Exam Pattern - CLAT, AILET & OTHER LAW ENTRANCE TESTS

CLAT/AILET Exam Pattern

Details	CLAT	AILET	SLAT	LSAT	MH-CET
Participating Universities	All National Law Universities except National Law University Delhi. Some other varsities also make their own merit lists based on CLAT scores, e.g. IP University, Nirma Institute of Law etc.	National Law University, Delhi	Symbiosis Law School (Pune, Noida, Hyderabad, Nagpur)	Jindal Global Law School, UPES School of Law, IFIM Law School, etc.	All Government Institutions (like Government Law College, Mumbai), except NLUs, in Maharashtra
Duration of Exam	120 minutes (2 hours)	120 minutes (2 hours)	105 minutes (75 minutes for Multiple Choice Question; 30 minutes for Written Ability Test)	140 minutes (2 hours, 20 minutes)	120 minutes (2 hours)
Number of Questions	120 Multiple Choice Questions	150 Multiple Choice Question	75 Multiple Choice Questions + Written Ability Test	92 Multiple Choice Questions	150 Multiple Choice Questions
Marking	+1 for correct answer; -0.25 for incorrect answer	+1 for correct answer; -0.25 for incorrect answer	+1 for correct answer; no negative marking	No negative marking; scoring done on a scaled basis in a band of 420-480; percentile rank is released.	+1 for correct answer; no negative marking
Sections/ Pattern	Five Sections: English Language : 22-26 Questions Current Affairs, including General Knowledge : 28-32 Questions Legal Reasoning : 28-32 Questions Logical Reasoning : 22-26 Questions Quantitative Techniques: 10-14 Questions	Three Sections: English Language : 50 Questions Current Affairs, including General Knowledge : 30 Questions Logical Reasoning : 70 Questions	Five sections with equal (15) number of MCQs: Logical Reasoning : 15 Questions Legal Reasoning : 15 Questions Analytical Reasoning : 15 Questions Reading Comprehension : 15 Questions General Knowledge : 15 Questions	Four sections: Analytical Reasoning : 23 Questions Logical Reasoning 1 : 22 Questions Logical Reasoning 2 : 23 Questions Reading Comprehension : 24 Questions	Four sections: Legal Aptitude and Legal Reasoning :40 Questions General Knowledge with Current Affairs : 30 Questions Logical and Analytical Reasoning : 40 Questions English : 30 Questions Mathematical Aptitude : 10 Questions
Salient Features	All questions are now comprehension-based. In other words, multiple passages are provided in the question paper, and questions are linked to a passage. This pattern was introduced in late 2019, and CLAT 2020 was the first paper based on this pattern.	Questions are most often not linked to passages. However, there are some questions that are grouped, and have to be answered based on a common instruction/ passage. Legal principles may be used in the Logical Reasoning section.	SLAT is followed by personal interviews. Merit lists are made on the basis of cumulative scores in SLAT and personal interview.	35 minutes each are given for each section of the exam, leading to a cumulative time of 2 hours, 20 minutes.
Mode of Examination	Offline	Offline	Online	Online	Online