CLAT or AILET- Differences in syllabus, marks, exam pattern, preparation strategy
CLAT 2024 and AILET 2024 are both tentatively scheduled for December 2023.
CLAT is conducted each year at the national level for admission into undergraduate programs of reputed National Law Universities while AILET is conducted each year at the national level to admit students into the undergraduate program offered by National Law University, Delhi.
Both these exams are tough and require the aspirants to prepare with utmost focus, consistency, and, perseverance. While CLAT offers more than 3000 seats, AILET offers about 120 seats at the undergraduate level. But, out of CLAT and AILET which exam should you prepare for? Can you prepare for both CLAT and AILET together?
Let’s take a look at details about CLAT and AILET before making a decision.
- CLAT 2024 will have 150 questions to be solved in 2 hours while AILET 2024 will have 150 questions to be solved in 1 hour 30 minutes.
- CLAT usually has the following sections- English, Logical Reasoning, Current Affairs including GK, Legal Reasoning and Quantitative Techniques. AILET has the following sections- English, Current Affairs including GK and Logical Reasoning.
- CLAT has 2 more sections than AILET, however, the preparation strategy for both the exams can remain more or less the same. Edit ExamCLATAILET Total Seats> 3000 120 Total Questions150150 Duration120 mins 90 mins Total Sections53 Total Colleges22 1
Preparation strategy for English Section of CLAT and AILET 2024
- A good reading-comprehension speed as well as accuracy when it comes to vocabulary are extremely important to clear both the exams.
- By improving your reading speed, you can not only do well in this section, but also other sections that require you to go through long passages.
- You can go through the following tips to increase your reading comprehension speed. – 5 Novels To Read To Improve CLAT Reading Comprehension And Speed – How To Improve Your Reading Speed For CLAT – How To Prepare For Reading Comprehension Section For CLAT and AILET? – How To Attempt CLAT Reading Comprehensions Using Newspaper Editorials
- Improve your grammar by understanding and applying the rules. You can go through sample posts like these everyday to practice.
- We have also introduced a weekly vocabulary series with posts like these to help you learn new words and enhance your command over English as a language.
Preparation Strategy for Logical Reasoning for CLAT and AILET
- Logical arguments, Logical conclusions, Pattern identification, Fact inference judgments, Blood relations, Syllogisms, Conditional syllogisms, Directions, Number series, Data sufficiency, Analogies- Both CLAT and AILET have a similar syllabus when it comes to logical reasoning.
- To prepare for logical reasoning for both the exams, go through sample questions everyday. You can solve questions on posts like these[Logical Reasoning-1, Logical Reasoning -2, Logical Reasoning-3]
- You can also go through tips and tricks to help you have clear concepts and help you solve questions faster.
- Try to solve questions from each topic before the exam to have an edge over other aspirants.
Preparation Strategy for Current Affairs including GK for CLAT and AILET
- Since you have almost 11 months before the exam, you can now start reading news papers.
- Reading news papers will help you in two ways: one, by giving you information about daily happenings and two, by improving your reading speed, command over vocabulary and improving your analytical skills.
- Reading editorials will also help you form inferences, opinions and have sound opinions about various national and international events.
- You can either solve Sample Questions for CLAT and AILET every day or you can go through Current Affairs on a monthly basis to step up your preparation.
Preparation Strategy for Legal Reasoning for CLAT
- While AILET doesn’t have this section, there is a good deal of emphasis on legal reasoning in CLAT.
- CLAT tries to aspirant’s legal aptitude via passage based questions which require some conceptual and theoretical understanding as well as analysis skills.
- To prepare for CLAT’s Legal Aptitude, primarily focus on legal GK to broaden your understanding of legal affairs in daily news.
- You can go through Sample Questions on legal reasoning to prepare better once you’re thorough with the basic concepts.
- CLATalogue has endeavored to explain basic concepts through series on Contract Law, Tort Law etc.
- Go through these concepts and then attempt questions to find out areas you need to work on more.
Preparation Strategy for Quantitative Techniques for CLAT
- This section needs the aspirants to know the basic concepts and apply them in a quick and accurate manner.
- To prepare for this section, go through books or any study material of your choice and have a clear understanding of the basics.
- Once you have a good hold over the concepts, try solving questions pertaining to each topic. You can go through sample questions to test your understanding.
- You can also go through tips and tricks to employ shortcuts and reach the correct answers quickly.
Now that you know the details about each exam and what it entails to prepare for each, which one do you think you’d have a better shot at?
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Ruchika Mohapatra
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