Detailed CLAT Analysis and CLAT Cut off!

CLAT cut off is the minimum score one must get to get admission to various law schools. The CLAT cut off is released days after the CLAT results are announced. Therefore, the candidates must wait a long time to know their college enrollment. However, the CLAT analysis and CLAT cut off from previous years help you assess your chances of getting into your desired law school. The CLAT cut off, and CLAT analysis for 2023 will be released only after the exam is conducted. Until then, we can understand the CLAT 2023 exam trend with the information we already have.

CLAT Analysis

The Consortium releases all the essential information regarding the CLAT exam. CLAT Analysis will help us anticipate the upcoming CLAT exam. 

CLAT Analysis: Exam Pattern

The expected overall exam structure for CLAT 2023 is given below.

S. No.	Particulars	Details
	Maximum Marks	150
	Duration	2:00 Hours (120 minutes)
	No of Sections	5 (English Language, Current Affairs, including General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Techniques)
	Question Type	Passage based-Multiple Choice Questions
	No. of questions	150 Questions
	Marking Scheme	There will be negative marking. 1 Mark for correct answers. 0.25 mark deduction for wrong answers.

 

CLAT Analysis: Section-Wise Number of Questions, Marks Weightage and Difficulty Level

We are aware of the approximate amount of questions in each segment. It makes the exam more accessible for us to grasp. The weighted average for current affairs and legal reasoning will be 25%. The majority of the questions on the CLAT 2023 will come from these two subject areas. The CLAT 2023 exam will place English language and logical reasoning in second place regarding weight. The sections on quantitative techniques will be given the least weight. 

The overall difficulty level of each section is up to 12th grade; only the quantitative technique section will focus on concepts till the elementary level.

 

Subject Area	Expected no. of Questions	Weightage in Percentage	Difficulty Level
English Language	28-32	20%	12th Grade
Current Affairs, including General Knowledge	35-39	25%	12th Grade
Legal Reasoning	35-39	25%	12th Grade
Logical Reasoning	28-32	20%	12th Grade
Quantitative Techniques	13-17	10%	10th Grade (Elementary Level)
Total	150	100%	–

 

What Affects the CLAT Cut-Off?

The CLAT cut off is affected by a few different variables each year. The cut-off differs from year to year as a result of several factors. These consist of the following:

• The total number of candidates who took the CLAT 2023 examination.
• CLAT cut off schedules from the previous year.
• The number of applicants seeking admission. 
• Seat availability for the 5-year LLB programme.
• Reservation Procedures.

The CLAT cut off is directly impacted by these variables. For instance, fewer seats will be available for other categories if more seats are set aside for one group. As a result, the cutoff would increase for different categories.

CLAT Previous Year’s Cut-off

The number of candidates taking the exam and the overall number of applicants are variables that we can only speculate about. Only when the process has started will the precise number be known. Therefore, based on them, we cannot predict the cut-off. However, we can examine the cut-off for prior years to comprehend the trends and assess the CLAT 2023 cut-off.

CLAT cut off 2022

Name of NLU	General (All India)		OBC		SC		ST
	Opening rank	Closing rank	Opening rank	Closing rank	Opening rank	Closing rank	Opening rank	Closing rank
NLSIU Bangalore	1	83	–	–	549	3042	486	3042
NALSAR Hyderabad	65	172	2703	10732	2161	2884	2844	6854
WBNUJS Kolkata	24	241	1378	4575	2759	3644	2546	8125
NLIU Bhopal	247	378	417	1045	3344	4086	9028	14684
NLU Jodhpur	185	356	–	–	2954	5983	8323	15063
HNLU Raipur	387	765	7238	9107	3209	9735	8757	14684
GNLU Gandhinagar	251	366	379	1693	4650	7277	6895	14753
RMLNLU Lucknow	255	676	944	17831	3679	10062	13635	26103
RGNLU Patiala	413	1075	–	–	7375	10357	12543	18707
CNLU Patna	677	1312	1503*		10446	16784
NUALS Kochi	414	1144	–	–	17266	29091	–	–
NLU Odisha (Cuttack)	436	1072	–	–	7586	11031	13583	20296
NUSRL Ranchi	1104	1507	1691	2596	10303	11742	16596	19273
TNNLS Tiruchirappalli	1199	1834	–	–	11372	13332	10421	19551
DSNLU Vishakhapatnam	1036	1473	–	–	*10397	*20005	*23268	*28242
MNLU Mumbai	371	453	*1937	*4124	*6429	*10350	*26180	*49307
MNLU Nagpur	1052	1448	*6808	*19330	*11603	*31798	*37629	–
MNLU Aurangabad	1474	2022	*9091	*22502	*15447	*36653	–	–
NLUJAA Guwahati	1091	1659	*6260	*48871	*14578	*46516	*22414	*48642
HPNLU Shimla	755	2009	–	–	8911	13033	18878	25226
DNLU Jabalpur	1290	1949	*2264	*4321	*12039	*19700	*27102	*43898
NLU Sonipat	1033	2040	2327	3666	11754	14185	18558	25209

