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.

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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