CLAT 2023 Exam Analysis

CLAT 2023 EXAM ANALYSIS

CLAT 2023, the national level law entrance exam, was held on December 18 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The NLU Consortium administered the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2023 at 127 test centers across India, including 23 states and two union territories.

CLAT EXAM DATE: 18^th December 2022
No. of Questions: 150
Time: 120 minutes
– 0.25 Negative Marking
Conducted as Pen Paper Test, at various centers.

OVERALL EXAM INPUTS

The paper is both moderately difficult and extremely long. It was longer and moderately more difficult than the previous year’s paper. Although expected, this year’s paper is still tougher than previous years.

CLAT 2023 consisted of 150 questions to be answered in 120 minutes. Given the paper’s difficulty level, the negative marking scheme may act as a deterrent this year.

PAPER ANALYSIS

According to the examination of CLAT question papers from the previous three years by experts and candidates, the exam was considered to be fairly challenging with a few difficult problems. Furthermore, only two sections—Legal Reasoning and Current Affairs & General Knowledge—had the most surprising questions.

English Language :

The English section contained 30 questions based on six passages, the majority of which were simple but some of which were difficult. The questions were simple and contextual. The majority of the RC questions revolved around the passage’s tone, inferences, central idea, and so on. The remaining questions dealt with idioms, phrases, and grammatical concepts.

English was longer and slightly more difficult than last year, but it was doable and easy to moderate. Aiming for 25-27 is a good start, and a good score could be around 20-21.

S.No	Topic	Readability	Level of Difficulty QNs
1	keeladi	Moderate	E,M,M,E,D
2	Water concern	Moderate	M,E,E,E,M
3	Provincial reader	Easy	M,E,E,E,E
4	Indian english	Easy	E,M,E,M,E
5	Internet	Moderate	E,E,M,E,E
6	Haroon and the sea of stories	Moderate	E,M,E,E,E

Level of Difficulty	No of Qns
Easy	20
Medium	9
Difficult	1
Total	30

*NOTE : Good score 25-28

Current Affairs incl GK :

The section Current Affairs incl GK did not go as planned. Let’s just call it CLAT’s surprise this year. Except for the presidential election question, the other questions covered a wide range of topics such as FIFA, Agri-growth, FTX, and so on.

The section was strange and mild. A total of 20-21 questions attempted is a good attempt, and a good score could be around 15-16.

S.No	Topic	Familiartity	Bucket	Level of Difficulty QNs
7	Patents- Green Technology	Medium	International Affairs	E, M, D, M, E
8	Mission Sagar	Easy	Defence	E, E, E, M, E
9	Drone Shakti	Medium	Business Economy	M, E, M, E, D
10	Corporate Social Responsibility	Medium	Business Economy	E, E, M, E, E
11	Russia- Ukraine	Easy	International Affairs	E, E, M, E, E
12	AFSPA	Medium	Polity & Governance	E, M, E, M, E
13	Space- ISRO	Difficult	Space	D, D, D, E, D

Level of Difficulty	No of Qns
Easy	20
Medium	9
Difficult	6
Total	35

*NOTE : Good score 25-27

Legal Reasoning :

There were a total of seven passages, all of which dealt with important laws and recent decisions. These passages were based on current events and mostly covered topics like tort law, contract law, the Indian Penal Code, and related concepts. This is what we would call an easy to moderate section.All of the passages were based on some of the most fundamental legal concepts.
This section was easy to moderate in difficulty and length. A score of 34-37 is considered adequate/good for the section, and a good score could be in the range of 32-33.

S.No	Topic	Familiartity	Area	Level of Difficulty QNs
14	Consent by Mistake in Contract	Easy	Contract Law	E, D, M, M, D
15	Monism & Dualism – Relation between International Law & Domestic Law	Medium	International Law	M, M, M, M, D
16	Bigamy	Easy	Criminal Law	M, D, E, M, D
17	Fundamental Rights – Reasonable Restrictions	Easy	Constitutional Law	E, M, D, E, M
18	Sustainable Development – Anthropocentricism & Ecocentricism	Difficult	Constitutional Law	E, M, M, M, M
19	Secular State – Funds for Religious Promotion	Easy	Constitutional Law	E, E, E, E, M
20	Divorce by mutual consent in Special Marriages.	Easy	Family Law	M, M, M, M, M
21	Writ of Mandamus	Easy	Constitutional Law	E, M, E, M, E

Level of Difficulty	No of Qns
Easy	12
Medium	22
Difficult	6
Total	40

*NOTE : Good score 25-27

Logical Reasoning :

There were 30 questions based on 5 passages in total. Time management is always essential in this situation. The questions were more conceptual in nature than contextual. Despite being lengthy, the questions were straightforward and mostly focused on Critical Reasoning.

Overall, this section was simple to moderate and complete.

S.No	Topic	Readability	Level of Difficulty QNs
22	Editorial on print media	Moderate	M,E,E,M,M,M
23	Stereotypes affects on women’s careers	Easy	M,E,E,M,M,M
24	Editorial on depreciation on rupee	Moderate	M,M,E,M,M,E
25	A hopeful history	Moderate	E,E,M,M,E,M
26	New energy conundrum	Easy	E,E,M,M,M,E

Level of Difficulty	No of Qns
Easy	12
Medium	18
Difficult	0
Total	30

*NOTE : Good score 23-25

Quantitative Techniques :

There were no mistakes this time, but the students’ moods were drastically altered. It was a lengthy process. There were questions ranging from easy to moderate to difficult. There were three sets of questions totaling 15 in total. This section was unquestionably difficult.