What preparations I have to do before prepareing for CLAT

Hey,

First off be sure of your calling. You need to be really sure of what drives your interest.

Being a lawyer could be the best thing about your life provided you are passionate enough to be one. You must have strong analytical skills along with good communication skills.

Go through the previous year papers and get a to the question patter. Make schedule. Read newspapers. Study books as what described by the seniors or teachers or tutors.Invest your self into study. Work on  strengthening your Current Affairs.

See,it's not that tough to crack the exam but to score well you need to work really hard.

Hope this helps.

Good luck.

Hi.



You can definitely prepare for CLAT. You just have to focus really well. And yes, you can buy the material of coaching institutes from book markets such as daryaganj if you're in delhi. And you would also have to buy the test series from institutes like career launcher or CLAT possible for sectional tests and mock tests.



Let's see how the section wise preparation should go -



GK



For current affairs: you should prepare this section from gk today, jagran josh and some monthly or weakly manthan from any coaching institute. If you do this properly, you would be fine. But if you want you can download some apps as well for daily quizzes. And yes! REVISE. Revise the current affairs every month or you will forget them.



Fo static:you can prepare this from pearson or you can prepare topic wise from internet by manually searching the topics and doing them from wherever you find them the most suitable.



English:

For vocabulary, read word power made easy and do 5 or 10 words (upto your capacity) from any app (Volt is a good one). And also read newspaper regularly, it will improve your vocabulary and will also help with the current affairs.



Practice reading comprehension, at least 1 everyday. And practice para jumbled as well.



Logical and analytical reasoning :



Practice and practice and practice. Practice as much as you can. Solve the material from coaching institute and then start giving sectional and topic tests to perfect your skills. This should be enough.



Maths:



Solve your material from coaching institute effectively and practice with sectional and topic tests. And again, practice as much as you can.



Legal aptitude:



AGAIN do the material from coaching institute and then practice from sectional tests and topic tests.



And obviously, practice the previous year question papers thoroughly. Especially for legal aptitude, mostly the questions are same with just some minor changes in the facts such as changed names.



You can also watch YouTube videos to revise some concepts. Law school 101 is really good for legal. You can also revise gk with YouTube videos.



And one crucial tip, DON'T EVER lag behind with your gk current affairs and mocks.



Best of luck for your preparation.



Feel free to ask questions if you have any other doubt.



Thanks

Hey.

The Syllabus of CLAT includes a total of 5 sections. Here is the section wise syllabus of CLAT-

1. General Knowledge and Current Affairs- 50 questions for 50

2. Legal Aptitude- 50 questions for 50 marks

3. English- including Comprehension questions 40 for 40 marks

4. Logical Reasoning- 40 questions for 40 marks

5. Elementary Mathematics-20 question for 20 marks.

In case you are looking for an all inclusive guide then the best one is- Universal's guide to CLAT and LLB. Other good guides for the same are- Arihant's guide for CLAT and Pearson's guide to CLAT.

Here are some tips for preparation for each individual section of CLAT along with individual sources for each.



General Knowledge- The GK Section includes both Static GK as well as current affairs. For gstatic general knowledge you can refer to the Concised size Pearson or the Arihants guide.



For current affairs, first of all develop a habit to read newspapers daily. The Hindu is the newspaper preferred by various CLAT Aspirants. It not only builds a strong base for General knowledge but will also help you in your verbal ability section.



There is a site called GK today.in which you can go to for current affairs. They have daily quizes based on current affairs which has been proved very usefull for CLAT preparation.



English- In case you are looking for a separate book For Vocabulary you can refer the book Word Power Made Easy by Normal Lewis. You will come across various words while reading the newspaper too, prepare a list, go through them regularly and try to use them in sentences. You should read the Editorial section of the Hindu for your Reading section as well as Vocabulary section of CLAT. For the reading section practicing your sample questions while timing it would prove usefull.



For grammar you can use the Wren & Martin.



Mathematics- The weightage of the maths section is very less in CLAT. Also the syllabus included elementary level of Mathematics. Hence, if you purchase an all inclusive guide, then practicing for it would suffice.



Logical Reasoning - For Quantitative aptitude in case you are looking for a separate book then quantitative aptitude by RS Aggarwal can be used. Other wise Universal's guide to CLAT or Arihant guide is also sufficient for CLAT. Make sure that you go through the previous year question too.



Legal Aptitude- Universals guide to CLAT and LLB, Pearson CLAT Guide are considered the best for this section. Fo through the basics of handling the questions of this section at first, and then utilise it to practice from these guides or any other source online, previous year papers etc.



Make sure that you go through the past year question papers and practice them along with sample papers. This will help you to have an idea about how to attempt the paper, the level of questions for each section, and how to manage your time well.



If you are planning to take any coaching in institutes like Career launcher, Bulls eye etc then their reading material covers all aspects. You can refer the books listed above in case you need separate books for any or the sections.



Best of luck!