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how to qualify clat and it's syllabus


latika 1st Mar, 2022
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 1st Mar, 2022

Hi

Your clat consist of 5 subjects which are listed below :-


  • english language

  • quantitative techniques

  • Legal Reasoning

  • current affairs including

  • Logical Reasoning


You can get complete CLAT syllabus at its official website

https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/clat-2022/ug-syllabus.html


Or alternately visit our page at

https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-syllabus

Here's a gist of the syllabus

>>>>>>>>>>  QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES


You will have short sets of facts / propositions/ graphs /pictorial or diagrammatic representations followed by series of mcqs.  Your Maths of class 10th level will be tested. You will have  to derive information from given facts/ diagrams etc  and apply the mathematical operations to answer the given questions. You need to study topic like :-

-----------)Ratios and proportions,

-----------)basic algebra,

-----------) mensuration,

-----------)statistical estimation,

-----------) percentage,

-----------) loss, and profit, etc.


>>>>>>>>>>   ENGLISH LANGUAGE


There will be  passages of around 450 words , and each of those passages will be followed by series of mcqs.

It aims to test your ability to understand and figure out the main points in the passage, your ability to draw conclusion , and compare and contrast the viewpoints in passage, also tests whether you are able to understand different words and phrases which have been used in the passage

>>>>>>>>>>   CURRENT AFFAIRS INCLUDING GK

There will be  passages of around 450 words , and each of those passages will be followed by series of mcqs. The passages may be drawn from following topics given below :-


------------) news

------------) journalistic sources

------------) Contemporary events of significance from India and the world

------------) Legal editorials and opinions

------------) Arts and culture

------------) Historical events

------------) International affairs


>>>>>>>>>>   LOGICAL REASONING

There will be  passages of around 450 words , and each of those passages will be followed by series of mcqs. It aims to test  your ability to recognizing the arguments,  drawing conclusion .Your skill to draw relationships and analogies, your ability to identify the contradictions  and whether you are able to assess the effectiveness of arguments or not etc

>>>>>>>>>>   LEGAL APTITUDE

You will have passages of around 450 words , and each of those passages will be followed by series of mcqs.The passages may  be drawn from topics like fact /situations /scenarios  involving legal matters, public policies etc.

Subject wise number of questions in your clat examination is provided below:-


------------) english language :-  28 - 32 questions

------------) quantitative techniques :- 13-17questions

------------) Legal Reasoning :- 35-39 questions

------------) current affairs including gk :- 35-39 questions

------------) Logical Reasoning :- 28-32 questions

Coming to how to prepare,

Follow the below tips:-

-------------------) First of all go well through the syllabus, focus on understanding things rather than just remembering them

---------) Top books which you can follow for CLAT are listed below subject wise

>>>>> GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS

*Manorama Year Book

*General Knowledge by Arihant Publications

*Current Affairs Yearly by Arihant Publications


>>>>> LOGICAL REASONING

*A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning by RS Aggarwal


>>>>> LEGAL REASONING

*Legal Awareness and Legal Reasoning by Pearson

*Objective Legal Aptitude by Rs Agarwal


>>>>> QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

*Fast Track Objective Arithmetic, Arihant Publications

*Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by Pearson's


>>>>> ENGLISH

*Objective General English by R S Aggarwal

*Word Power Made Easy by Norman


For detailed information about books for CLAT go through

https://law.careers360.com/articles/best-books-for-clat/amp

----------) A major part  of your Clat  question paper are from the gk and current affairs section , so focus more on them, read news papers like The Hindu, Financial Express, and The Economist on daily  basis to keep you updated

----------) Make a routine or a time table and religiously follow it ,  take short breaks in between your studies, studying continuously can be brain tiring and it becomes difficult to focus and study with concentration, so take breaks to relax and refresh your brain.

----------)  Plan your studies, and set daily, weekly and monthly goals to cover the syllabus and meet them without any fail.

----------) Revise at regular intervals as syllabus is wide .

----------) Solve previous year CLAT questions :-it will let you know the examination pattern, type and difficulty level of questions asked in the exam etc

----------) Once done with complete syllabus, go through CLAT  mock test papers , it will let you know your preparation level and and weak areas so that you can work on them and perform well in your CLAT examination

For more preparation tips go through

https://law.careers360.com/tags/clat-preparation-tips

Thankyou

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