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CLAT 2025 Question Paper with Answers: Download Free PDF
CLAT previous year's question paper is one of the relevant preparation materials that one should practice to prepare for upcoming sessions of the law entrance exam. The Consortium of NLUs conducted the CLAT Exam in pen-and-paper mode. CLAT Exam Date was December 1, 2024. The Consortium released the CLAT question paper and CLAT Answer Keys 2025 for both integrated-LLB and LLM courses on the same day. All candidates who appeared for CLAT 2025 will be able to download the CLAT official question paper 2025 with solutions on this page below. Candidates can check the CLAT 2025 Question Paper, CLAT Exam Analysis, expected CLAT 2025 Cutoff and other important other details in this article.
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CLAT 2025 Question Paper Analysis
Candidates can check the CLAT Question Paper 2025 analysis below:
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Difficulty Level |
Cutoff Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Easy | 20+ | |
| Moderate | 30+ | |
| Moderate | 20+ | |
| Easy to Moderate | 15+ | |
| Moderate to Difficult | 10+ |
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CLAT 2025 Exam Analysis
The paper analysis of CLAT 2025 for both UG and PG courses has been shared on the basis of the review given by the test-takers of CLAT 2025. The expected cut off for CLAT 2025 is 100 for UG paper, and 80-90 for PG paper. Meanwhile, the candidates can check the exam analysis for CLAT 2025 below:
Q: What kind of questions are included in CLAT question paper?
The CLAT question paper for UG courses had objective-type questions from subjects such as Logical Reasoning, Legal Reasoning Quantitative Techniques, English and Current Affairs including General Knowledge. The CLAT paper for the LLM. course had both objective questions from law subjects such as Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law, Law of Contract, Torts, Family Law, etc. Generally, the questions are designed as passage followed by series of questions of one mark each. Candidates had to attempt the questions by reading and interpreting the passages only.
Q: What type of questions are asked in CLAT exam?
The CLAT Exam 2025 carried 120 questions. UG CLAT syllabus 2025 consisted of five sections - English language, General knowledge and current affairs, legal aptitude, logical reasoning and quantitative abilities. The CLAT LLM syllabus consisted of topics from common law subjects of LLB programmes.
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| CLAT 2024 Sections |
Difficulty Level |
Questions details |
|---|---|---|
| English Language |
Moderate |
Questions were bit lengthy, however, was based on CLAT syllabus. |
| Current Affairs including General Knowledge |
Easy |
Questions were based on current affairs. Some questions were based on ISRO, G20 summit, Cricket World Cup, etc. |
| Logical Reasoning |
Moderate, because of lengthy questions |
The section was overall lengthy. The questions asked were quite tricky. |
| Legal Reasoning |
Easy to Moderate, due to a few tricky questions |
The section was quite lengthy. The questions were asked from legal maxims, Indian Constitution, Fundamental Rights, Bigamy,etc. |
| Quantitative Techniques |
Moderate to difficult, due to a few tricky questions |
All the questions were asked on the basis of the CLAT syllabus released by the consortium earlier. The questions were |
| Overall difficulty level |
Moderate |
Moderately difficult and lengthy questions |
CLAT 2025 PG Exam Analysis
CLAT PG Analysis 2025 will be uploaded soon after the exam. Meanwhile, candidates can check the complete CLAT PG Exam Analysis below:
| CLAT 2025 Sections |
Difficulty Level |
|---|---|
| Constitutional Law | Moderate |
| Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR and Jurisprudence. | Moderate to Difficult |
| Law topics and Contemporary issues | Easy to Moderate |
| Total |
Moderate |
CLAT 2025 Exam Analysis
After the exam analysis shared by the test-takers, the expected cut off marks for CLAT LLM is as under:
| CLAT 2023 Sections |
Expected cut off |
|---|---|
| Constitutional Law | 35+ |
| Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR and Jurisprudence. | 30+ |
| Law topics and Contemporary issues | 30+ |
| Total |
90+ expected cut off marks |
Also Read: How to clear CLAT 2025 in first attempt?
Q: Is 'Legal Aptitude' section removed from the CLAT question paper?
As per the CLAT exam pattern released by the NLU Consortium, Legal Reasoning remained a part of the question paper along with Quantitative Techniques, English Current Affairs including General Knowledge and Logical Reasoning. If the exam authority decides to remove any of the sections of CLAT UG question paper in 2025, then it will inform the candidates in admission notification itself, so that candidates can prepare for the exam accordingly.However, no such announcement has been made so far. The Legal Reasoning section has been removed from AILET question paper only.
Q: Please tell me the number of questions asked per section in CLAT exam.
The CLAT question paper for UG course admissions carried 120 multiple-choice questions for a total of 120 marks like previous year. Candidates can check the section-wise questions weightage for each section as under:
Sections | MCQs per section | Maximum Marks | Approximate Weightage (in %) |
|---|---|---|---|
28-32 | 28-32 | 18.66 - 21.33 | |
35-39 | 35-39 | 23.33 - 26 | |
28-32 | 28-32 | 18.66 - 21.33 | |
35-39 | 35-39 | 23.33 - 26 | |
Quantitative Techniques (Elementry Mathematics up to Class 10) | 13-17 | 13-17 | 8.66 - 11.33 |
Total | 120 | 120 | 100% |
Q: How many questions are asked from CLAT Legal Aptitude section?
