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NEW DELHI: The Common Law Admission Test or CLAT 2020 has released the CLAT answer key 2020 for candidates who appeared in the examination today. The CLAT answer key download link is given below. CLAT was conducted today at 203 exam centres. At the first instance, many candidates have called CLAT 2020 a lengthy paper with big paragraphs. If you are good at reading, answering the questions was easy else, CLAT paper was time-consuming. The answer key of CLAT 2020 will be released in the evening and the link will be provided on this page. Careers360 brings the CLAT live updates on post-exam. The CLAT 2020 exam analysis, expected cut off and CLAT admission process will be published here.
LATEST: CLAT 2020 Result Live Updates: To be released Today at Consortiumofnlus.ac.in
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Also read: CLAT 2020 exam analysis by Karan Mehta, Director, LegalEdge Tutorials
There are 22 national law universities which are participating in CLAT 2020. Together, the participating NLUs will offer around 2538 seats in 5year integrated law courses and around 724 in LLM courses.
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CLAT 2020 answer key has been released by the Consortium of NLUs. Candidates can now raise objections against the provisional answer key till September 29 (12:00 pm).
The Consortium has announced that the objections to CLAT answer key will be opened soon. Candidates may file their objections at consortiumofnlus.ac.in.
"Great success. CLAT conduction has been very smooth" said CLAT expert Rajneesh Singh in his first reaction on the national law entrance exam.
As per Mr Singh, a majority of candidates may have attempted many questions but the accuracy will the important factor in deciding the marks. Many serious students looked little less confidant about the accuracy in CLAT 2020.
The sections containing General knowledge was a little offbeat whereas English and legal looked easy to moderate.
Commenting on CLAT Legal aptitude, the expert said it was a little different from what was coming in the sample papers. Questions in this section looked a little traditional.
Data interpretation section was simple but other questions in quantitative ability were moderate.
Overall analysis
The CLAT 2020 was as per the guidelines and structure announced by the Consortium in its recent notification. However, the nature of questions was different from that of the sample papers. Overall, CLAT 2020 was moderate to tough.
CLAT expected cut off
Based on the present feedback, the CLAT cut off for admissions to top 5 colleges maybe around 85 to 95 marks.
Complete CLAT 2020 analysis including expected cut off will be published soon at careers360 official website
There are 22 national law universities which are participating in CLAT 2020. Together, the participating NLUs will offer around 2538 seats in 5year integrated law courses and around 724 in LLM courses.
The seat matrix for each National Law Universities is given below
CLAT UG law seat matrix
S.No. | National Law Universities | General Category Seats | Total seats |
1 | National Law School of India University, Bangalore | 93 | 120 |
2 | National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad | 81 | 105 |
3 | National Law Institute University, Bhopal | 65 | 122 |
4 | West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences, Kolkata | 74 | 115 |
5 | National Law University, Jodhpur | 75 | 104 + 16 seats for NRI/ NRI sponsored candidates |
6 | Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur | 62 | 180 |
7 | Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar | 115 | 180 |
8 | Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow | 80 | 178 |
9 | Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Patiala | 133 | 180 |
10 | Chanakya National Law University, Patna | 60 | 120 |
11 | National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi | 31 | 60 |
12 | National Law University Odisha, Cuttack | 114 | 180 |
13 | National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi | 60 | 140 (including 20 special category seats) |
14 | National Law University and Judicial Academy, Guwahati | 47 | 60 |
15 | Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Vishakhapatnam | 72 | 120 (including 12 seats for Foreign Citizens / Non-Resident Indians.) |
16 | Tamil Nadu National Law School, Trichy | 62 | 120 (including 6 seats for NRI/OCI quota) |
17 | Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai | 69 | 100 |
18 | Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur | 39 | 130 |
