Introduction -

Common law admission is a highly competitive exam for which thousands of applications are filled every year and only a few of them are selected. The marks of this exam is also considered in the other colleges during the admission time. Because it's a highly competitive exam the aspirants first have to understand the CLAT syllabus first and then prepare a plan for the preparations of CLAT exam 2025.

CLAT syllabus overview

CLAT LLM Syllabus CLAT UG Syllabus
Contract, Law of Torts, Family Law, Criminal Law Current Affairs, Including General Knowledge
Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law English Language
Public International Law, Tax Law Logical Reasoning
Property Law, Company Law Legal Reasoning
Environmental Law, And Labour & Industrial Law. Quantitative Techniques

CLAT SYLLABUS - LLM (PG)

 CLAT LLM syllabus covers the most important aspects of the LLB curriculum at the postgraduate level. The following is an outline of the many subjects covered by the course curriculum.

Constitutional Law Torts
Administrative Law Criminal Law
Family Law Labour And Industrial Law
Property Law Public International Law
Jurisprudence Company Law
Intellectual Property Law International Law
Tax Law Contract
Environmental Law  

CLAT LLM PATTERN -

SUBJECTS NUMBER OF MCQ QUESTIONS MARKS
Constitutional Law 60 60
Contract, Tort, Criminal Law, International Law, Intellectual property law And Jurisprudence. 60 60

PARTICULARS CLAT PG
Exam Mode Offline, Pen And Paper-Based
Exam Duration Two Hours
Language English
Question Type Multiple Choice Type Questions From Comprehension Passages
Number Of Questions 120 Questions
Marking Scheme +1 for correct response and -.25 for wrong response
Total Marks 120

CLAT SYLLABUS - UG

A comprehension-based segment makes up the UG-CLAT exam. The comprehension passages are used as the basis for multiple choice questions that are asked in each session. In order for candidates to answer the questions, they will need to read the passage very carefully. In subjects like mathematics and logical reasoning, you could be given questions based on diagrams that are supposed to represent certain data or information. The section-by-section CLAT syllabus is given below -

CLAT SYLLABUS - English Language

PARTICULARS DETAILS
Total Weightage Of Section 20%
Question type Comprehension-Type Passage-Based Questions
Composition of Passages/Questions Passages of 450 words or less will be chosen from recently published or historically significant fiction and non fiction writing.
Skillset Tested Comprehension And Language Skills
Ability To Draw Inferences And Conclusions
Ability To Summarise Passage
Identify Arguments And Viewpoints
Word Meaning And Phrases
Level Of Questions 12th Standard

Important topics to study 

  • Newspaper - The Hindu or The Indian Express
  • Norman Lewis' Word power made easy
  • Wren and Martin's High School English Grammar and Composition
  • Newspaper Editorials and latest magazines of every domain 

CLAT SYLLABUS - General Knowledge and Current Affairs

Particulars Important details
Total Weightage Of Section 25%
Question type Questions of the Comprehension Kind Based on Reading Passages - General Knowledge and Current Events Static
Composition of Passages/Questions News, Journalistic Sources, And Non-Fiction Writing.
Skillset Observed Awareness and Full knowledge Of Following areas -Modern Events Of Significance From India And The World;Arts And Culture;International Affairs; And
Historical Events Of Continuing Significance.
Level Of Questions 12th Standard

Important topics to study -

  • General knowledge Lucent’s publication 
  • Pratiyogita Darpan
  • Any good English newspaper such as The Tribune or The Indian Express or The Hindu
  • Go through the Websites based and focused on current events for CLAT exam. . .
  • NCERT books for basic understanding of geography, history, polity and economics

CLAT SYLLABUS - Legal Reasoning

Particulars Important details
Total Weightage Of Section 25%
Question type Passages with comprehension questions of 450 words each, followed by questions of the objective type
Composition of Passages/Questions Circumstances or scenarios based on the facts that involve issues of law, questions of public policy or moral and philosophical investigations.
Important Areas To be Covered General Awareness and knowledge Of latest Legal And Moral, Ethical affairsIdentify And comprehend the instructions and rules described in the passage.Application of Rules And Principles To a wide range of Factual SituationsCapability To Break Down How Changes to  Rules Or Principles May Affect Their Application To Various Fact Situations.
Level Of Questions 12th Standard

Important topics to study - 

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

CLAT SYLLABUS - Logical Reasoning

Particulars Important details
Total Weightage Of Section 20%
Question type Passage-Based (300-Word Long) Objective Questions
Composition of Passages/Questions Based On Sets And Arguments, Puzzles, Diagrams, Relationships And Others
Skillset Tested Ability To Identify Arguments And Their Premises And Draw Conclusions
Ability To Critically Analyze Patterns Of Reasoning, And Assess How Conclusions May Depend On Particular Premises Or Evidence
Infer What Follows From The Passage And Apply These Inferences To New Situations
Draw Relationships And Analogies,
Identify Contradictions And Equivalence, And Assess The Effectiveness Of Arguments.
Level Of Questions 12th Standard

Important topics to study -

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

CLAT SYLLABUS - Quantitative Techniques

Particulars Important details
Total Weightage 10%
Type Of Questions Asked Sets Of Facts, Graphs Or Other Textual, Pictorial Or Diagrammatic Representations Of Numerical Information, Followed By A Series Of Questions.
Skillset Observed Derive, Infer, And Manipulate Numerical Information Set Out In Such Passages, Graphs, Or Other Representations; And
Apply Various 10th-Standard Mathematical Operations
Level Of Questions Class 10th

Important topics to study -

The candidates should aim to strengthen their numerical skills by practicing questions from the following topics in order to prepare for the exam.

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

CLAT UG PATTERN -

Particular CLAT UG
Mode Offline, Pen And Paper-Based
Duration Two Hours
Language English
Type Of Questions Multiple Choice Type Questions From Comprehension Passages
Number Of Questions 150
Marking Scheme Each Question Will Carry One MarkEach Incorrect Answer Will Invite A Penalty Of 0.25 Marks.
Total Marks 150

Conclusion

CLAT syllabus 2025 is very important for the candidates who started preparing for the exam. They must know the syllabus first and then prepare the plan according to the timetable. After knowing the syllabus the candidates must attempt the CLAT mocks they also must in the preparations for the exam. So the candidates must build the effective strategy first and then move forwards