NLAT All Batch/Shifts Analysis & Review (12th September 2020): National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT) 2020 was successfully conducted in 3 batches in an online home-based Examination across the country on 12th September. The test was conducted by the National Law School of India (NLSIU) Bangalore for admissions to the 5 years integrated B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) program, 2020 - 21. The overall level of the NLAT 2020 exam was moderate to difficult. Technological, artificial intelligence along with human-based proctoring method was used to conduct NLAT 2020 in the manner of an online home-based examination.
The NLAT 2020 was conducted in 3 batches,
- Batch 1 - Exam Time - 12:30 pm to 1:15 pm
- Batch 2 - Exam Time - 2:15 pm to 3:00 pm.
- Batch 3 - Exam Time - 4.00 pm to 4:45 pm
Read this post to know the detailed analysis and review of National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT) (UG) 2020. Know the level of the test and different types of questions asked in the NLAT 2020 exam.
Highlights of NLAT 2020 Exam (Batch 1, Batch 2 and Batch 3)
- Overall Level of NLAT 2020 Exam was Moderate to Difficult.
- In all the three batches of NLAT 2020 exam, it is observed that the theme of the General Comprehension (GC) passage was around the economy topic and on COVID - 19 health emergency.
Here is a snapshot of the NLAT (UG) 2020 exam pattern:
Mode of the exam | Computer-Based Test (Online) |
Number of Sections | 1 General Comprehension (GC) passage. |
Number of Questions | 40 |
Total Marks | 80 (2 marks per question) |
Negative Marking |
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Number of Choices | 5 |
Duration of the exam | 45 minutes |
Test type | MCQs |
Medium | English Language |
NLAT Expected Cut Off 2020 and Overall Good Attempt
Overall Good Attempt | 30- 35 |
Probable NLAT cut-off (All India general) | 50 - 52 |
NLAT 2020 Exam Subject-wise Difficulty Level
Sections | Difficulty Level |
English | Easy |
Current Affairs & Gk | Moderate |
Critical Reasoning | moderate level of difficulty |
Legal Reasoning | Easy |
Quant | Difficult |
Overall Level | Moderate to Difficult |
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EXAM STRUCTURE OF NLAT (UG) 2020
The NLAT 2020 UG test candidates on the following 5 (five) sections
- English Language,
- Current Affairs Including General Knowledge,
- Legal Reasoning,
- Logical Reasoning, and
- Quantitative Techniques
Total number of Questions | 40 questions |
Total number of General Comprehension (GC) passages | 4 (four) passages |
Total number of questions in each General Comprehension (GC) passages | 10 questions |
Total number of questions in each GC passage from each the 5 (five) subjects | 2 questions |
Length of the GC passage | 500 words approximately |
Type of Questions | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) |
Total Marks | 80 |
Duration of the exam | 45 minutes |
- +2 mark is assigned to each correct answer.
- Each question has five responses.
- -0.50 applicable for wrong answers.
- -0.25 applicable for un-answered questions
NLAT 2020 Overall Detailed Analysis
NLAT 2020 Details of 4 passages (Batch 1)
Passage 1 | Theme - Over-reliance on forex reserves Source: The Indian Express Type - Economic |
Passage 2 | Theme - Government strategy to address the impact of COVID in agriculture relies heavily on credit. Source: The Indian Express Type - Economic |
Passage 3 | Theme - Women’s right to property ownership becomes right when it yields concrete results in women’s favour. Source: Economic & Political Weekly Type - Economic |
Passage 4 | Theme - The Hazards of Being Poor Source: Poor Economics - Rethinking Poverty & Ways to end it. Book by Abhijit Banerjee & Ester Duflo Ch. 6 Barefoot Hedge-Fund Managers |
NLAT 2020 – Details of 4 passages (Batch 2)
Passage 1 | Theme - Delhi govt. has issued the Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy, 2020, to boost the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in the national capital. Source - mercomindia.com Type - Economic / Policy |
Passage 2 | Theme - Is the National Education Policy 2020 designed to deliver equitable quality public education? Source: scroll.in Type - Scheme & Policy |
Passage 3 | Theme - Women leaders handled coronavirus better than their male counterparts Source: scroll.in Type - International Affairs/ Health emergency |
Passage 4 | Theme: COVID-19 vaccine Source: DownToEarth |
NLAT 2020 – Details of 4 passages (Batch 3)
Passage 1 | Theme - Data from India’s statistics ministry has put a figure on the gloom that has pervaded our economy since the covid pandemic struck Source - Live Mint |
Passage 2 | Theme - The share market is probably the only component of the economy that has recovered fully from the Covid induced slowdown. Source - The Statesman |
Passage 3 | Theme - A new framework for paid period leaves Source: Hindustan Times |
Passage 4 | Theme: The Himalaya are India's most important natural asset Source: NDTV |
NLAT Question Answers 2020 (Memory Based)
Q1. Which of the following is NOT a function of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation of India?
- Ans. C (Production of Vaccines)
Q2. The NEP 2020, advocated which degree programme?
- Ans. D (Masters in AYUSH)
Q3. List of prominent Educationists:
- Ans A (Rabindranath Tagore, Jiddu Krishnamurty & Maria Montessori)
Q4. Name the books Trilogy of ‘Opium Wars’?
- Ans. B (Ibis trilogy)
Q5. Who among the following became the first chairman of the bank earlier called - Imperial Bank of India?
- Ans D (Arundhati Bhattacharya)
Q6. Co-Founded an organization that also launched a comic book guide to the menstruation of girls?
- Ans - Aditi Goyal
Q.7 Film based on Arunachalam Muruganantham
- Ans - Period: End of Sentence
Q8. When the Author speaks of Unicorn---
- Ans- A company with More than one billion dollars in value
Q9. Method to calculate GDP by the CSO in India?
- Ans. GDP at Factor cost and Expenditure Method
Q10. The SEBI banned karvy stock broking from certain activities in November 2019 for?
- Ans. B - Allegedly misappropriating clients fund and diverting them to karvy realty.
Q.11 What is meant by the term "Open Market Operations"?
- Ans - B - Buying and selling of debt obligations issued by the government in an open market
Q12. Based on the information and arguments set out in the passage above, which among the following, if true, would justify India holding high forex reserves?
- Ans - A - The sufficiency of forex reserves is usually measured in terms of how many months worth of imports a country can afford,
This was the complete overall exam analysis of the NLAT 2020 Exam held on 12th Sept. Check below batch wise analysis of NLAT Exam 2020
1. NLAT Batch 1 Exam Analysis
2. NLAT Batch 2 Exam Analysis
3. NLAT Batch 2 Exam Analysis
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