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Exam Pattern - CLAT, AILET & OTHER LAW ENTRANCE TESTS

CLAT/AILET Exam Pattern
Details CLAT AILET SLAT LSAT MH-CET

Participating Universities

All National Law Universities except National Law University Delhi. Some other varsities also make their own merit lists based on CLAT scores, e.g. IP University, Nirma Institute of Law etc.

National Law University, Delhi

Symbiosis Law School (Pune, Noida, Hyderabad, Nagpur)

Jindal Global Law School, UPES School of Law, IFIM Law School, etc.

All Government Institutions (like Government Law College, Mumbai), except NLUs, in Maharashtra

Duration of Exam

120 minutes (2 hours)

120 minutes (2 hours)

105 minutes (75 minutes for Multiple Choice Question; 30 minutes for Written Ability Test)

140 minutes (2 hours, 20 minutes)

120 minutes (2 hours)

Number of Questions

120 Multiple Choice Questions

150 Multiple Choice Question

75 Multiple Choice Questions + Written Ability Test

92 Multiple Choice Questions

150 Multiple Choice Questions

Marking

+1 for correct answer; -0.25 for incorrect answer

+1 for correct answer; -0.25 for incorrect answer

+1 for correct answer; no negative marking

No negative marking; scoring done on a scaled basis in a band of 420-480; percentile rank is released.

+1 for correct answer; no negative marking

Sections/ Pattern

Five Sections:

  • 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

 

Three Sections:

  • English Language : 50 Questions
  • Current Affairs, including General Knowledge : 30 Questions
  • Logical Reasoning : 70 Questions

 

Five sections with equal (15) number of MCQs:

  • Logical Reasoning : 15 Questions
  • Legal Reasoning : 15 Questions
  • Analytical Reasoning : 15 Questions
  • Reading Comprehension : 15 Questions
  • General Knowledge : 15 Questions

Four sections:

  • Analytical Reasoning : 23 Questions
  • Logical Reasoning 1  : 22 Questions
  • Logical Reasoning 2 : 23 Questions
  • Reading Comprehension : 24 Questions

Four sections:

  • Legal Aptitude and Legal Reasoning :40 Questions
  • General Knowledge with Current Affairs : 30 Questions
  • Logical and Analytical Reasoning : 40 Questions
  • English : 30 Questions
  • Mathematical Aptitude : 10 Questions

Salient Features

All questions are now comprehension-based. In other words, multiple passages are provided in the question paper, and questions are linked to a passage. This pattern was introduced in late 2019, and CLAT 2020 was the first paper based on this pattern.

Questions are most often not linked to passages. However, there are some questions that are grouped, and have to be answered based on a common instruction/ passage.

Legal principles may be used in the Logical Reasoning section.

SLAT is followed by personal interviews. Merit lists are made on the basis of cumulative scores in SLAT and personal interview.

35 minutes each are given for each section of the exam, leading to a cumulative time of 2 hours, 20 minutes.

Mode of Examination

Offline

Offline

Online

Online

Online