What Type of Questions Come in CLAT? Examples by Section

These five original, shortened teaching examples illustrate different tasks. They are not past-paper questions or calibrated full-length exam sets. Fictional scenarios and rules are labelled below.

1. English Language

Fictional passage: A writer initially opposed pedestrianising a shopping street. After observing improved access and stronger footfall, she wrote: “My scepticism did not survive the evidence.”

Question: Which best describes her attitude?

A. Enthusiastic from the beginning
B. Initially doubtful, then persuaded
C. Neutral throughout
D. Still opposed despite the evidence

Answer: B. Her initial opposition changes after observation. A ignores the initial doubt, C ignores both positions, and D contradicts the change.

2. Current Affairs and General Knowledge

Original background passage: International climate reporting often refers to the Paris Agreement. It is a treaty adopted at COP21 in 2015, intended to guide a collective response to climate change. Understanding the institutions and events behind such references is part of studying an ongoing international issue.

Question: In which city was COP21, where the agreement was adopted, held?

A. Glasgow
B. Paris
C. Dubai
D. Copenhagen

Answer: B. The UNFCCC records adoption at COP21 in Paris on 12 December 2015. The other cities are not the location of that conference. This short example tests background knowledge; it is not a claim that the topic will appear in CLAT 2027. Official UNFCCC reference.

3. Legal Reasoning

Hypothetical rule for this exercise only: A club owes no compensation for an injury caused by a risk the spectator knowingly and voluntarily accepted.

Facts: Before choosing a seat, Mira reads and understands a warning about stray balls. She freely accepts that risk. A stray ball then injures her.

Question: Under the supplied rule, does the club owe compensation?

A. Yes, because every injury creates liability.
B. No, because the accepted risk caused the injury.
C. No, because clubs can never owe compensation.
D. Yes, because a warning always creates liability.

Answer: B. All conditions of the supplied rule are met. A and D invent rules; C is broader than the rule provided. This is not legal advice about real sports injuries.

4. Logical Reasoning

Fictional argument: Library membership fell after a streaming service launched locally. Therefore, the streaming service caused the fall.

Question: Which additional fact most weakens that explanation?

A. The service offers several film genres.
B. The library has existed for many years.
C. The service’s logo changed recently.
D. At the same time, the library halved its opening hours, preventing many members from visiting.

Answer: D. It provides a plausible alternative cause of falling membership. A, B and C do not explain the decline. D weakens the argument without proving the service had no effect.

5. Quantitative Techniques

Fictional data: A school’s enrolment rises from 240 students to 300 students.

Question: What is the percentage increase?

A. 20%
B. 25%
C. 60%
D. 80%

Answer: B. The increase is 60. Divide by the original 240: 60 ÷ 240 × 100 = 25%. A uses the final total as the base; C confuses the numerical increase with a percentage; D is the original enrolment as a percentage of the final total.

How to use the examples

Explain your chosen option and why the others fail. Then practise longer, fresh sets covering the full published skills; these short examples cannot establish exam readiness.

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Sources and scope

Official references checked on 10 October 2026. Study routines and teaching examples are editorial suggestions, not official requirements.