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What are the syllabus included in the clat


anjanakashok24 30th Jul, 2021
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ANUSHA K 30th Jul, 2021

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There are five sections in CLAT exam paper which are:
  • English including Comprehension. - 28-32 questions
  • Current affairs including General Knowledge.- 35-39 questions
  • Legal Reasoning. - 35-39 questions
  • Logical Reasoning.- 28-32 questions
  • Quantitative Techniques (Mathematics)- 13-17 questions

CLAT 2021 English language section

  • Total weightage : 20%
  • Type of questions asked : Comprehension-type passage-based questions
  • Source material : Passages will be drawn from contemporary / historically significant fiction & non-fiction writing
  • Ability tested : Comprehension and language skills
  • Standard of questions : 12th standard

  • CLAT 2021 Current affairs, including general knowledge section
    • Total weightage : 25%
    • Type of questions asked : Comprehension-type passage-based questions
    • Source material : News, journalistic sources, and non-fiction writing.
    • Ability tested : Awareness of current affairs and general knowledge
    • Standard of questions : 12th standard

    • CLAT 2021 Legal Reasoning Section

      • Total weightage : 25%
      • Type of questions asked : Objective-type questions based on 450-word passages
      • Source material : Fact situations or scenarios involving legal matters, public policy questions, or moral philosophical inquiries.
      • Description : No prior knowledge is required to answer these questions.
      • Skills required : Candidates may benefit if they have a general awareness of contemporary legal and moral issues.

      • CLAT 2021 Logical Reasoning section

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        • Total weightage : 20%
        • Type of questions asked : Passage-based (300-word long) objective questions
        • Skill tested : Recognize argument, its premises, and conclusions; analyze patterns of reasoning; make inferences; draw relationships and analogies, contradictions and equivalence, etc
        • Marking scheme : Each question carries 1 mark, while there is a negative marking of 1/4 mark for an incorrect answer.

        • CLAT 2021 Quantitative section

          • Total weightage : 10%
          • Total questions : 13-17
          • Question type : Objective questions
          • Description : The section will include short sets of facts or propositions, graphs, or other textual, pictorial, or diagrammatic representations of numerical information, followed by a series of questions.
          • Marking scheme : Each question carries 1 mark, while there is a negative marking of 1/4 mark for an incorrect answer.
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