Is really coaching necessary for Clat?

No, it is not compulsory to join coaching classes

To crack CLAT your basic concepts should be clear.

You can follow below strategies for your preparation

English  I found this subject comparitively easy to the others. Therefore, frankly speaking, I did not have to work much on this section. However, I read newspapers, jotted down every new word, found its meaning and practiced it. I would practice 10-15 new words daily. This helped me in polishing my vocabulary. Further, my English grammar is good. Therefore, I only practised from the previous years papers to prepare for CLAT.

Mathematics  The questions in this section are of 10th standard level, which I was already comfortable with. The only effort which I put for this section was to practice regularly with lots and lots of questions. I tried the numerical ability questions of each and every type.

Reasoning  The questions in this section were quite interesting. I loved to solve them. I went through the basic solving techniques and tried attempted atleast 20-25 questions daily.

Legal Aptitude  This is one of the toughest sections the CLAT paper has. First of all, law aspirants like us are not aware of this subject at the Class 10+2 level. Secondly, the section also comprises questions on legal vocabs and maxims. Lastly, law aspirants should understand the question and know the methodS to solve it. Once the conceptual clarity is developed on reading the principles, understanding them and relating it with the given facts, most of the work is done and a good score can be obtained in this section.

General Knowledge  This is the section which I feared most. The syllabus of GK is vast and CLAT online paper has a record of asking the most recent possible questions. This year too, there were questions from events that took place just the previous week. Therefore, a law aspirant needs to be updated with each event that might have taken place recently. I noted down the events on a weekly basis and revised them regularly. I would also highlight the most important court cases which took place in recent days and years. Further, while practicing questions, if I would forget some question or event, I wrote it down several times to memorise it better. I consulted Pratiyogita Darpan, Success Review, and different online websites. Moreover, I devoted at least 30-45 minutes every day to read Indian Express, the national daily newspaper. Here I would also like to mention the important of the group discussion sessions I had with my friends, especially Shubham Jain, which helped me in keeping my GK updated.