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1. CLAT 2016 Preparation Tips
With Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2016 to be held on May 8, law aspirants are gearing up for
the law exam. During the preparation phase, aspirants need expert guidance and suggestions for
cracking the coveted law entrance exam. Careers360 brings yet another article from the series of ‘CLAT
2016 Preparation Tips by Experts’, for law aspirants like you, where experts share tips to crack CLAT
2016.
Excerpts of the Edited Interview
What should be a law aspirants’ strategy in the next months to CLAT?
With less than five months to go for CLAT, a law aspirant should lookout for sources of intense testing
and revision. A candidate, who has pretty much completed his course, should aim to solve at least one
mock test every 3-4 days. Also, a student should practice all the previous years’ CLAT and AILET papers
(all sections) to get a hang of the level of difficulty which usually comes in these examinations.
What specific strategy do the aspirants need for Online CLAT 2016?
I am suggesting some of the specific measures to you for the Online CLAT 2016 –
 While practicing mock tests, take note of the problems that you’re facing
 Most of the online Mock Test Series give fantastic analysis to the students of the tests
they’ve taken. This includes percentile analysis, question analysis, details explanations
to questions, national rank etc. Don’t ignore such analysis and make full use of them
 Be aware and make full use of all links/buttons. If there is a doubt with any feature of
your testing platform, ask your invigilator (e.g. what does ‘mark for review’ mean?)
How mock tests can help law aspirants and how many mock tests need to be taken in the remaining
months?
Mock Tests, when taken in a simulated environment, replicate the actual CLAT taking experience,
which will prove to be highly beneficial to the aspirants. A student should ideally join a Mock Test
series providing dozens of Mock Tests and as stated before, should try and give a Mock test every 3-4
days.
Which books would you recommend them for preparing different sections of CLAT?
I would recommend a number of books for preparing different sections of the Common Law
Admission Test (CLAT). Naming the same–
 English – ‘Objective English’ by Pearson
 Mathematics – ‘Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations’ by R.S.
Aggarwal
 G.K – GK Today and Jagranjosh for Current Affairs. GK Today Quizzes and
Pearson/Lucent Concise GK Guide for Static GK.
 Legal Aptitude – ‘The Pearson Guide to the CLAT’ by Harsh Gagrani for Legal
Reasoning. ‘Legal Awareness and Legal Reasoning’ by A.P. Bharadwaj, and ‘The
Ultimate Guide to the LLB Entrance Examinations 2016’ for Legal Knowledge.
 Logic – ‘A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning’ by R.S. Aggarwal and ‘Analytical
Reasoning’ by M.K. Pandey

2. How do they need to prepare for ‘Legal Aptitude’ section as it’s considered the most important?
Indeed the section, ’Legal Aptitude’ is considered the most important of all as the section
carries 50 marks. Moreover, in case of tie, the candidate having more marks in Legal Aptitude
is given preference over others. Therefore, you need to concentrate a bit more on this section.
I would like to share few suggestions for the important section–
a. Don’t look for multiple sources. Multiple answers to same/similar questions will confuse
you and do more harm than good. Rather, look for one/two good sources where you get atleast
1400-1500 questions before the CLAT. Join any good coaching centre’s Test Series for the
same.
b. This is probably clichéd – but stick to the principle! And do not use any outside knowledge
while answering questions.
c. Don’t read too much theory, but do prepare for Torts, Contracts and Criminal Law, as
questions from these topics come mostly in Legal Reasoning and not in Legal Knowledge.
Reading too much theory will further make you mark answers not based on your reading of the
principle but based on your outside knowledge.
d. Don’t forget to give due emphasis to Current Legal GK. Many questions this year were asked
from it. Though there is no separate source for this, any good CA source will suffice for this.
e. Time is also a key to cracking this section. Less than 45-48 seconds per Legal Reasoning
question and less than 12 seconds per Legal Knowledge question should be your eventual aim.
Any more expert suggestions for the law aspirants?
Be open to newer kind of questions – This was the biggest lesson from CLAT 2015! The CLAT
Committee has often resorted to giving generic notifications, whereby they can rightfully
incorporate questions on newer formats. When you’re done with your usual material, it won’t
hurt to buy a couple of books of CAT/MAT and practice newer kind of questions from it.
Revise – Especially for the students who have devoted a year to prepare for the CLAT, it is
very easy to complete many prep books in the first few months. However, if you don’t find
time to revise whatever you did back then, there is a good possibility you’ll forget a good chunk
of important material by the CLAT day. Devote ample number of hours in the last one-two
months to revision.