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he CLAT Consortium of NLUs have again changed the CLAT exam pattern for both UG and PG. As per the new exam pattern of CLAT 2020, the test will be conducted in online mode, new test centres will be issued to the candidates. The Common Law Admission Test will comprise of multiple choice type questions, from comprehension based passages. Further, the CLAT LLM will have 120 objective type question to be answered within 120 minutes. The changes in the exam pattern of CLAT 2020, include reducing the number of questions to 150 from 200 as asked earlier. The questions will be asked from Quantitative Techniques, English, Current Affairs, Deductive Reasoning and Logical Reasoning sections. Candidates appearing in CLAT PG must note that the conducting body has removed the descriptive section from the test pattern. The full details of the CLAT exam pattern 2020 are given in this article.
The press release by the Consortium of NLUs mentions some keywords which will help you shape your preparation as well as gives an idea of the new exam pattern of CLAT.
Yes, the document has a few loose ends on some topics but what are the things it tells us for sure.
- The number of questions has decreased to 120-150.
- The exam will be comprehension based.
- There will be subjects like Quantitative Techniques, English, Current Affairs, Deductive Reasoning and Logical Reasoning.
What’s new in CLAT Exam Pattern 2020?
- CLAT 2020 LLM paper will not have Descreptive Questions: In view of the current pandemic situation in the nation, the Consortium has decided to conduct CLAT 2020 in SD-CBT mode for which it has decided to remove descreptive section from LLM question paper. The students will now have to answer 120 questions in 120 minutes, maximum marks for the paper being 120.
- Reduction in total number of questions: In the upcoming CLAT examination, less number of questions will be asked unlike previous years. The number of questions will be 150.
- Removal of Legal Aptitude Section?: There were discussions that Legal Aptitude section may not exist in CLAT 2020. However, that’s not the case and the section will carry 25% weightage in CLAT 2020.
- Increase in Comprehension based questions: CLAT 2020 exam will carry more comprehension based questions in all sections for both UG and PG programs. According to the press release, “Comprehension based questions would be asked from Quantitative Techniques, English, Current Affairs, Deductive Reasoning and Logical Reasoning.
