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CLAT 2023 Previous Year Questions with Detailed Solution

The official CLAT 2023 paper with questions from all five sections and a worked solution for every question.

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Questions, answer key and solutions.

Questions
139

Across 5 sections

Duration
120 min

5 timed sections

Marks
139

Negative marking

Attempts
100
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About this test

CLAT 2023 Question Paper PYQ: All Five Sections with Detailed Solutions

This is the actual CLAT 2023 UG question paper, held on 18 December 2022, taken from the official question booklet and checked against the Consortium of NLUs' final answer key. Question 144 was withdrawn by the Consortium, and ten more (2, 7, 19, 22, 34, 100, 138, 143, 148 and 149) are left out because their official answers are disputed or cannot be worked out from the paper's own data. Every other question has a worked solution.

Passages and topics in the CLAT 2023 PYQs

  • English Language: growing up as a reader in a small town near Kalimpong, the Keeladi excavations and the origins of urban life in India, the internet and self-expression, water tankers on the banks of the Yamuna, English and class in India, and a fantasy story extract
  • Current Affairs including GK: Droupadi Murmu's election as President, Google's LaMDA chatbot and AI sentience, FIFA's ban on rainbow armbands at the 2022 World Cup, the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX, and the growth of India's agriculture sector
  • Legal Reasoning: cruelty and household work in marriage, the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act 2022, the Electoral Bond Scheme amendment, government blocking orders to social media platforms, free legal aid, the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act 2021, internet shutdowns, and consumer rights
  • Logical Reasoning: currency depreciation, the post-truth era and public trust in information, developed countries' return to fossil fuels, ageism and women at work, and negativity bias in the news
  • Quantitative Techniques: Oxfam India's data on earnings gaps, world fruit production, and a judo weight-group puzzle on averages

Who should attempt this CLAT 2023 paper

Law aspirants preparing for CLAT who want the real passage style and sectional mix should attempt it, ideally after covering legal and current affairs basics.

Test structure

How the paper is split, and how long each part runs. A section you have finished cannot be returned to.

SectionQuestionsTime
CLAT 2023 English Language2624 min
CLAT 2023 Current Affairs Including General Knowledge3428 min
CLAT 2023 Legal Reasoning3932 min
CLAT 2023 Logical Reasoning3024 min
CLAT 2023 Quantitative Techniques1012 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
139 across 139 questions.
Negative marking
A wrong answer costs marks. Leaving a question unanswered costs nothing.
Attempts
100 in total. An attempt is spent the moment you begin one.

What you get when you submit

The analysis is ready the moment you submit the paper.

Score and accuracy

Marks, percentage, right, wrong and skipped, and the time you took.

Section by section

The same figures for each section, so a weak one cannot hide in an average.

The full answer key

Every question with your answer, the right one, the working, and the video where there is one.

Where you stand

Your score against the spread of everyone else who has sat this test.

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