - 4
ii. Spelling mistakes 4
iii. Closet test - 4

4. ENGLISH COMPREHENSION - 2
Elementary Mathematics
1. ARITHEMATIC: - 9
i. Number system
ii. Square roots, Surds and indices
iii. H.C.F and L.C.M
iv. Simplification
v. Ratio and proportions
vi. Average
vii. Logarithms and Functions
viii. Fractions and decimals
ix. Time and work

2. COMMERCIAL MATHS - 4
i. Interest
ii. Percentage
iii. Profit, loss and Discounts
iv. Partnership

3. MENSURATION - 2
i. Areas
ii. Volumes

4. MODERN MATHEMATICS - 3
i. Permutation & Combination
ii. Probability
iii. Clocks & Calendars

5. DATA INTERPRETATION - 2

General Knowledge and Current Affairs


1. STATIC GK:
i. Polity - 5
ii. History- Ancient, Medieval, Modern and World- 5
iii. Geography- 5
iv. Economics- 5
v. General Science- 5
vi. Science and technology- 5
vii. Ecology- 5

2. CURRENT AFFAIRS:
i. Events of National and International importance- 5
ii. Current events in areas of Economics, Science, Sports, Places, Persons- 5
iii. Books and Authors- 5

Logical Reasoning
1. LOGIC TESTS
i. Statement Assumptions - 4
ii. Statement Conclusions - 4
iii. Statement Arguments - 4
iv. Statement actions - 4

2. REASONING
i. Number test - 4
ii. Series test - 4
iii. Direction and distance test - 4
iv. Coding and Decoding - 4
v. Blood Relationships - 4
vi. Ranking - 4

Legal Aptitude
1. Indian Constitution - 9
2. Indian Penal Code - 9
3. Law of Torts - 8
4. Indian Contract Act - 8
5. Family Law - 8
6. Legal Misc. (Intellectual Property Rights, Labour Laws, etc.) - 8

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