94% applicants in Bhopal take CLAT 2019

BHOPAL: Around 94% students who applied and were allotted Bhopal as centre, appeared for the CLAT-2019 on Sunday to take admission in national law universities.
The experts felt, the cut-off for the top three NLUs is likely to be around 155-158 marks. CLAT Consortium of NLUs under chairmanship of NLSIU conducted CLAT 2019. The result is expected to be released in June, 2019.The first merit list of selected candidates is expected to be released by mid-June 2019.
In the second week of June, CLAT will also publish the college allotment list, after which the selected candidates will be required to pay the counselling fee within the stipulated dates, failing which the candidate will lose seat and will not be considered for further process of admission in 2019.
The paper had a total of 200 questions spread across five sections - English, GK, elementary mathematics, logical reasoning and legal aptitude. There was negative marking of one-fourth of a mark for each incorrect attempt. In the elementary mathematics 20 questions were asked. Unlike previous years this section was easier. Students said they had easily attempted about 10 - 14 questions in 10 minutes and arithmetic, like expected was the prominent part. The logical reasoning was dominated by analytical reasoning. It comprised of questions from arrangements, directions, blood relations, series and coding decoding. The analogies, syllogisms, odd one out and connectives comprised the verbal reasoning part.
English section was the easiest among all sections. The students had easily solved the 20 questions related to correction of sentence and others. The General Knowledge was dominated by current affairs, just like the last few years. The students who have taken at least mocks easily attempted around 40 questions in this section. The legal aptitude section turned out to be the most difficult section in the question paper for the students. The students only got some respite as a few questions from previous year papers with a few changes were also asked.