CLAT GK Topics: What Is Actually Asked
The categories CLAT's news passages really draw on, how far back current affairs is examined, and where static knowledge fits.
Part of the CLAT 2027 guide
Current Affairs including General Knowledge is roughly 28–32 questions — about a quarter of CLAT. Here is what the passages actually cover.
The categories
National affairs
Government decisions and policy, major legislation, significant appointments, Supreme Court and High Court judgments of public importance, centre–state matters, elections and their outcomes.
These are useful preparation themes, not an official ranking of likely questions.
International affairs
India’s bilateral relationships and treaties, multilateral groupings — UN bodies, G20, BRICS, SCO, QUAD — conflicts and peace processes, and global summits with outcomes worth reporting.
Economy and business
Budget and its main provisions, monetary policy and rate decisions, inflation and growth figures, major mergers and regulatory action, trade agreements.
You need the vocabulary more than the numbers: what a fiscal deficit is, what the repo rate does. Passages assume the terms and explain the story.
Legal and constitutional developments
New laws and amendments, landmark judgments, judicial appointments, regulatory changes. Read the background as well as the headline; no fixed question share is promised for this theme.
Science, technology and environment
Space missions, health and public-health developments, climate agreements and conferences, significant technology policy.
Awards, honours and sport
Major awards, cultural developments and significant sporting events can provide practice material. The syllabus includes arts and culture; it does not assign this theme a fixed weight.
How far back?
The published syllabus does not specify a fixed month window. Recent news is a sensible study focus, but do not treat twelve months, or the last six to eight months, as an official boundary.
Include background to ongoing stories and historical events of continuing significance. Starting early can help build that context; update and revise it as the exam approaches.
Where static knowledge fits
Underneath the current story, not beside it. Passages assume background: which body administers a treaty, which article a case concerns. That supporting layer is worth learning; isolated lists are less useful without understanding why a fact matters. The split is set out in is static GK important for CLAT?
The format point that matters most
The syllabus describes passages of up to 450 words. Questions can require related knowledge not supplied in the passage. A candidate who has memorised the categories above as fact lists has prepared for a different question type than the one the paper asks.
Practise in passage form. How to prepare current affairs for CLAT explains how.
Where to go next
- What is Current Affairs & GK in CLAT?
- Do you need to read a newspaper daily for CLAT?
- Is static GK important for CLAT?
Sources and scope
Official references checked on 18 September 2026. Study routines and teaching examples are editorial suggestions, not official requirements.