CLAT 2021 Exam Analysis - Important Aspects, Question Paper Review, Expected Cut off

CLAT 2021 Exam Analysis - The NLU Consortium conducted the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2021 today in more than 80 major cities throughout the country. According to initial reviews, the CLAT UG paper was more difficult compared to last year's paper. A candidate quipped that the CLAT UG paper was very lengthy.
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In this article, Careers360 provides complete details related to the CLAT 2021. The exam analysis helps candidates to know the paper pattern of CLAT 2021 exam, most weightage topics, as well as the overall difficulty level of CLAT exam. The answer key of CLAT will be released in the evening for which a link will also be provided here.

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CLAT 2021: What is a good score

As per the exam analysis, the good score in CLAT will be near 100. With a score band of 95-100, candidates can secure a seat in top 3 NLUs. Click here to check NLU wise analysis.

CLAT 2020 cut off and rank calculation - An indication for probable seat allotment

The first reaction - UG CLAT was difficult, but CLAT LLM was easy to moderate. A CLAT score of around 100 may give the candidates a seat in the top 3 NLUs.

CLAT 2021 analysis by LegalEdge

English Language:

CLAT 2021 had 6 Reading Comprehensions (5 Questions per Comprehension covering 30Q in total), 5 of which were non-fiction based (from journals, newspapers etc. covering Vaccination, Covid etc) and 1 was a fiction based comprehension (work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; from a short story of Sherlock Holmes). The questions were straightforward and largely based on an understanding of comprehension.

Level of Difficulty: Easy

Good Number of Attempts: 25+

Current Affairs/GK

The Current Affairs Section had a total of 7 Passages (5 Questions per Passage covering 35Q in total) spread over Gandhi Peace Prize, Faith for Right Mechanism, Indo-China disengagement, Chabahar Day/INSTC, Ramsar Sites/World Wetland Day, Covid-19 Vaccines Maitri and World Water Day. Students could have attempted a lot of questions without reading the passages as well.

Level of Difficulty: Moderate

Good Number of Attempts: 22+

Quantitative Techniques

The Quantitative Techniques Section asked questions testing knowledge and concepts on simplifications, profit and loss, income and expenditures, percentages, ratios, averages etc. It was largely revolving around Arithmetic. There were no Graphs and all questions were based on caselets. There were a total of 15Q with 5Q asked in each case.

Level of Difficulty: Easy-Moderate

Good Number of Attempts: 11+

Critical Reasoning

The Critical Reasoning section had a total of 6 Passages (5 Questions per Passage covering 30Q in total) containing 3 passages on Covid-19, 1 each on the socio-economic status in schools, climate change impact on Asia and India and its neighbours. Most of the questions were asked on inferences/deductions/conclusions with some sprinkle of questions around strengthening and weakening. Barring 5 questions, the rest were straightforward.

Level of Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

Good Number of Attempts: 24+

Legal Reasoning

As expected, the section was on the lengthier side. Find below its main points:
1. No questions from Current Legal Knowledge.

2. Solving Previous Years' Papers of CLAT and AILET would have helped the students as there were questions that used the same concepts as asked previously.

3. The Majority of the passages were from the topic - Law of Contracts. The language was technical and therefore understanding of key terms and legal vocabulary/theory was mandatory. Apart from Law of COntracts there were passages from Hindu Marriage Act, Volenti Non fit Injuria etc

Level of Difficulty: Moderate

Good Number of Attempts: 22+

Overall, students should have attempted at least 115 questions. The cut-offs are expected to be a little higher when compared to CLAT 2020 as the overall level of difficulty was a tad lower this year.

• According to Harsh Gagrini, the paper was easy to super easy. This is though against the comments of some students who shared their views.
• English - Passages on Education, COVID-19, Truth, and Reconciliation were asked.
• Current affairs and General Knowledge - Easy section. Passages were easy and taken from trending topics.
• Legal reasoning - Passages on Hindu Marriage Act, Contract Law, Jurisdiction, etc. This section was in predicted lines. Three passages on COVID-19.
• Quantitative techniques - Easy section. Questions were not from graphs.

CLAT 2021 Exam analysis: Gradeup

Candidates can check the exam analysis done by Gradeup below.

• The CLAT 2021 exam was of moderate difficulty level but was lengthy.
• Legal reasoning was the lengthiest section.
• The CLAT 2021 cutoff would be higher than last year.
• The English language was the easiest of the five sections
• There were no graph-based questions. Instead, all questions were Caselet or passage-based.
• There will be no sectional cutoff in CLAT 2021

CLAT Analysis based on students reactions

As per the student's reactions, CLAT 2021 was moderate to difficult and some questions were tricky. A detailed analysis by Careers360 and leading CLAT experts will be provided here.

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CLAT exam analysis by Gradeup:

Number of questions, passages, questions asked

Analysis of Legal Reasoning Section:

There were a total of EIGHT passages.

• Of these eight sets, one has 4 questions

• Remaining passages had 5 questions

Among the questions questions asked:

• There was one passage on the Arnab Gosway case.

• One passage on lynching in Palghag district

• One passage on Vizag gas leak

In the way these questions were framed, they mirrored questions from Current Affairs section, in that they tested three of the principles:

1. Absolute liability

2. Strict liability and

3. The polluter-based liability

CLAT exam analysis by Gradeup: Difficulty-level, good attempt

CLAT answer key 2021

The Consortium will release the answer key of CLAT today in the evening. Candidates will be allowed to access the answer key by logging into the candidate portal. The Conosortium has also given an option for the candidates to raise thier objections against the provisional answer key. The final answer key will be released at consortiumofnlus.ac.in.

CLAT 2021 exam analysis: Expected cut off

While it is too early to predict the CLAT cutoff, the candidates make take some clue from the last year's cut off. However, one must also consider the following factors that will affect the cut off trends,

• Number of seats available in each National Law Universities
• NLU preference given by the candidates.
• The difficulty level of the CLAT exam 2021.
• Number of applicants - Around 10,000 more candidates are appearing this year compared to last year.
• Reservation policies of NLUs; it has been changed in many NLUs so the CLAT 2021 cut off is likely to be affected by this.

The first round CLAT cut off from last year suggest that those who get the rank at 50 or less are selected for NLSIU Banglore, the top NLUs of India. For more details, candidates can refer to the last year's cut off for the first round as given below.

CLAT Previous Year cut off

CLAT exam analysis 2021 - Test pattern

CLAT Last Year Exam Analysis

CLAT wasn't on unexpected lines. The establishment of CLAT Consortium and bringing offline test narrowed the chances of any debacle. The CLAT last year paper was very easy and simple.