CLAT 2025: Counselling Date (REVISED), Result (OUT), Answer Key PDF (OUT) & 1st Seat Allotment

The Common Law Admission Test, known as CLAT, is a national-level law entrance exam conducted by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs). It facilitates admission to 5-year integrated LLB (UG) and one-year LLM (PG) courses. The exam is held for admission to 24 NLUs for UG courses and 21 NLUs for PG courses. Conducted in an offline, pen-and-paper format, the CLAT exam 2025 for UG courses will include sections on English, Current Affairs and General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Techniques. For PG courses, the exam covers Constitutional Law and other legal subjects such as Jurisprudence, Torts, IPC, CrPC, CPC, Family Law, and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).

Based on CLAT scores, the admissions are offered by NLUs. Apart from the NLUs in India:

1. 61 other private affiliate colleges accept CLAT exam scores. Check here complete list.
2. Some public organizations such as ONGC and BHEL use CLAT-PG scores for recruitment. 

Also Read: How to clear CLAT 2025 in first attempt?

What is new in CLAT 2025?

Candidates can check the important notification related to CLAT 2025 below:

CLAT 2025 Counselling Registration BEGINS!

CLAT Result OUT!

CLAT Final Answer Key Released!

CLAT 2025 Answer Key Released!

CLAT 2025 Exam Calendar OUT!

CLAT Provisional Answer Key 2025 on December 2!

Also Read: CLAT UG Vs CLAT PG

CLAT is conducted for admissions to law courses offered by 24 NLUs in India. Therefore, candidates must know the key elements of the exam as given in the table below:

CLAT is one of the most important law entrance exams in the country and is the most difficult to crack. More than 1 lakh candidates are expected to appear for the CLAT exam this year. 97.03% of the candidates registered for the CLAT 2024 Undergraduate test, and 93.92% of the candidates registered for the CLAT 2024 Postgraduate test appeared in the exam.

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• How to Prepare for CLAT along with Class 12 Board?

The counselling process of CLAT 2025 will be conducted in online mode on the official website of Consortium of NLUs; i.e. consortiumofnlus.ac. CLAT Counselling Registration 2025 will be done before the CLAT Counselling Process 2025 begins. CLAT 2025 Counselling Registration has now started. Candidates can complete CLAT 2025 Counselling Registration until December 20, 2024. Candidates who will be shortlisted for CLAT 2025 admission process will be asked to exercise their options to accept, revise or withdraw from the seat allotment process before the last date. Those accepting or applying for seat upgrades will be asked to pay the confirmation fee to hold the seat. The admission process for CLAT 2025 will conclude with five rounds of the counselling process. 

Also Read: CLAT Rank Predictor 2025: Calculate your CLAT 2025 Rank List Here

CLAT counselling process is completely online including, registration, publishing of the merit list, and then seat allotment as per the preferences marked by candidates. Candidates can accept or upgrade or exit from their allotted seat in any round of counselling. Once their choice of seat is allotted then they can complete their admission by paying the counselling and admission fee as required. 

Documents Required for CLAT Counselling 2025

The CLAT result has been announced. The CLAT result 2025 PDF or the scorecard was released online. Candidates will have to log in to the official website to download the CLAT 2025 result. The scorecard carries information such as candidate's name, Roll Number, the total score obtained, All India Rank, qualifying status and cutoff scores. The CLAT result 2025 or the scorecards can be downloaded from the official website by entering your CLAT Application number and date of birth. 

How to download CLAT result 2025?

Candidates can download the CLAT result 2025 following the steps mentioned below:

1. Click on the result link given above
2. A log-in window will open
3. Fill in the following details:
   1. CLAT 2025 application number / Admit card number
   2. Date of birth 
4. On successful login, the results would be displayed on the screen
5. Download and take a printout of the CLAT 2025 scorecard.

Details mentioned on CLAT 2025 Result & Scorecard

The Consortium of NLUs will release the NLU-wise CLAT cut-off for the 5-year integrated and one-year LLM programs after each round. The cutoffs are category-specific and indicate the minimum marks (or ranks) one needs to secure in one's given category to be considered for admission.

