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CLAT Exam Pattern

Every figure here is from the CLAT 2027 syllabus guides and instructions on consortiumofnlus.ac.in.

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CLAT · checked 19 September 2026

CLAT at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

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31Oct 2026

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CLAT: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    Press release 22 July 2026; applications open 3 August and close 31 October 2026, 11:59 p.m.; examination Sunday 6 December 2026, 2 to 4 p.m. (to…

    2027 cycle

  2. 02

    Held 7 December 2025; result 16 December 2025; about 92,000 registered and 88,657 appeared (96 per cent); top UG score 112.75, top PG score 104.25

    CLAT 2026

  3. 03

    The Consortium of National Law Universities, once a year, pen-and-paper (OMR), for the five-year integrated LL.B. and one-year LL.M. programmes at…

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    120 multiple-choice questions in 2 hours, one mark each, −0.25 per wrong answer, in five comprehension-based sections: English Language, Current…

    Pattern (UG)

Pattern

CLAT — CLAT exam pattern 2027: 120 questions, five sections, −0.25 and the tie-break

CLAT is a two-hour pen-and-paper test of 120 passage-based multiple-choice questions, one mark each with 0.25 deducted for a wrong answer — five sections for the UG programme and a single legal-materials paper for the PG programme.

UG sections.
SectionApproximate questions
English Language22 – 26
Current Affairs including GK28 – 32
Legal Reasoning28 – 32
Logical Reasoning22 – 26
Quantitative Techniques10 – 14
Total120
Rules.
RuleDetail
Marking+1 / −0.25 / 0
Time120 minutes; 160 for PwD candidates
ModeOffline, OMR
Tie-breakLegal Reasoning marks, then age, then draw of lots
2026 top scoresUG 112.75; PG 104.25

Exam resources

Everything for CLAT

Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.

CLAT SyllabusCLAT syllabus — the five comprehension-based sections and what each actually tests.CLAT Exam PatternCLAT exam pattern 2027 — 120 passage-based questions in 2 hours, +1 / −0.25, the five UG sections and weights, the PG paper, tie-break and 2026 top scores.CLAT Previous PapersCLAT previous year papers — practising the comprehension format and building reading speed under time.CLAT Mock TestsCLAT mock tests — full two-hour comprehension practice with analysis of reading speed and section coverage.CLAT PreparationCLAT preparation strategy — building reading speed, following current affairs and practising legal reasoning discipline.CLAT Study MaterialCLAT study material — legal reasoning, English, current affairs and quantitative notes for a comprehension-based paper.

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