The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), 2024 for Undergraduate (UG) admissions, which is slated to be held on December 3, 2023, will have only 120 questions, as compared to the previous years when 150 questions were asked. .The syllabus and duration of the exam, however, will remain unchanged. .A press release dated June 15 reflected this decision, which was taken by the Governing Body of the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) during its meeting on May 20, 2023."Candidates will have 2 (Two) hours to complete the test, as in previous years. The 120 questions will continue to be organised into five sections, that is, English Language, Current Affairs Including General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Techniques," the press release added..With regard to the Postgraduate (PG) CLAT, 2024, there will be no change in the syllabus or number of questions..Speaking to Bar & Bench on this development, Anupama Joshi, Director, Law Prep Tutorial said, "This is a welcome change as the number of questions is reduced. It is yet to be seen whether the length of passage questions remains the same or not. Also, this could be due to a current case against the Consortium concerning making CLAT accessible in vernacular languages including Hindi. Students should wait for the release of sample papers before over-analysing.".[Read Press Release here]
The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), 2024 for Undergraduate (UG) admissions, which is slated to be held on December 3, 2023, will have only 120 questions, as compared to the previous years when 150 questions were asked. .The syllabus and duration of the exam, however, will remain unchanged. .A press release dated June 15 reflected this decision, which was taken by the Governing Body of the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) during its meeting on May 20, 2023."Candidates will have 2 (Two) hours to complete the test, as in previous years. The 120 questions will continue to be organised into five sections, that is, English Language, Current Affairs Including General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Techniques," the press release added..With regard to the Postgraduate (PG) CLAT, 2024, there will be no change in the syllabus or number of questions..Speaking to Bar & Bench on this development, Anupama Joshi, Director, Law Prep Tutorial said, "This is a welcome change as the number of questions is reduced. It is yet to be seen whether the length of passage questions remains the same or not. Also, this could be due to a current case against the Consortium concerning making CLAT accessible in vernacular languages including Hindi. Students should wait for the release of sample papers before over-analysing.".[Read Press Release here]