CLAT Preparation

The CLAT is an important entrance test to get admission into prestigious law schools, including national law universities. You need to dedicate minimum eight to ten months to prepare for this exam. Some students might need to drop a year after 12th grade or graduation to prepare exclusively for this exam. This has the following advantages and disadvantages: (a) Advantages:
1. The syllabus can be finished and revised in the allotted time.
2. Many top scorer have dropped a year to prepare for this exam.
3. If you do well on the CLAT you may be admitted to prestigious law schools.
4. You can gain an advantage over applicants who are unable to devote enough time to preparation. You can justify this gap at a later stage. (b) Disadvantage:
1. Dropping out is not required if you are able to study well while also preparing for your 12th or graduation.
2. There will be a gap in your academic history, which may raise challenging interview questions.
3. You could also lose one academic year as a result of your drop.

The syllabus of CLAT and AILET is similar for topics such as reasoning, general knowledge, and English. The CLAT has two additional sections: quantitative reasoning and Legal Reasoning. According to experts, the following are the section-wise recommended books for both law exams:
1. English Language: For AILET Objective General English by RS Aggarwal and English Grammar and Composition by Wren & Martin is suggested. For CLAT you can prefer Objective General English 2023 by SP Bakshi or RS Aggarwal and The Pearson Guide to the CLAT by Pearson.
2. Current Affairs and General Knowledge: You can choose either CA magazine for both exams. Normally, Pratiyogita Darapan or Current Affairs Yearly by Arihant are preferred for CA. For GK, Arihant General Knowledge, Lucent, or Tarun Goyal's GK book can be preferred. You must also read newspapers regularly for both law exams.
3. Logical Reasoning: For this section, usually any good reasoning book, such as A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning by RS Agarwal, Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey, or A New Approach to Verbal and Analytical Reasoning by Arihant, can be followed.
4. Quantitative Techniques: This section is only asked in the CLAT exam, and you can prefer any good math practice book from Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Arihant Publications, 30 Days Wonder for Maths by S. Hand, or Quantitative Aptitude by RS. Aggarwal.
5. Legal Reasoning: This section is also dropped from AILET. You can follow the Legal Reasoning books of any writer from Pearson, Andhra Pradesh Bhardwaj, or RS Aggarwal.

3 Month Study Plan for the CLAT Entrance Exam:
For Month 1:
Day (1-15) Start your preparation with The Hindu Newspaper (continue till the end of the exam), GK (art, literature, economics, environment, geography), Legal (constitutional law, criminal law), and Current Affairs (starting from December). Day (15-30): Complete GK and Legal Aptitude with (History, Science, UN, and International Organizations); Legal (Contract ACT Law of Tort, Legal Maxims). For Month 2:
Day (1-10) Quantitative Aptitude with Basic Maths Age Problems, Averages, Ratios and Proportions, Speed, Distance, and Time; Fractions, Percentages, Profits and Losses; Time and Work; and Simple and Compound Interest. Day (11-20) Verbal Ability with Reading Comprehension, basic grammar, direct and indirect speech, the cloze test, idioms and phrases, Jumbled Paragraphs, Active and passive voice, fill-in-the-blanks sentences filter, error spotting, one-word substitution, sentence improvements. Day (21-30) Logical reasoning with a blood relation Analogies, a direction problem, a logical puzzle, facts, interference, and judgment Syllogism, clock and calendar, Logical deduction, coding and decoding, assertion and reasoning, cause and effect strengthening and weakening arguments, statements, assumptions, and conclusions. For Month 3:
Day (1-15) Start revision and solve previous years' papers; revise GK and legal aptitude, and memorize math formulae. Day (15:30) Practice mock tests, Attempt 1 mock test every 2 days, Analyze the performance in the test, Focus on improving your score in each test; Review all concepts and continue this for the last month. I hope this will help you.