What is the CLAT eligibility criteria?
In order to qualify for CAT, a candidate must have finished or be appearing for his/her Bachelor’s degree, final year examination, with at least a 50% aggregate score. The degree should be granted by any university, incorporated or declared to be deemed under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956, or an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
CLAT Exam Pattern 2023 –
Particulars |
Description |
Name of the exam |
Common Law Admission Test |
Common name |
Consortium of National Law University |
Application window |
August 8 - November 13, 2022 |
Exam date |
December 18, 2022 |
Mode of exam |
Offline |
Number of questions |
150 |
Question type |
MCQs |
Number of seats |
Around 2801for UG and 1132 for LLM |
Number of test-takers |
More than 60,000 |
Participating NLUs |
22 |
CLAT Exam Syllabus:
A thorough understanding of the CAT exam syllabus is important for determining your direction all through out this CAT journey. It will be much easier to determine how much time you should spend on each segment when you have a reasonable understanding of the CAT Syllabus.
CLAT Exam Syllabus |
Topics |
Quantitative Aptitude |
Quantitative Aptitude – Number System, Geometry Time and Work, Algebra, Mensuration and Arithmetic |
Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation |
Puzzles, Seating Arrangement, Blood Relation, Syllogism, Coding and Decoding Tables, Graphs, Data Case lets |
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension |
Comprehension, Para Jumbles, Para Summary, Verbal Ability, Odd Sentence Out |
CLAT Exam Marking Scheme:
• For each correct answer, candidates will receive 3 marks.
• Candidates will receive a negative marking of 1 mark for every incorrect answer to the objective questions.
• For non-MCQ-type questions, negative marking will not be done.
The table below will give you an outline of the MCQ and Non-MCQ questions for CAT:
Section |
Number of MCQ and Non-MCQs In each Section |
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) |
MCQ -19 Non-MCQ – 5 |
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning |
MCQ – 15 Non-MCQ – 5 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
MCQ – 14 Non-MCQ – 8 |
Total no of Questions |
66 |
Why TCM EDUCATION for CLAT Coaching?
TCM EDUCATION CLAT coaching is a crucial step to take if securing a seat in one of the top law colleges in India is your dream. If anything, one of the transparent benefits of taking up CLAT coaching is the success of the students. The other benefits of taking up CLAT Coaching include -
1. Focussed Preparation
CLAT Coaching helps in thoroughly understanding the topics that are sometimes hard to penetrate on your own- this helps the students overcome any surprise challenges, and appear victorious.
2. Disciplined Approach
The rhythmic discipline of the CLAT coaching classes lays down the norm of dedicating a certain number of hours every day through classes and preparation time for the class.
3. Dedicated Doubt Sessions
With CLAT Coaching, all your syllabus-related and exam-related doubts are nursed by the teachers. It enables the students to prepare better with an eased and relaxed mind.
4. Self-Analysis & Peer-Learning
The classroom competition enables the discovery of the level of competition up to a certain extent. It also helps in revealing both the improvement areas and strong areas of the student.
5. Comprehensive Study Material
CLAT study materials are meticulously curated to give the students the best of the best. It covers the basics and the advanced topics by subject experts.
6. Test Series
The test series provided are set in accordance with the pattern and difficulty level of the real exam. This is done to train and give the students the feeling closest to the CLAT paper.