CLAT 2016 Test Taking Strategies
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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.
CLAT 2016 Test Taking Strategies
- 1. Date CLAT 2016 Test Taking Strategies Nishant Priyadarshi
- 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 Institute’s 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
- 8. Scores and Cut-offs AIR 1 in CLAT 2015 scored 141.25 marks out of 200. NLU Cutoff Rank NLSIU Bangalore 118.25 54 NALSAR Hyd 111.5 125 WNUJS 106.75 207 NLU Jodhpur 102.75 313 NLSIU Bhopal 101 368 HNLU Raipur 96.5 560 RMNLU Lucknow 95.5 616 RGNUL Patiala 91.75 815 NUALS Kochi 89.25 1006 NLUO Cuttack 89 1031 CNLU Patna 88.5 1055 NUSRL Ranchi 87.75 1122 DSNLU Vizag 87.25 1162 NLU Assam 86.5 1213 TNNLS Trichy 86 1277
- 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
- 14. Contacts at VistaMind: Nishant Priyadarshi – nishant@vistamind.com