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About CLAT
CLAT or Common Law Admission Test is a national-level entrance examination for admissions to undergraduate (“UG”) and postgraduate (“PG”) law programmes offered by 22 National Law Universities in India (NLUs). Several affiliate universities and organizations also use the CLAT exam for admissions and recruitment respectively. This exam is taken after the Higher Secondary Examination or the 12th grade for admission to the integrated undergraduate degree in Law (BA/BBA/B.COM/B.SC LLB) and after Graduation in Law for Master of Laws (LL.M) programs offered by the law schools.The exam is conducted only ONCE for admission to each Academic Year. This year the CLAT 2026 law entrance exam will happen on the 3RD Sunday of December 2026 for admission into top National Law universities of the country. As per the notification released by the consortium, no additional, second, or any other CLAT examination shall be conducted for admissions in programmes commencing in the Academic Year 2026. Keeping all the things in mind we have designed completely exam-oriented New Pattern CLAT mock test which will help you succeed in CLAT exam.
CLAT UG Exam Overview
| Features |
UG Programme (5-year integrated Ll.B.) |
| Mode of Exam | Offline |
| Duration | 2 Hours |
| Question Format | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) |
| Maximum Questions | 120 Questions |
| Maximum Marks | 120 Marks |
| Subjects | The UG exam consists of five sections, namely, English Language, and Current Affairs including General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Techniques. |
| Frequency of Exam | Once a year |
| Medium of Exam | English |
| Exam date | 7 December 2025 |
| Negative Marking Scheme | Yes (-0.25 marks for every wrong answer) |
| Official Website | https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in |
CLAT Eligibility Criteria
To get admission to the UG programs through CLAT a candidate:
- Must have passed 10+2 or equivalent exams with a minimum of 45% marks (for general and OBC category candidates)
- Must have passed 10+2 or equivalent exams with a minimum of 40% marks (for SC/ST category candidates).
- The candidates appearing for their 10+2 or equivalent exams in the current year are also eligible to apply.
CLAT Application Fee
| Category | Application Fee |
| General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI | 4000/- |
| SC/ST/BPL | 3500/- |
CLAT 2026 Important Dates:
| Important Events | CLAT Dates 2026 |
| Applications Open | August 01, 2025 |
| Last Date for receiving applications | October 31, 2025 |
| Last Date to edit test centre preferences and corrections | October 31, 2025 |
| CLAT 2025 Exam Date | 7 December 2025 |
CLAT 2026 Exam Pattern
- The UG-CLAT 2026 Examination consisting of an objective test will be conducted online.
- The test will have five sections with a composite time of 2 hours.
- The candidate will have to answer 120 multiple-choice questions in the given time.
- The candidates would be awarded 1 mark for each correct answer.
- There shall be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.
- English Language
- Logical Reasoning
- Quantitative Techniques
- Current Affairs, including General Knowledge
- Legal Reasoning
The weightage of other subjects would be as follows:
| English Language | 22-26 Questions |
| GK & Current Affairs | 28 -32 Questions |
| Logical Reasoning | 22 -26 Questions |
| Legal Reasoning | 28 -32 Questions |
| Quantitative Techniques | 10-14 Questions |
- English including comprehension: The English section will test the candidates' proficiency in English based on comprehension passages and grammar. In the comprehension section, candidates will be questioned on their understanding of the passage and its central theme, meanings of words used therein, etc. The grammar section requires correction of incorrect grammatical sentences, filling of blanks in sentences with appropriate words, etc.
| Section | No. of Questions | Ideal Attempts | Level of Difficulty |
| English | 25 | 19 - 22 | Easy-Moderate |
| G.K./ Current Affairs | 30 | 18 - 22 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Elementary Mathematics | 10 | 6-8 | Difficult |
| Logical Reasoning | 25 | 20-22 | Moderate |
| Legal Aptitude | 30 | 20-22 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 120 | 83-92 | Moderate |
- General Knowledge and Current Affairs Section: The General knowledge will be tested on the general awareness including static general knowledge. Questions on current affairs will test candidates on their knowledge of national and international current affairs.
- Mathematics Section: This section will test the candidate's knowledge of elementary mathematics, i.e., maths taught up to 10th Class/standard
- Legal Aptitude Section: This section will test the candidate's interest towards the study of law, research aptitude and problem-solving ability. Questions may include legal propositions (described in the paper), and a set of facts to which the said proposition has to be applied. Some propositions may not be "true" in the real sense, candidates will have to assume the "truth" of these propositions and answer the questions accordingly.
- Logical Reasoning Section: The purpose of the logical reasoning section is to test the candidate's ability to identify patterns, and logical links and rectify illogical arguments. It may include a variety of logical reasoning questions such as syllogisms, logical sequences, analogies, etc. The section does not include the questions from Visual reasoning.
