CLAT 2020 live updates: Answer key released, check here

"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

CLAT LLM seats in national law universities

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
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!??

— Tinni (@_Twitty47_) September 28, 2020

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

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:

• +1 mark for a correct answer
• -1/4 mark for an incorrect answer
• 0 marks for un-attempted questions

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

— Careers360 (@careers360) September 28, 2020

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

— Careers360 (@careers360) September 28, 2020

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

— Careers360 (@careers360) September 28, 2020

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.

This order is only for the applicant and not a blanket forder for other #COVID19 infected students

— Bar & Bench (@barandbench) September 28, 2020