For those of you taking the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015, last year’s toppers Archismita Raha and Ankita Agarwala have revealed their preparation startegy. Thy have also doled out some important tips to help you crack the exam!

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is an all-India entrance exam, which conducted for students seeking admission in the UG and PG programmes offered by the different National Law Universities (NLUs).

Archismita Raha, a student of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, CLAT 2014, All India Ranking (AIR) – 5, says, “CLAT tests the students on five sections, namely, English, Mathematics, Logical Reasoning, Legal Reasoning and General Knowledge. All these sections are more about practice and speed rather than reading or memorising; the General Knowledge section being the only exception.

For me, the last month before the test was the period of intensive practice and preparations that made all the difference. A friend who was also planning to take the exam had a huge collection of mock test papers and during the last month we regularly solved as many papers as we could. Solving so many papers turned out to be immensely helpful as most questions of the CLAT paper was covered somewhere or the other and this helped me to learn to manage the two hours of the exam efficiently.

Also, this helped me to decide my strategy regarding the order of attempting the sections, which becomes a point of confusion during the exam. I personally tried all possible permutations and combinations during these mock tests and decided on the one which suited me the best. I attempted the legal reasoning section first, followed by the mathematics and logical reasoning sections while keeping the General Knowledge part for the last. Apart from this, another thing I did in the last few days was random web searches about whatever issue that came to my notice apart from reading the regular current affairs compendiums. This covered the General Knowledge section for me.

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