The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) has released the CLAT 2026 final answer key today, December 16, 2025. Candidates can download the answer key on the official website, consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The final answer key is based on the review of objections that were submitted during the objection window. The consortium released the CLAT 2026 provisional answer key at 5:00 PM on December 10, 2025. The objection window was opened for candidates to raise any concerns regarding the provisional answer key. It was closed at 5:00 PM on December 12, 2025. Based on the objections raised, the final answer key has been released. This article discusses the important details regarding the CLAT 2026 final answer key date.
The CLAT 2026 final answer key will be published online. Candidates can follow the steps mentioned below to download the answer key.
Visit the official CLAT website
Locate the CLAT 2026 notification section
Click on CLAT 2026 answer key. The CLAT final answer key 2026 will be visible on the screen.
Download and save the answer key
Candidates can calculate their expected CLAT scores from the answer key. The CLAT 2026 final answer key includes the questions removed due to valid objections raised by candidates. They can refer to the marking scheme used to evaluate the exam. Correct answers are given 1 mark, and incorrect answers reduce the score by 0.25 marks. There is no negative marking for unanswered questions.
Example: A candidate attempted 100 questions. There were 90 correct answers and 10 incorrect answers. The CLAT score would be calculated as:
Correct answers: 90*1 = 90
Incorrect answers: 10*0.25 = 2.5
CLAT score: 90-2.5 = 87.5
Particulars | CLAT answer key PDF |
Provisional answer key | |
Final answer key |
The set-wise final answer key is released on the official website. The table below includes the links to all 4 sets of the answer key.
Particulars | Link |
CLAT 2026 Set A Answer Key | |
CLAT 2026 Set B Answer Key | |
CLAT 2026 Set C Answer Key | |
CLAT 2026 Set D Answer Key |
The consortium will declare the CLAT 2026 result soon. This means that the result is likely to be declared on December 16 or December 17, 2025. The CLAT result for UG and PG is declared on the same day. Shortly after the results are declared, CLAT 2026 counselling process is likely to begin.
On Question asked by student community
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Here are the links to the CLAT Exam previous year question papers.
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You can download the CLAT 2021 question paper with solutions from the link below:
https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-2021-question-paper-with-solution
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