August 21, 2024

Guide to CLAT Syllabus: Subjects & Topic

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CLAT syllabus 2025 lays the foundation for acing this exam with flying colors. Read through to learn about the syllabus in a detailed manner.

 CLAT syllabus 2025 lays the foundation for acing this exam with flying colors. Read through to learn about the syllabus in a detailed manner.

 CLAT syllabus 2025 – Overview

The  CLAT syllabus 2025 for undergraduate and graduate programmes has been outlined by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs). The English language, current events and general knowledge, legal thinking, logical reasoning, and quantitative techniques are the five subjects that make up the UG  CLAT syllabus 2025. Contrarily the primary subjects of the LLB curriculum provide the foundation of the CLAT LLM syllabus. The syllabus helps CLAT candidates prepare. 

CLAT LLM SyllabusCLAT UG Syllabus
Contract, Law of Torts, Family Law, Criminal LawCurrent Affairs, Including General Knowledge
Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Administrative LawEnglish Language
Public International Law, Tax LawLogical Reasoning
Property Law, Company LawLegal Reasoning
Environmental Law, And Labour & Industrial Law.Quantitative Techniques

 CLAT syllabus 2025 – LLM (PG)

The CLAT LLM syllabus covers the most important aspects of the LLB curriculum at the postgraduate level (3-year LLB and 5-year LLB). The following is an outline of the many subjects covered by the course curriculum.

Constitutional LawTorts
Administrative LawCriminal Law
Family LawLabour And Industrial Law
Property LawPublic International Law
JurisprudenceCompany Law
Intellectual Property LawInternational Law
Tax LawContract
Environmental Law

CLAT LLM PATTERN –

SUBJECTSNUMBER OF MCQ QUESTIONSMARKS
Constitutional Law6060
Contract, Tort, Criminal Law, International Law, Intellectual property law and Jurisprudence.6060
PARTICULARSCLAT PG
Exam ModeOffline, Pen And Paper-Based
Exam DurationTwo Hours
LanguageEnglish
Question TypeMultiple Choice Type Questions From Comprehension Passages
Number Of Questions120 Questions
Marking Scheme+1 for correct response and -.25 for wrong response
Total Marks120


CLAT syllabus 2025 – UG

A comprehension-based segment makes up the UG-CLAT exam. The comprehension passages are used as the basis for the multiple-choice questions that are asked in each session. In order for candidates to answer the questions, they will need to read the passage very carefully. In subjects like mathematics and logical reasoning, you could be given questions based on diagrams that are supposed to represent certain data or information. The section-by-section CLAT syllabus 2025 is given below –

 CLAT syllabus 2025 – English Language

PARTICULARSDETAILS
Total Weightage Of Section20%
Question typeComprehension-Type Passage-Based Questions
Composition of Passages/QuestionsPassages of 450 words or less will be chosen from recently published or historically significant fiction and non-fiction writing.
Skillset TestedComprehension And Language Skills
Ability To Draw Inferences And Conclusions
Ability To Summarise Passage
Identify Arguments And Viewpoints
Word Meaning And Phrases
Level Of Questions12th Standard

Important topics to study 

  • Newspaper – The Hindu and The Indian Express whichever.
  • Norman Lewis’ Word power made easy
  • Wren and Martins High School English Grammar and the Composition.
  • Newspaper Editorials and latest magazines of every domain 

 CLAT syllabus 2025 – General Knowledge and Current Affairs

ParticularsImportant details
Total Weightage Of Section25%
Question typeQuestions of the Comprehension Kind Based on Reading Passages – General Knowledge and Current Events Static
Composition of Passages/QuestionsNews, Journalistic Sources, And Non-Fiction Writing.
Skillset ObservedAwareness and Full knowledge Of Following areas -Modern Events Of Significance From India And The World;Arts And Culture;International Affairs; And
Historical Events Of Continuing Significance.
Level Of Questions12th Standard

Important topics to study –

  • General knowledge Lucent’s publication 
  • Pratiyogita Darpan
  • Any good English newspaper such as The Tribune or The Indian Express or The Hindu
  • Go through the Websites based and focused on current events for CLAT exam and UPSC exams.
  • NCERT books for basic understanding of geography, history, polity and economics

 CLAT syllabus 2025 – Legal Reasoning

ParticularsImportant details
Total Weightage Of Section25%
Question typePassages with comprehension questions of 450 words each, followed by questions of the objective type
Composition of Passages/QuestionsCircumstances or scenarios based on the facts that involve issues of law, questions of public policy, or moral and philosophical investigations.
Important Areas To be CoveredGeneral Awareness and knowledge Of latest Legal and Moral Ethical affairs.Identify And comprehend the instructions and rules described in the passage.Application of Rules and Principles to a wide range of factual situations.Capability To Break Down How Changes To The Rules Or Principles May Affect Their Application To Various Fact Situations.
Level Of Questions12th Standard

Important topics to study – 

  • Indian Constitution – Fundamental Rights, Judiciary, Parliament, Directive Principles of State Policy and the Local governments
  • Important amendments and provisions
  • Important judgments
  • Current legal affairs

 CLAT syllabus 2025 – Logical Reasoning

ParticularsImportant details
Total Weightage Of Section20%
Question typePassage-Based (300-Word Long) Objective Questions
Composition of Passages/QuestionsBased On Sets And Arguments, Puzzles, Diagrams, Relationships And Others
Skillset TestedAbility To Identify Arguments And Their Premises And Draw Conclusions
Ability To Critically Analyze Patterns Of Reasoning and Assess how Conclusions May Depend On Particular Premises and Evidence
Infer What Follows From The Passage And Apply These Inferences To New Situations
Draw Relationships And Analogies,
Identify Contradictions And Equivalence, And Assess The Effectiveness Of Arguments.
Level Of Questions12th Standard

Important topics to study –

  • Analogies
  • Series
  • Seating arrangement
  • Syllogisms
  • Blood relations
  • Logical sequences and matching
  • Calendars and clocks

 CLAT syllabus 2025 – Quantitative Techniques

ParticularsImportant details
Total Weightage10%
Type Of Questions AskedSets Of Facts , Propositions, Graphs Or Other Textual, Pictorial Or Diagrammatic Representations Of Numerical Information Followed By A Series Of Questions.
Skillset ObservedDerive, Infer, And Manipulate Numerical Information Set Out In Such Passages, Graphs, Or Other Representations; And
Apply Various 10th-Standard Mathematical Operations
Level Of QuestionsClass 10th

Important topics to study –

The candidates should aim to strengthen their numerical skills by practicing questions from the following topics in order to prepare for the exam.

  • Ratios and proportions
  • Basic algebra
  • Mensuration
  • Statistical estimation
  • Algebra

CLAT UG PATTERN –

ParticularCLAT UG
ModeOffline, Pen And Paper-Based
DurationTwo HoursCC
LanguageEnglish
Type Of QuestionsMultiple Choice Type Questions From Comprehension Passages
Number Of Questions150
Marking SchemeEach Question Will Carry One MarkEach Incorrect Answer Will Invite A Penalty Of 0.25 Marks.
Total Marks150