Hello,

The sections covered in LAT pg exam are:

• Jurisprudence
• Law of torts
• Criminal law
• Family law
• International law
• Property law
• Intellectual property law
• Law of contracts

For more on CLAT syllabus, visit the link below:

https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-syllabus

Hi,
According to the eligibility condition of CLAT 2018 the candidates must have minimum percentage of marks in the qualifying examination [i.e. LL.B./Five-Year Integrated LL.B. (Hons.)/any other equivalent exam] as under:

1. Fifty five percent (55%) marks in case of candidates belonging to Unreserved/OBC/Specially Abled Persons (SAP) and other categories, and

2. Fifty percent (50%) marks in case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) categories.

So, if you are a candidate who belongs to SC/ST category then you can apply. I hope it helps!

Hello Anjilina,

Yes, CLAT exam will be held through offline mode in the month of May 2019.

For the undergraduate courses the questions will be objective based (MCQs). There will be total 200 questions, the question paper will be of total 200 marks. Each question carry one mark, each correct answer gives you 1 mark. There will be negative marking 0.25 mark will be cut for each wrong answer.

Marks alloted for each sections;

English including Comprehension - 40 marks

General Knowledge and Current Affairs -50 marks

Elementary Mathematics( Numerical Ability)-20 marks

Legal Aptitude - 50 marks

Logical Reasoning - 40 marks

Hope this will help you. Best of luck.

Hello Monali,

Here is the some best books for CLAT PG preparation, name as follows:

1. For English

• Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
• High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren & Martin
• English is Easy by Chetananand Singh
• Objective General English by RS Aggarwal
• Barron’s Pocket Guide to Vocabulary

2. For General Knowledge

• Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2019
• Lucent’s General Knowledge
• India Year Book
• The Hindu Newspaper
• The Indian Express Newspaper
• Hindustan Times
• The Telegraph Newspaper

3. For Aptitude

• Universal’s CLAT Guide
• Legal Awareness and Legal Aptitude by AP Bhardwaj
• LexisNexis Butterworths
• Bare Acts of Indian Constitution

4. For Logical Reasoning

• Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Aggarwal
• Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey
• Analytical and Logical Reasoning by R.S. Aggarwal

5. For Mathematics

• Quantitative Aptitude by RS Aggarwal
• Class 10th NCERT Textbook

Hope this will help you. Best of luck.

Hello Manali,

The cutoff for CLAT PG 2018 for NLUs is 145.

As per the CLAT PG Exam Pattern 2019, candidates will be given 2 hours time to attempt the online paper. CLAT PG 2019 will consist of 150 questions of 150 mArks where Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law and International Law etc will be included in the paper. You will be given multiple choices where you need to mark any one of the four choices given.

You can check the exam pattern with the given below link.

https://law.careers360.com/exams/clat-pg

Good Luck!

Hey.

GK - For static you can refer to the Concised size Pearson or the Arihant’s guide.

For current affairs, first of all develop a habit to read newspapers daily. The Hindu is the newspaper preferred by various CLAT Aspirants.

There is a site called GK today.in which you can go to for current affairs. They have daily quizes based on current affairs which has been proved very usefull for CLAT preparation.

English - For Vocabulary you can refer the Word Power Made Easy. You will come across various words while reading the newspaper too, prepare a list, go through them regularly and try to use them in sentences. You should read the Editorial section of the Hindu for your Reading as well as Vocabulary section of CLAT.

For grammar you can use the Wren & Martin.

Mathematics - For Quantitative aptitude by RS Aggarwal. Other than that previous year question papers and Arihant/ Universal guide migh help too.

Legal Aptitude - Universal’s guide to CLAT and LLB, Pearson CLAT Guide are considered the best.

Logical Reasoning - RS Aggarwal

Make sure that you go through the past year question papers and practice them along with sample papers.

If you are planning to take any coaching in institutes like Career launcher, Bulls eye etc then their reading material covers all aspects. You can refer the books listed above in case you need separate books for any or all the sections.

Best of luck!

Hi there.

Due to certain circumstances I can't provide you the link of the official previous years papers but a simple google search might provide you with the Previous Years Questions. 

For sample papers click the link below:

https://law.careers360.com/download/clat-pg-sample-papers-previous-years

Hope this helps.

CLAT is the National level exam offer the admission into NLU. I would suggest you to go through with the given below link to check CLAT PG syllabus.

https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-syllabus

Good Luck!

Hello Shambhavi,

Here are some eligibility criteria:

1. Candidates need to pass 10+2 board exam with discipline university.

2. Qualifying marks-

For general category, 45%of marks need to score by candidates.

For reserved category, 40% of marks need to score by candidates.

Hope this will help you. Best of luck.