The CLAT 2025 Legal Aptitude section consists of passage-based questions. Check details below:
- Length - Each passage will be around 450 words.
- Source - The passages may relate to fact situations or scenarios involving legal matters, public policy questions, or moral philosophical inquiries.
- Prior knowledge of law - No prior knowledge is needed to answer these passage-based questions. The answers will be hidden in the passage.
- However, general awareness of contemporary legal and moral issues may help you better apply general principles or propositions to the given fact scenarios.
- Estimated time needed to read a passage - 5-7 minutes.
- Questions - Each passage will be followed by a series of questions
Questions will be based on:
- News articles and books associated with topics of law
- Certain passages will be created specifically for the exam
- the candidate has to find the facts and applicable rules. Until 2019, the proposition and factual context were clearly presented.
- The purpose is not to test the knowledge of law but the application of rules to a factual context based on the constraints presented to you.
Q: Total how many questions are asked in CLAT PG exam?
CLAT PG 2025 Exam carried 150 questions. The CLAT PG Exam 2025 was held in a pen-and-paper-based test, meaning that candidates had to take the exam on a physical answer sheet with an OMR sheet.The exam consisted of 150 multiple-choice questions. The multiple-choice questions test your knowledge of legal reasoning.The duration of the exam was two hours. For each correct answer, one mark will be awarded
Q: When will the question paper of CLAT 2025 be available?
The Consortium of NLUs released the question paper and answer key of CLAT exam. The Consortium released the question paper and anwer key, candidates could tally their answers with the same. This will help them to know how much they are scoring in the respective exam. Moreover, the exam authority also published official sample paper for CLAT multiple times for applicants. Candidates could also practise previous years question paper for CLAT exam to get an understanding for their upcoming examination.
Those who appeared for CLAT 2024 shared the exam analysis as under:
| CLAT 2022 Sections |
Difficulty Level |
Questions details |
|---|---|---|
| English Language |
Easy |
All the questions were based on the syllabus. |
| Current Affairs including General Knowledge |
Moderate, due to a few unexpected questions |
Unexpected questions for current affairs. Some questions were based on Ukraine war, Drone Shakti, CSR for Business, ISRO etc. |
| Logical Reasoning |
Moderate, due to lengthy questions |
A few tricky questions but lengthy section. There were short passages, and contextual. |
| Legal Reasoning |
Easy to Moderate, due to a few tricky questions |
A few tricky questions but lengthy section. Some questions were based on Special Marriage Act, 2-3 passages based on Indian Constitution, Fundamental Rights, Bigamy, Monism and Dualism from International Law etc. |
| Quantitative Techniques |
Moderate, due to a few tricky questions |
All the questions were based on the syllabus, and easy to attempt. Some questions were based on data interpretation and sufficiency. However, there were no graph based questions. |
| Overall difficulty level |
Moderate |
Moderately difficult and lengthy questions |
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CLAT 2023 Question Paper Analysis for UG Courses
The CLAT 2023 question paper pattern was similar to that of last year. There were total 150 objective-type questions based on 30 passages. The passages and questions were based on five subjects – English, Current Affairs including GK, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Techniques. The CLAT question paper 2021 difficulty level was easy to moderate. However, it was a lengthy paper and many candidates could not complete it on time. Check section-wise difficulty level and good attempts for the exam below:
| CLAT 2021 Sections |
Passages & MCQs |
Difficulty Level |
Good Attempts |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Language |
Passages: 6 MCQs: 30 |
Easy |
24-27 |
| Current Affairs including General Knowledge |
Passages: 7 MCQs: 35 |
Easy to Moderate |
20-24 |
| Logical Reasoning |
Passages: 6 MCQs: 30 |
Moderate |
19-21 |
| Legal Reasoning |
Passages: 8 MCQs: 40 |
Easy to Moderate |
34-36 |
| Quantitative Techniques |
Passages: 3 MCQs: 15 |
Easy |
8-10 |
| Total |
Passages: 30 MCQs: 150 |
Easy to Moderate |
105-115 |
CLAT Question Paper 2025 with Answer Key PDF
The CLAT Question papers for 2025 with answer key will be uploaded below once the CLAT Exam is over. Meanwhile, candidates can download the previous years’ question papers of CLAT for practice below:
| CLAT Sample Papers |
Download Link |
|---|---|
| CLAT PG 2025 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT UG 2025 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT UG 2024 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT PG 2024 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT UG 2023 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT PG 2023 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT UG 2022 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT PG 2022 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT UG 2021 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT PG 2021 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT 2020 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT 2019 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT 2018 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT 2017 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT 2016 | Download PDF Here |
| CLAT 2015 | Download PDF Here |
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No, CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) is not required to secure a job in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) unless the specific PSU job you're interested in requires a law degree (such as legal positions or management roles where legal knowledge is important).
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