 

*Only State Categories

 

CLAT Cut off 2021

 

CLAT Cut offs 2021	Closing Ranks after Round 5	Closing Ranks after Round 4	Shut Ranks after Round 3	Closing Ranks after Round 2	Closing Ranks after Round 1
NLSIU Bangalore	–	–	–	83	80
NALSAR Hyderabad	–	172	–	–	163
NLIU Bhopal	378	–	372	358	350
WBNUJS Kolkata	233	241	227	223	216
NLU Jodhpur	343	356	336	329	317
HNLU Raipur	733	765	–	675	651
GNLU Gandhinagar	–	375	366	362	348
RMNLU Lucknow	658	676	641	633	600
RGNLU Patiala	1003	1075	973	963	940
CNLU Patna	1282	1312	1269	1268	1184
NUALS Kochi	1105	1144	1075	1032	978
NLU Odisha	1032	1072	1001	993	945
NUSRL Ranchi	1400	1507	1339	1338	1233
TNLS Tiruchirappalli	1710	1834	1606	1586	1469
DSNLU Visakhapatnam	1352	1473	1286	1283	1158
MNLU Mumbai	442	453	434	424	423
MNLU Nagpur	1419	1448	1346	1334	1276
MNLU Aurangabad	1821	2022	1710	1672	1575
NLSJA Assam	1530	1659	1447	1443	1337
DNLU Jabalpur	1841	1996	1721	1685	1533
HPNLU Shimla	1869	2009	1800	1743	1598
DBANLU Sonepat	1927	2040	1848	1794	1669

 

CLAT Cut off 2020

 

National Law Universities (NLUs)	Opening Rank	Closing Rank
NLSIU Bangalore	1	97
NALSAR Hyderabad	40	886
WBNUJS Kolkata	6	66
NLIU Bhopal	137	525
NLU Jodhpur	162	311
GNLU Gandhinagar	259	3100
HNLU Raipur	471	2407
RMLNLU Lucknow	462	704
RGNUL Patiala	307	942
MNLU Mumbai	5	940
CNLU Patna	432	1140
NLU Odisha	478	3282
NUALS Kochi	472	1296
NUSRL Ranchi	934	1189
NLUJA Guwahati	1005	2828
TNNLS Trichy	1124	3890
MNLU Nagpur	543	1312
MNLU Aurangabad	1211	2074
DSNLU Vishakhapatnam	986	1362
HPNLU Shimla	620	1225
DNLU Jabalpur	1022	5921
Dr. BR Ambedkar National law University, Sonipat	580	2168

 

These details give you a fair idea about the CLAT 2023 exam, and the CLAT 2023 cut off.

Every year, 22 National Law Universities take part in the CLAT exam. Private law schools that formally join the Consortium through an MoU, or Memorandum of Understanding, also participate in the CLAT test. These law schools publish their CLAT cut-off once the exam is taken and the results are announced. The cut-off is made available in several rounds. The minimum score required for admission to a specific college is referred to as the cut-off. One of the crucial steps in the CLAT admissions process is the release of the cut-off. The CLAT 2023 exam will take place on December 18, 2022; hence the cut-off will likely be made public by January 2023.

 

Factors that will affect CLAT 2023 Cut off.

The CLAT cut-off differs from year to year due to several factors. These consist of the following:

1. The number of aspirants who took the CLAT 2023 exam.
2. Previous year’s cut-off patterns.
3. The number of applicants for admissions.
4. Availability of seats for 5-year LLB program.
5. Reservation Policy.

 

CLAT Cut off: Previous Years’

The number of candidates taking the exam and the overall number of applicants are variables that we can only speculate about. We will know the precise number only when the CLAT 2023 admission process has started. Therefore, based on them, we cannot predict the cut-off. However, we can examine the cut-off for prior years to comprehend the CLAT Cut off pattern and then estimate the CLAT 2023 cut-off.