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Around 4,000 students appear for CLAT in Patna

Altogether 3,995 students appeared for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) conducted by the Consortium of National Law Universities on Sunday at five centres in Patna
Around 4,000 students appear for CLAT in Patna
Law aspirants come out of an examination centre in Patna on Sunday
PATNA: Altogether 3,995 students appeared for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) conducted by the Consortium of National Law Universities on Sunday at five centres in Patna. The examination was held at Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna Law College, Patna Science College, Patna Women’s College and Magadh Mahila College.
CLAT is a centralised test for admission to 20 National Law Universities (NLUs) in the country.
Till 2018, CLAT was conducted by NLUs on a rotational basis. However, from this year onwards, organising the law entrance exam is the responsibility of the Consortium of NLUs which has its headquarters at NLSIU, Bangalore.
According to sources, almost 90% of students who got themselves registered for CLAT 2019, appeared for the exam. CNLU dean Suresh Prasad Singh said that no disruption was reported from any examination centre. “The exam went off peacefully,” he added.
This year, the two-hour examination rolled back to offline mode. There were 200 questions from English, general knowledge, mathematics, logical reasoning and legal aptitude, which students answered in paper-pen method.
A candidate Poonam Kumari said, “Questions on mathematics were lengthy, while the logical reasoning questions were very tough. I did my best. I attempted only those questions which I knew,” she said.
In CLAT exam, for every correct answer, students get one mark and for every wrong answer, students lose 0.25 marks.
Rahul Raj, who recently passed his Class XII exam from St Karen’s High School said, “The paper was easy but I could not manage the time to answer all the questions. Because of time mismanagement, I was not even able to read the questions properly. However, I am determined to pursue a career in law. Next year I will again appear for the exam after thorough preparartion.”
Ujali Kumari, who hails from Gaya, was confident that she will qualify this year. “The paper went well and I think I will definitely get admission in one of the NLUs. Only the general knowledge questions were tricky,” Ujali said.
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