CLAT 2021 Analysis

Evaluation: This section had 30 questions. The level of questions in this section was easy except a few, which were tricky. There were 6 reading comprehension passages. Passages ranged from impact or repercussion of COVID, climate change, gig economy to education and failure of TRC in South Africa. The passages were easy to moderate in terms of understanding and had 5 questions each. Most of the passages were moderate in length except one or two passages. The questions were based on conventional types such as inference, tone, main idea, primary purpose and vocabulary. This was a scoring section for students and the main skill required was good reading speed and understanding of diverse areas. Overall the section was easy to moderate.

Evaluation: Similar to last year, the GK section of CLAT 2021 was passage based. In all, there were 35 questions based on 7 passages (5 questions each). It was a highly predictable paper and 5 GK passages were directly/indirectly covered in our Mock/Bull/Aim CLAT tests and Weekly current issues. The level of questions was easy to moderate with 2-3 exceptions, as is expected. Akin to CLAT 2020, the majority of passages in CLAT 2021 were based on international affairs and were derived from current affairs. Most of the questions were current oriented but there were some questions from the static GK as well. The GK section was lengthy for those who required reading the passages. But most of the questions could be answered without reading the passages since the answers were not derivable from the passages.

Evaluation: This year the Legal Section of the CLAT 2021 exam was easier than last year. There were a total of 40 questions in the Legal Reasoning area, making it the lengthiest area of the exam. There were a total of 8 passages each containing 5 questions. The topics of the passages were related to mostly static laws and had less influence of current affairs this year. The topics of the passages were from Contract Law, Law of Torts, Indian Penal Code, The Hindu Marriage Act and some Miscellaneous concepts. The topics were as follows :-

Though this area was the lengthiest, the level of questions was comparatively easier than last time. An attempt of 30 - 35 questions can be considered as a good attempt.

Evaluation: This section had 30 questions which included 6 passages with five questions each. The level of questions in this section was easy to moderate. This section contained questions based on Critical Reasoning. This was again a reading-based section like English section with passages from diverse areas like impact of COVID, diplomacy and climate change. The articles were mainly picked from the leading newspapers like Indian Express and world press etc. All the passages were easy to understand. Most of the questions were based on inference, central idea, primary purpose and a few based on conventional critical reasoning such as strengthen or weaken the argument. The main skills required were again a good reading speed and knowledge of critical reasoning fundamentals.

Evaluation:This section had 3 sets that were on paragraph based. All the sets required basic understanding of percentage. Among all the three, the set based on COVID was easiest as the questions were direct. Also, the age-based block was direct application of percentage while set based on profit of two companies required basic understanding of percentage change. One important fact is to be mentioned that, this year also, there were ambiguities in Quant section as some assumptions were to be made to solve the questions which should have been, otherwise clearly mentioned. Overall, the feel of the section was moderate.