The CLAT 2026 UG Syllabus is designed to primarily assess candidates’ reading comprehension, analytical thinking, and reasoning abilities. The examination emphasizes aptitude and skill sets essential for pursuing legal education, rather than testing rote learning or extensive prior subject knowledge. While most sections rely on interpretation and application, background knowledge may occasionally assist candidates, particularly in the Current Affairs, including General Knowledge section, where familiarity with recent events and related contexts can support more accurate responses.
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The UG-CLAT 2026 will be conducted over a duration of two hours and will consist of 120 multiple-choice questions, with each question carrying one mark. A negative marking scheme will apply, under which 0.25 marks will be deducted for every incorrect response. These questions would be divided across the following five subjects:
- English Language
- Current Affairs & General Knowledge
- Legal Reasoning
- Logical Reasoning
- Quantitative Techniques
English Language
In this section of the CLAT 2026 UG Syllabus, candidates will be presented with passages of approximately 450 words each. These passages will be drawn from contemporary or historically significant fiction and non-fiction texts and will be set at a level that a Class 12 student can comfortably read within 5–7 minutes.
Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate your comprehension and language skills, including your abilities to:
- Read and comprehend the main point discussed in the passage, as well as any arguments and viewpoints discussed or set out in the passage;
- Draw inferences and conclusions based on the passage;
- Summarise the passage;
- Compare and contrast the different arguments or viewpoints set out in the passage; and
- Understand the meaning of various words and phrases in the context that they are used in the passage.
Current Affairs Including General Knowledge
In this section of the CLAT 2026 UG Syllabus, candidates will be given passages of up to 450 words each, sourced from news reports, journalistic writings, and other forms of non-fiction. The accompanying questions may test understanding of legal concepts or information mentioned in or connected to the passage, but they will not require any prior legal knowledge beyond what is provided in the text.
Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate your awareness of various aspects of current affairs and general knowledge, including:
- Contemporary events of significance from India and the world;
- Arts and culture;
- International affairs; and
- Historical events of continuing significance.
Legal Reasoning
In this section, candidates will be required to read passages of approximately 450 words each. These passages may present fact-based scenarios involving legal issues, public policy matters, or moral and philosophical questions. No prior legal knowledge is necessary to answer the questions; however, a general awareness of contemporary legal and ethical issues can help candidates more effectively apply the given principles or propositions to the scenarios provided.
Each passage would be followed by a series of questions that will require you to:
- Identify and infer the rules and principles set out in the passage;
- Apply such rules and principles to various fact situations; and
- Understand how changes to the rules or principles may alter their application to various fact situations.
Logical Reasoning
The Logical Reasoning section of the CLAT 2026 UG Syllabus will consist of a series of passages of approximately 450 words each. Every passage will be followed by one or more questions designed to assess a candidate’s ability to:
Establish relationships and analogies, detect contradictions or equivalence, and judge the overall strength and effectiveness of arguments
- Identify arguments along with their premises and conclusions
- Read and comprehend the reasoning presented in the passage
- Critically evaluate patterns of reasoning, including how conclusions depend on specific premises or evidence, and how they may change if these are altered
- Draw logical inferences from the given information and apply them to new or modified situations
Quantitative Techniques
The Quantitative Techniques section of the CLAT 2026 UG Syllabus will feature brief sets of facts, propositions, or textual representations of numerical data, each followed by a series of questions. Candidates will be expected to extract relevant information from the given material and apply appropriate mathematical operations to arrive at the correct answers.
The questions will require you to:
- Derive, infer, and manipulate numerical information set out in such passages; and
- Apply various 10th standard mathematical operations on such information, including from areas such as ratios and proportions, basic algebra, mensuration and statistical estimation.
Preparing for the UG-CLAT 2026
The Consortium plans to publish various preparatory materials for the UG-CLAT 2026, including:
- Guides to the question paper and sample questions;
- Model question papers; and
- Instructional materials and exercises for each of the subjects that the UG-CLAT 2026 comprises.
The Consortium of National Law Universities will provide candidates who have successfully completed their UG-CLAT 2026 application with access to a dedicated learning platform. Through this platform, candidates can use the prescribed preparatory materials, attempt practice exercises and model question papers, and track their performance through detailed scores. The Consortium will also conduct online guidance sessions, where subject experts will offer strategic advice on preparing for each section of the CLAT 2026 UG Syllabus and on effectively approaching different types of questions.
Alongside these resources, candidates are encouraged to strengthen their ability to read and comprehend complex texts, remain updated on current affairs by regularly following reputed newspapers and periodicals, and enhance their speed and accuracy in quantitative techniques through consistent practice using resources such as Class 10 mathematics textbooks.