CLAT 2017 Student Reaction for UG & PG Exam

By Chhavi Sharma & Shikha Anand

CLAT 2017 Difficulty Level & Test Pattern

CLAT 2017 was conducted across 63 test cities in the country today, May 14, 2017.  The law entrance exam was of two hours duration and was conducted from 3 pm to 5 pm. O ut of 50,676 aspirants who applied for the exam, a total of 47,108 candidates reported for the online law entrance test. Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) conducted CLAT 2017. CLAT is conducted each year on a rotation basis by the National Law Universities (NLUs) .

Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for UG admissions comprises of 200 multiple choice questions from subjects such as English, General Knowledge and Current Affairs, Elementary Mathematics, Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning. The marking scheme of this law entrance exam is such that for each correct answer given by an aspirant, he/she is awarded one mark and for every wrong answer 0.25 marks are deducted from the total marks secured by an aspirant.

Shiksha is reporting live from iON Digital Zone, Sector 62, Noida where a total of 20,538 students took CLAT 2017 exam. Most of the students who took the CLAT UG exam shared that the test paper was easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level. On the other hand, most of the CLAT PG aspirants we met had not prepared that well for the exam and found the paper to be difficult.

CLAT UG 2017: Section-wise Difficulty Level

“Exam was pretty good. Some questions were tough but most of the others were easy and straight forward”, shared Saikat Bhattacharya of Alcon Public School. He went on to reveal that as per him CLAT 2017 was easier as compared to last year’s question paper. Talking about the section-wise difficulty level, he said, “Maths was little difficult, Legal Reasoning section was quite difficult and long. Rest was easy”. Even Priyam found CLAT 2017 to be easy. Regarding the difficulty level of different sections of CLAT 2017 for UG admissions, she said, “Logical Reasoning and Maths sections were average. Only students who had practiced a lot would have been able to solve the questions in Legal Aptitude section but the questions were not difficult in this section, just a bit lengthy. English section was average. In GK section also if you had prepared then only you would be able to attempt questions. A lot of current affairs questions were asked in this section”. She further went on to say that, “Out of 100%, 80% of the paper was nice”.

A BA LLB course aspirant, Vinayak was quoted as saying, “CLAT was good. The GK section, as per me was easy. It was mostly from Pratiyogita Darpan. Maths was a bit lengthy. In Legal Reasoning they had twisted the questions a bit like when you give principles, you give it from law, from Constitution or the Bare Act. But here, Battery was the principle for Assault. Also, in one or two places they had given that kidnapping is not an offence. So, you had to read the questions very carefully. Other than that, the paper was simple. Logical Reasoning was a little time consuming and English was Ok”. Bhavya Kohli, a student of DL DAV Model School, Shalimar Bagh felt that CLAT 2017 was a balanced paper. He elaborated on the section-wise difficulty level of CLAT paper by saying, “To me GK was the most difficult section followed by Legal Aptitude. Maths was a bit tough. Logical Reasoning, English and GK sections were fine. Questions asked in Legal Aptitude section were a bit tricky”.

As per Aditya, the test paper was lengthy. About Common Law Admission Test for UG admissions he was quoted as saying, “The exam was good, considering there were 200 questions and we had to complete it in two hours, I felt it was a bit lengthy. In fact, I left 5 questions. Other than that, the difficulty level of the paper was moderate”.  Although his exam was good, Sanjeev, a student of SelaQui International School, Dehradun, also felt that the test paper was lengthy. “I was not able to attempt the Maths section due to shortage of time but others are telling me that it was tough. Apart from that, GK was tough, Logical Reasoning was easy, Legal Aptitude was a bit lengthy but it was easy and English was good”, he said.

For Abhishek of Delhi Public School, Maths section of CLAT 2017 for UG admissions was a bit lengthy. Informing about section-wise difficulty level of CLAT UG exam he said, “GK was a bit different, it had no direct questions, all of them were current affairs questions related to International affairs. Rest all the sections including Legal section were easy”.

Ipsa a student of Ryan International School, Greater Noida felt that CLAT UG exam paper was OK and it was as good as last year. However, she felt that, “this year some questions were trickier. Other than that, there were no major surprises in the paper. GK section was easier (this year) as compared to last year and questions asked were mainly related to current affairs, both Indian and international”. Talking about the difficulty level of other sections of CLAT 2017 for UG course admissions she said, “English and Legal Reasoning section were the easiest whereas GK section was average. In Logical Reasoning, some questions were tricky otherwise it was OK”. As per her, Maths was the most difficult section in CLAT UG exam.

CLAT UG 2017 vs CLAT UG 2016

Although most of the students felt that CLAT UG 2017 paper was at par with past yeas’ papers. But, some students felt that questions asked in the Legal Aptitude section were different as compared to those put forth in earlier editions of the law entrance exam.

Regarding any surprises in CLAT 2017 paper, Vinayak said, “I think the paper was a little different in the Legal Aptitude section as all 15 questions were from Maxims which has never happened before as you have Principles or Statement Assumption questions. There were no Legal Knowledge questions in the paper. Apart from that, in the English section, there was one passage before that there were 10 grammar questions and the rest were just spelling questions”. Even Abhishek felt that the questions asked in the Legal Aptitude section of CLAT UG exam was a bit different. “In Legal they asked only legal words and no legal knowledge questions”, he shared.

On the other hand, Bhavya who claims to have solved all the past 10 years’ papers of CLAT 2017 shared that as per him there were no surprises in CLAT 2017 UG exam paper.

CLAT LLM 2017: Section-wise Difficulty Level

Most of the students shared that CLAT LLM paper was average with respect to difficulty level. Bhupendra Thale said, “It was good. The test pattern was exactly as mentioned on the website. I felt the paper was more difficult than last year’s paper”. On the other hand, Nitesh shared that as he was not able to prepare in a better manner for CLAT PG exam, he found the paper to be tough “but if someone would have studied, it would have been a good paper for them”.

The paper did not go too well for Sneha as well because she did not prepare adequately for CLAT LLM 2017. Regarding the test pattern and difficulty level of CLAT PG exam she said, “The exam pattern was similar to last year and there were no changes. The paper wasn’t lengthy and I was able to attempt all the questions. Among all the sections, questions asked in jurisprudence were of moderate difficulty level. Other than that, questions asked in Constitutional Law section were easy and in last (other law subjects) section were very easy”.

A recent graduate from Symbiosis Law School, Pune, Ayush shared that he knew the test pattern for the exam and it was exactly as mentioned on the exam’s website. Talking about his experience of giving CLAT PG exam he said, “It was average. I knew that there would be 3 sections and questions would be asked from Constitution, Jurisprudence and other law subjects. But I did not practice too much for it, so it was an average paper for me”. Elaborating on the test pattern and section-wise difficulty level for CLAT LLM exam, Ayush said, “Jurisprudence was the most difficult section because they did not put questions in a logical manner and didn’t ask any logical principles in that sense. They just put forth quotes of jurists and we had to name the jurists. In Constitution section, they asked Article numbers and similar things. In the third section we had to apply our analytical skills to answer the questions”.

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