Time Management for CLAT 2026 - Tricks to learn in 7 days
Common Law Admission Test 2026 ( CLAT )
Time management is the key to cracking CLAT. This article includes the time management skills for CLAT 2026 that candidates can use to score well in the exam. These skills can also be used by future aspirants to achieve a good score in the CLAT entrance exam.
CLAT 2026 exam date is December 7, 2025, in a paper-based test mode. The duration of CLAT Exam is two hours to attempt a CLAT question paper 2025 of 120 questions for CLAT UG paper, and 120 questions for CLAT PG paper. Therefore, candidates have to plan their test-taking skills according to the exam timings. CLAT admit card is expected to be released atleast 15 days before the exam. After the release of the admit card, candidates will have only few days left to prepare for CLAT exam 2026.
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This article have few tricks that candidates can apply on the CLAT exam day to score the best based on their preparation for CLAT 2026.
Take a look at CLAT exam pattern before you begin time-management
| CLAT Subjects |
No. of Questions |
Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Reasoning |
35-39 questions |
35-39 marks (25% of the total marks) |
| Current Affairs including General Knowledge |
35-39 questions |
35-39 marks (25% of the total marks) |
| English Language |
28-32 questions |
28-32 marks (20% of the total marks) |
| Logical Reasoning |
28-32 questions |
28-32 marks (20% of the total marks) |
| Quantitative Techniques |
13-17 questions |
13-17 marks (10% of the total marks) |
| Total weightage |
120 questions |
150 marks |
Tips for time management in CLAT 2026
Here are some key tips to practice time management for your upcoming exam:
Define time needed for each section: One can be good in reasoning, while the other excels in General Knowledge and Current Affairs. Only a candidate knows his own strengths, therefore, while managing time for the CLAT 2026 exam, they must consider it. As CLAT Question Paper has more passage-based questions, this means candidates must be exceptionally good in reading and comprehension. Therefore, they need to:
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- Read and Comprehend passages on regular basis
- Improve vocabulary
- Must prepare important grammar topics from CLAT syllabus like Speech, Voice, Tones, Clauses, Synonyms, Antonyms etc.
This will help candidates in all five sections of CLAT 2025 question paper.
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Keep practising: When there are only a few days left for the exam, candidates should keep practising for CLAT 2026 to score well in the paper. Candidates need to practice as many mock tests for CLAT as possible.
Yes it is very much possible to clear the CLAT Exam in first go. You just need to be consistent and prepare well. Candidates must include attempting mock test and solving past years question paper in their study plan.
As per NIRF ranking 2025, NLSIU Bangalore emerged to be as the No. 1 ranked NLU colleges in India. Listed below are the other NLUs in India along with their top NLU in India rank wise 2025:
Top NLUs in India | NIRF 2023 | NIRF 2024 | NIRF 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | |
4 | 4 | 4 | |
7 | 8 | 5 | |
18 | 21 | 27 | |
24 | 22 | 30 | |
30 | 26 | 15 | |
28 | 27 | 35 |
Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website of the ranking body listed and may vary.
- There are many additional resources provided to candidates in their CLAT 2026 applicant account that will be most appropriate in the remaining days.
- Only thing to keep in mind is - practice only for a duration of two hours, as per the real-time.
- CLAT mock tests are timed accordingly, so that candidates can manage to solve questions within the given duration only.
Devote time based on weightage: One of the most important things to keep in mind is the sectional weightage for the CLAT 2026 question paper. A candidate has to define the time for a particular section based on the weightage the section holds. Therefore, it can be understood that:
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- Current Affairs and Legal Reasoning hold the highest weightage with 35-39 questions
- English and Logical Reasoning follow the sections with 28-32 questions
- Whereas, Quantitative Techniques is the lowest weightage section with 13-17 questions
Now, candidates need to prioritise their time management for CLAT 2026 accordingly. However, it can also be decided based on a candidate's strengths and weaknesses among the sections.
Analyse past year papers - Every year the number of questions asked in each section is expected to be different; however, it is according to approximate weightage as indicated in the exam pattern. Therefore, candidates can only assume the actual weightage for each section in CLAT 2026 question paper. Let's take a look at the past three years' weightage for CLAT question papers:
| Sections |
Questions in 2025 |
Questions in 2024 |
Questions in 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 questions | 30 questions | 30 questions | |
| 35 questions | 25 questions | 25 questions | |
| 39 questions | 39 questions | 39 questions | |
| 29 questions | 29 questions | 29 questions | |
| Quantitative Techniques (Elementry Mathematics up to Class 10) |
14 questions | 14 questions | 14 questions |
From the above analysis, one can predict that the same pattern will be followed in CLAT 2025, therefore, they can decide time for each section accordingly.
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While it is bit challenging as its syllabus is not defined. Candidates can expect question on CLAT Current Affairs from anywhere. But if you do prepare well your chances to score high in this section also increases. The best way to prepare is to read the newspaper on a daily basis. Rest is to read GK books.
To prepare for this section which cover 10 percent marks of the total CLAT paper it is important to have a right approach. Candidates must note that you can score really well if you study the Class 19 level mathematics properly. Be regular and plan strategically rather than trying to learn advance maths,
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