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You can give clat examination either when you are appearing for your 12th board examination or after passing your 12th board examination.

CLAT  eligibility criteria for 5-year integrated llb  is given below :-

* You must have passed or should be appearing for 12th board examination

*You must have passed your 12th board exam with at least 45% marks while SC and ST category students need only 40% marks.

*There is no age limit for CLAT

For more and detailed information you can visit our page the link for the same is given below

https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-eligibility-criteria

Here's a brief of your clat UG 2021 examination pattern :-

* total number of questions :- 150 questions
* type of questions asked :- mcqs/objective. Basically, your clat question paper will contain several passages of around 300 to 450 words and those passages will be followed by series of mcqs.
* medium of the question paper :- English
* mode of the examination :- it will be conducted in offline mode / pen paper based examination
* total marks :- the examination will be conducted for a total of 150 marks
*Duration of the examination :- 2 hours
*marking scheme :-
-)you get one mark for each correct answer
there is penalty of 0.25 Mark for each wrong answer

Subject wise number of questions in your clat 2021 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

For more details regarding class examination pattern you can visit our page at

https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-exam-pattern

Follow the below tips to prepare well for your clat examination:-

*Go well through your  CLAT syllabus , don't leave any part just because you find it difficult or boring or you don't like it.

List of best books which you can follow to master CLAT syllabus is given 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 go through

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*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 , keep short breaks of 20 to 30 minutes after every 2.5 to 3 hours.

* 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

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