CLAT Syllabus 2019, PDFs, Books, Sample Papers

CLAT Syllabus 2019: CLAT Core Committee along with the 19 NLUs formulate the syllabus for CLAT. NLU Odisha, Cuttack will regulate the law examination on May 26 in pen-paper mode. CLAT Syllabus will include questions from English, General Knowledge & Current Affairs, Elementary Mathematics.

The national level exam grants admission in 3 year & 5 year Integrated LLB and LLM programs offered by the National Law Universities (except NLU Delhi) and other Law Schools accepting CLAT Scores. The syllabi for all the programs is different. However, the basic CLAT Exam Pattern remains similar for all.

From 2019, CLAT 2019 will be conducted in Offline (pen-paper) mode, notified NLU Consortium. Know more

Here is the subject-wise CLAT LLM and LLB Syllabus in brief:

CLAT Syllabus for LLM – topics from Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, and other law subjects. Equal weightage is given to Constitutional law and Jurisprudence section. Total 150 questions are asked from this section.
CLAT Syllabus for LLB – topics from English including Comprehension, GK & Current Affairs, Elementary Mathematics, Legal Aptitude, and LR. High weightage is given to GK, Current affairs, and Legal Aptitude. Total of 200 questions appears from this section.

CLAT Sample Papers

CLAT LLM Syllabus 2019

CLAT Admit Card

Last year nearly 54,000 students appeared for CLAT 2018. This number is 93% of those who registered. It is expected that the competition for law entrance exam will be high this year. In order to withstand the competition, law aspirants should optimize their preparation plan according to CLAT Syllabus. A total of 47,106 students appeared for CLAT 2019.

CLAT LLB Syllabus

CLAT LLB exam comprises of 200 questions.
Each question carries 1 mark, and there is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each incorrect answer.
All the questions are objective in nature. Check CLAT LLB Exam Pattern

CLAT Syllabus for English – tests a candidate’s proficiency in English. There are 40 questions in this section. The section usually has three major components viz.

Vocabulary – it will majorly cover synonyms, antonyms, and analogies.
Grammar – you will have to correct the grammatical errors in questions, fill in the blanks with appropriate words etc.
Comprehension – will test the understanding of a passage including its central theme and word meanings.

Chapter	Important Topics
English Vocabulary	Synonyms
Antonyms
Homonyms
Word definitions
Analogies
English Proficiency	Idioms and Phrases
One-word substitution
Sentence improvement & rearrangement
Fill in the blanks
Subject-Verb Agreement
Noun/ Pronoun/ Articles & Conjunction
English Usage Errors	Grammatical errors- tense, voice, preposition usage, speech errors
Correct Spelling
Spotting errors
Inappropriate usage of words
English Comprehension	Questions related to passage provided. Read questions first and then read the passage to make it easier to point out the answers.

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CLAT Preparation Books – English Section

Book Name	Author/ Publisher
High School English Grammar and Composition Key	Wren and Martin
Word Power Made Easy	Norman Lewis
A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning	R.S. Aggarwal

CLAT Mathematics Syllabus – helps to understand the fundamental arithmetic skills of candidates. The level of questions is up to 10^th standard. There are 20 questions from this section that are expected to be of easy to moderate level. To score well, make sure to brush up all the basics formulas and concepts of elementary level. Important topics for Elementary Mathematics in CLAT are:

Chapter	Topics
Mensuration	Areas, Volumes
Commercial Mathematics	Interest, Profit, loss and Discounts, Percentage, Partnership
Modern Mathematics	Permutation & Combination Probability, Clocks & Calendars
Data Interpretation	Graphs, Charts
Arithmetic	Number system, H.C.F and L.C.M, Logarithms and, Functions, Fractions and decimals, Roots and Indices, Simplification, Ratio and proportions, Time and work, Average

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CLAT Preparation Books – Mathematics Section

CLAT Books	Author/ Publisher
Universal’s Elementary Mathematics (Numeral Ability)	Jain Prateek
Mathematics for CLAT & AILET	LAWGICIANS
Mathematics for CLAT	Shailesh Kumar

There will be static GK questions as well. Static GK signifies facts about the places, people and things that will remain same in the future as well.
Questions are asked from the recent topics and current affairs broadly featuring between March 2019 and April 2019.

Tabulated below are some important topics that form the CLAT syllabus for GK section:

Politics	Ancient, Medieval, Modern and World History
Geography	Economics (Outline of Indian Economy, Five Year Plans, National Income of India, Indian Tax Structure)
Science and technology	Environment & Ecology
General Science	National & International Burning topics
Books and Authors	Environment
Industries	Major Industries in India
Agriculture	Awards and Achievements

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CLAT Preparation Books – GK Section

CLAT Book	Author/ Publisher
Manorama Yearbook 2017	Mammen Mathew
Current Affairs Yearly 2017	Arihant Experts
General Knowledge 2017: Latest Current Affairs & Who’s Who	RPH Editorial Board

CLAT Syllabus for Logical Reasoning – This section is devised to evaluate a candidate’s ability to analytically comprehend different aspects of a situation or scenario and logically derive solutions. A total of 40 questions are asked in this paper. No visual questions are asked in the section. It covers a variety of logical aptitude questions including syllogism, logical sequences, analogies, etc.

Statement & Assumptions	Statement & Conclusions
Statement & Arguments	Statement & actions
Assertion – Reason	Syllogism
Number test	Direction and distance test
Coding and Decoding	Blood Relationships
Ranking	Analogy

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CLAT Preparation Books – Logical Reasoning Section

CLAT Books	Author/ Publisher
Universal’s Logical Reasoning for CLAT, LSAT and other Law Entrance Exams	Jain Prateek
Analytical Reasoning	M. K. Pandey
Logical Reasoning	R K Gupta and Samiksha Gupta

CLAT Syllabus for Legal Aptitude – the most interesting area of study among the law aspirants. This section primarily focuses on the legal aptitude of candidates. It covers 50 questions out of the total 200 questions in CLAT.

The questions are framed as legal propositions having a set of facts that satisfy the propositions.
One has to analyze suitable proposition and answer questions based on the given set of facts.

CLAT Syllabus for Legal Aptitude
Indian Constitution	Indian Penal Code
Indian Contract Act	Family Law
Law of Torts	Legal fundamentals and terms
Legal Maxims	Important Landmarks, Supreme Court Judgements

CLAT Preparation Books – Legal Aptitude Section

CLAT Books	Author/ Publisher
Legal Aptitude for the CLAT and other Law Entrance Examinations	Bhardwaj
Legal Awareness Legal Reasoning	Bhardwaj
Legal Aptitude	RK Gupta

CLAT LLM Syllabus 2019

In the PG paper, there are 3 sections, with a total of 150 objective and subjectice type questions. The paper is conducted in offline mode for 2 hours. Check detailed CLAT LLM Exam Pattern

Questions in CLAT LLM are framed from the subjects studied in the Bachelors Program.
The level of questions is usually moderate to difficult.
A candidate’s comprehension of basic fundamentals of law in their UG degree is tested in the examination.
Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence will both have an equal weightage of 50 marks each in paper.
Whereas, the rest of the questions are from different topics like Criminal law, International Law, etc.

Constitutional Law consists various rules, practices, and doctrines that govern the functioning of a modern state and other political communities. Candidates are asked questions based on concepts that they have studied in their graduation.