The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) conducts the CLAT PG exam annually to provide admission to LLM courses offered by 22 NLUs. Note that the application window has been closed on May 9 and the CLAT PG exam will be conducted on the 19th of June. 

The official website clearly states that questions will be asked in the Multiple-Choice Questions pattern and the exam mode will be offline. 

If there are any changes in the question paper format, authorities will publish it in the official notification.

So here is everything you need to know about CLAT PG Exam Pattern!

• CLAT PG Question Paper Format 2023
• Expected Section-wise CLAT PG Paper Pattern & Weightage
• CLAT PG Marking Scheme 2023
• Section-wise CLAT PG Paper Pattern & Weightage 

Let's walk through the article to know everything in detail. 

CLAT PG Question Paper Format 2023

Earlier, the question paper had 100 objective questions for 100 marks, while the subjective part had 2 essay-type questions of 25 marks each.

But in the last two years, the CLAT PG Entrance Exam had only 120 objective-type questions based on reading comprehension.

You will be provided extracts from primary legal materials such as important court decisions in various fields of law, statutes, or regulations followed by 10 or 6 (based on 2020 and 2021 paper pattern) objective-type questions.

The Consortium further resolved to reduce the Counselling fee from 50,000/- to Rs.30,000/- for the General category candidates and Rs.20,000/- for ST/SC/OBC/BC/EWS/PWD and other reservation candidates.

Check out the table below to know the key highlights of the CLAT PG exam pattern.

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Note:

If the Consortium includes a subjective part in the question paper, you have to score a minimum of 40% in the objective paper, and then only your subjective paper will get checked.

Section-wise CLAT PG Paper Pattern & Weightage 

According to the PG Syllabus for CLAT, the questions will be based on the Constitution Law, Contracts Law, Law of Torts, Family Law, Jurisprudence, etc.

 Last year, the question paper had only 120 objective-type questions for 120 marks, which means each carries one mark.

Based on the last two year's paper analysis, we have provided the number of questions asked on each topic:

Focusing more on the topics that hold more weight in the exam will help enhance your CLAT PG Exam Preparation and succeed better in the upcoming exam.

Read more: Maximum age limit to apply for CLAT PG 2023 Exam

Expected Section-wise CLAT PG Paper Pattern & Weightage

Look at the table below to know the CLAT LLM paper pattern that the Consortium of NLUs usually follows.

Check: CLAT Mock Tests 2023

CLAT PG Marking Scheme 2023

As per the CLAT PG Exam Pattern, you will be awarded a +1 mark for each correctly answered question, while 0.25 marks are deducted for the wrongly answered question.

Also, no marks are awarded or deducted for unattempted questions.

Check: CLAT Online Coaching