About Exam

CLAT 2023 Preparation Books

The following table has been curated to assist the candidates in CLAT 2023 Preparation

Name of Book	Name of the Author
A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning	R S Aggarwal
Analytical Reasoning (English)	MK Pandey
Fast Track Objective Arithmetic	Arihant Publications
Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations	Pearson’s

Eligibility

CLAT 2023 Eligibility Criteria

CLAT 2023 Eligibility details will be released along with the official brochure. However, based on the previous year’s eligibility criteria the important details are mentioned below:

There is no age limit to apply or appear for CLAT.
NRIs, OCIs, PIOs & Foreign Nationals can also apply or appear for CLAT.
Minimum marks in the qualifying exam required to apply for CLAT 2023 will be 50% for general category and 45% for reserved category candidates.

Exam	Eligibility Criteria
CLAT UG	Qualifying Examination: Must have passed class 12th from a recognized institution Age Limit: No upper age limit Minimum Marks: Must have secured at least 45% marks in the aggregate
CLAT PG	Qualifying Examination: Must have passed LLB from a recognized institution Age Limit: No upper age limit Minimum Marks: Must have secured at least 55% marks in the aggregate

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Application Process

CLAT 2023 Registration

To complete СLАT 2023 Registrаtiоn, candidates are advised to follow the below mentioned steps.

Visit the official website of the Consortium of NLU’s.
Start the application process through the official website.
Enter your email address and phone number for registration.
Log in to the site using the phone number and password.
Enter your information carefully.
Enter preferences among the 22 national law universities.
Pay the required amount of application fees.
Upload the important documents.
Click on the Submit button.
Take a printout of the application form for future reference.

CLAT 2023 Application Fees

Category	Fees
Gen/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI	INR 4,000
SC/ST/BPL	INR 3,500
Previous Years Question Paper (not included with application fee)	INR 500

Exam Details

Exam Mode : Online
Exam level : U.G, P.G
Stream : L.L.B

Exam Centres

CLAT Exam Centres
Allahabad	Aurangabad	Varanasi
Agra	Ahmedabad	Thane
Visakhapatnam	Amritsar	Vijayawada
Barasat	Barrackpore	Thiruvananthapuram
Bengaluru	Bhopal	Trichy
Bhubaneswar	Bilaspur	Srinagar
Chandigarh	Calicut	Sonepat
Chennai	Coimbatore	Shillong
Dehradun	Durg	Siliguri
Ernakulam	Faridabad	Shimla
Gangtok	Gorakhpur	Ranchi
Gandhinagar	Ghaziabad	Raipur
Gurugram	Guwahati	Pune
Greater Noida	Haldwani	Patna
Hisar	Hyderabad	Patiala
Indore	Imphal	Noida
Jabalpur	Jalandhar	New Delhi
Jaipur	Jammu	Navi Mumbai
Jodhpur	Jamshedpur	Nagpur
Kanpur	Kota	Mysore
Kolkata	Kurukshetra	Mumbai
Lucknow	Madurai	Muzaffarpur
Mohali	Hooghly	Amravati
Hubli / Dharwad	Puducherry	Rajahmundry
Salem	Kanyakumari	Surat
Chittoor/Tirupati	Cuttack	Kottayam
Kurnool	Tirunelveli	Vadodara
Vellore	Mangalore	Meerut

India ( All States )

Exam Pattern

Category	UG program	PG program
Duration	2 hours	2 hours
Mode	Offline mode	Offline mode
Type of Questions	Objective-type, comprehension-based questions	Objective-type, comprehension-based questions
Number of Questions	150	120
Sections	English Language Current Affairs, including GK Legal Reasoning Logical Reasoning Quantitative Techniques	Constitutional Law Other Law Subjects, including Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR and Jurisprudence.
Total Marks	150 marks	120
Marking scheme	+1 mark for a correct answer. -0.25 marks will be deducted for an incorrect answer.	+1 mark for a correct answer. -0.25 marks will be deducted for an incorrect answer.

Syllabus

CLAT 2023 UG Syllabus

CLAT 2023 Syllabus for UG examination is mentioned in the table.

Subject	Topics Covered
English	Passages, Reading, Comprehension, Inference and Conclusion, Summary, Vocabulary etc.
Current Affairs	Contemporary Events of National and International Significance, Art and Culture, International Affairs, Historical Events of significance
Legal Reasoning	Rules and Passages of Law, Application of the rules and passages, etc.
Logical Reasoning	Argument - Premise and Conclusion, Inference, Relationships and Analogies, Contradictions and Equivalence, etc.
Quantitative Techniques	Basic Algebra, Mensuration, Statistical Estimation, Graphs, Numerical Information, Ratio and Proportion etc.

CLAT 2023 PG Syllabus

Find below the syllabus of postgraduate programs under CLAT 2023.

Subject	Topics Covered
Constitutional Law	Subject-wise and Judicial Power; Constitution of India: Framing, Doctrine, Executive Power; Constitutional Rights; Freedom Rights
Criminal Law	Elements of Crime, Group Liability, Abetment, Criminal Conspiracy, Exceptions, Attempt to Commit Offences, Offences Against Public Tranquility, Offences against Body
Torts	Classification of Torts, Trespass, Nuisance, Defamation, Liability for Misstatements, Negligence
International Law	Origin and Development of International Law and Bodies, International Law of Sea, Air, Land, Overview of International Law
Intellectual Property Rights	Nature, Definition and Scope of IPR, Trademarks Act 1999, Patents Act 1970, Copyright Act 1957, IPR in International Perspective

Cut-offs

CLAT 2022 Expected Cut Off

As per expert analysis, CLAT 2022 Cut Off is expected to be similar to previous year Cut Off:

