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The official last date for CLAT 2027 applications is 7 November 2026. Apply on the Consortium site and keep your confirmation.
What this section is
The official format lists 28 to 32 current affairs and GK questions out of 120, set on passages. Each is worth 1 mark, and a wrong answer costs 0.25. This plan covers this section only. Keep practising English, legal and logical reasoning and maths alongside it.
1 Nov to 7 Nov This week
Week 1: find out where you stand
Take the first mock without looking anything up, then see which areas cost you marks. Your weakest area gets the most time from here on.
8 Nov to 14 Nov This week
Week 2: cover the news
Past CLAT papers mostly drew on news from 1 to 7 months before the exam. Go through the timeline month by month, oldest first, and start with the stories marked Revise first.
15 Nov to 21 Nov This week
Week 3: learn what sits behind the news
In four of the last seven papers, the biggest block of questions asked background linked to a story, not the story itself. A passage on a chess win asked where chess began. For every big story, ask: what body, treaty, place or article sits behind this?
22 Nov to 28 Nov This week
Week 4: practise under exam conditions
Sit each mock in one go, timed, on the real marking. Afterwards spend longer on your wrong answers than you spent on the mock. Note why each one went wrong: never saw it, forgot it, or misread it.
29 Nov to 5 Dec This week
Last week: revise, nothing new
Do the last mock early in the week. After that, go back over what you got wrong, not fresh topics. Check the official site for your admit card and exam details, and sleep properly.
In the exam
- Read the passage, then decide fast. In some years the passage held most answers; in others it was only a starting point. Check it first, and do not spend long on a fact you simply do not know.
- Do not leave a question blank if you can drop even one option. That guess pays on average, even with the 0.25 penalty. A fully blind guess is close to break-even, so skip those only to save time.
- Past papers show the pattern, not the paper. Nobody can tell you what will be asked, so cover widely and revise in order.
Dates and marking from the Consortium of NLUs, checked 3 Nov 2026. Always confirm on the official site.