CLAT and AILET Entrance Exam Pattern
CLAT tests you on English Language, Current Affairs, including General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Techniques; AILET tests you on English, General Knowledge, Legal Aptitude, Reasoning, and Elementary Mathematics.
CLAT/AILET Exam Pattern |
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Details | CLAT | AILET | SLAT | LSAT | MH-CET |
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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) |
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) |
90 minutes (1.5 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:
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Five Sections:
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Five sections with equal (15) number of MCQs:
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Four sections:
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Four sections:
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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. |
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. |
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Mode of Examination |
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