CLAT PG 2024 question papers for Sets A, B, C and D are available for download. The exam was held on 3 December 2023, from 2 pm to 4 pm. It had 120 questions based on legal passages, including the Tata Sons dispute, natural justice, constitutional law, property transfers and medical negligence.
The final answer key changed one medical-negligence answer from D to C. The answer keys linked with the papers are provisional, so this correction matters when calculating marks. No PG question was withdrawn; the maximum score remained 120.
CLAT PG 2024 Subjects and Passage Topics
The paper included 24 passages with five questions each. They drew on judgments, legal writing and proposed changes to legislation. The questions moved between the argument in the passage and related cases, statutory provisions and legal concepts.
The table follows Set A. Other booklets place the passages in a different order, so these question numbers do not apply to every set.
Set A question numbers
Passage topics
1–10
Tata Sons and Cyrus Mistry; Sahara and SEBI
11–20
Natural justice; promissory estoppel
21–30
Genocide Convention; consent and the UN Charter
31–40
Legal moralism; legal positivism and Hart’s rules
41–50
Maharashtra political dispute; Delhi’s constitutional position
51–55
Precautionary principle in environmental law
56–65
Property transfers through GPA documents; mortgage by conditional sale
66–75
Maintenance for divorced Muslim women; matrimonial cruelty
76–90
Police reports and magistrates; grave and sudden provocation; unsoundness of mind
91–95
Retrenchment and closure of an undertaking
96–105
Frustration of contract; specific relief
106–110
Income-tax settlement and immunity
111–120
State liability and ministers’ statements; medical negligence
Company Law and Administrative Law
The opening Tata Sons passage discussed Cyrus Mistry’s removal as executive chairman and the conditions for an oppression and mismanagement claim. The questions then asked about the appeal provision, board-governance recommendations and the remedies available under company law. The Sahara passage brought in SEBI’s role and public securities issues. Both groups required knowledge beyond the business disputes described in the extracts.
Natural justice appeared through A. K. Kraipak v. Union of India. The questions covered its application to administrative decisions, the duty to give reasons, bias and when a hearing may follow a decision. The next passage dealt with promissory estoppel: when a government promise can be enforced and when law or public interest limits that promise. These groups tested legal principles as well as case names.
International Law, Jurisprudence and Constitutional Law
The Gambia–Myanmar passage set out Myanmar’s objections in the Genocide Convention proceedings. Identifying whose argument was being presented mattered: the extract should not be read as the court accepting every objection. Another passage examined consent in international law and the UN Charter.
The jurisprudence passages covered legal moralism, legal neutrality and legal positivism, including Hart’s distinction between primary and secondary rules. Constitutional-law extracts came from the Maharashtra political dispute and the Delhi government case. This mix brought legal theory and recent constitutional decisions into the same paper, rather than keeping the questions limited to a list of constitutional articles.
Property, Family and Criminal Law
The property passages dealt with two different transactions. Suraj Lamp concerned attempts to transfer property through agreements, powers of attorney and wills. Vithal Tukaram Kadam concerned a mortgage by conditional sale. The latter questions examined the debt, repayment condition and right to redeem, not just the name of the mortgage.
Family-law questions covered financial provision for a divorced Muslim woman and allegations that could amount to matrimonial cruelty. Criminal-law passages examined a magistrate’s response to a police report, grave and sudden provocation, and the burden of proof when unsoundness of mind is raised. The police-report questions referred to the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, as it stood in this historical paper.
Contracts, Tax and Liability
Energy Watchdog supplied the passage on frustration of contract. The following extract came from the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill, 2017. Its questions covered specific performance, getting a broken contract performed through another person, and special courts for infrastructure-contract disputes. The source and the questions therefore connected the reason for a reform with the legal provisions that followed.
The tax passage concerned settlement proceedings and immunity under the Income Tax Act. The final two passages moved to liability for public statements and medical negligence. The medical-negligence questions covered the elements of a claim, the difference between civil and criminal negligence, and a hospital’s responsibility for its staff. One of these questions received the final-key correction explained below.
What the CLAT PG 2024 Questions Asked
A passage-based paper does not mean that every answer can be copied from the extract. Set A question 1 asked how the Tata Sons dispute reached the Supreme Court. The final key accepts option A: an appeal under Section 423 of the Companies Act, 2013. Article 136 was a different option, but it was not the accepted answer.
