The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is an all India entrance examination conducted by 14 National Law Schools/Universities for admissions to their under-graduate and post graduate degree programmes (LL.B & LL.M).
CLAT 2012 was conducted by NLU,Jodhpur. It was held on May 13th,2012 and the results are expected to be declared on 28th May,2012.
Test Pattern
Total Marks
200
Total number of
multiple-choice questions of one mark each
200
Duration of examination
Two Hours
Subject areas with
weightage:
English including
Comprehension
40 Marks
General Knowledge/ Current
Affairs
50 Marks
Elementary Mathematics
(Numerical Ability)
20 Marks
Legal Aptitude
50 Marks
Logical Reasoning
40 Marks
Mathematics:
As per the students’ feedback, the questions were from basic arithmetic and they were able to comfortably crack them. The questions were given from the areas like
Percentages
Profit
Loss
Equations
Speed based questions.
Numbers
Geometry/Mensuration
Areas like AMA, ILS, Clocks and Calendars were missing this year. Students with basic practice would have found this section to be a good scoring one.
Overall Difficulty level: Easy
Logical Reasoning:
Logical reasoning was more of a language based reasoning this year. There were questions on Critical Reasoning, Statement-Assumption, Assertion-Reason and Syllogisms. Only 3-4 questions were from Analytical reasoning. The types of questions were broadly
Number Series
Alphabet series to find the missing letter
Logical Reasoning set
Syllogisms
Connectives
Strong & Weak Arguments
Conclusions
Course of action
Statement/Reasoning
Overall Difficulty Level: Moderate
English:
As compared to last year the English section was quite different. There was only 1 Reading Comprehension passage with 10 questions. Quite a few questions were based on Vocabulary – on Synonyms, Idioms, Prepositions, Latin Phrases and Foreign Words .There were questions on Para jumbles and grammar as well. The distribution of questions was as below
1 Passage with 10 questions. Passage was based on Non Violence and Egalitarianism - 10 Questions
Direct Synonyms like Latent, Laxity etc - 5 Questions
Foreign Maxims De Jure, Carte blanche, Raison d’etre - 5 Questions
Fill in the blanks based on Conjunction and Preposition - 15 Questions
Para jumbles with first and sixth sentences given and the rest of 5 sentences to be rearranged - 5 Questions
Idioms and Phrases - 5 Questions
Overall Difficulty Level: Moderate
General Knowledge:
It proved to be a shocker to students! Almost 50% question were from static GK - which was not what the bulletin/website indicated. Students who prepared for this section of CLAT with the info that only Current GK over the last one year will be tested, were in for a rude shock. Those students who also prepared for SET and other exams which have static GK, and not just CLAT, would have an edge in this section.
The questions were from national & international events, areas covered were science, Constitution, awards, summits, persons, places etc.
Overall Difficulty Level: High (especially due to the shock static GK component)
Legal Aptitude:
Another shocker of a section for the students! They were expecting Legal Reasoning and were asked quite a few question on Legal Awareness too. 10 Questions were of Reason-Assertion type with no Legal principles given. This was also unexpected. Those students who also prepared for SET and other exams which have static GK, and not just CLAT, would have an edge in this section also.
Expected Cut-offs
Please note that the following scores are tentative and are being mentioned based on student feed back.
Tier I schools : 145+
Tier II schools : 135 +
Tier III schools : 130 +
