Bangalore: The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2011 lays more emphasis on current affairs, rather than on general knowledge. The CLAT committee plans to highlight more on some sections of the question paper. The CLAT 2011 is scheduled to be held on May 15, 2011.
M P Singh, Vice Chancellor, The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, told that they want to test students’ knowledge on current affairs than just on some standard facts and figures. He said that there might be exclusion of legal knowledge, so, as to give importance to sections like legal aptitude, critical and logical reasoning.
Mr Singh informed, however, the components of the question paper will remain the same as that of last year. He said that the components of the question paper include English, General Knowledge, Legal Law, Logical Reasoning and Maths. He added that instead of legal law, focus will be on legal aptitude. He mentioned that that they want to test the students’ analytical ability and not knowledge alone.
The CLAT 2011 will be two-hour question paper with 200 questions. CLAT scores are used for admissions into national law schools across the country. Non-law schools can use CLAT scores after obtaining due authorization from the CLAT committee.
