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Eligibility criteria for UG- CLAT
1. There is no upper age limit for candidates appearing for UG Programme through the CLAT.
2. Candidates must secure the following minimum percentage of marks in their qualifying examination (i.e., 10+2 oran equivalent examination):
(i) Forty five percent (45%) marks or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to General / OBC / PWD /NRI / PIO / OCI categories.
(ii) Forty Percent (40%) marks or equivalent in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST categories.
3. Candidates who may be appearing for their qualifying examination in March/ April, are also eligible to appear forthe CLAT examination. However, they shall be required to produce evidence of their passing the qualifying examination at the time of admission, failing which they shall lose their right to be considered for admission.
4. The result of the qualifying examination (i.e., 10+2) shall be submitted by the candidate at the time of admission, failing which the candidate shall be ineligible for admission to the course they may have applied for.
If more than one candidate secures an equal number of marks in the CLAT, the break of tie shall be by thefollowing procedure and order as under:
- Higher marks in the component/section on Legal Aptitude in the CLAT exam;
- Higher age;
- Computerized draw of lots.
UG-CLAT SYLLABUS & EXAM PATTERN
The UG-CLAT would focus on evaluating the comprehension and reasoning skills and abilities of candidates.Overall, it is designed to be a test of aptitude and skills that are necessary for a legal education rather than priorknowledge, though prior knowledge occasionally may be useful to respond to questions in the Current Affairssection.
The UG-CLAT shall be a 2-hour test, with 150 multiple-choice questions carrying 1 mark each. There shall benegative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer. These questions would be divided across the following 5subjects:
- English Language
- Current Affairs, including General Knowledge
- Legal Reasoning
- Logical Reasoning
- Quantitative Techniques
English Language
In this section of the UG-CLAT, you will be provided passages of about 450 words each. These passages will bederived from contemporary or historically significant fiction and non-fiction writing and would be of a standardthat a 12th standard student may be able to read in about 5-7 minutes.
Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate your comprehension andlanguage skills, including your abilities to:
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Read and comprehend the main point discussed in the passage, as well as any arguments and viewpointsdiscussed or set out in the passage - Draw inferences and conclusions based on the passage;
- Summaries the passage;
- Compare and contrast the different arguments or viewpoints set out in the passage
- Understand the meaning of various words and phrases used in the passage.
Current Affairs Including General Knowledge
In this section, you will be provided passages of up to 450 words each. The passages will be derived from news, journalistic sources and other non-fiction writing. The questions may include an examination of legal information or knowledge discussed in or related to the passage, but would not require any additional knowledge of the law beyond the passage.
Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate your awareness ofvarious aspects of current affairs and general knowledge, including:
- Contemporary events of significance from India and the world
- Arts and culture
- International affairs
- Historical events of continuing significance.
Legal Reasoning
In this section, you will be expected to read passages of around 450 words each. The passages may relate to factsituations or scenarios involving legal matters, public policy questions or moral philosophical enquiries. You willnot require any prior knowledge of law. You will benefit from a general awareness of contemporary legal andmoral issues to better apply general principles or propositions to the given fact scenarios.
Each passage would be followed by a series of questions that will require you to:
- Identify and infer the rules and principles set out in the passage
- Apply such rules and principles to various fact situations
- Understand how changes to the rules or principles may alter their application to various fact situations.
Logical Reasoning
The Logical Reasoning section of the UG-CLAT will include a series of short passages of about 300 words each. Each passage will be followed by one or more questions that will require you to:
- Recognize an argument, its premises and conclusions;
- Read and identify the arguments set out in the passage;
- Critically analyze patterns of reasoning, and assess how conclusions may depend on particular premises orevidence;
- Infer what follows from the passage and apply these inferences to new situations;
- Draw relationships and analogies, identify contradictions and equivalence, and assess the effectiveness ofarguments.
Quantitative Techniques
The Quantitative Techniques section of the UG-CLAT will include short sets of facts or propositions, graphs, or other textual, pictorial or diagrammatic representations of numerical information, followed by a series ofquestions. You will be required to derive information from such passages, graphs, or other representations, andapply mathematical operations on such information.
The questions will require you to:
- Derive, infer, and manipulate numerical information set out in such passages, graphs, or otherrepresentations;
- Apply various 10th standard mathematical operations on such information, including from areas such asratios and proportions, basic algebra, mensuration and statistical estimation.
- Critically analyze patterns of reasoning, and assess how conclusions may depend on particular premises orevidence;
- Infer what follows from the passage and apply these inferences to new situations;
- Draw relationships and analogies, identify contradictions and equivalence, and assess the effectiveness ofarguments.
UG-CLAT Question Paper Format
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1 |
Maximum Marks |
120 |
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2 |
Duration of CLAT 2024 Exam |
02:00 Hours |
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3 |
Multiple-Choice Questions |
120 questions of one mark each |
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4 |
Negative Marking |
0.25 Mark for each wrong answer |
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| S. No | Subject Areas with weightage: | Approximate number of questions |
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1 |
English Language |
22-26 questions, or roughly 20% of the paper |
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2 |
Current Affairs, including General Knowledge |
28-32 questions, or roughly 25% of the paper |
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3 |
Legal Reasoning |
28-32 questions, or roughly 25% of the paper |
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4 |
Logical Reasoning |
22-26 questions, or roughly 20% of the paper |
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5 |
Quantitative Techniques |
10-14 questions, or roughly 10% of the paper |
