CLAT Exam Analysis 2026 OUT, Know Section wise Difficulty Level, Good Score

CLAT Exam Analysis 2026: The Consortium of NLUs conducts the CLAT 2026 exam for BALLB and LLM admission on  December 7, 2025. The duration of the exam is two hours, starting from 2 to 4 p.m. After coming out of the exam centres, test-takers are keenly looking for the detailed analysis of the CLAT Question papers, good scores and so on. As per the students’ reaction, the overall CLAT Exam paper was easy to moderate level, whereas the most difficult section was logical reasoning. Every year, the law team of Adda Education publishes the CLAT 2026 exam analysis based on test-takers’ and faculty’s remarks. Stay tuned with us to get section-wise CLAT Question paper analysis, difficulty level and expected cutoff.

CLAT Exam Analysis 2026

Today is a very big day for the law aspirants, as it is the final day of their hard work throughout the whole year. To know their chances of getting into the Top 10 NLUs in India, they are anxiously analysing how their exam was, what the expected cutoff will be, and so many factors.

The CLAT exam analysis is now out, and it assists you in understanding the complications of the question paper as well as the difficulty level of each part. CLAT question paper analysis can also assist you in realising where you might improve or lose marks. Also, you can check the CLAT 2026 answer key prepared by our in-house experts to calculate their scores.

CLAT 2026 Exam Analysis by Experts

Just as the exam is over, we are now live on our CLATAdda247 YouTube channel to provide you with detailed CLAT question paper analysis, shared by experts and students.

Difficulty Level of CLAT Exam 2026

The difficulty level of the CLAT Exam is rated moderate to difficult in level. Once the basis of the student’s review, we will soon share the section-wise difficulty level of the CLAT Question paper in the table below.

Sections Difficulty Level Cutoff Marks
English Language Easy 30+
Current Affairs including General Knowledge Easy 20+
Logical Reasoning Moderate 15+
Legal Reasoning Easy 15+
Quantitative Techniques Easy 15+

Section-wise CLAT 2026 Exam Paper Analysis

The CLAT Question paper includes a total of 120 questions, which are divided into five sections, including Legal Reasoning, Current Affairs, Quantitative Techniques, and English Language. Below will share the CLAT section-wise exam analysis considering various parameters.

CLAT Legal Reasoning Section

The analysis for the CLAT LR section is given below

  • Overall Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate
  • Type of Passages: Mixed themes — governance-related issues, social-legal topics, and current constitutional discussions
  • Total Questions in Section: Around 28–30 questions
  • is the section Time Consuming: Yes

CLAT  Current Affairs Section

The analysis for the CA Section is given below

  • Overall Difficulty Level: Easy
  • Total Questions in Section: Around 28–30 questions
  • Good Score Range: 18–21 marks
  • Section Time-Consuming? No — quick and direct questions

CLAT Quantitative Techniques Section

The analysis for the CLAT Quant section  is shared below

  • Overall Difficulty Level Easy to Moderate
  • Topics: Percentage, Ratio, Proportion
  • Total Questions in Section: Around 12–15 questions
  • Good Attempts: 12-14+

CLAT English Language Section

The analysis for the English section  is shared below

  • Overall Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate
  • Number of Passages: 4–5 passages (based on typical CLAT structure and student experience)
  • Total Questions in Section: Around 24 questions
  • Vocabulary Difficulty: Moderate

CLAT Logical Reasoning Section

The analysis for the Logical Reasoning  is shared below

  • Overall Difficulty Level: Moderate to Difficult
  • Total Questions in Section: Around 28–30 questions
  • Is the Section Time-Consuming? Yes

Marking Scheme of CLAT 2026 Exam

While analysing your performance after the exam, you must have a good understanding of the CLAT latest marking scheme.

According to the CLAT marks allocation, each question in CLAT 2026 will be worth one mark. There is also a rule for negative marking of 0.25 points for each incorrect response. It should be noted that unattempt questions receive no penalty and are marked as 0.

CUET 2026 Good Score

This year’s CUET Good Score is projected to be 85 or more marks. We have shared the expected overall CLAT 2026 good score for general, SC and OBC Category students.

CLAT Exam Analysis 2026 OUT, Know Section wise Difficulty Level, Good Score -_3.1

Below, we have shared the expected section-wise CLAT 2026 Good Scores for your reference.

Sections Expected Good Scores
English Language 20+
Current Affairs including General Knowledge 30+
Logical Reasoning 20+
Legal Reasoning 15+
Quantitative Techniques 10+
Total 95+

CLAT 2026 Cut off Analysis

Candidates must know that the score needed for admission to different NLUs or colleges accepting score is what CLAT cutoff is. It is calculated based on several parameters such as the number of applicants, total seats, difficulty level, your overall performance and past year cutoff. Based on the exam analysis, the projected CLAT 2026 cutoff scores for general category is given below

LU Expected Rank
Expected Score (Out of 120)
NLSIU Bangalore 1–120 98+
NALSAR Hyderabad 120–260 95+
WBNUJS Kolkata 260–450 92+
NLU Jodhpur 450–800 88+
GNLU Gandhinagar 800–1200 86+
NLIU Bhopal 1200–1700 84+
HNLU Raipur 1700–2600 82+
RMLNLU Lucknow 2600–3300 80+
NLU Odisha (Cuttack) 3300–4200 78+
CNLU Patna 4200–5200 75+

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FAQs

What is the timings of CLAT 2026 Exam?

The Consortium of NLUs conducts the CLAT 2026 exam for two hours, starting from 2 to 4 p.m

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