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    CLAT Exam Analysis 2026: Subject Wise Analysis, Difficulty Level

    CLAT Exam Analysis 2026: Subject Wise Analysis, Difficulty Level

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    Mirza Farhan BaigUpdated on 07 Dec 2025, 06:26 PM IST
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    The Consortium of National Law Universities concluded the CLAT 2026 today on December 7, 2025 at 4 PM. The CLAT 2026 exam analysis by is now available in this article. The overall CLAT 2026 difficulty level, according to the students, was "Moderate". Apart from the Logical Reasoning, every other section was termed as Easy to Moderate. The analysis of CLAT 2026 sheds light on various aspects, such as the difficulty level of the exam, good attempt, section-wise topics covered in the exam, and the expected CLAT 2026 cut-off. According to the latest CLAT 2026 exam analysis, the CLAT GK & Current Affairs section had direct, predictable, current-affairs-driven questions and was the highest-scoring section this year. The questions asked in the CLAT Legal Reasoning section were traditional and typical CLAT-style. Also, the Logical reasoning was time-consuming compared to other sections and prone to misinterpretation.

    This Story also Contains

    1. CLAT 2026 Exam Analysis
    2. CLAT 2026 Question-Wise Analysis
    3. CLAT 2026: Expected cut-off
    4. CLAT 2026: What is a good score?
    5. CLAT Exam Previous Year Analysis
    CLAT Exam Analysis 2026: Subject Wise Analysis, Difficulty Level
    CLAT 2026 exam analysis

    As per past trends, a good score in CLAT 2026 is expected to be around 100+ marks for top NLUs. The CLAT exam analysis 2026 will also cover feedback from the students, as well as the views of CLAT experts, which will help aspirants understand how the exam panned out. The Common Law Admission Test will be conducted offline at around 139+ test centres across India. The answer key of CLAT 2026 will be released a few hours after the exam. It will help candidates calculate their probable score in CLAT 2026 and carry out a CLAT marks vs rank analysis before the actual CLAT 2026 result is released.

    CLAT Answer Key 2026 Download Link

    ParticularsCLAT UG 2026 answer key

    Provisional answer key

    CLAT 2025 unofficial answer key PDF - Download Here

    Final answer key

    Will be updated

    CLAT 2026 Exam Analysis

    The CLAT 2026 exam concluded at 4:00 PM on December 7, and the exam analysis is available for students. The Logical Reasoning section is termed as the most tricky for students. While the Legal reasoning and Quantitative sections were easy to moderate. Some students also feel that the exam was very lengthy, which has been a common highlight of all previous CLAT exams. Same as last year, the CLAT 2026 paper was somewhat easy to modeate, which means 105+ are the good attempts.

    CLAT 2026 Subject Wise Analysis

    SubjectDifficulty LevelTopics
    Current Affairs and GKEasy

    American taxation, SCO, Air India, Pahalgam, Major national/international events


    Logical ReasoningModerate & Tricky

    Blood relations, Ordering & sequences, Coding–decoding, Caselist-style logic, Deductive reasoning puzzle, Tabular Arrangement set

    Legal ReasoningEasy to Moderate

    Same-sex marriage, Governance, Basic legal principles


    Quantitative TechniquesEasyTBA
    English LanguageEasy to ModerateTBA
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    CLAT 2026 Question-Wise Analysis

