The Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLU) issued the CLAT 2024 exam pattern on its official website. The exam pattern includes all the details of the question paper for the CLAT 2024 exam. The exam pattern includes the mode, medium, duration, number of questions, types of questions to be asked, the level of the exam marking scheme etc. This article has all the relevant information on the CLAT 2024 exam pattern.

As per the notification on the official website, the CLAT 2024 will be held on December 3, 2023, and the results will be announced in December 2023. The conducting body will accept the application form from August to November 2023. Candidates should understand the exam pattern and prepare for the exam accordingly for the upcoming year. Continue reading to learn more about CLAT exam patterns and marking schemes.

Latest Update:
– Authorities have also revised the subject areas with weightage. Check out the table below for an approximate number of questions.
– The Consortium of NLUs have changed the CLAT 2024 exam pattern. Now, the question paper will comprise 120 questions instead of 150. However, the syllabus remains unchanged.

CLAT Exam Pattern 2024: Highlights 

The applicant needs to understand the paper pattern before appearing in the exam at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, to get an idea about the question paper. The main highlights of the CLAT 2024 exam pattern are given below.

Particulars	Details
Conducting Body	The Consortium of National Law Universities
Mode of Exam	Offline
Medium of Exam	English
Duration of Exam	2 Hours
Number of Questions	CLAT UG – 150 120 MCQs CLAT PG – 120 MCQs
Exam Level	National Level
Frequency	Once a Year
Total Marks	UG – 150 120 Marks PG – 120 Marks
Marks Per Question	UG Level: 1 Mark for Every Correct Answer   PG Level: 1 Mark for Every Correct Answer in MCQs
Negative Marking	0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer
Division of Paper	UG Level: The question paper will be divided into five parts: English Language Current Affairs, including General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Techniques. PG Level: The question paper will be divided into two parts: Constitutional Law, and other law subjects such as Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR and Jurisprudence.

CLAT Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2024

The CLAT syllabus for postgraduate and undergraduate levels is defined separately in the notification on the official website. Candidates applying for the CLAT 2024 exam are advised to prepare according to the syllabus given as per the CLAT 2024 exam pattern. For the undergraduate level, the CLAT 2024 syllabus is divided into five parts, i.e. English Language, Current Affairs, including General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Techniques.

The syllabus of the CLAT postgraduate level is mainly divided into two parts, i.e. Constitutional Law and other Law Subjects such as Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR and Jurisprudence.  

CLAT Exam Pattern 2024: Mode of Examination

Let us look at the exam pattern of CLAT 2024 at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

• Under Graduate Level– The exam will be conducted offline per the CLAT 2024 exam pattern. The candidates have to answer the question that will be displayed on a computer and submit the answer by choosing from the options given.
• Post Graduate Level– The exam will be conducted online mode. There will be 120 objective questions to be solved in 120 minutes. No descriptive or essay questions in PG CLAT 2024.

CLAT Exam Pattern 2024: Medium of Exam 

The exam will be conducted in the English language only. The candidates cannot solve the CLAT 2024 question paper in any other language per the provided CLAT 2024 exam pattern analysis. In the question paper of the undergraduate level, the questions will only be asked in the English language. In the question paper at the postgraduate level, both multiple-choice and essay-type questions will be asked and solved in the English language only. 

CLAT Exam Pattern 2024: Duration and Pattern of Exam

Let us look at the duration of the CLAT 2024 exam.

• Under Graduate Level: The applicants will be provided 120 multiple choice questions, which they will have to solve within the duration of two hours as per the CLAT 2024 provided exam pattern. 
• Post Graduate Level: The questions will be objective (MCQs) in nature. As per the latest exam pattern of CLAT 2024, the CLAT PG question paper will include 120 multiple-choice questions. The applicants will have to solve the question paper within the duration of two hours. 

CLAT Exam Pattern 2024: Subject-wise Weightage

The exam paper of both postgraduate and undergraduate levels will be divided into the following categories and the list of subjects given below.

Under Graduate Level: List of subjects and their weightage

Let us look at the subject list and the weightage of the CLAT 2024 exam:

Subject/ Topics	Total Number of Questions	Weightage in Percentage
English	22-26	20%
Current Affairs,	28-32	25%
Legal Reasoning	28-32	25%
Logical Reasoning	22-26	20%
Quantitative Techniques	10-14	10%

Post Graduate Level: List of Subjects and Their Weightage

The exam paper of the postgraduate level will be divided into the following categories, and the list of subjects is given below.

Parts	Subjects	Marks and Question Distribution
Part A	Constitutional Law	60 Multiple Choice Questions
Part B	Other Law Subjects such as Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR and Jurisprudence	60 Multiple Choice Questions

FAQs on CLAT Exam Pattern

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