19 | Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad | 19 | 60 |
20 | Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur (MPDNLU) | 76 | 120 |
21 | Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla | 46 | 60 |
22 | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University | 77 | 120 |
CLAT LLM seats in national law universities
S.No. | National Law Universities | General Category Seats | Total seats |
1 | National Law School of India University, Bangalore | 38 | 50 |
2 | National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad | 38 | 50 |
3 | National Law Institute University, Bhopal | 35 | 60 |
4 | West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences, Kolkata | 31 | 42 |
5 | National Law University, Jodhpur | 37 | 50 |
6 | Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur | 35 | 45 |
7 | Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar | 38 | 60 |
8 | Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow | 10 | 27 |
9 | Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Patiala | 29 | 40 |
10 | National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi | 20 | 40 |
11 | National Law University Odisha, Cuttack | 32 | 50 |
12 | National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi | 20 | 50 (10 Special category seats) |
13 | National Law University and Judicial Academy, Guwahati | 23 | 30 |
14 | Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Vishakhapatnam | 16 | 24 (including 2 seats for Foreign Citizens / Non-Resident Indians) |
15 | Tamil Nadu National Law School, Trichy | 10 | 18 |
16 | Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai | 10 | 50 |
17 | Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur | 6 | 20 |
18 | Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla | 15 | 20 |
Many twitter users are sharing their experience with CLAT 2020 and its new exam pattern which added comprehension based questions in the paper this year.
As per Tinni, there were big paragraphs, The new pattern made CLAT 2020 a lengthy paper.
#CLAT2020
— Tinni (@_Twitty47_) September 28, 2020
The new pattern was too much lengthy! Every Q. was in big big paragraphs! 150 marks,150 Q,120 mins!
Its not possible to complete the paper with this much Lengthiness!?Even NLU proff.Can't complete it! Was that LR?With nothing LR in it!
Lame experimental Pattern!??
The expected cut off for CLAT 2020 is not yet available. However, candidates may check the previous year cut off to get an idea of the CLAT expected cut off.
CLAT 2019 cut - First round
National Law Universities (NLUs) | General | Scheduled Caste | Scheduled Tribe | |||
Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | |
NLSIU Bangalore | 1 | 54 | 363 | 1892 | 69 | 1857 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 50 | 120 | 144 | 3010 | 1777 | 4275 |
NLIU Bhopal | 148 | 380 | 3097 | 4628 | 5840 | 6780 |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 82 | 203 | 1862 | 3994 | 2853 | 5531 |
NLU Jodhpur | 76 | 294 | 2268 | 4930 | 4533 | 6849 |
HNLU Raipur | 329 | 549 | 4940 | 6877 | 7712 | 10719 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 124 | 417 | 4984 | 6791 | 5569 | 9640 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 342 | 617 | 4259 | 10948 | 12311 | 24763 |
RGNLU Patiala | 442 | 805 | 5207 | 9330 | 10435 | 13334 |
CNLU Patna | 623 | 949 | 7313 | 16834 | 20349 | 20349 |
NUALS Kochi | 474 | 880 | 4891 | 14281 | 19528 | 19528 |
NLU Odisha Cuttack | 465 | 879 | 6276 | 9550 | 9832 | 17610 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 688 | 966 | 7707 | 9991 | 7207 | 15028 |
TNNLS Tiruchirappalli | 436 | 1186 | 5681 | 10397 | 13383 | 16827 |
DSNLU Vishakhapatnam | 830 | 1080 | 20733 | 22340 | 20413 | 33221 |
MNLU Mumbai | 383 | 462 | 5734 | 13378 | 18152 | 35981 |
MNLU Nagpur | 589 | 1073 | 11256 | 18940 | 33321 | 46781 |
MNLU Aurangabad | 710 | 1167 | 14219 | 20104 | 41201 | 46928 |
NLUJAA Guwahati | 968 | 1104 | 12648 | 28565 | 21542 | 41841 |
HPNLU Shimla | 622 | 1225 | 6896 | 10738 | 13464 | 16879 |
DNLU Jabalpur | 991 | 1263 | 8550 | 10822 | 11121 | 18000 |
Some students who spoke to us have said that CLAT 2020 was time-consuming. Each passage had 4-5 questions. English had questions from comprehension passage presenting the author's views. candidates were also asked questions on word meaning, synonyms and to interpret the meaning of the terms. Current affairs section of CLAT had a paragraph on India Nepal relationship and one article related to digital media. Maths was moderate to tough with some questions from the graph.
