CLAT syllabus 2025 : Initial Preparation Tool

The CLAT exam is set to check the candidates’ aptitude like legal, logical, quantitative etc. Therefore, the questions asked cannot be enclosed within a few topics. The CLAT syllabus is vast so there is no prescribed CLAT syllabus. However, previous years exam analysis has helped us better understand the CLAT exam pattern and identify the topics that frequently appear in the exam. The topics from which almost each year questions are asked are considered important. Likewise, for each section, important topics have been identified. These important topics and the skills being assessed together are referred to as the CLAT syllabus.

The syllabus is laid out in the form of important topics and skills to help the candidates understand where to start and what to prepare for. The vastness of the syllabus can make CLAT  2025 preparation a big challenge for the candidates. Only after knowing the CLAT syllabus and CLAT exam pattern can the candidates decide their plan of action for the preparations. A good strategy for preparations is very important to get a good CLAT score. So, to help you build one, we will discuss the CLAT syllabus in detail in this article.

CLAT  2025 Exam highlights

CLAT  2025 is conducted on a national level. It provides admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses across 22 NLUs and 52 private universities and colleges. The Consortium of National Law Universities conducts the exam.

Important details about CLAT  2025 UG

• The exam is conducted once a year.
• It provides admission to undergraduate programmes of legal studies.
• The exam is conducted in pen and paper mode.
• The questions are MCQ type.
• The total number of questions is 150.
• The duration of the exam is 2 hours.

 

Important details about CLAT  2025 PG

• The exam is conducted once a year.
• It provides admission to postgraduate programmes of legal studies.
• It is conducted in offline mode, i.e. pen and paper mode.
• The questions are MCQ type.
• The total number of questions is 120.
• The duration of the exam is 2 hours.

Both the exams have the same marking scheme with negative marking. The correct responses are given 1 mark, and incorrect responses lead to a deduction of 0.25 marks. The unattempted questions are given 0 marks.

CLAT  2025 Syllabus: Undergraduate

The clat syllabus is presented section-wise. The important topics under each section have been listed below.

Section I- English Language

This section intends to check the comprehension abilities and the candidate’s command of the English language. So the candidates must focus on the following aspects:

1. Comprehension and Language Skills
2. Making inferences and conclusions.
3. Summarization
4. Identification of varied arguments and perspectives.
5. Meaning-making.

 

Section II- General Knowledge and Current Affairs

This section intends to check candidates’ general knowledge of the following themes:

1. Important and recent events (Indian and Global)
2. Arts and Culture
3. International affairs
4. Historical happenings are still relevant and significant.

 

Section III- Legal Reasoning

This section will check the candidates for their legal aptitude. The focus areas of the legal reasoning section are:

1. General knowledge about current legal and moral issues.
2. Identification and inferring of rules and principles given in the passages.
3. Understanding the impact of changing rules and principles on various fact situations.
4. Application of rules and principles to real-life situations.

Some important topics under this section include: 

• Indian Constitution – Fundamental Rights, Duties, Judiciary, Parliament, Directive Principles of State Policy, Local governments
• Important amendments and provisions
• Important judgments
• Current legal affairs

 

Section IV- Logical Reasoning

Under the logical reasoning section, the following abilities are assessed:

1. Identification of arguments and their premises.
2. Concluding.
3. Draw similarities and differences
4. Critical analysis of patterns of reasoning.
5. Assessing situation-specific conclusions.
6. Determine arguments’ validity by identifying similar grounds and differences amongst arguments.

 

Some important topics under this section are:

• Analogies
• Series
• Seating arrangement
• Syllogisms
• Blood relations
• Logical sequences and matching
• Calendars and clocks

 

Section V- Quantitative Techniques

This section requires the candidate to:

1. Work with numerical information provided or stated in the given passages. It includes deriving, making inferences and manipulating numbers.
2. Application of elementary mathematical concepts and operations.

 

Some of the important topics of this section include:

• Ratios and proportions,
• Basic algebra,
• Mensuration
• Statistical estimation
• Algebra

Important topics from each section

 

Sections	Important Topics
Language (English)	Sentence Sequence Arrangement, Phrase Replacement, Synonyms & Antonyms, Tenses, Spotting Error, Fill in the blanks, Active and Passive Voice.
Current Affairs	National & International Affairs, Government Schemes, Science and Technology, Summits and Conferences, Foreign Affairs, Arts and Culture, Awards and Honors, Sports, Science and Technology.
Legal Aptitude	Important Supreme Court Judgements, Tax Law, Environmental Law, Contract Law, Legal Maxims, International Treaties & Conventions affecting National Legal Framework, Public International Law, Public Policy Questions.
Logical Aptitude	Syllogism, Statement & Course of Action, Statement & Assumption, Inference of Statements, Cause and Effect, Analogy.
Quantitative Techniques	Permutation and Combination, Average and Percentage, Ratio and Proportion, Time and Work, Time, Distance and Speed, Fractions and Equations, Mixtures and Allegations