This document provides information about the CLAT 2016 exam as follows:
- 45,040 students applied for CLAT 2016, a 13.5% increase from 2015, competing for 2,342 seats across 17 National Law Universities.
- The exam will be held on May 8th and consist of 200 multiple choice questions testing English, GK, Math, Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning.
- The author provides a preparation strategy for students to focus on revising all topics, practicing prior exams, identifying strengths and weaknesses, and managing time during the actual exam.
2. CLAT 2016
17 NLUs participating including Vizag, Trichi and Mumbai
9th CLAT Exam
Conducted by Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab
Second year in online format
3. CLAT 2016
45,040 students have applied for CLAT 2016
39,468 for UG and 5,572 for PG
39,686 students had appeared for CLAT 2015
34172 for UG and 5514 for PG
This is a 13.5% increase in 1 year!
Total seats: 2,342
All India Seats: 1,480
State Seats: 604
Special Category Seats: 258
Selection ratio of 100:5
4. Other Institutes using CLAT Score
1. Galgotias University, Greater Noida, U.P.
2. IMS Unison University, Deharadun
3. Indore Institute of Law, Indore
4. Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida, U.P.
5. Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur
6. Manipal University, Jaipur
7. Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
8. Raffles University, Neemrana
9. Renaissance Law College, Indore
10. RNB Global University, Bikaner
11. Shri Vaishnav Institute of Law, Indore
12. SRM University, Delhi-NCR, Sonipat
5. Eligibility Criteria for UG Program
Passed 10+2 or appearing
45% marks for General/OBC/SAP
40% marks for SC/ST
No upper age limit
6. CLAT 2016 Question Paper
2 hours, 200 Questions paper
Marking: +1/-0.25
Questions Break-up
Test Area Questions Marks
English including comprehension 40 40
GK and Current Affairs 50 50
Elementary Mathematics 20 20
Legal Aptitude 50 50
Logical Reasoning 40 40
Total 200 200
Tie Breaker: Higher marks in Legal Aptitude, Higher Age, Draw of lots
7. Results and Admission Process
Results on 23rd May, 2016
State specific and overall category-wise merit list
Allotment of seats on the basis of merit-cum-preference
9. Preparation Strategy
Exactly 30 days to go
Revise all the areas/chapters
Do not leave any chapter/concept
Go through last one year of VistaCareer for GK
10. Preparation Strategy
30 SmartCLAT Tests for practice
18 CLAT (8 Original and 10 Mocks)
6 AILET (4 Original and 2 Mocks)
4 SET (2 Original and 2 Mocks)
2 IPU (1 Original and 1 Mock)
19 SmartCLAT Tests are over can be used for practice
11 SmartCLAT Tests to be conducted between today and 5th May, 2016
Spend 2-3 days on analyzing each test
11. Preparation Strategy
Identify your strong and weak areas
Decide the sequence of attempting the paper
Decide on time to be spent per section
Follow it diligently across all Mock Tests
Section Time (in mts)
English including comprehension 20 22
GK and Current Affairs 12 15
Elementary Mathematics 15 20
Legal Aptitude 35 40
Logical Reasoning 30 35
12. Preparation Strategy
Do each question on its own merit
Remember, each question carries equal mark
Have an exit time
Target 90% accuracy
13. Remember the dates
IPU 17th April
KIITEE 21st April to 30th April
AILET 1st May
SET 7th May
CLAT 8th May
LSAT 15th May
BHU UET LLB 15th May
AMU BA LLB 23rd May