FAQs for CLAT 2010
Q1: Please recommend me some good books for CLAT preparation?
Some Useful Books Are:
Universal’s Guide to LLB Entrance Exam (For your General Preparation) Merriam Webster’s Vocabulary Builder (For increasing your Word Power) Manorama or Penguin or CSR Yearbooks (For your General Knowledge) RS Aggarwals Guide to Logical Reasoning (For your Logical Reasoning)
January, February, March, April and May editions of Civil Services entrance magazines like:
- Civil Services Chronicle
- Competition Refresher
- Pratiyogita Darpan
- Competition Wizard – These magazines will revise your essential GK in a nutshell through small modules.
- MBA Entrance Magazines like: Chandresh Agarwals MBA Today (FOr WOrd meanings and tests)
VERY IMPORTANT:
Previous Years Papers of NALSAR and the paper of CLAT-2008.
Q2. I was basically preparing for JEE this year. I just have a few days left to prepare for CLAT. How can I make best use of this limited time period?
I appreciate your efforts towards JEE-The Lord of all Exams. Indeed, science does build up your analytical ability. Why not use it in CLAT?
You have limited time and have to get the maximum returns.
Therefore, if you have a guide book, you could cover theory in brief and jump directly to model papers.
THEREFORE,
Tip #1: Practice Papers heavily- both previous years and/or model papers.
Get your hands on CLAT-2008 model paper.
Tip #2: For Legal GK: get a book devoted to General Knowledge. I know of Manish Arora’s Book on legal General Knowledge. Get your hands on it.
Tip #3: For General Awareness or GK: Get your hands on:
The current and the last 3 month volumes of Civil Services Chronicle, Pratiyogita Darpan, Competition Refresher OR ANY DECENT MAGAZINE FOR PREPARATION FOR CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATIONS.
These magazines will cover in brief all events of the past one year and carry special sections on Indian Economy, Governance etc. In short, at the news stand, look for magazines having such data and buy them.
Purchase the CSR 2009 yearbook. Its GK section will help you.
Tip #4: Logical Reasoning: Buy a dedicated book for logical reasoning. It should be comprehensive. Practise a reasonable number of questions from each section and cover all required sections. Make sure it contains many ‘passage reasoning’ questions.
Tip #5: Mathematics: Get a decent CLAT guidebook (eg. Universal’s guide). Practice a decent number of problems from it. Maths should not be a problem for you as you are a JEE preparer.
Tip #6: For English:
Reading Comprehension: Use a CLAT Guide
Word Meanings: Try using MBA entrance guide magazines. they have words filled in them, with meanings given.
Grammar: Use a decent grammar book. Since these books are filled with matter, go to sections in them where the CORRECT USAGE of words is given. Be very thorough with correct usage of words. It is the essence of grammar. Look at lists of correct usage sentences (these are also contrasted with incorrect usages) and get an idea of where in the sentence to use a particular word.
Tip #7: Time management:
You have approx.9 days left.
Practice all subjects and chapters on a uniform basis. Practice 2 to 3 test papers a day. these will give you a good idea of the paper.
ALSO, get hold of the CLAT-2008 paper IMMEADIATELY.
It will help you a lot, especially with regard to the syllabus.
Also, get hold of a good CLAT guide. Practice less from the questions behind the chapter and more from the model papers. Also, practice each paper in a proper exam pattern. STUDY FROM THOSE SOURCES AND MATERIAL WHICH GIVE ALL THE REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE IN A NUTSHELL- IN A PRECISE AND CONCISE MANNER. Get a hold of the topic by practicing a few questions after each chapter.
Do not lose hope if you only have 9 days left. I know a person who basically prepared for around a week and got into RMLNLU Lucknow. STUDY FOR AT LEAST 10 HOURS A DAY.
All the Best!
Q. which subjects should I take in my 11th for a simultaneous smooth prep for CLAT?? Does the choice of subject really matters???
anyways I am planning to take commerce with maths…will it be fine???
Choice of Subject for 11th and 12th is relatively immaterial for CLAT.
Commerce with Maths is fine for CLAT.
Even Science and Medical preparation can be done alongside CLAT preparation.
Therefore, choose the subjects you like to most. All you need to give CLAT is 50 per cent marks in the 12th Board Exam. Which subjects you study will in no way affect your preparation. CLAT preparation can take place alongside any other exam preparation. It is subject-independent preparation.
Q. I find Mathematics difficult for CLAT. Please give me suggestions on strengthening my Maths for the CLAT.
Nothing is difficult. It is only a state of mind.
