LAT Exam Pattern 2020
LAT Exam Pattern 2020: Allahabad University has released the exam pattern of LAT 2020. Candidates are requested to go through LAT 2020 exam pattern for a thorough knowledge of the exam structure. LAT 2020 exam has been delayed due to COVID-19. The exam pattern of LAT 2020 will convey the candidates on the type of questions, duration, mode of conduct, marks distribution, and syllabus of the exam. Law Admission Test is conducted every year by Allahabad University to accept applications for law undergraduate courses they offer to the aspirants. Moreover, the candidates will get a fair idea on the exam duration, exam syllabus, marking scheme, and lots more. The sections to be included in the LAT 2020 exam are General Awareness, Current Affair and Reasoning, Language Comprehension, Legal Aptitude, and Mental Ability. The LAT 2020 exam is going to have a total of 150 questions, each question carrying two marks, the question will be objective types and there will be a negative marking of 0.5.
All the crucial facts and figures of LAT which are mentioned in the article are according to the University’s law exam brochure. These details are subject to change once the University updates on the same.
LAT exam pattern - Overview
Specifications | Overview |
Examination mode | Offline (Pen and paper) |
Exam duration | 2 hours |
Types of Questions | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
| Subjects |
|
Total question | 150 |
Total marks | 300 |
| Marking scheme | +2 marks for every correct answer 0.5 marks for an incorrect attempt |
LAT exam pattern 2020 - Section-wise marks distribution
Subjects | Marks |
General awareness and current affairs | 100 |
Mental ability and legal aptitude | 100 |
Language comprehension | 100 |
Total | 300 |
LAT 2020 Syllabus
Candidates planning to take the pen-and-paper exam for admission to 3-year LLB programs offered by Allahabad University must consult the LAT syllabus 2020. This will help them identify the topics which are important and which aren't required for the exam. The candidate may segregate the syllabus of LAT 2020 into categories, like easy, moderate and difficult. This will help to better tackle each topic.
LAT syllabus 2020
Subjects | Topics |
Language comprehension | Antonyms, Synonyms, homonyms, passages for comprehension, words commonly confused, vocabulary, spellings, idioms, one-word substitution, phrases, etc. |
General awareness and current affairs | International Organizations, Treaties Indian & World History, International Political & Economic Perspectives, Environment, Geography, Indian National Movement |
Mental ability and legal aptitude | Mathematical analysis, Deductive reasoning, odd-even discretion, classification, analogy, logical fallacy, syllogism, etc. |
LAT 2020 Qualifying Cutoff
The exam conducting body has prescribed category-wise minimum marks or percentage that the candidate has to score in the entrance exam for qualification. Qualified candidates will be eligible to participate in counselling and seat allotment process.
LAT Qualifying Cut off 2020
| Category | Qualifying Percentage | Qualifying Marks |
| General category | 30% | 90 marks out of a total of 300 marks |
| OBC category | 27% | 81 marks out of a total of 300 marks |
| SC/ ST category | No such criteria | No such criteria |
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Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) - LAT Exam Pattern 2020
Question: In which mode will the LAT 2020 exam be conducted?
Answer:
LAT exam 2020 will be conducted in offline mode.
Question: What are the benefits of consulting LAT exam pattern 2020?
Answer:
As per LAT 2020 exam pattern, the question paper will include 150 objective questions so one must focus on speed and accuracy. The exam pattern also says there is negative marking, so if you need to be smart with guess work, as may also lose marks. There are many other important details the candidate can get from the exam pattern.
Question: What is the negative marking criteria in LAT 2020?
Answer:
For every correct answer, you will be given 2 marks whereas for every wrong answer 0.5 marks will be deducted.
Question: What is the total seat intake in Allahabad University?
Answer:
The total seat intake in Allahabad University for law admissions is 600 i.e 300 seats for C.M.P Degree college and for Allahabad degree college as well.
Question: What will be the duration of LAT 2020 exam?
Answer:
The duration of the LAT 2020 exam will be 2 hours.
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LLB course fee in allahabad univeristy
If you are talking about the LLB ( Hons ) courses then let me tell you that the fees for this course at allahabad university is INR 1,224 per year. This makes up to INR 4000 for three years course.
But, if you sk about B.A + LLB course at Allahabad University, then the fees is INR 37,000 for the first year. Total goes to 1,75,000 for five years course.
Hope this helps.
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what are the preparation tips for SLAT ( symbiosis law admission test) and which books do you suggest for this particular exam? Also, is there any crash course available in mumbai for SLAT preparations?
Hello,
Symbiosis has a very good reputation in the country and many students wants to take admission in it by SLAT. Let's look at the syllabus first:
General Knowledge: 30
Logical Reasoning: 30
Analytical Reasoning: 30
Legal Reasoning: 30
Reading Comprehension: 30
Total : 150
The exam patter is: Paper type is MCQ. There are 150 questions one marks each, one minute for each question and no negative marking.
Now, if we look at some of the important books for SLAT:
Analytical reasoning - MK Pandey
Legal Awareness and Legal reasoning - AP Bhardwaj
Word power Made easy - NormalLewis
Modern Approach to Verbal And Non-Verbal Reasoning - RS Aggarwal
Simple Compound and Complex Sentences - Manik Joshi
Current Affairs - Arihant experts
Quick General Knowledge - Disha Experts
Wileys Exam Expert – legal Awareness - Amandeep Rajgotra
Self Study Guide For LLB Entrance Exam - Arihant expert
Some tips for the preparation:
1. For the Written Ability Test (WAT) it is bit easy as the students will be given list of topics and they simply have to write essay on it.
2. Start preparing for the PI after the exam.
3. SLAT doesn't has that level of time bound so read the questions properly and answer (you can cover the course in less time).
4. For GK, prepare the current affairs and International news and you will be good to go.
Yes, you can find online course/coaching as well as offline coaching for SLAT from various institutes.
is LAT exam paper is also in Hindi ???
LAT Examination is pen and paper based test. The duration of the exam is 2 hours.
Yes, the test language is Hindi as well. You can opt for English or Hindi as your test Language.
It's a multiple choice questions paper of 150 questions.
For other more details I request you to kindly check the following link
https://law.careers360.com/exams/lat
I hope this information helps you
All the best
new sample paper of clat......i want to get new sample paper of CLAT
hello dear student ,
I understand your query and as you have asked for the sample papers for class and so here I am attaching a link from where you can download the sample papers and also the previous year question papers and I hope this will be helpful for you.
https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-sample-papers
Thank you
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