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    Subject Name

    Difficulty Level

    1

    English Language

    		TBA

    2

    English Language

    3

    English Language

    4

    English Language

    5

    English Language

    6

    English Language

    7

    English Language

    8

    English Language

    9

    English Language

    10

    English Language

    11

    English Language

    12

    English Language

    13

    English Language

    14

    English Language

    15

    English Language

    16

    English Language

    17

    English Language

    18

    English Language

    		TBA

    19

    English Language

    20

    English Language

    21

    English Language

    22

    English Language

    23

    English Language

    24

    English Language

    25

    GK including Current Affairs

    26

    GK including Current Affairs

    27

    GK including Current Affairs

    28

    GK including Current Affairs

    29

    GK including Current Affairs

    30

    GK including Current Affairs

    		TBA

    31

    GK including Current Affairs

    32

    GK including Current Affairs

    33

    GK including Current Affairs

    34

    GK including Current Affairs

    35

    GK including Current Affairs

    36

    GK including Current Affairs

    37

    GK including Current Affairs

    38

    GK including Current Affairs

    39

    GK including Current Affairs

    40

    GK including Current Affairs

    41

    GK including Current Affairs

    		TBA

    42

    GK including Current Affairs

    43

    GK including Current Affairs

    44

    GK including Current Affairs

    45

    GK including Current Affairs

    46

    GK including Current Affairs

    47

    GK including Current Affairs

    48

    GK including Current Affairs

    49

    GK including Current Affairs

    50

    GK including Current Affairs

    51

    GK including Current Affairs

    52

    GK including Current Affairs

    53

    Legal Reasoning

    54

    Legal Reasoning

    55

    Legal Reasoning

    56

    Legal Reasoning

    57

    Legal Reasoning

    58

    Legal Reasoning

    59

    Legal Reasoning

    60

    Legal Reasoning

    61

    Legal Reasoning

    62

    Legal Reasoning

    63

    Legal Reasoning

    64

    Legal Reasoning

    65

    Legal Reasoning

    66

    Legal Reasoning

    67

    Legal Reasoning

    68

    Legal Reasoning

    69

    Legal Reasoning

    70

    Legal Reasoning

    71

    Legal Reasoning

    72

    Legal Reasoning

    73

    Legal Reasoning

    74

    Legal Reasoning

    75

    Legal Reasoning

    76

    Legal Reasoning

    77

    Legal Reasoning

    78

    Legal Reasoning

    79

    Legal Reasoning

    80

    Legal Reasoning

    81

    Legal Reasoning

    82

    Legal Reasoning

    83

    Legal Reasoning

    84

    Legal Reasoning

    85

    Logical Reasoning

    86

    Logical Reasoning

    87

    Logical Reasoning

    88

    Logical Reasoning

    89

    Logical Reasoning

    90

    Logical Reasoning

    91

    Logical Reasoning

    92

    Logical Reasoning

    93

    Logical Reasoning

    94

    Logical Reasoning

    95

    Logical Reasoning

    96

    Logical Reasoning

    97

    Logical Reasoning

    98

    Logical Reasoning

    99

    Logical Reasoning

    100

    Logical Reasoning

    101

    Logical Reasoning

    102

    Logical Reasoning

    103

    Logical Reasoning

    104

    Logical Reasoning

    105

    Logical Reasoning

    106

    Logical Reasoning

    107

    Logical Reasoning

    108

    Logical Reasoning

    109

    Quantitative Aptitude

    110

    Quantitative Aptitude

    111

    Quantitative Aptitude

    112

    Quantitative Aptitude

    113

    Quantitative Aptitude

    114

    Quantitative Aptitude

    115

    Quantitative Aptitude

    116

    Quantitative Aptitude

    117

    Quantitative Aptitude

    118

    Quantitative Aptitude

    119

    Quantitative Aptitude

    120

    Quantitative Aptitude

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    CLAT 2026: Expected cut-off

    It is too early to predict the CLAT 2026 cutoff but a review of the last year's cut-off will provide an idea of the expected CLAT cut-off this year. The cut-off for CLAT 2026 will be influenced by the following factors given below.

    • Number of CLAT 2026 seats
    • NLU preferences given by the candidates.
    • The difficulty level of the CLAT 2026
    • Number of applicants - Around 58,000 candidates appeared for CLAT last year, which was almost 40% higher than the year before. More number of applicants will drive the CLAT cut off higher.
    • Reservation policies of NLUs will also influence the category-wise CLAT cut off
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    CLAT 2026: What is a good score?

    As per the previous exam analysis, the good score in CLAT 2026 is expected to be 100+ for general category in top NLUs such as NLSIU Bengaluru and NALSAR Hyderabad. It is expected to be 90+ for tier 1 NLUs.

    Category-wise Expected Good Score in CLAT 2026

    NLU NameGeneralEWSOBCSCSTNRI
    NLSIU Bengaluru100+95+90+83+78+-
    NALSAR Hyderabad100+95+90+82+78+-
    WBNUJS Kolkata98+-56+*80+74+89+
    NLU Jodhpur95+-88+79+74+88+
    GNLU Gandhinagar95+90+87+77+70+84+
    MNLU Mumbai93+81+77+*71+*41+*43+
    RMLNLU Lucknow91+85+82+*53+*41+*72+
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    CLAT Exam Previous Year Analysis

    Given below is the CLAT exam analysis for previous years which can help candidates know what to expect in the exam. It is to be noted that the CLAT exam pattern was revised last year. The consortium had reduced the number of questions in CLAT UG from 150 to 120 without making any changes to the time available to attempt the questions. An easier question paper is likely to increase the CLAT cut-off 2025, as it did last year.