Mathematics, if difficult, can be mastered through daily practise. Any doubts, try solving them first. Be careful with guides. They can be very addictive. Practise on a daily basis, not less than 40 problems a day. Any doubts, think over each for 15 to 20 minutes. If unsuccessful, take help. Then solve at least 15 problems of that doubtful type and become thorough with it.
Q. What should be strategy of solving the paper , which section should be first and how much time to be allotted to each section ?
You must attempt all questions, starting with your strongest subject. I started with General Awareness as it was my strongest. You must be very fast. If you are unsure of an answer, go by intuition or mark the option which first came to your mind. Remember, you will have little or no time to return to a doubtful question and think about it. Solve all that you know first. Once you have completed solving, then return to doubtful questions (if you get the time. you will have to be rocket fast in solving then). If you don’t get any answer, then mark all doubtful unmarked questions with any random option (eg. aaaaaaa or bbbbbbb etc.). BUT DO NOT LEAVE ANY QUESTION UNMARKED.You can get at least some marks going by the rules of probability this way. While solving do not stop to think on a doubtful question. All doubtful question should have an option marked. You might return later and change the option, but you may not get the time.
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By Aditya Singh
Knowledge Manager Legal GSG
Law Student at Nalsar
All India Rank Holder 76
What a succinct tabulation of the major problems that give us law students nightmares! Where would we poor souls be without your cogent and helpful advice!
Hi Aditya,
Can u temme how to convince my parents bout takin up law as a career?
Hi Srishti,
I have already written to you on this. I think in order to convince your parent the first you need to be sure that you yourself are 100% confident and convinced that you can take up this as your career. Generally to become a lawyer it needs certain amount of boldness and courage . So you need to groom yourself into that kind of personality. There are again different types of lawyers : Criminal lawyer/ Trial lawyer, Corporate Lawyer, Civil Lawyer, Intellectual Property lawyer, Human Rights lawyer, Environmental lawyer etc. Generally few parents may have the notion of one particular type of lawyers only based on which they may share their reservations of one particular type of lawyer, but if you can explain to them the alternate form of legal professionals then they may change their mind.
Secondly, You need to also decide what type of lawyers you actually want to began, remember across the world 20% of our Global leaders are established lawyers , example are Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton etc, In India 30% of our politicians and Industry leaders are successful lawyers .
Thirdly there is a huge surge of Legal Process Outsourcing Industry (LPO) coming up and India will see a huge increase in demand for lawyers. So culminating all these factors a profession in law is a very attractive proposition.
Do let me know if this info helps,
Best Regards,
Aditya
thans for giving a good suggession
Hey, I’m going to be giving CLAT 2010 but I haven’t really gotten down to preparation. I went for LST last year but didn’t find it helpful at all. Also, school exams and the boards also require a lot of time, so I was hoping you could help me figure out how to start preparation for CLAT and whether the one month before CLAT is enough.. Also do extra curriculars and stuff count for Law school at all?
Thanks.
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I have just given my b.com(I) exam but i want to sit for clat exam this year.I have hardly prepared anything and only one month is left.Can u plz suggest me the books which i should go through in such a short period,also my maths is very week so i would like to know the only book which would cover all the topics asked in clat.
Hi Sarah,
Thank you for writing to us!
All the books mentioned here will suit your needs!
All the best
hi aditya read your all the previous posts………pretty helpful …………now its one month to go ……want your suggestions on how to improve maths ans english grammer……..these are the two sections …i loose marks a lot…….alo ihave done legal vocab well..is it neceessary to english vocab
Hi Ram,
Please refer the books mentioned in my post and that will be really helpful for you.
All the best!!
i’m 12th now and hardly have 1 year left for clat exam.i’m now preparing for board+cet,iit,aiee.i have a busy schedule in college.with unit tests and other preparations only Monday evening i will be free.i’m a topper in the class so cant just neglect my core preparation.my aim is to become a legal advisor,so i have a strong desire to get a seat in bangalore.so will u plz help me with a plan that i should follow.and plz tell me the area i have to concentrate on and the sources i have to work on.
hi,is rmlnlu good enough???(d double Ps-placements n packages)
kindly tell if its necessary to cover all the topics deeply. i am a student of maths stream of 12th grade,how much time should i give to the preparation of CLAT everyday???
Hey Aditya…… First Of All I’d Like To Thank You ……… Really Helped Me A Lot….. Anyways, Are The Year Books Enough For General Knowledge ?
If Not, Please Suggest Some .
I Have 6 Months To Go For My Exam So … I Can Probably Read The Best You Offer …… !!