CLAT Syllabus 2027: Section-Wise UG and PG Topics

The CLAT syllabus 2027 sets out what the Consortium of National Law Universities will test in the UG and PG papers on 6 December 2026. Unlike most entrance exams, CLAT does not give a chapter list. It tests skills such as reading, reasoning and applying rules, and almost every question comes with a passage of about 450 words.

The Consortium has confirmed that the 2027 syllabus and pattern are unchanged from CLAT 2026. The official syllabus describes abilities rather than topics, so the topic lists on this page combine the official text with the areas that come up repeatedly in previous papers. Use them as a working checklist, not as an official list. You will also find section-wise priorities, a PG subject table and a week-by-week plan to cover everything before December.

Table of Contents

• CLAT Syllabus 2027 at a Glance

• Key Points to Know

• English Language

• Current Affairs including GK

• Legal Reasoning

• Logical Reasoning

• Quantitative Techniques

• CLAT PG Syllabus

• Skills That Overlap Across Sections

• How to Cover the Syllabus

CLAT Syllabus 2027 at a Glance

Each correct answer earns 1 mark and each wrong answer costs 0.25 mark. The PG paper also has 120 questions in two hours with the same marking.

Key Points to Know Before You Start

• No change for 2027: The Consortium has kept the UG and PG syllabus, sections and pattern the same as CLAT 2026.

• Passages drive every section: Questions in English, Current Affairs, Legal and Logical Reasoning are based on passages of about 450 words. Quantitative Techniques uses short sets of facts, graphs or tables.

• No legal knowledge is needed for UG: Legal Reasoning gives you the rule. Your job is to apply it, not to recall statutes.

• Old counts are wrong: Some pages still show 150 questions, or section ranges that add up to more than 120. The current paper has 120 questions in the ranges above.

• Static GK is not tested on its own: General knowledge appears only as background to current affairs passages, so rote lists of capitals or dams have limited value.

CLAT English Language Syllabus

The English section gives passages of about 450 words, written at a level a Class 12 student can read in five to seven minutes. Passages are drawn from contemporary or historically significant fiction and non-fiction. Each passage carries a set of questions on understanding and language.

What the Official Syllabus Asks You to Do

• Read and comprehend: Identify the main point, the arguments and the viewpoints in the passage.

• Draw inferences: Reach conclusions the passage supports without stating them directly.

• Summarise: Pick the option that best captures the passage or a paragraph.

• Compare arguments: Contrast viewpoints or arguments set out in the passage.

• Vocabulary in context: Work out the meaning of words and phrases as used in the passage.

Question Types Seen in Past Papers

Start with: A daily habit of reading one long editorial or essay and writing a two-line summary. This builds both speed and the summarising skill the section rewards.

CLAT Current Affairs and GK Syllabus

This section uses passages of up to 450 words taken from news, journalistic sources and other non-fiction. Questions test your awareness of the event in the passage and related facts. You do not need legal knowledge beyond what the passage provides.

Official Areas

• Contemporary events of significance from India and the world.

• Arts and culture.

• International affairs.

• Historical events of continuing significance.

Topics That Recur in Past Papers

Start with: Current affairs from roughly the past 12 to 18 months before the exam. Give priority to legal and constitutional news, which connects this section with Legal Reasoning.

CLAT Legal Reasoning Syllabus

Legal Reasoning passages of about 450 words deal with fact situations or scenarios involving legal matters, public policy questions or moral and philosophical questions. You do not need prior knowledge of law. General awareness of contemporary legal and moral issues helps you read faster.

What the Official Syllabus Asks You to Do

• Identify rules: Spot the rules and principles set out in the passage.

• Apply them to facts: Use those rules on different fact situations.

• Handle changes: Understand how a change in the rule or principle alters its application.

Areas of Law Common in Passages

These areas come from previous papers, not the official syllabus. Knowing the basic vocabulary helps, but always decide on the principle given in the passage, even if it differs from the real law.

Start with: Torts and contracts. Their principles are short and logical, which makes them ideal for learning the rule-to-fact method that the whole section uses.

CLAT Logical Reasoning Syllabus

Logical Reasoning uses a series of short passages, each followed by questions on the argument they contain. The section is about critical reasoning, not puzzles.

What the Official Syllabus Asks You to Do

• Recognise the argument: Identify premises and conclusions.

• Critically analyse: Read patterns of reasoning and judge how far a conclusion depends on its premises.

• Apply conclusions: Infer what follows from the passage and apply it to new situations.

• Draw relationships: Identify analogies, spot contradictions and judge the strength of an argument.

Question Types to Practise

• Assumption and inference: What must be true for the argument to hold.

• Strengthen and weaken: Which new fact supports or damages the conclusion.

• Flaw and parallel reasoning: Where the logic breaks and which option follows the same structure.

• Analogies and contradictions: Comparing relationships and finding statements that cannot both be true.

Older papers also had analytical puzzles such as seating, blood relations and syllogisms. These still appear occasionally but form a small share, so treat them as revision rather than a priority.

Start with: Identifying the conclusion of an argument. Almost every other question type depends on getting this step right.

CLAT Quantitative Techniques Syllabus

This section presents short sets of facts, propositions, graphs or other diagrams, followed by questions. It tests your ability to derive, infer and manipulate numerical information using mathematics up to Class 10.

Start with: Percentages and ratios. Nearly every data set in this section is built on them, and they also speed up calculations in caselets.

CLAT PG Syllabus

The PG paper has 120 objective questions in 120 minutes, with 1 mark for each correct answer and 0.25 deducted for each wrong one. Questions are based on extracts from primary legal materials, such as important court decisions, statutes or regulations.

The subject list is official. The focus areas are based on the LLB curriculum and earlier PG papers. Questions test whether you can comprehend the extract, recall related legal concepts, summarise the reasoning and apply your knowledge of the law to it.

Start with: Constitutional Law and landmark judgments of the last two to three years, since passages are drawn directly from court decisions.

Skills That Overlap Across UG Sections

Because about 90% of the paper is passage-based, reading speed is the single skill that lifts every section at once.

How to Cover the CLAT Syllabus

1. Weeks 1 to 2, diagnose: Read the official syllabus, solve one previous CLAT paper under exam conditions and rank the sections by accuracy.

2. Weeks 1 to 4, build basics: Learn the rule-to-fact method in Legal Reasoning, the argument structure in Logical Reasoning and Class 10 arithmetic for Quant. Start current affairs notes in parallel, 40 minutes a day.

3. Weeks 3 to 6, topic-wise practice: Take topic tests in each section and 20 to 25 minute sectional tests. Note every wrong answer and why you chose it.

4. Weeks 6 to 9, full-length mocks: Attempt two to three full mocks a week in the 120-question pattern, test different section orders and analyse each mock the same day.

5. Final phase, revise: Go through the error log, current affairs notes and previous papers. Keep the reading habit going until exam day.