Make sample papers a mandatory part of your exam preparation to improve problem-solving & time-management skills. Download previous years’ question papers here.
The Consortium of NLUs will conduct the CLAT 2026 exam on December 7, 2025.
The CLAT 2026 question paper and answer keys will be released soon after the conclusion of the CLAT exam. The candidate can download the CLAT question papers from this page in pdf format.
In the previous edition, CLAT 2025 question paper was first released on December 2, 2025. This was followed by the release of a revised question paper (Where 4 questions were dropped, and total marks of CLAT 2025 exam was reduced to 116 from 120), on December 7, 2025.
The CLAT answer key will be released alongside the question paper.
Candidates appearing in the CLAT entrance exam must solve sample papers and previous years’ question papers. This will help the candidate get a better and deeper understanding of various concepts, learn how to use these concepts to solve various types of problems, learn time management, and much more.
You can download the previous years’ CLAT question papers in PDF format below.
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CLAT Question Paper Format 2026
The question paper structure or exam pattern for CLAT 2026 for the UG and PG courses is given in the table below.
| Particulars | Description |
| Mode of Exam | Offline. Will be held in pen-and-paper-based mode |
| Type of Questions | Multiple-Choice Questions |
| Total Marks | UG: 120 marks PG: 120 marks |
| Exam Duration | 120 minutes |
| Medium of paper | English |
| Marking Scheme | Each objective-type question carries one mark 0.25 marks will be deducted for each wrong attempt |
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CLAT Question Paper 2026 – Section-wise No. of Questions, Weightage
The CLAT question paper will include multiple-choice questions (MCQs). The number of questions asked in each section of the CLAT paper and weightage is given below.
CLAT UG Question Paper 2024 – Section-wise No. of Questions, Weightage
| Sections of CLAT Question Paper | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks |
| English Language | 22-26 | 22-26 |
| Current Affairs including General Knowledge | 28-32 | 28-32 |
| Logical Reasoning | 22-26 | 22-26 |
| Legal Reasoning | 28-32 | 28-32 |
| Quantitative Techniques | 10-14 | 10-14 |
| Total | 120 | 120 |
CLAT PG Question Paper 2025 – Section-wise No. of Questions, Weightage
| CLAT LLM Subjects | Total MCQs | Total Marks |
| Constitutional Law Various Law subjects including Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law, Law of Contract, Torts, Family Law, Environmental Law, Criminal Law, Property Law, Company Law, Public International Law, Tax Law, and Labour & Industrial Law | 120 | 120 |
Download previous years’ CLAT Question Papers
The previous years’ question papers and answer keys for CLAT is given in the table below in downloadable PDF format.
| CLAT question papers | Resource |
| CLAT 2025 Question Paper with Answer Key | Download – Provisional Answer Key and Question Paper Download – Final Answer Key and Revised Question Paper |
| CLAT 2023 UG Question Paper with Answer Key | Download Here |
| CLAT 2022 UG Question Paper | Download Here |
| CLAT 2022 PG Question Paper with Answer Key | Download Here |
| CLAT 2021 UG Question Paper with Answer Key | Download Here |
| CLAT 2021 Question Paper & Answer Key | Download Here |
| CLAT 2021 PG Question Paper & Answer Key | Download Here |
| CLAT 2020 UG Question Paper with Answer Key | Download Here |
| CLAT 2020 official sample paper | Download Here |
| CLAT 2020 PG Question Paper with Answer Key | Download Here |
| CLAT 2019 Question Paper & Answer Key (UG: Set A) | Download Here |
| CLAT 2019 Question Paper & Answer Key (UG: Set B) | Download Here |
| CLAT 2019 Question Paper & Answer Key (UG: Set C) | Download Here |
| CLAT 2019 Question Paper & Answer Key (UG-Set D) | Download Here |
| CLAT 2018 question paper & answer key | Download Here |
| CLAT 2017 question paper & answer key | Download Here |
| CLAT 2016 question paper & answer key | Download Here |
| CLAT 2015 question paper & answer key | Download Here |
| CLAT 2014 question paper | Download Here |
| CLAT 2013 question paper | Download Here |
Download Official CLAT Sample Papers
| Resource | Description |
| UG CLAT 2020 – Sample Paper 1 | Download Here |
How many CLAT sample papers should you solve?
It is recommended that the candidate solves as many sample papers as possible to prepare for the CLAT 2026 exam.
Also, the candidate can START solving the sample papers very early in their exam prep. For instance, after completing a few chapters, the candidate can solve the related problems given in the sample papers.
Early on in your preparation, you will not be able to solve the entire paper. But as you move deep into your preparation and complete more and more topics in the syllabus, you should be able to solve a major chunk of questions given in the paper.
Along with the sample papers, the candidate must also solve previous years’ CLAT question papers to get insights into the difficulty level, the scope and nature of questions asked, weightage of questions asked, etc.