What are the eligibility criteria for CLAT?
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To seek admission in the undergraduate law programme BA LLB through CLAT students need to qualify their 12th exam or equivalent with at least 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST students). Students belonging to the general category must be 20 years old and SC/ST students must meet 22 years of age for admission. Undergraduate students who enroll in postgraduate legal studies need to maintain minimum scores of 50% in their completed law degree.
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Solving mock test helps candidates to understand the exam pattern and also the sections they are lagging behind. With this they can rework on those section where they are scoring low. CLAT mock test also helps candidates to understand the time based prepration to solve the question paper on exam day.
The mode of the CLAT exam is offline or paper-based mode. Candidates are handed over hardcopy of CLAT question paper and OMR sheets to answer the questions. Candidates will have to be careful while filling OMR sheet as any scratch or cuts in the OMR sheet will lead to disqualification.
Candidates can check the CLAT 2026 Marking Scheme below
| CLAT Marking Parameters | Marks Awarded |
|---|---|
| Correct answer | +1 marks |
| Incorrect answer | -0.25 marks |
| Un-attempted question | 0 marks |
It totally depends on you that when you should start preparing for CLAT. If you want really good marks in board exams, focus on that at first and then prepare for CLAT. If you can manage boards and CLAT preparation side by side then go for it, but do not affect your board scores.