CLAT cutoff 2025 for participating NLUs is determined considering the following points:

• The seat intake for the program applied for admission
• Total number of candidates seeking admission to that course
• The CLAT 2025 merit rank of the applicants
• Category under which admission is sought
• NIRF Ranking (if available) of the applied NLU.

CLAT 2025 cut-offs

Candidates may check the CLAT cutoff here

• Download here: CLAT First Merit List 2025
• Download here: CLAT Second Merit List 2025
• Download here: CLAT Third Merit List 2025
• Download here: CLAT Fourth Merit List 2025
• Download here: CLAT Fifth Merit List 2025

The Consortium released the CLAT 2025 admit card on November 15. Candidates could download the hall ticket for CLAT from the official website until 1.30 pm of December 1. Candidates could download CLAT Admit Card 2025 as per the steps below: 

1. Go to the official website of CLAT exam 2025 or click here for direct link (will be updated soon)
2. On the login window, enter the registered phone number and password to access the admit card
3. Next, download the admit card, and cross-check all details mentioned on it.

CLAT admit card was an important and mandatory document to be carried on exam day and for admission to the allotted NLUs during the counselling process. Candidates had to carry a valid ID proof (with photo on it) along with the admit card on the exam day. 

CLAT 2025 Exam Day Guidelines

The CLAT 2025 admit card carried all the important guidelines that candidates had to follow on the exam day. Candidates were advised to read all the exam day instructions carefully to ensure hassle-free process on the day of the CLAT exam. Check out some important CLAT 2025 exam day guidelines below:

• CLAT documents: Candidates must carry all the things and documents mentioned above to the test centre
• Reporting time: Candidates should report at the test centre at least one hour before the exam 
• Baggage: The test centre authorities may or may not provide the facility for baggage storage. Therefore, candidates are advised not to carry any valuable item to the test centre.
• COVID guidelines: Candidates must adhere to all the COVID-19 guidelines to ensure proper social distancing is followed.

The exam authority published the CLAT Answer Key 2025 in two steps. First released CLAT Provisional Answer Key 2025 and then it released the CLAT Final Answer Key 2025. Candidates who appeared for CLAT Exam, can download official CLAT Answer Key 2025 PDF Online by visiting the official website of Consortium; i.e. consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The answer key of CLAT exam mentions correct options against each question asked in the question paper. Moreover, the exam authority also asked candidates to verify their responses with CLAT 2025 answer key, and raise objections in case of discrepancies.CLAT Objection Window 2025 was closed on December 3 at 4 pm. Once the Consortium receives the objections, it releases the CLAT Final Answer Key. The CLAT 2025 Final Answer Key has also been released. Based on CLAT Final Answer Key, CLAT Result 2025 was announced. 

CLAT Answer Key 2025 Analysis

Candidates can check CLAT UG 2025 answer key, and the revisions made in it:

MODIFICATION TO QUESTIONS CLAT 2025 UNDERGRADUATE

MODIFICATION IN THE PROVISIONAL ANSWER KEY CLAT 2025 POSTGRADUATE

For CLAT UG 2024 answer key, following revisions were made:

For CLAT PG 2023 answer key, Question number 144 was withdrawn as found incorrect. 

For CLAT 2022 answer keys, the exam authority revised some of the questions as under: 

How to download CLAT 2025 answer key?

Candidates can download the CLAT 2025 answer key by following the steps below:

Step 1: Visit the official website of CLAT Consortium - consortiumofnlus.ac.in 

Step 2: Click on CLAT answer key link present on the official website.

Step 3: View, download and save CLAT 2025 answer key and question paper PDF.

Link to download CLAT 2025 answer key will be provided here.

How to Raise Objections on CLAT Answer Key 2025?

The CLAT 2025 Exam analysis is now out. Students who appeared for the CLAT Exam felt that with many conceptual problems, the logical section was moderately long. The English exam was similarly long but not too hard, with a lot of vocabulary problems. Arithmetic was challenging. There were some unexpected themes, and general awareness was only mediocre. By moderate, legal was a little bit long. It was, all in all, fairly long. 

