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CLAT 2021 English language section

• Total weightage : 20%
• Type of questions asked : Comprehension-type passage-based questions
• Source material : Passages will be drawn from contemporary / historically significant fiction & non-fiction writing
• Ability tested : Comprehension and language skills
• Standard of questions : 12th standard
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  CLAT 2021 Current affairs, including general knowledge section
  • Total weightage : 25%
  • Type of questions asked : Comprehension-type passage-based questions
  • Source material : News, journalistic sources, and non-fiction writing.
  • Ability tested : Awareness of current affairs and general knowledge
  • Standard of questions : 12th standard

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    CLAT 2021 Legal Reasoning Section

    • Total weightage : 25%
    • Type of questions asked : Objective-type questions based on 450-word passages
    • Source material : Fact situations or scenarios involving legal matters, public policy questions, or moral philosophical inquiries.
    • Description : No prior knowledge is required to answer these questions.
    • Skills required : Candidates may benefit if they have a general awareness of contemporary legal and moral issues.
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    • CLAT 2021 Logical Reasoning section

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      • Total weightage : 20%
      • Type of questions asked : Passage-based (300-word long) objective questions
      • Skill tested : Recognize argument, its premises, and conclusions; analyze patterns of reasoning; make inferences; draw relationships and analogies, contradictions and equivalence, etc
      • Marking scheme : Each question carries 1 mark, while there is a negative marking of 1/4 mark for an incorrect answer.

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        CLAT 2021 Quantitative section

        • Total weightage : 10%
        • Total questions : 13-17
        • Question type : Objective questions
        • Description : The section will include short sets of facts or propositions, graphs, or other textual, pictorial, or diagrammatic representations of numerical information, followed by a series of questions.
        • Marking scheme : Each question carries 1 mark, while there is a negative marking of 1/4 mark for an incorrect answer.