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What is the syllabus of CLAT ? Also refer some books for preparation.


Saloni 7th Apr, 2020
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Akram Khan 7th Apr, 2020

Hi,

clat paper is divided into sections like english ,mathematics, logical reasoning ,current affairs legal aptitude You can get the whole syllabus in detail from the following article - https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-syllabus

Following is a list of books which you can refer : 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

For general knowledge you can use pratiyogita darpan ,  Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2020 and read 2-3 good news papers.

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For logical reasoning and quantitative aptitude (i.e.mathematic you can refer books by R.S agarwal.

For legal aptitude you can refer following -

Legal Awareness and Legal Aptitude by AP Bhardwaj

LexisNexis Butterworths

Bare Acts of Indian Constitution

Universal clat guide.

With right study material and proper time management and strategy you can prepare well for the exam.

All the best.

priyaankasarkar Student Expert 7th Apr, 2020

CLATsyllabus has been changed and the official syllabus will be released along with the official notification in the month of December. To give you a gist of the changed syllabus,

The no.of questions asked will be reduced from 200 to 150 but the time duration will be the same

English: There will be no more direct vocabulary questions

GK: Static GK will be removed and only your knowledge on current affairs will be tested

Mathematics: Only DI based questions.

Logical Reasoning: More emphasis on critical reasoning questions

Legal Aptitude: No Legal GK questions but the reasoning questions will remain.

Please refer to our page https://law.careers360.com/articles/best-books-for-clat for the best books for each section.

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