CLAT examination is one of the most famous examinations held in India, for the students who want to study law immediately after their senior secondary examination. This is also known as the Common Law Admission Test. This particular examination is supported by the Bar council of India. Supported by 15 National colleges in India, this examination definitely manages to acquire increasing number of candidates year after year. A lot of students are now taking law as their career. There are other examinations for autonomous bodies like that of the Delhi University law Entrance Exam. Many coaching centres are coming up with the CLAT Online Mock Test system, which helps in thorough preparation for this examination.
The importance of CLAT dates:
CLAT is the most important entrance examination for law, for this year. It is important that one keeps track of all the important dates related to CLAT 2016 in case that they want to appear for it. The best idea is to write the dates down on a paper and keep in a file, so that you do not forget them. Some of the important dates include- date of examination, date of receiving of admit card, date of result, etc.
The eligibility criteria for the candidates who are preparing for CLAT 2016 are as follows:
- First and foremost they should be below 20 years of age as on 1st July 2016 (22 years for SC or ST or PWD candidates).
- They should have completed their 10+2 with minimum marks of 45% for candidates of General category and also for OBC or PWD categories and 40% in cases of ST or SC category.
The method of the examination is as follows:
This examination follows the following procedure and it becomes very easy for one to crack this with regular practicing of the mock tests by oneself.
- A total mark of 200 is offered for this particular examination.
- All the questions are of multiple choices and one mark each is offered.
- 2 hours are offered for the examination. English including comprehension, General Knowledge and Current Affairs, Elementary Mathematics, Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning are tested.
This examination also has a negative marking of 0.25 marks for wrong answers.