CLAT Syllabus Briefly Understand –

CLAT Syllabus lays the foundation for acing this exam with flying colors. Read through to learn about the syllabus in a detailed manner.

CLAT SYLLABUS – Overview

The CLAT syllabus for undergraduate and graduate programmes has been outlined by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs). The English language, current events and general knowledge, legal thinking, logical reasoning, and quantitative techniques are the five subjects that make up the UG CLAT syllabus. Contrarily, the primary subjects of the LLB curriculum provide the foundation of the CLAT LLM syllabus. The syllabus helps CLAT candidates prepare. 

CLAT LLM Syllabus	CLAT UG Syllabus
Contract, Law of Torts, Family Law, Criminal Law	Current Affairs, Including General Knowledge
Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law	English Language
Public International Law, Tax Law	Logical Reasoning
Property Law, Company Law	Legal Reasoning
Environmental Law, And Labour & Industrial Law.	Quantitative Techniques

CLAT SYLLABUS – LLM (PG)

The CLAT LLM syllabus covers the most important aspects of the LLB curriculum at the postgraduate level (3-year LLB and 5-year LLB). The following is an outline of the many subjects covered by the course curriculum.

Constitutional Law	Torts
Administrative Law	Criminal Law
Family Law	Labour And Industrial Law
Property Law	Public International Law
Jurisprudence	Company Law
Intellectual Property Law	International Law
Tax Law	Contract
Environmental Law

CLAT LLM PATTERN –

SUBJECTS	NUMBER OF MCQ QUESTIONS	MARKS
Constitutional Law	60	60
Contract, Tort, Criminal Law, International Law, Intellectual property law And Jurisprudence.	60	60

PARTICULARS	CLAT PG
Exam Mode	Offline, Pen And Paper-Based
Exam Duration	Two Hours
Language	English
Question Type	Multiple Choice Type Questions From Comprehension Passages
Number Of Questions	120 Questions
Marking Scheme	+1 for correct response and -.25 for wrong response
Total Marks	120

CLAT SYLLABUS – UG

A comprehension-based segment makes up the UG-CLAT exam. The comprehension passages are used as the basis for the multiple-choice questions that are asked in each session. In order for candidates to answer the questions, they will need to read the passage very carefully. In subjects like mathematics and logical reasoning, you could be given questions based on diagrams that are supposed to represent certain data or information. The section-by-section CLAT syllabus is given below –

CLAT SYLLABUS – English Language

PARTICULARS	DETAILS
Total Weightage Of Section	20%
Question type	Comprehension-Type Passage-Based Questions
Composition of Passages/Questions	Passages of 450 words or less will be chosen from recently published or historically significant fiction and non-fiction writing.
Skillset Tested	Comprehension And Language Skills Ability To Draw Inferences And Conclusions Ability To Summarise Passage Identify Arguments And Viewpoints Word Meaning And Phrases
Level Of Questions	12th Standard

Important topics to study 

• Newspaper – The Hindu or The Indian Express
• Norman Lewis’ Word power made easy
• Wren and Martin’s High School English Grammar and Composition
• Newspaper Editorials and latest magazines of every domain 

CLAT SYLLABUS – General Knowledge and Current Affairs

Particulars	Important details
Total Weightage Of Section	25%
Question type	Questions of the Comprehension Kind Based on Reading Passages – General Knowledge and Current Events Static
Composition of Passages/Questions	News, Journalistic Sources, And Non-Fiction Writing.
Skillset Observed	Awareness and Full knowledge Of Following areas -Modern Events Of Significance From India And The World;Arts And Culture;International Affairs; And Historical Events Of Continuing Significance.
Level Of Questions	12th Standard

Important topics to study –

• General knowledge Lucent’s publication 
• Pratiyogita Darpan
• Any good English newspaper such as The Tribune or The Indian Express or The Hindu
• Go through the Websites based and focused on current events for CLAT exam and UPSC exams.
• NCERT books for basic understanding of geography, history, polity and economics

CLAT SYLLABUS – Legal Reasoning

Particulars	Important details
Total Weightage Of Section	25%
Question type	Passages with comprehension questions of 450 words each, followed by questions of the objective type
Composition of Passages/Questions	Circumstances or scenarios based on the facts that involve issues of law, questions of public policy, or moral and philosophical investigations.
Important Areas To be Covered	General Awareness and knowledge Of latest Legal And Moral, Ethical affairsIdentify And comprehend the instructions and rules described in the passage.Application of Rules And Principles To a wide range of Factual SituationsCapability To Break Down How Changes To The Rules Or Principles May Affect Their Application To Various Fact Situations.
Level Of Questions	12th Standard

Important topics to study – 

• Indian Constitution – Fundamental Rights, Duties, Judiciary, Parliament, Directive Principles of State Policy, Local governments
• Important amendments and provisions
• Important judgments
• Current legal affairs

CLAT SYLLABUS – Logical Reasoning

Particulars	Important details
Total Weightage Of Section	20%
Question type	Passage-Based (300-Word Long) Objective Questions
Composition of Passages/Questions	Based On Sets And Arguments, Puzzles, Diagrams, Relationships And Others
Skillset Tested	Ability To Identify Arguments And Their Premises And Draw Conclusions Ability To Critically Analyze Patterns Of Reasoning, And Assess How Conclusions May Depend On Particular Premises Or Evidence 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.
Level Of Questions	12th Standard

Important topics to study –

• Analogies
• Series
• Seating arrangement
• Syllogisms
• Blood relations
• Logical sequences and matching
• Calendars and clocks

CLAT SYLLABUS – Quantitative Techniques

Particulars	Important details
Total Weightage	10%
Type Of Questions Asked	Sets Of Facts Or Propositions, Graphs, Or Other Textual, Pictorial, Or Diagrammatic Representations Of Numerical Information, Followed By A Series Of Questions.
Skillset Observed	Derive, Infer, And Manipulate Numerical Information Set Out In Such Passages, Graphs, Or Other Representations; And Apply Various 10th-Standard Mathematical Operations
Level Of Questions	Class 10th

Important topics to study –

The candidates should aim to strengthen their numerical skills by practicing questions from the following topics in order to prepare for the exam.

• Ratios and proportions
• Basic algebra
• Mensuration
• Statistical estimation
• Algebra

CLAT UG PATTERN –

Particular	CLAT UG
Mode	Offline, Pen And Paper-Based
Duration	Two HoursCC
Language	English
Type Of Questions	Multiple Choice Type Questions From Comprehension Passages
Number Of Questions	150
Marking Scheme	Each Question Will Carry One MarkEach Incorrect Answer Will Invite A Penalty Of 0.25 Marks.
Total Marks	150