Exam Pattern - CLAT, AILET & OTHER LAW ENTRANCE TESTS

CLAT/AILET Exam Pattern

Details	CLAT	AILET	SLAT	LSAT-INDIA	MH-CET	LNAT
Exam dates:	Application Start date: July 2025 End date: Mid Nov 2025 Exam Date: The first week Of Dec 2025	Application Start date: August 2025 End date: Mid Nov 2025 Exam Date: The second week Of Dec 2025	Application Start date: August 2025 End date: Mid Nov 2025 Exam Date: The Mid Of Dec 2025 (Tent.)	Application Start date: August 2025 End date: Mid Nov 2025 Exam Date: The Mid Of Dec 2025 (Tent.)	Application Start date: 3 Jan 2025 End date: 3 Feb 2025 Exam Date: 28 April, 2025	Application Start date: 1 September, 2024 End date: 31 May 2025 Exam Date: 1 Jan – 31 May (As per Slot booking)
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)	Click this link to see the list.[LINK]	All Government Institutions (like Government Law College, Mumbai), except NLUs, in Maharashtra	JGLS
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)	2hours 15 min
Number of Questions	120 Multiple Choice Questions	150 Multiple Choice Question	75 Multiple Choice Questions + Written Ability Test	92 Multiple Choice Questions	150 MCQ	42 MCQ and 1/3 essay 750 words
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	+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	Section-A Objective and Section B Descriptive
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.		2 hours 15 minutes… to attempt both the sections
Mode of Examination	Offline	Offline	Online	Online	Online	Online