The CLAT PG 2023 Exam was conducted on December 18, 2022, from 2 PM to 4 PM. CLAT 2023 was pen and paper-based. For the first time, CLAT was held twice in the same year and registered applicants were given the chance to visit campuses.
In this CLAT 2023 Paper Analysis, we will go through the section-wise detailed analysis of the paper. Also, we will take a look at the difficulty level of questions, the pattern of the exam, and the weightage of topics.
Our CLAT 2023 Exam Analysis will include:
- Subject wise division of questions
- Difficulty level of the questions
- CLAT 2023 Question Paper
- CLAT 2023 Answer Key
- CLAT 2023 Expected Cut off
The CLAT Exam consists of 120 questions that need to be answered in 120 minutes. The paper consisted of 44 pages with many aspirants saying that the paper was lengthy but moderate in nature. Candidates with a decent reading speed and time management skills would have found the paper to be easy to moderate.
Difficulty Level of the CLAT 2023 PG Exam: An Analysis
| Subjects | | Total Questions | | |
| Constitutional Law | | 30 | | |
| Other Law Subjects including Criminal Law, International Law, Intellectual Property Rights and Jurisprudence, Securities Law, and Contract Law | | 90 | | |
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The exam, in total, consisted of 44 pages. Overall, it can be said that the difficulty level of CLAT PG was moderate to difficult. There were 12 legal passages, each containing 10 questions related to the passage. The question paper was based on topics that have been of recent concern to the legal community.
The questions asked in the paper highlighted the significance of recent judicial decisions, landmark judgments, and application-based questions. It was quite surprising to see questions from IPR and securities law this time, as these topics are generally not tested in the CLAT PG Exam. The paper was application-based, testing the reading speed and analytical skills of students.
The majority of questions asked were from constitutional law. Most of the questions from Constitutional Law were spread across three passages and were moderately difficult to attempt.
A complete passage from IPR and insider trading regulations under Securities Law was also asked which was also something that candidates had not anticipated.
CLAT PG Exam 2023 Subject-Wise Analysis
| Subject | Questions | Difficulty | Good Attempt |
| Constitutional Law | 10 | Moderate-Difficult | 4-5 |
| Jurisprudence | 10 | Moderate | 4-5 |
| Law of Contract | 10 | Moderate | 6-7 |
| PIL | 10 | Moderate | 6 |
| Labour law | 10 | Moderate | 6-7 |
| Family Law | 10 | Moderate-Difficult | 7 |
| Company Law | 10 | Easy | 8-9 |
| Consti+ Transfer of property | 10 | Moderate | 6-7 |
| IPR | 10 | Easy | 8-9 |
| CrPC | 10 | Moderate-Difficult | 4-5 |
| Securities Law | 10 | Easy | 8-9 |
| Indian Evidence Act | 10 | Moderate- Difficult | 4-5 |
| Overall | 120 | Moderate | |
Passage 1: Constitution
- Level: Moderate to Difficult
- Bifurcation: Legal acumen-based questions on the ordinance-making power of the governor
Passage 2: CrPC
- Level: Moderate to Difficult
- Bifurcation: Questions related to the various facets of an FIR
Passage 3: Jurisprudence
- Level- Easy
- Bifurcation: passage-based questions
Passage 4: Intellectual Property Rights
- Level- Easy
- Bifurcation: passage-based questions plus some legal acumen-based questions on trademarks
Passage 5: Public International Law
- Level- Moderate
- Bifurcation: Legal acumen-based questions on the conflict between Ukraine and Russia
Passage 6: Securities Law (Insider Trading)
- Level- Moderate
- Bifurcation: Mostly passage-based questions plus some theoretical questions on basic concepts related to insider trading.
Passage 7: Constitutional Law
- Level- Easy-Moderate
- Bifurcation: Theoretical Questions on the Sabrimala Judgement
Passage 8: Contract Law
- Level- Moderate
- Bifurcation: passage-based questions on breach of contract + legal acumen questions
Passage 9: Companies Act
- Level- Easy
- 6 passage-based questions + basic legal acumen-based CSR questions
Passage 10: Constitution and Transfer of Property Act
- Level: Moderate to Difficult
- Bifurcation: 6 passage-based questions + Property Transfer Questions + Mines and Minerals Regulation and Development Act questions + Indian Constitution questions
Passage 11: Indian Evidence Act
- Level: Moderate to Difficult
- Bifurcation: 6: Mostly legal acumen-based questions on the admissibility of electronic evidence and some passage-based questions.
Passage 12: Labor Law
- Level: easy to moderate
- Bifurcation: passage-based questions on the intersectionality of labour law and COVID-19
Overall Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult primarily because it was lengthy.
CLAT PG 2023 Expected Cutoff: 80-88
CLAT PG 2023 Answer Key
The provisional answer key for CLAT 2022 has been released by the Consortium on its website.
You can find it here.
*We are updating the post as we gather more information from different sources.