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CLAT 2011 Analysis and Cut-Offs
CLAT has some big surprises this year. They had changed the pattern for the English section and the Legal section. We will go in sequence through the sections and present our analysis and possible scores in each.
Overall, it turned out to be a really lengthy paper, so speed would have been critical. Most students missed completing the paper so we think this will cause the cut-offs to be a bit lower than last year.
English: Completely out of the blue. The entire section had only reading and comprehension passages; this took every one by surprise. This time, the English section became the most time consuming. The standard of the RC passage was also higher than those in the past couple of years. Successful candidates would have to gun for at least 26-28 correct answers. Better scores here will shield candidates from any pitfalls later in the paper.
Math: Over the years, the focus in law papers has shifted away from math. It wasn’t as easy as the 2010 paper, but most students found this section to be relatively simple. Successful students should score about 18 or above here.
Logical Reasoning: Logic section this year was predictable and was similar to those of the previous CLAT papers. The questions on sequencing and statement assertions were simple, however, the critical reasoning questions were challenging and tedious to solve. We think a score of 28-30 or more here would qualify as decent.
Legal Reasoning: One of the other surprise sections for this year’s CLAT. It indeed had much more depth than the previous CLAT papers. This section tested the reasoning skills of the students, compelling them to solve the given legal problems by applying various listed out principles of law. We expect successful students to score 28 onwards.
GK: Fairly standard current GK questions with an emphasis on international affairs. A relatively easy section to score in, with 35 and above being a good score here.
Cut-offs: We expect general category cut-offs to be above 125. Students who are gunning for NLSIU / NALSAR should definitely be in the 145+ range.