Important Topics for CLAT 2025 GK & Current Affairs

The CLAT 2025 general knowledge on current affairs section has a total weightage of 25% in the exam which makes it one of the subjects with the highest weightage in CLAT UG. It is essential for all the candidates to score good marks in this section as it will affect the overall score of the candidate in CLAT 2025. To score well it is significant for the candidates to know about the important topics for CLAT 2025 general knowledge and current affairs section.

Some of the important topics include national and international events, current happenings in India and around the world, landmark judgements, and latest agreements, legal facts and statements, historical developments etc.

CLAT 2025 GK and Current Affairs Section Highlights

The important highlights of CLAT 2025 GK and Current Affairs section include:

For every wrong answer, -0.25 will be deducted. 

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CLAT 2025 GK & Current Affairs Syllabus

The CLAT syllabus for the GK and current affairs include various topics related to law of the land as well as other important general awareness subjects. This section will contain a total of seven passages or 450 words each. The section examines a candidate’s knowledge of legal information as well as knowledge related to the given passage. 

The table given below highlights the CLAT syllabus 2025 for GK and current affairs section.

Important Topics for CLAT 2025 General Knowledge and Current Affairs

CLAT 2025 will consist of questions about both Current Affairs and General Knowledge. The questions will be based on national and international news, journalistic sources, and other non-fiction writings. 

Before appearing in CLAT 2025, students should have a fair understanding of the types of questions asked from the General Knowledge and Current Affairs section. Certain parts of the section can have more questions than others, so students need to understand the important topics and prepare themselves accordingly.

In the General Knowledge and Current Affairs section, you may be asked the following kind of questions:

• Completing any gaps in information
• Determining the reasons behind and effects of the events mentioned in the verses
• Questions regarding people and occasions connected to the passage's events
• Questions regarding honors, accolades, and other noteworthy occasions involving the people listed in the passage
• Questions pertaining to legislation and other significant legal occurrences (such as rulings) connected to the passage's events
• You can also be asked questions about historical details and the relevance of recent and current events.
• The passage's events, as well as other topics, maybe the subject of some of the questions. For a section concerning a natural disaster, for instance, questions will not only be about that disaster but also about comparable disasters worldwide.

For Current Affairs, candidates should keep themselves updated about: 

• Events happening nationally for at least the last year
• Events happening internationally for at least the last year

For General Knowledge candidates should keep themselves updated about: 

• Art and Culture
• History

Given below are some important topics asked in CLAT:

Also Read: Top 10 Preparation Tips to Qualify CLAT

CLAT 2025 General Knowledge Preparation Books

Aspirants can take the help of these books to prepare well for the General Knowledge section of CLAT 2025: 

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