CLAT exam is a highly rigorous entrance examination that opens the gate for 22 best law institutes in India. CLAT exam will be conducted tentatively during the month of May 2021. If you’re a CLAT aspirant and want to secure a seat in NLU, start your preparation now. Prepare for CLAT GKin 2022.

Earlier the GK section in CLAT was simple. The paper tested the knowledge of students on historical topics and current affairs of the country and world. However, this trend changed. Now, the CLAT paper will have around 32-35 Gk comprehension-based questions. Each passage will have around 5 questions. The passages can be from Economics, Law, Social issues, or Politics.

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CLAT General Knowledge Section 

This section comprises questions on passages up to 450 words each. The passages will be based on Contemporary Events of National and International Significance, International Affairs, Art and Culture and Historical Events of significance. These can be from several sources like editorials, articles, social issues etc. 

Tips To Prepare

You can follow some techniques and a well-planned CLAT strategy to excel in your preparation. Here we share some tips that you can incorporate into your daily routine.

Make A Plan First

Make a plan based on your requirement. If you’re going to revise current affairs daily, make a journal so you can revise better. Pick out the most important topics from current affairs for CLAT 2022 and pay more attention to them.

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Don’t Carry-Forward

Keeping updated with the current affairs is an everyday job, and you cannot leave it on tomorrow. 

Start by reading the newspaper every day and make sure that you are well aware of the current affairs for at least 8-9 months. Focus more on issues rather than news and note down the most popular events about what’s happening around you. Don’t even think of leaving this section for the last; you cannot mug up the current news in a day. 

Limit Your Sources

Do not burden yourself with different sources. Candidates often use different newspapers, watch different news channels, and overload themselves with information. Commit to one source and make judicious use of that source. You can take the help of CLAT Online Classes for quality study material.

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Make Your Own Notes

Current Affairs are really short, generally 1-2 liners. So, you can easily make your notes and note down the current happenings every day; this will help in memorizing them faster. You can also highlight the important facts with a different ink. Making notes yourself plays a vital role as writing is a proven method to remember anything. Also, remember that memorizing everything is not humanly possible.

Take Mock Tests Online

Try to attempt the maximum number of mock tests to ace this section. This will give you an idea about the exam pattern and the type of questions asked; it will really help you in testing your preparation level and evaluating your progress. This should, however, be attempted only after preparing yourself to a certain extent.

You can take our CLAT Mock Test Series online, which will help you to evaluate your General Knowledge.

Make Use of the Internet 

Make the right use of the internet. You cannot trust everything available on the internet. There are numerous General Knowledge pdfs available on the internet, but you have to choose the right one that would certainly help you with the better preparation for this section. Always check the credibility of the material that you’re using before getting down to study it.

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Read and Revise  

General Knowledge is a vast area, so you cannot afford to pile up every day. You need to manage to read and revise on a daily basis. This will help you in retaining current affairs or important events even from the past year.

Key Points To Remember

  • Watch TV news regularly to be aware of the daily events happening around the world. It is not advised to waste your time on primetime TV debates or other unnecessary discussions. Instead, watch Doordarshan or All India Radio News.
  • While reading a newspaper, make a habit of devoting sufficient time to reading important articles and news events. You can make notes of things that you feel are important from an examination point of view. 
  • Devote special attention to the editorial section in the newspaper since they can help to build your vocabulary and develop good reading speed. 
  • You can try to read some magazines every month, to sum up, the affairs of the month.
  • Maintain a stable preparation plan to devote specific and equal time to every section. 
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