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CLAT 2016 Test Taking Strategies

Nishant Priyadarshi

CLAT 201617 NLUs participating including Vizag, Trichi and Mumbai

9th CLAT Exam

Conducted by Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab

Second year in online format

CLAT 201645,040 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

Other Institute’s using CLAT Score1. Galgotias University, Greater Noida, U.P.2. IMS Unison University, Deharadun3. Indore Institute of Law, Indore4. Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida, U.P.5. Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur6. Manipal University, Jaipur7. Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad8. Raffles University, Neemrana9. Renaissance Law College, Indore10. RNB Global University, Bikaner11. Shri Vaishnav Institute of Law, Indore12. SRM University, Delhi-NCR, Sonipat

Eligibility Criteria for UG ProgramPassed 10+2 or appearing

◦ 45% marks for General/OBC/SAP◦ 40% marks for SC/ST

No upper age limit

CLAT 2016 Question Paper2 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

Results and Admission ProcessResults on 23rd May, 2016

State specific and overall category-wise merit list

Allotment of seats on the basis of merit-cum-preference

Scores and Cut-offsAIR 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

Preparation StrategyExactly 30 days to go

Revise all the areas/chapters

Do not leave any chapter/concept

Go through last one year of VistaCareer for GK

Preparation Strategy30 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

Preparation StrategyIdentify your strong and weak areasDecide the sequence of attempting the paperDecide on time to be spent per sectionFollow 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

Preparation StrategyDo each question on its own merit

Remember, each question carries equal mark

Have an exit time

Target 90% accuracy

Remember the datesIPU 17th AprilKIITEE 21st April to 30th AprilAILET 1st MaySET 7th MayCLAT 8th MayLSAT 15th MayBHU UET LLB 15th MayAMU BA LLB 23rd May

Contacts at VistaMind: Nishant Priyadarshi – nishant@vistamind.com