    CLAT 2025 Subject Wise Analysis

    SubjectDifficulty LevelTopicsGood Attempts
    Current Affairs and GKEasyArticle 370, Civil Obedience, Shakti Scheme, Olympics
    Good Attempts - 105+

    Safe Attempts - 110+
    Logical ReasoningEasy to ModerateAnalytical Reasoning
    Legal ReasoningEasyLess core legal reasoning questions, Valid and Invalid Contract, Right to Privacy, 42nd Amendment
    Quantitative TechniquesEasy to ModerateDearness Allowance
    English LanguageEasyHow to improve your Life passage by George Orwell


    CLAT 2024 Difficulty Level

    SectionDifficulty levelCommentary

    English

    Easy

    		The section was easy. The questions were literature-based and to the point and could be solved by elimination. There were no vocab questions

    General knowledge

    Easy

    		The section was easy and maximum questions were passage-based. A few Why questions and questions on world affairs and political events like G 20, Gaza strip, ISRO, and Jallianwala Bagh

    Quantitative aptitude

    Easy to moderate

    		The section was easy to moderate and had basic case lets. Questions based on the population survey were relatively lengthier. There were questions about Ratio & proportion

    Legal reasoning

    Easy

    		The section was easy with short passages on the Juvenile Justice Act, Void and voidable Marriage, Personal data protection bill etc. One question was case-based and the section mostly had questions on current legal knowledge

    Logical reasoning

    Easy to moderate

    		The section was easy to moderate with a little confusing passage on “production efficiency”. The length of the passages was surprisingly short with few questions on inference, strength, and weakness in this section.

    Overall

    Easy-moderate


    For a detailed section-wise analysis and expected cut-offs please visit LegalEdge’s YouTube channel

    CLAT 2024 Difficulty Level

    SectionDifficulty levelCommentary

    English

    Easy

    		The section was easy. The questions were literature-based and to the point and could be solved by elimination. There were no vocab questions

    General knowledge

    Easy

    		The section was easy and maximum questions were passage-based. A few Why questions and questions on world affairs and political events like G 20, Gaza strip, ISRO, and Jallianwala Bagh

    Quantitative aptitude

    Easy to moderate

    		The section was easy to moderate and had basic case lets. Questions based on the population survey were relatively lengthier. There were questions about Ratio & proportion

    Legal reasoning

    Easy

    		The section was easy with short passages on the Juvenile Justice Act, Void and voidable Marriage, Personal data protection bill etc. One question was case-based and the section mostly had questions on current legal knowledge

    Logical reasoning

    Easy to moderate

    		The section was easy to moderate with a little confusing passage on “production efficiency”. The length of the passages was surprisingly short with few questions on inference, strength, and weakness in this section.

    Overall

    Easy-moderate


    CLAT Previous Year Exam Analysis 2023

    Subject/topics

    		Level of difficulty

    English Language

    		Easy but lengthy

    Current Affairs, including General Knowledge

    		Easy to moderate

    Legal Reasoning

    		Easy

    Logical Reasoning

    		Moderate - Difficult

    Quantitative Techniques

    		Moderate
    TotalModerate


    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: When will the CLAT result 2026 be declared?
    A:

    The CLAT result will be declared in the third week of December 2025

    Q: When can I download the answer key of CLAT 2026?
    A:

    The CLAT 2026 answer key will be released few hours after the exam.

    Q: How many candidates are expected to appear in CLAT 2025?
    A:

    Around 50,000+ candidates are expected to appear in CLAT 2026.

    Q: How many questions are asked in CLAT UG?
    A:

    CLAT UG has 120 objective type questions. 

    Q: Is CLAT exam tough?
    A:

    CLAT exam is moderate to difficult and can be answered with good preparation level. 

    Q: What is asked in CLAT exam?
    A:

    Multiple choice questions (MCQ) from the English language, Current affairs, including general knowledge, Legal reasoning, and Logical reasoning are asked in CLAT exam. 

    Q: What type of questions are asked in CLAT exam?
    A:

    As per the notification released by Consortium of NLUs, the type of questions asked in CLAT exam are multiple choice question based (MCA) type. Candidates will be given chance to mark one correct answer out of four options. 

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