The exam is now over, as the stipulated 2 hours has ended. So now the countdown for the answer key starts.
The much-awaited and delayed CLAT 2020 exam will end at 4 pm sharp. The national-level exam this year has been marred in controversies and COVID-induced delays, but finally the exam is now about to conclude.
Stay tuned for post-exam reactions from students, which we will bring to you in minutes....
The provisional answer key will be released today, in the evening. The candidate can compare their answers with those given in the answer key to calculate: a) the number of correct, and b) the number of incorrect attempts.
The use official marking scheme to calculate probable scores:
Following a Supreme Court guideline, which asked it to released the results of the exam as early as possible, the NLU Consortium will declare CLAT result 2020 on October 5. The result would be available in the form of rank cards.
It may be noted that NLSIU Bangalore had bolted out of CLAT 2020 saying the delay in the conduct of the exam would result in a "Zero year" with no admissions. It was the SC that finally intervened and brought NLSIU back to CLAT 2020.
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, the Consortium had promised that CLAT 2020 will be conducted in social distanced based online test model. Here the candidates were seen geared up with masks and sanitisers while entering the exam hall.
CLAT 2020: Students are entering to examination centre. pic.twitter.com/Yx7LYRvyzQ
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While the exam is being in progress, the Consortium has announced the CLAT counselling 2020 schedule. Post result declaration, the shortlisted candidates will be asked to pay the CLAT 2020 counselling fee and appear for the counselling. The counselling will start from October 6 onwards, meanwhile, the first seat allotment will be declared on October 9.
Read the complete details: CLAT 2020 counselling registration starts on October 6; first seat allotment on October 9
The consortium will release the provisional answer keys of CLAT 2020 for the undergraduate and postgraduate on its official website: consortiumofnlus.ac.in.
The provisional CLAT answer key 2020 will contain the official answers to questions asked in the exam. So, using the keys mentioned in it, one can calculate probable scores and consequently one's chances of admission; refer to previous years' cutoff to check minimum marks (ranks) needed for admission to various NLUs.
If a candidate has any objection against a key (s), it can be challenged till September 29 (midnight). The consortium will consider all such complaints before publishing the final CLAT answer key 2020 on October 3 (if needed).
This CLAT exam centre had very few candidates (around 20-25). The guards were still seen managing the gatherings.
#CLAT2020 exam day in pics. pic.twitter.com/kq6zTAktH6
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The CLAT 2020 exam is being conducted in online centre-based mode under strict COVID-safety norms at around 203 test centres across the country. The consortium had asked students to wear masks, carry hand sanitzers and gloves, and maintain social distancing norms.
We will soon bring you student feedback on safety measures at test centres, along with regular post-exam reaction.
CLAT 2020 will start exactly at 2 pm, however, candidates may enter the exam hall till 2:15. A scene at an exam centre where students.
Clat 2020 to start at 2 pm. Students arriving at an exam center in Manipur#CLAT2020 #CLAT pic.twitter.com/BSh31FzMxT
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In a fresh development, the Supreme Court has allowed one suspected COVID positive candidate to appear in the exam. However, the Court made it clear that this will be an exception and the order will not be applicable to other COVID+ candidates.
SC permits the applicant to appear for CLAT exam at an isolation centre. the applicant to provide a copy of the SC order to the exam authorities.
— Bar & Bench (@barandbench) September 28, 2020
This order is only for the applicant and not a blanket forder for other #COVID19 infected students