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What Is Current Affairs & GK in CLAT? A Quarter of the Paper

Roughly 28–32 questions on current affairs and general knowledge, using passages that can require knowledge beyond the text.

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Part of the CLAT 2027 guide

Current Affairs including General Knowledge is, alongside Legal Reasoning, the largest section of CLAT — roughly 28–32 of the 120 questions, about a quarter of the paper.

Prepare both factual knowledge and the ability to use it when reading a passage.

It is a passage-based section

Questions are not standalone trivia. You are given a passage of up to 450 words — drawn from news reports, journalistic writing or other non-fiction — and asked a set of questions based on it.

Some of those questions can be answered from the passage alone. Others require you to know something related that the passage does not state. That mix is the whole design: it rewards someone who has followed the news with understanding, alongside recall of relevant facts.

Combine recall with passage practice

Search for current affairs preparation and you will find bullet-point compilations: fifty facts from August, a hundred from September. They are easy to produce and easy to revise, and they can support recall, but do not by themselves rehearse the full passage-based task.

The exam gives you a passage and asks you to reason around it. A fact list trains recall in isolation, which is not the same task as reading a passage and applying knowledge under time pressure.

The fix is not to stop reading compilations. It is to make sure a real share of your practice is in passage form, because that is the format you will meet. More on that in how to prepare current affairs for CLAT.

What the passages tend to cover

  • National affairs and politics
  • International relations and global events
  • Legal and constitutional developments
  • Economy and business
  • Science, technology and environment
  • Arts and culture, awards, sport and significant appointments
  • Historical events of continuing significance

There is more detail in CLAT GK topics.

How far back does it go?

The official syllabus does not specify a fixed twelve-month or six-to-eight-month window. Follow significant current events, revise relevant background and revisit older developments when they remain important. Do not treat a suggested revision window as an official exclusion rule.

Static GK: how much matters?

There is no published static-versus-current percentage. Background knowledge may support a current story, and the syllabus also includes historical events of continuing significance — the office someone has just been appointed to, the treaty a new agreement amends. We have looked at the split in is static GK important for CLAT?

Where to go next

Sources and scope

Official references checked on 18 September 2026. Study routines and teaching examples are editorial suggestions, not official requirements.

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