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