CLAT 2025 Analysis (Overall)

Candidates can check the CLAT exam analysis below:

CLAT 2025 Exam Analysis

The paper analysis of CLAT 2025 for both UG and PG courses has been shared based on 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. The exam analysis for CLAT 2025 has been given below:

CLAT 2025 student reaction video on CLAT Exam Analysis 2025: To be uploaded

CLAT 2024 Exam Analaysis

CLAT 2024 exam analysis was made available on December 3, 2023. Here we take a closer look at the CLAT 2024 exam analysis: 

• The difficulty level of was moderate to easy (depending on the preparation level of candidates 
• The question paper was lengthy for Logical Reasoning, and Legal Aptitude
• There were a few tricky questions in Quantitative Techniques
• The General Knowledge section also contained many static GK, and current affairs questions were around recent news. 

CLAT 2024 Analysis (Overall)

CLAT past years' paper analysis

The Consortium released the CLAT 2025 exam pattern along with the official CLAT 2025 notification. Since changes were made to the exam pattern in 2024, no changes were brought to the CLAT 2025 exam pattern. The CLAT exam pattern provided details about the structure of the question paper, including the types of questions, marking scheme, and topics covered. Candidates preparing for CLAT 2025 were advised to thoroughly understand the exam pattern and syllabus. The CLAT UG 2025 question paper carried 120 multiple-choice questions (MCQs). For a detailed exam pattern, refer to the section below:

CLAT UG 2025 Vs CLAT PG 2025: Exam pattern - Mode, Topics, Marking Scheme, Number of Questions

The exam pattern of CLAT 2025 carried important details such as mode of exam, total number of questions, marking scheme, etc. 

Candidates who appeared for the National Law entrance exam were advised to refer to the CLAT syllabus to understand what subjects they must study. It must be noted that the CLAT 2025 syllabus was given by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs). The Commission released the syllabus of CLAT UG 2025, CLAT LLM 2025 along with the exam pattern. CLAT 2025 Syllabus PDF was made available for download on the official website. The CLAT question papers were set strictly based on the syllabus given by the consortium. CLAT Question Paper 2025 carried different sections like GK, Mathematics, English, Legal & Logical Reasoning section. The UG CLAT syllabus and PG CLAT syllabus were completely different

The awareness of topics that have maximum weightage in CLAT 2025 helped candidates in preparing more effectively and increasing chances to score high. In the table below, check the subject-wise topics and the number of questions asked.

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• How to prepare for CLAT along with board exams

CLAT 2025 Syllabus (Updated): Subjects and Weightage 

Here's an overview of the question paper pattern for the CLAT exam for undergraduate courses. Candidates must note that it was as per the updated CLAT 2025 syllabus and exam pattern.

Candidate were advised to understand the weightage of each subject carefully, to ensure a good rank in CLAT 2025.

CLAT LLM 2025 syllabus

Candidates could check the CLAT LLM 2025 syllabus below:

• Constitutional Law
• Jurisprudence
• Administrative Law
• Law of Contract
• Torts, Family Law
• Criminal Law
• Property Law
• Company Law
• Public International Law
• Tax Law
• Environmental Law
• Labour & Industrial

Also Read: PSU Recruitment through CLAT 2025: Eligibility, Application Form, Dates, Cutoff

Key takeaway from CLAT syllabus 2025 

Candidates could check the key takeaways below:

• The Legal Reasoning and Current Affairs sections carry maximum weightage. 
• The second most important sections are the English and Logical Reasoning. 
• The least important section is Quantitative Techniques 
• While the weightage varies between sections, do not ignore any section.
• In CLAT LLM, questions are asked from Law subjects such as Constitutional Law, Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR and Jurisprudence, and more. Check the complete CLAT LLM Syllabus.

While preparing for CLAT, candidates were advised to have a plan in mind. Read further to know more:

• Have a proper section-wise CLAT preparation strategy in place
• Check CLAT Syllabus carefully
• Pick the best books for CLAT to study
• Work on your time management skills and accuracy   
• Solve as many CLAT mock tests, sample papers, and previous years' question papers as you can.

