How TO PREPARE FOR CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR CLAT 2022

This section comprises 35 questions and is believed to be one of the most time-consuming sections for CLAT. This is because it genuinely requires a lot of time for reading and memorizing but once you know the correct sources and frame a proper schedule for yourself, half the work is sorted. Find below some of the important points that you should definitely keep in mind while finalizing your strategy. 

1. PAPER STRUCTURE:  CLAT questions are asked in a set of 5 questions, that check whether you have complete knowledge about a particular topic. As a result, reading in detail becomes important. Hence, on a comparative basis, reading extensively on a topic becomes more important than going through one-liner questions (that will be relevant for AILET but not that much for CLAT). 

2. There is no need to read the whole passage when solving questions. This is because the passage never contains the answers to the questions but is just written to introduce the topic to the student. Instead, read the first line or so that will help you to know the topic that the passage is navigating towards. This will help you to save a lot of time. 

3. NOTE MAKING: Making notes (offline or online) is not mandatory but is certainly recommendatory. This is because once you make notes by jotting down the important points it helps you to memorize. At the same time, it becomes handy at the time of revision. This is because when revising you might not want to surf through the various sites and note down all the important topics instead containing all important points on one page will help to save time and energy. 

4. SOURCES: There are a lot of sources that provide current affairs material but most of them are tailored to suit the needs of the UPSC aspirants. Hence choosing the correct sources that give a certain topic in detail becomes important. For sources, one can follow- 

a. A good newspaper (preferably The Hindu or The Indian Express) for daily reading. Reading one newspaper daily is sufficient.  

b. A source like Drishti IAS that would provide you the topics in detail. 

c. Any CLAT institution's (preferably Career Launcher- CL or Legal Edge- LE) weekly or monthly compendium that provides detail on important topics. (Since I was a CL student, I can tell that their compendium (MANTHAN) picks up articles from other sources like The Hindu, Indian Express, and Drishti IAS which is quite comprehensive. But at the same time, LE's Clatpost was a great source to solve questions and read legal news). 

In case you wish to read one-liners, you can use GKToday for the preparation of daily notes.  

5. IDEAL TIME AND MARKS 

Time- 10-12 minutes 

Marks- 25+ 

Signing off, 

(AIR 67, CLAT 2021) 

These are the author's personal views based on experience and previous year's papers. 





 

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