Question 3 asked which committee’s recommendation was referred to in the Kotak Committee report when discussing separate chairperson and chief executive roles. The final answer is option B, the Cadbury Committee. This is a specific committee reference, not a question that can be answered from the general meaning of good corporate governance.
The natural-justice group asked a different kind of question. For example, question 15 concerned the standard used to judge apparent bias: the view of a fair-minded and informed observer. Together, these examples show why the paper required both knowledge of legal sources and an understanding of the principles in the passages. The accepted options are recorded in the official final PG answer key.
The CLAT PG syllabus explains the subject coverage for the upcoming exam. It is separate from the particular cases and questions that appeared in 2024.
CLAT PG 2024 Paper Pattern and Marking
CLAT PG 2024 had 120 multiple-choice questions worth one mark each. Candidates had two hours and recorded answers on an OMR sheet. A wrong answer lost 0.25 mark, while an unanswered question received zero. There was no descriptive writing section.
The booklet instructions establish these rules for the 2024 paper. The CLAT PG exam pattern page covers the upcoming examination; it does not replace the marking rules for this paper.
CLAT PG 2024 Final Answer Key and Correction
The Consortium’s 9 December 2023 final-key notice changed one answer in the PG paper. The same question appears at different positions in the four booklets:
Set A
Set B
Set C
Set D
Provisional answer
Final answer
116
11
41
21
D
C
Why the Negligence Answer Is C
The question asked which elements establish negligence. One statement covered a duty of care and its breach. The other covered damage caused by that breach. Option C accepts both statements; the provisional answer D accepted neither. The correction therefore concerns the combined elements of the negligence claim, not a change to the marking scheme.
For this question, a candidate who selected C gains 1.25 marks compared with the provisional key: the 0.25 penalty is removed and one mark is awarded. A candidate who selected D loses 1.25 marks, moving from one mark to a 0.25 penalty. Responses A and B remain incorrect; an unanswered question still receives zero.
The maximum score stayed at 120The PG revision changed one answer; it did not remove a question. The withdrawals listed elsewhere in the same notice concern CLAT UG, not this paper.
The provisional keys linked with the four booklets differ from the final PG key only at the question shown in the table. The correction applies to that question in every set, not to question 116 in every booklet.
Original practice: three questions on a fictional university rule.
Choose your answers, then submit the set.
Read the passage
A fictional university rule requires written reasons before a research grant is withdrawn. In an urgent safety case, payment may be suspended immediately, but written reasons must be sent within 11 days. An appeal may be filed within ten days after those reasons are received. The appeal body may examine whether the rule was followed; it cannot replace the grant policy with a policy it prefers.
Topics You Can Practise
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Area
Question focus
Company law
Tata Sons / Cyrus Mistry dispute
Torts
Medical negligence and hospital liability
Before Scoring Your Attempt
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Check
Use
Year
Keep historical paper rules with the paper
Booklet
Match the code and question text, not just the number
Key
Use the final applicable revision, not an earlier appended table
Short-set maximum
Include every question in the set, including unanswered questions
Example: 18 correct and six wrong in a thirty-question set = 16.5/30 under +1/-0.25 marking.
CLAT PG Question Paper FAQs
Downloads and Format
Are Sets A, B, C and D four different mock tests? +
They are booklet versions of the same examination. Questions can appear at different numbers, so use the matching set when checking answers. A second set may repeat questions you have already attempted.
How should I review a correct answer that I guessed? +
Keep the mark, but check the sentence or legal principle supporting the answer. If you were choosing between two options, identify the word or exception that rules out the other one.
Should I change an old question to match a newer law? +
Keep the original wording and legal context when solving a previous-year question. Changing the statute or facts can change the answer. Revise later legal developments separately for the upcoming exam.
Practice and Scoring
Are the practice questions taken from CLAT PG 2024? +
No. They are original questions based on a fictional university rule. The passage supplies the rule, exception, appeal deadline and limits on the reviewing body.
Can the practice result predict my CLAT PG rank? +
No. It shows your accuracy on three questions. Rank depends on performance in the full examination and other candidates' scores.
What happens when I retry mistakes? +
Retry mistakes includes only incorrect and unanswered questions. Restart set brings back all three. Changing an answer clears the previous result.
*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.
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