CLAT PG Exam Pattern & Question Paper Format 2022
The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) conducts the CLAT PG exam annually to provide admission to LLM courses offered by 22 NLUs.
Generally, the PG question paper consists of both objective and subjective type questions. However, due to a pandemic, the exam mode changed from offline to online, consortium has been taking the Exam in Objective mode since last year.
This year, the exam is conducted in offline mode. Hence, it is expected that the Consortium might include the subjective part in the question paper. So, be prepared well in advance.
If there are any changes in the question paper format, authorities will publish it in the official notification.
Here is the detailed CLAT PG Exam Pattern, such as marking scheme, type of questions, exam duration, and more.
CLAT PG Question Paper Format 2022
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.
| Particulars |
Past Two Years CLAT PG Exam Pattern |
Expected CLAT PG Exam Pattern 2022 |
| Exam mode |
Online |
Offline |
| Exam duration |
120 minutes (2 hours) |
120 minutes (2 hours) |
| Test language |
English |
English |
| Type of questions |
Objective |
Objective and subjective (tentative) |
| Exam subjects |
Various law subjects and related contemporary judgments |
Different law subjects divided into two sections |
| Total questions |
120 |
100+2 |
| Total marks |
120 |
150 |
| Negative Marking |
Yes |
Yes |
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 from each topic.
| Topic |
No. of Questions asked in 2020 |
No. of Questions asked in 2021 |
| Constitutional Law |
50 |
36 |
| Jurisprudence |
20 |
6 |
| Administrative Law |
10 |
0 |
| Family Law |
10 |
12 |
| Law of Contracts |
0 |
18 |
| International Law |
10 |
18 |
| Criminal Law |
10 |
24 |
| Labour Law |
10 |
0 |
| Environmental Law |
0 |
18 |
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.
| Type of Questions |
Subjects |
Number of MCQ questions |
Marks |
| Objective |
Constitutional Law and Other Law subjects |
100 |
100 |
| Subjective |
Law and Contemporary Issues |
2 |
50 |
| Total |
102 |
150 |
CLAT PG Marking Scheme 2022
As per the CLAT PG Exam Pattern, you will be awarded +1 marks 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.
| Response |
Marks |
| Correct Answer |
+ 1 Marks |
| Incorrect Answer |
0.25 Marks |
| Unanswered/ Unattempted Question |
No Marks |
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