Key features of the CLAT 2026 Exam Pattern
- Only Passage-based questions: Barring the Quantitative Technique section, the remainder of the four major sections of the CLAT exam will include passage-based questions. The English, Current Affairs, and Legal Reasoning sections will be comprised of around 450-word passages numbering a total of 19 passages in the exam. The Logical Reasoning section will have short passages of about 350 words. Each passage will be followed by a series of questions to be answered by the candidate in the stipulated time for CLAT i.e. 2 hours.
- Quantitative Techniques section: The section will include short sets of facts, propositions, graphs, pictorial representation, etc which are to be answered by the candidate in a very short span of time. The candidate has to derive answers from such passages, representations, etc perhaps in the last 15-20 minutes of his/her exam making the section a difficult nut to crack.
- Total marks & Questions in CLAT exam: The CLAT UG exam will contain 120 multiple-choice questions; each question will carry 1 mark. There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for an incorrect answer.
- Exam difficulty level: The official difficulty of CLAT exam 2026 is mentioned to be Class 12 but if we analyze the past 3 years only then do we come to know that in reality, the difficulty level is more than Class 12th and less than that of Graduate degree. Questions asked in Quantitative Techniques are of Class 10 difficulty level but sometimes the verbose passages of QT make it difficult to comprehend.
Skills to be evaluated
1. Reading- Reading and CLAT can be read now in the same sentence by a serious CLAT aspirant as the exam is highly based on the reading skills of a candidate.
2. Concentration- A student can have a great reading speed but the speed has to be maintained for approximately 2 hours doing Zig-Zag amongst various sections of CLAT to achieve the desired rank.
3. Last but not the least- A solid conceptual understanding of the topic in a short span of time. A candidate has to make sure that he is able to decipher the meaning of the passage in a very limited amount of time. For that we are here with our topic wise mock test for CLAT with our latest CLAT mock test series.
CLAT seats 2023 for 5-year LLB programmes
| NLUs | Seats in 5-year LLB programmes | ||
| Total CLAT seats | All India seats | Domicile | |
| NLSIU Bangalore | 240 | 180 | 60 |
| NLU Hyderabad | 132 | 99 | 33 |
| NLU Jodhpur | 104 | 104 | 0 |
| NUJS Kolkata | 132 | 91 | 41 |
| GNLU Gandhinagar | 172 | 129 | 43 |
| RGNUL Patiala | 180 | 175 | 5 |
| NLU Lucknow | 169 | 80 | 89 |
| NLU Odisha, Cuttack | 180 | 135 | 45 |
| NLU Assam, Guwahati | 60 | 31 | 29 |
| NLIU Bhopal | 120 | 60 | 60 |
| CNLU Patna | 138 | 69 | 69 |
| NLU Kochi | 120 | 61 | 59 |
| NLU Ranchi | 120 | 60 | 60 |
| NLU Visakhapatnam | 138 | 54 | 84 |
| NLU Trichy | 120 | 60 | 60 |
| MNLU Mumbai | 150 | 55 | 95 |
| MNLU Nagpur | 240 | 92 | 148 |
| MNLU Aurangabad | 60 | 23 | 37 |
| NLU Shimla | 180 | 108 | 72 |
| NLU Jabalpur | 120 | 60 | 60 |
| HNLU Raipur | 180 | 85 | 95 |
| Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University | 120 | 90 | 30 |
| GNLU Silvassa | 66 | 50 | 16 |
| NLU Tripura | 120 | - | - |
| Total | 3361 | 1764 | 1290 |
| To be announced |
EXAM PATTERN
English including comprehension: The English section will test the candidates' proficiency in English based on comprehension passages and grammar. In the comprehension section, candidates will be questioned on their understanding of the passage and its central theme, meanings of words used therein, etc. The grammar section requires correction of incorrect grammatical sentences, filling of blanks in sentences with appropriate words, etc.
|
Section |
No. of Questions |
Ideal Attempts |
Level of Difficulty |
|
English |
25 |
19-22 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
G.K./ Current Affairs |
30 |
21-23 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Elementary Mathematics |
10 |
6-8 |
Difficult |
|
Logical Reasoning |
25 |
18-21 |
Moderate |
|
Legal Aptitude |
30 |
22-25 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Total |
120 |
86 -99 |
Moderate |
General Knowledge and Current Affairs Section: The General knowledge will be tested on the general awareness including static general knowledge. Questions on current affairs will test candidates on their knowledge of national and international current affairs.
Mathematics Section: This section will test candidate's knowledge on elementary mathematics, i.e., maths taught up to 10th Class/standard.
Legal Aptitude Section: This section will test candidate's interest towards study of law, research aptitude and problem solving ability. Questions may include legal propositions (described in the paper), and a set of facts to which the said proposition has to be applied. Some propositions may not be "true" in the real sense, candidates will have to assume the "truth" of these propositions and answer the questions accordingly.
Logical Reasoning Section: The purpose of the logical reasoning section is to test the candidate's ability to identify patterns, logical links and rectify illogical arguments. It may include a variety of logical reasoning questions such as syllogisms, logical sequences, analogies, etc. The section does not include the questions from Visual reasoning.
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