CLAT 2025 Question Paper

CLAT 2025 paper: pattern and analysis

The CLAT 2025 paper carried 120 questions to be answered in 120 minutes — exactly one minute per question — and, like every recent paper, it was fully passage-based: you read a passage and answer the questions hanging off it. Marking was +1 for a correct answer, −0.25 for a wrong one and 0 for an unattempted one, and the exam was conducted by the Consortium of NLUs. As the most recent paper, 2025 follows the current 120-question pattern that has been in force since 2024, which makes it the closest mirror of what you will actually face on exam day. If you want to see how each section is defined, read it alongside the CLAT syllabus.

What the 2025 paper shows

• ✓Legal Reasoning and Current Affairs & GK are the two biggest blocks — together they make up 60 of the 120 questions, roughly half the paper. Your score is decided here more than anywhere else.
• ✓Quantitative Techniques is the smallest section at just 12 questions, or about 10% of the paper — worth securing, but not where the bulk of your marks live.
• ✓Everything is passage-based, so reading speed and comprehension matter across all five sections — you are reading and reasoning under the clock, not recalling stray facts.
• ✓The clock is tight — 120 questions in 120 minutes leaves about a minute per question, so the paper rewards a steady reading pace far more than last-minute cramming.

How to use the CLAT 2025 paper

1. 1
   Attempt it timed, as a real mock

   Sit all 120 questions in one 120-minute block on the exam screen — no breaks, no peeking at answers. Take it as a timed mock so the navigation, flagging and pacing all feel familiar. The first attempt is the only honest read of your true speed and accuracy.
2. 2
   Review with the official answer key

   Go through every wrong answer with the official key. Don't just note the correct option — return to the passage and find the exact line that forces it, and the line that should have warned you off your choice. Name the cause: misread the passage, fell for a tempting option, or simply ran out of time.
3. 3
   Drill your weakest section

   Your error log will point clearly at one or two weak sections — often Legal Reasoning or Quantitative Techniques. Spend the following days on targeted topic-wise practice there, then re-attempt the passages that beat you so the same type never costs you twice.