CLAT UG study guide
CLAT UG · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
CLAT UG is the Common Law Admission Test for undergraduate law admission in India, used by National Law Universities and a large group of participating private and deemed universities that accept its score. It suits higher-secondary students and graduates moving toward a five-year integrated law degree (BA LLB or equivalent). The paper is built around comprehension and reasoning rather than memorised doctrine: an English section drawn from dense prose, a current-affairs and general-knowledge section tied to static background, legal reasoning built on principle-and-fact application, logical reasoning with critical-thinking items, and quantitative techniques. Most sections open with a short passage followed by linked questions, so reading speed and accuracy under pressure matter as much as content knowledge. The CLAT UG study guide has 5 sections and about 1,388 words.
01English Language: Passage-Led Close Reading
CLAT's English section is passage-led. You read prose passages and answer questions on main idea, explicit detail, inference, vocabulary in context, tone, and the author's purpose.
277 words, about 1 min02Current Affairs including General Knowledge: Linking Events to Static Anchors
CLAT's current affairs section is passage-based and combines dynamic events from roughly the past year with static general knowledge: polity, geography, history, economy, science, awards, sports, and international organisations. Expect questions that place an event in context rather than recall a stray date.
284 words, about 1 min03Legal Reasoning: Applying Principles to Facts
CLAT legal reasoning presents a principle, a legal rule, and a factual situation; you must apply the rule, not moral opinion. Topics include constitutional law, contracts, torts, criminal law, family law, property, and intellectual property.
303 words, about 2 min04Logical Reasoning: Argument Structure and Evidence
CLAT logical reasoning is largely critical reasoning: identify the conclusion, assumption, strengthening or weakening evidence, inference, flaw, and method of argument. It tests structure, not whether you agree with the conclusion.
266 words, about 1 min05Quantitative Techniques: Clean Setup and Percentage Bases
CLAT quantitative techniques are short, data-led problems: percentages, ratios, averages, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, time-speed-distance, time-work, basic probability and combinations, and interpretation of tables or charts. Calculator use is not allowed, so estimation and clean setup matter.
258 words, about 1 min