Get detailed CLAT PG Analysis and Expected Cut-Off

The Consortium of NLUs conducted CLAT on 19 June 2022 for admissions to undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Out of the total registrations for CLAT, about 10,434 candidates registered for CLAT PG. The exam conducted was in pen and paper mode. However, to help the candidates analyse their performances, our expert faculty has curated a detailed-exam analysis of CLAT PG 2022.

CLAT PG Exam Overview

The CLAT PG exam consists of 120 questionsto be answered in 120 minutes. However, the questionpattern is mentioned below –

	Total Number of Questions
2.	Total Passages
	No. of Questions per passage
4.	Areas Covered	Passage 1: Jurisprudence Passage 2: Jurisprudence Passage 3: Constitutional law Passage 4: Environment, Constitution and International law Passage 5: Hindu law and CrPC Passage 6: Family law Passage 7: Contract Law Passage 8: Property law and Constitution Passage 9: CrPC Passage 10: IPC Passage 11: International Law Passage 12: Contract Law Passage 13: Tax and Company law Passage 14: Constitution Passage 15: Constitutional law Passage 16: Evidence Act Passage 17: JJ Act Passage 18: International law Passage 19: Contract Passage 20: International law
5.	Level of difficulty	2 Passages: EASY 9 Passages: MEDIUM 9 Passages: DIFFICULT Overall Difficulty: MEDIUM to DIFFICULT
6.	Expected cut-off	65-70 for top 3 NLUs 55-65 for other NLUs

CLAT PG Exam: Difficulty Level

The CLAT PG exam consisted of 20 legal passages. So, it can be said that the exam difficulty level was difficult. The legal passages had 6 questions, each based on the topics that have been a matter of concern in the legal community. The topics asked in the CLAT PG 2022 include –Company law, Juvenile Justice, Evidence Act, Tax Law etc., which are generally not questioned in the exam.

Though the topics were new in the exam, it was majorly dominated by Criminal Law, Jurisprudence, International Law, Constitutional Law, and Contracts. The paper was mostly about what had happened recently, and there were only a few questions about the old landmark cases. Most of the questions in the contract were easy to answer and based on real-world situations. Questions about criminal law were based on recent events, such as an arrest, a dowry death, etc.

However, the exam was conceptual and focused on testing the legal understanding of the candidates. The exam was full of surprises as there was a passage based on the amalgamation of companies. Besides, the exam contained a few problem-based questions too.

CLAT PG Exam: Passage-wise Exam Analysis

Please remember that these questions have been split in the right way. Some passages were about Constitutional Law and Criminal Law/Environmental Law, for example.

PASSAGE NO.	AREA	TOPIC
PASSAGE 1	Jurisprudence	Introduction to Law
PASSAGE 2	Jurisprudence	Law and Morality
PASSAGE 3	Constitutional law	Appointment of Judges
PASSAGE 4	Constitutional law	Article 19
PASSAGE 5	Hindu law and CrPC	Maintenance
PASSAGE 6	Family law	Family courts act
PASSAGE 7	Contract Law	Section 56
PASSAGE 8	Property law and Constitution	Real Estate (regulation and development) Act, 2016
PASSAGE 9	CrPC	Arrest
PASSAGE 10	IPC	Section 304-B
PASSAGE 11	International Law	Law of Sea
PASSAGE 12	Contract Law	Contingent Contracts
PASSAGE 13	Tax and Company law	Amalgamation of company
PASSAGE 14	Constitution law	Judicial Review
PASSAGE 15	Constitutional law& Environment law	Article 21, Article 48
PASSAGE 16	Evidence Act	Circumstantial Evidence
PASSAGE 17	JJ Act	Age and Liability of Juvenile
PASSAGE 18	International law	United Nations Water Conference
PASSAGE 19	Contract law & Tax	Doctrine of unjust enrichment and excessive tax
PASSAGE 20	International law	Russian-Ukraine Crisis

CLAT PG 2022 examination tested the legal knowledge of the aspirants in various subjects. 20% of the total questions pertained to Constitutional and Criminal Law.

10% of the total questions were from Family Law, Contract Law, Environmental Law, Jurisprudence, and International law. 5% of the total questions pertained to tax and company laws.

There were a total of 20 passages with six questions each. 54 questions in the paper were moderate to difficult, slightly tricky and tested the conceptual understanding of the aspirants. 54 questions were easy to moderate, and 12 questions were easy and direct.

Unlike the 2020 and 2021 examinations, there weren't many questions on recent landmark decisions. The weightage given to Constitutional Law was significantly less than in previous years.

Approximately 48-50 questions in the previous year's papers pertained to Constitutional law; this year, there were only 24 questions from this area.

There were questions from unexpected areas this time, such as Juvenile Justice Act and Family Courts Act. Overall, the examination was moderately difficult.