Dear Law Student,
Let’s understand the pattern of General Knowledge section in recent CLAT papers:
1. GK section has been a fair mix of Static GK (15-20) and Current Affairs (25-30) questions
2. For the last 1-2 years, CLAT notification mentioned that Current Affairs questions will be from past one
year. CLAT 2016 guideline did not make a specific mention of the same. So, please do not restrict your
preparation to 2016 developments alone. Law myIMS page has CA snippets of 2014 & 2015 also
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PART A - Important Topics for Static GK
2-3 Questions each
 Indian History
 Science & Technology (Human biology, astronomy, defence)
 Business & Economy
 Indian Geography
 Culture and Religion
 Law
1-2 Questions each
 Sports and Movies
 Personalities
 Government & Politics
 Business and economy
 Authors and Books
In line with the above break up, the key chapters from Pearson's Guide are mapped as follows. They
should be referred to in the decreasing order of priority
Group 1 - More questions asked
1. Geography of India
2. Indian history at a glance
3. Constitution of India
4. Indian economy
6. Physical & World Geography
12. Questions for competitive exams - 12.1 to 12.17, 12.43, 12.86
Group 2 - Fewer questions asked
5. National insignia
7. Glimpses of world history
8. International organizations
9. Everyday Science
10. Computers
11. Basic General Knowledge - 11.9, 11.35, 11.39, 11.58 to 11.61
12. Questions for competitive exams - 12.25, 12.36, 12.46, 12.68-12.79
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PART B - Important Topics for Current Affairs
4-5 Questions each
 Government & Politics
 International News
 Sports and Movies
 Business and economy
2-3 Questions each
 Awards and Honours
 Establishments
 International forums/conventions
 Personalities
Knowing this break up, go through monthly Current Affairs (CA) snippets and KnowledGym quizzes for
regular practice. Previous CLAT takers have immensely benefitted from CA snippets
Once you have done that, you should do time-bound preparation for General Knowledge every day. During
actual CLAT, you should not spend more than 15-20 minutes on 50 questions in the section. The reason is,
either you know the answer, or you don’t!
Happy ‘GK’ing!
Also visit GK related Blogs –
http://www.imsindia.com/LAW/blog/clat-hum-gk-kya-karenge/
http://www.imsindia.com/LAW/blog/hum-gk-kaise-karenge/