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CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)

Evidence status: ✅ official. The facts below were verified against the official CLAT 2027 notification and exam format on 2026-10-24. Always read the current notice before you apply or pay a fee.

CLAT is the entrance for five-year integrated LLB programmes at the National Law Universities (except NLU Delhi) and many other law schools. CLAT PG is the separate LLM entrance.

At a glance
Conducted by Consortium of National Law Universities
Mode Pen and paper, 2 hours
Total 120 questions, 120 marks
Negative marking 0.25 per wrong answer

Official sources

Exam pattern

+1 correct, −0.25 wrong. Five sections, all passage-based: English Language (22-26 questions); Current Affairs including General Knowledge (28-32 questions); Legal Reasoning (28-32 questions); Logical Reasoning (22-26 questions); Quantitative Techniques (10-14 questions).

Syllabus

No legal knowledge is assumed. Legal reasoning tests applying a principle given in a passage. Quantitative techniques are at Class 10 level.

How to prepare (free, in order)

  1. Read a long editorial daily: every section is reading-heavy.
  2. Current affairs come from the year before the exam; keep monthly notes.
  3. Practise with the consortium's official sample papers.

Free resources