CONSORTIUM OF
NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITIES (CNLUs)
PERMANENT
SECRETARIAT
NLSIU CAMPUS,
NAGARBHAVI, BANGALORE
PRESS RELEASE
The Executive Committee of the Consortium
of NLUs met at the Permanent Secretariat in NLSIU, Bangalore on 11.12.2019 at
10 a.m.
The Executive Committee elaborately
discussed the modalities that were initiated in the previous meeting in
planning for the CLAT 2020.
The following agenda was discussed:
1. The schedule for
CLAT 2020 was discussed and approved. The details tentative of schedule are
given below
2.
The proposed content for CLAT 2020 was discussed in detail:
a) A
general guide to question format was approved to indicate the comprehension
based Test;
b)
Paper setter shall always keep in mind the 12th standard level of students
appearing for CLAT 2020;
c)
Quantitative analysis will be based on 10th standard mathematics content.
d) There
shall be 150 objective type questions.
e)
Areas:
i)
English language
ii)
Current affairs including general knowledge
iii)
Legal Reasoning
iv)
Logical Reasoning
v)
Quantitative Techniques
f) Consortium of NLUs website shall provide
the necessary guidelines, module-wise model question paper and analysis of question
paper.
g) Candidates who enroll for CLAT 2020
alone shall be permitted to access these details from the website of Consortium
of NLUs.
h) There shall be a negative marking of
0.25 marks for each wrong answer for both UG & PG.
i) LL.M. Admission
Test – The candidates who secure 40% (35% in case of SC, ST & PWD) marks in
the objective type test will be qualified for evaluation of descriptive
answers. There shall be 100 objective type questions.