Section-wise CLAT preparation tips for UG courses:

1. CLAT preparation tips for English Section - The difficulty level of questions in this section is the same as that of Class 12 English. The important topics in English section include Vocabulary, Antonyms/Synonyms, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, and Idioms and Phrases. Develop a habit of reading the editorial section of reputed newspapers such as The Hindu. Practice grammar questions daily and clear the basics. 
2. CLAT preparation tips for Current Affairs including GK - To prepare for GK and Current Affairs section of CLAT, candidates must keep track of all the latest news and events regularly by reading newspapers and magazines such as The Chronicles and Outlook India. Keep track of all important legal judgments. For GK, focus more on History and Art & Culture subjects. 
3. CLAT preparation tips for Legal Reasoning - To prepare for CLAT Legal Reasoning section, candidates must improve reading and analytical skills by reading newspapers and blogs related to static and current legal issues. You can also read newspaper and magazine columns by some of the prominent lawyers of India. Practice a Legal Reasoning passage daily. While practising, do not let your biases or previous knowledge of the law affect your answer. Remember that the answer to the question is present in the given passage only. 
4. CLAT preparation tips for Logical Reasoning - Few important topics to prepare for the CLAT logical reasoning section include Relationships, Analogies, Logical Sequences, and Arguments. Learning shortcuts to solve Logical Reasoning questions can prove extremely helpful. While attempting the passage, identify the premises and sets of arguments first. Practise at least one passage of Logical Reasoning daily. 
5. CLAT preparation tips for Quantitative Techniques - The difficulty level of questions in the CLAT 2025 Quantitative Techniques section is the same as that of Class 10 Maths. To ace the section, it is important to have conceptual clarity of all the topics of the Class 10 Maths syllabus. Important topics to prepare for the section are Basic Algebra, Ratios and Proportions, Mensuration and Statistics. Learning shortcuts to solve questions can prove helpful in this section as well. 

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CLAT PG 2025 Preparation Tips 

In the CLAT PG exam 2025, questions were asked from Law subjects that are taught at the graduation level. Given below are important CLAT preparation tips for PG courses:

• Know the CLAT syllabus and exam pattern for LLM well 
• Read and refresh your knowledge of important judgments
• Gain complete knowledge of important constitutional and legislative provisions
• Practice essay writing with a clear presentation of issues, facts, arguments, and conclusions

Also Read: Common Mistakes to Avoid for CLAT 2025

To read CLAT PG exam preparation tips in detail - Click Here

CLAT 2025 Exam Day Preparation Tips

Candidates could follow the below CLAT 2025 last-week and exam-day tips to crack CLAT Exam:

Writing Mock Tests: Write a few mock tests. However, aim to finish at least 70% to 80% of the syllabus before starting the mocks. That’s the only way that you will receive any benefit from writing the test. Look for a good mock test series, and aim to write at least 6-8 CLAT previous years papers before the actual exam. Reproduce the exam conditions as much as possible – including the time limit and turning your phone off to avoid distractions!

Solve sample papers: Candidates must ensure solving as many CLAT Sample Paper 2025 as possible. Candidates must plan to solve atleast one sample paper every week during their CLAT exam preparation. The number can be increased with time. 

Question Selection – It is essential to remember that all questions carry equal marks and there are no sectional cutoffs in CLAT! So feel free to start from any section you are comfortable with, and if a question is taking too much time skip it without prejudice.

Negative Marking – CLAT has 1/ -0.25 negative marking. So you get 1 marks for every correct answer and -0.25 marks for every wrong answer. You get 0 marks for any unattempted questions. This means there is a penalty for uneducated guessing. My advice to you – guess, but carefully. It makes sense to guess only if you can eliminate at least 2 of the choices in the question. So keep that in mind while taking a guess.

English – Being strong in Reading Comprehension and basic grammar will take you a long way in the English section. Remember to also practice Para jumbles, CLAT has traditionally favoured them.

CLAT 2025 Best Books

 Candidates can check tips and tricks from CLAT Toppers 2024 below:

The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) shared online mock tests for CLAT 2025 UG and PG exams one month before the exam. They activated the links of online mock tests/ sample papers for CLAT 2025 on their official website; i.e. consortiumofnlus.ac.in. All the registered candidates could check the same on the official website. Candidates could practice CLAT 2025 online mock test and check their exam preparation. To secure a seat in one of the top NLUs, candidates were advised to practice as many mock tests as they can. The reason is that CLAT mock tests help candidates to accurately assess their preparation level, where they are lagging, and determining speed of attempting questions. 

How to Use CLAT Mock Test to Advantage?

