CLAT PG Topper Interview 2019: AIR 10, Sourabh Jain shares his success mantra

Sourabh Jain topped the CLAT PG 2019 exam with All India Rank (AIR) 10. Know what preparation strategy he adopted and books he read to crack the exam.

Sourabh Jain, a final year BLS LLB student at Government Law College, Mumbai, cracked the CLAT PG 2019 exam with a total score of 101/150. An extremely dedicated student, Sourabh always wanted to pursue law as his career.

He belongs to a middle class family residing in a small village named, Badagaon (Dhasan). His father is a businessman and mother is a homemaker. Out of his two elder brothers, one is a Professor and other one a Software Engineer. His younger brother is pursuing BCA from Bhopal.

In his free time, Sourabh likes reading books related to theology, writing poems and articles on current topics, playing cricket and cooking. In a candid interview with Shiksha, Sourabh shares his CLAT preparation strategy, study schedule, future plans and more. Read the complete with Sourabh Jain below:

I was not expecting this rank before the exam but after the exam I was confident that I would get a good score.

I didn’t specifically prepare for CLAT. I was preparing for the Rajasthan Judiciary (Prelims) Examination which helped me a lot in the CLAT objective portion. As far as the subjective portion was concerned, I followed the current legal development news from The Hindu newspaper and Live Law's highlight on Supreme Court judgments.

No, I completely relied on self-study for this exam.

Consistency is the key to crack any exam and I relied on this only. I consistently revised bare acts. I spent 1-2 hours daily on reading important judgments of Supreme Court. I focused more on the subjects in which I was strong and spent more time on them only.

I also compared CLAT past question papers and chalked out a strategy as to which subjects require revision. Jurisprudence as a subject is very vast and tricky and every year the number of unexpected questions increases. I spent less preparation time over it and preferred watching online lectures on YouTube.

I referred Dr. DD Basu's - The Introduction of Constitution and Dr. VD Mahajan's Jurisprudence. For rest of the subjects I studied bare acts only.

With a set aim in life, one can easily focus on the right path with no distractions. My strength of being an avid reader helped me to revise subjects more often. 

Yes I did, CLAT UG checks your basic knowledge of Law, Maths, English, Aptitude etc. But CLAT PG is specifically related to legal knowledge only.

I appeared for AILET (PG) also.

Prepare your own schedule, use more and more technology for study and avoid other social sites as far as possible. And last, be consistent in your study.

I am looking for jobs in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and side by side planning to crack judicial services examinations.