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INTRODUCING CLAT
The Common Law Admission Test, also known as CLAT is a national-level law
entrance exam that is conducted by the Consortium of NLUs for admission to 5-
year integrated LLB (UG) and one-year LLM (PG) courses. The exam is conducted for admission to 24 NLUs for UG courses and 21 NLUs for PG courses
Timeline
JANUARY 2024
Will Start with Weekend Batches
August-September 2024
Will Start taking lecture 3-4 days a week
October 2024
Will Complete the Syllabus
December 2024
Exams will be held in 3/4 week Display of results & CAP Round begins
June 2025
Admission process will start once the result is displayed. However, 12th students shall be required to produce an evidence of their passing the qualifying examination at the time of admission
SUBJECTS
English Language | Current Affairs | Legal Reasoning | Logical Reasoning | Quantitative Techniques
English Language
- In this section of the UG-CLAT 2024, you will be provided passages of about 450 words each. These passages will be derived from contemporary or historically significant fiction and non-fiction writing, and would be of a standard that 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 and language skills, including your abilities to:
- Read and comprehend the main point discussed in the passage, as well as any arguments and viewpoints discussed 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; and
- Understand the meaning of various words and phrases in the context that they are 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 of various aspects of current affairs and general knowledge, including:
- Contemporary events of significance from India and the world;
- Arts and culture;
- International affairs; and
- 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 fact situations or
scenarios involving legal matters, public policy questions or moral philosophical enquiries. You will not require any prior knowledge of law to attempt the questions in this section. You will benefit from a general awareness of contemporary legal and moral 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; and
- Understand how changes to the rules or principles may alter their application to various fact situations.
- The Logical Reasoning section of the UG-CLAT 2024 will include a series of short passages of about 450 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 or evidence, and
how conclusions may be strengthened or weakened as a consequence of an alteration in premises or supporting facts; - 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 of arguments.
Quantitative Techniques
- The Quantitative Techniques section of the UG-CLAT 2024 will include short sets of facts or propositions, or other textual
representations of numerical information, followed by a series of questions. You will be required to derive information from the passages or questions, and apply mathematical operations on such information. - The questions will require you to:
- Derive, infer, and manipulate numerical information set out in such passages; and
- Apply various 10th standard mathematical operations on such information, including from areas such as ratios and proportions, basic algebra, mensuration and statistical estimation.
REGISTRATION
➢ Registration Open in July, and
➢ Last date to fill the form is till November 1st Week.
➢ Registration charges is around 4000approx.