College Name	Expected CLAT 2022 Cut Off
NLSIU, Bangalore	125-140
NALSAR, Hyderabad	120-135
WBNUJS, Kolkata	120-130
NLU, Jodhpur	110-124
GNLU, Gandhinagar	106-107
NLU, Bhopal	107-108
RMNLU, Lucknow	100-102
HNLU, Raipur	103-104
NLU, Odisha	97-98
NUSLR, Ranchi	94=95
CMLU, Patna	95-96
NLUJAA, Guwahati	93-94
DSNLU, Vishakhapatnam	92-93
TNNLS, Tiruchirapalli	92-93
MNLU, Mumbai	105-106
MNLU, Aurangabad	91-92
MNLU, Nagpur	91-92
HPNLU, Shimla	89

Given below are some factors that affect the candidates CLAT Cut off scores.

Applications Received: Fewer applications were received for the exam, the lesser the competition, and more relaxed CLAT Cut off scores.
Qualifying Candidates: If the number of applicants who are qualified is low, the Cut off is relaxed.
Seats Available: The higher the seats available the more relaxed are the Cut off scores.
Exam’s Difficulty Level: If the question paper is difficult, Cut off are relaxed, and vice versa.

CLAT Previous Years’ Cut off

Given below are the opening and closing ranks for candidates who attempted Previous Years Cut off

College Name	Opening Rank	Closing Rank
National Law School of India University	119.5	120.5
National Academy of Legal Studies and Research	114	115
National Law Institute University	107	108
West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences	112	113
National Law University Jodhpur	109	111
Hidayatullah National Law University	103	104
Gujarat National Law University	106	107
Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University	100	102
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law	99	100
Chanakya National Law University	95	96
National University of Advanced Legal Studies	99	100
National Law University Odisha	97	98
National University of Study and Research in Law	94	95
National Law University and Judicial Academy	93	94
Tamil Nadu National Law School	92	93
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University	92	93
Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai	105	106
Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur	91	92
Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad	91	92
Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur	87	88
MPDNLU, Jabalpur	90	91
HPNLU, Shimla	89	90

CLAT 2019 College-wise Cut off

Given below are the opening and closing ranks for College-wise CLAT 2019 Cut off

College Name	Opening Rank	Closing Rank
NLSIU, Bengaluru	1	54
NALSAR, Hyderabad	50	120
NLIU, Bhopal	107	355
NUJS, Kolkata	112	215
NLU, Jodhpur	109	350
HNLU, Raipur	103	555
GNLU, Gandhinagar	106	450
RAMNLU, Lucknow	100	620
RGNUL, Patiala	99	780
CNLU, Patna	95	900
NUALS, Kochi	99	900
NLUO, Cuttack	97	1050
NUSRL, Ranchi	94	1050
NLUJA, Guwahati	93	1060
DSNLU, Vizag	92	1200
TNNLS, Tiruchirapalli	92	1160
MNLU, Mumbai	105	575
MNLU, Nagpur	91	1200

CLAT 2018 College-wise Cut off

Given below are the opening and closing ranks for College-wise CLAT 2018 Cut off

College Name	Opening Rank	Closing Rank
NLSIU, Bengaluru	1	66
NALSAR, Hyderabad	11	137
NLIU, Bhopal	155	390
NUJS, Kolkata	43	260
NLU, Jodhpur	129	376
HNLU, Raipur	401	657
GNLU, Gandhinagar	142	498
RAMNLU, Lucknow	358	668
RGNUL, Patiala	358	924
CNLU, Patna	718	1186
NUALS, Kochi	290	928
NLUO, Cuttack	564	1167
NUSRL, Ranchi	705	1255
NLUJA, Guwahati	1016	1556
DSNLU, Vizag	223	1432
TNNLS, Tiruchirapalli	459	1571
MNLU, Mumbai	246	503
MNLU, Nagpur	520	1532

CLAT 2017 College-wise Cut off

Given below are the opening and closing ranks for College-wise CLAT 2017 Cut off

College Name	Opening Rank	Closing Rank
NLSIU, Bengaluru	59	177
NALSAR, Hyderabad	130	5098
NLIU, Bhopal	351	17348
NUJS, Kolkata	213	7556
NLU, Jodhpur	343	8051
HNLU, Raipur	574	29835
GNLU, Gandhinagar	453	10585
RAMNLU, Lucknow	627	28216
RGNUL, Patiala	801	12580
CNLU, Patna	909	16614
NUALS, Kochi	826	24087
NLUO, Cuttack	1023	15734
NUSRL, Ranchi	1051	28174
NLUJA, Guwahati	1124	17322
DSNLU, Vizag	1180	38156
TNNLS, Tiruchirapalli	1151	25604
MNLU, Mumbai	478	17294
MNLU, Nagpur	1126	39573

Admission Process

CLAT 2023 Admit Card

CLAT 2023 Admit Card is an important document required during the time of examination. Without an admit card no candidate will be allowed to appear for the examination. Candidates are advised to follow the below-mentioned steps to download the CLAT 2023 Admit Card.

Visit the official website.
Locate and click on the link for CLAT 2023 Admit Card.
Login to the portal using your credentials.
An option for downloading the admit card will appear on the screen.
Click on the button.
CLAT 2023 Admit Card will appear on the screen.

Results

CLAT 2023 Result

CLAT 2023 Result will be declared after the conclusion of the exam. The candidates are advised to follow the below-mentioned steps once the results are declared.

Visit the official website.
Locate and click on the link for CLAT 2023 Results.
Log in to your portal using phone number and password.
Check your details in CLAT 2023 Result.
Download the result for future reference.