CLAT PG 2017 Topper Interview: AIR 5, Rajat Shukla wants to get into a PSU
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CLAT 2017 PG Topper: Rajat Shukla, AIR 5
A student of NLSIU, Bangalore, Rajat Shukla has cracked CLAT PG 2017 exam with AIR 5 and an overall score of 119.25/150 marks. In individual exam sections of Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, and Other Law Subjects, Rajat has scored 48, 40 and 31.25 marks, respectively.
An avid follower of Cricket, Rajat’s hobbies include playing Badminton as well as Volleyball, watching mimicry, listening to music, and travelling. Rajat’s father, Rajkumar Shukla works as a Stenographer in District Court. His mother is a housewife and his elder brother works as a Computer Engineer at TCS.
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Rajat shares that he is currently pursuing his Masters in Law and he appeared for CLAT 2017 with a sole purpose of securing a rank in the top 10 so that he could get a call from PSUs. Go through CLAT 2017 Topper Profiles here.
CLAT exam for PG course admissions consists of three sections/ parts - Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, and Other Law Subjects. The section of Other Law Subjects includes different subjects such as Contract Law, Tort Law, Criminal Law, International Law, Environment Law, Human Rights, etc. All three sections of the exam carry weightage of 50 marks each.
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Talking about his preparation strategy for CLAT exam, Rajat said, “My prep strategy for the exam was simple. First, prepare 1st and 2nd part (100 marks) of the exam. Then, prepare for 3rd part because it is too wide and includes so many subjects. My strategy also included solving objective questions as much as I could.”
Rajat further shared that he could crack the law entrance exam by studying six-seven hours daily for three-four months. He said, “I did not take any coaching for the law entrance exam. I prefer bare act but for theory I read books mainly by AK Jain and Ascent Publication. Also, to solve objective questions I referred to all LLM guides available in the market and last year question papers of CLAT, DU LLM (an entrance exam conducted by Delhi University for LLM admissions) etc.”
An extremely focused person, Rajat always considered law as his first career preference and aims at getting placed in a reputed Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) in near future.
On being asked to provide tips to current CLAT aspirants, Rajat advised that, “Students should solve objective questions as much as they can. They should follow the syllabus provided on CLAT websites and give more time to first two parts of the exam. They should also give mock tests. And apart from all this, they should never lose hope and always work hard.”
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