The NLU Consortium released the list of exam cities for the CLAT exam. Candidates could select at least three cities (nearest first) as their preferred test centre location. For this, they had to mark their options in CLAT 2025 application form. Candidates were allowed to select up to three CLAT 2025 exam centres while filling up the application form. The exam centers of CLAT 2025 was allotted to the candidates on the basis of their preference and the availability of seats. The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 was conducted in around 139 test centres across the country. 

• For CLAT 2025, the consortium arranged 139 test centres across the country.
• For CLAT 2024, the consortium arranged 127 test centres in 22 states and 2 UTs all over India.
• For CLAT 2023, the consortium arranged 131 cities across India.

Candidates intending to appear for CLAT 2025 had to ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria established by the Consortium of National Law Universities. All eligible candidates were required to submit their CLAT 2025 application form before the deadline. The Consortium outlined the updated eligibility requirements for admission to 5-year LLB and LLM programs on its official website. These criteria included factors such as academic qualifications, minimum marks, age limits, and more.

Candidates can check what was CLAT Eligibility Criteria 2025 below:

CLAT UG Eligibility Criteria 2025

Candidates can check the UG CLAT 2025 eligibility criteria in the table given below:

CLAT PG Eligibility Criteria 2025

Candidates can check the CLAT PG 2025 Eligibility criteria below:

Note: The affiliated colleges may have different eligibility criteria from the ones mentioned above; so you need to visit the website of the concerned university to get the latest information.

CLAT 2025 Age Limit

There is no age limit to appear in this entrance exam. However, candidates must check the eligibility criteria for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses above. 

CLAT 2025 registration began on July 15, 2024. The application process for CLAT Exam 2025 was in online mode only. Candidates could fill the application for CLAT 2025 on or before October 22, 2024.To register for CLAT 2025, candidates needed a valid email ID and phone number.

How to fill CLAT 2025 Application Form?

Candidates could follow the simple steps given below to submit the CLAT Application Form:

1. Registration - The candidate could register by entering their name, mobile number, and email id. Also, select and confirm a password for the newly created applicant account. 
2. Login - Log in to access the application form.  
3. Select the program of study - After logging in, the first thing was to select the program of study 5-year LLB or one-year LLB
4. Fill the form - There were different fields like personal information, communication details, qualifying examination status, exam centre preferences (THREE centres can be selected in the order of preference), and reservation. All fields needed to be filled. Check what all documents were needed to be uploaded in the prescribed specification (refer to the table below).

Document Required for CLAT 2025 application form - Specifications

5. Submit the form - Once the details are duly filled, agree to the declaration, give consent and submit the form.    

6. CLAT NLU Preference List 2025:

Candidates must note that from CLAT 2025 onwards it was mandatory to give their preferences to NLUs while submitting their CLAT 2025 Application Form. Aspirants must select their preferences carefully, as the consortium will only consider those NLUs that have been mentioned in the preference list.

Also Read: CLAT 2025 Registration Fees: Check category-wise CLAT fees

7. Pay the application fee - In the last step, pay the application fee (which is category-specific) in online mode using credit or debit cards, or net banking. Note that in addition to the exam fee, candidates will have to pay an additional INR 500 if they want to opt for previous years' question papers.

Watch the video below to know how to fill the CLAT application form:

CLAT Exam 2025: Registered candidates, intake, NLUs (Updated)

Aspirants can check the details of the CLAT exam in the previous three years below:

The comparison above has been mentioned to help candidates understand the CLAT 2025 exam, number of seats, institutes and previous years cutoff marks to help them prepare better.

How was CLAT last year?

CLAT exam 2024 was conducted on December 3. The CLAT exam paper was moderately difficult and lengthy paper. Aspirants said that the English section was comparatively easier than all the sections. CLAT question paper 2024 had comprehension-based questions, each paragraph followed by 4-5 multiple choice type questions. A total of 120 questions were asked in the CLAT Examination 2024. 

The Consortium has closed the CLAT Application Correction Window 2025. Candidates could make changes in the already submitted CLAT 2025 Application Form by visiting the official website. Candidates were given the option to make changes to CLAT Test Centre preferences too. The CLAT Application Correction Window 2025 remained open until October 25, 2024. Candidates could make the following changes until the CLAT 2025 Application Form Correction window was open:

CLAT 2025 Application Correction Window: What all can be edited?