Tips to score high marks in CLAT 2026 quantitative techniques

CLAT 2026 exam is on Sunday 7 December that get you admission prestigious NLUs in India. How to get admission in any of NLU. For this students must score higher. There is no denying the fact that local area student will get edge in the respective NLU of the state. But you cannot expect much difference in the percentage.

To score high in CLAT 2026 Quantitative Techniques, focus on a strong Class 9–10 maths base, master high‑weightage topics (percentages, ratio, averages, TSD, DI), and practice passage‑based questions regularly with strict time and accuracy control.

Tips to score high marks in CLAT 2026 quantitative techniques

Know the section first

CLAT Quantitative Techniques carries about 10–14 questions and roughly 10% weightage in the paper, so a good score here can clearly lift your overall rank.
Questions are passage‑based: you get short sets with data (tables, charts, word cases) and then MCQs testing arithmetic, algebra, mensuration and basic statistics.

Build strong concepts

Revise NCERT Class 9–10 chapters for number system, percentages, profit–loss, simple/compound interest, ratio–proportion, averages, time–work, and mensuration, because CLAT sticks to this level only.
Focus on understanding why formulas work instead of rote learning; this helps in interpreting data‑based passages where questions are twisted around the same concept.

Daily practice strategy

Give 30–45 minutes daily only to Quant: 15–20 minutes for concept / formula revision and the rest for 8–10 mixed questions or one full passage set.
Solve previous year CLAT quant sets and sectional tests every week to improve speed on unfamiliar data formats like graphs, charts and caselets.

Exam‑oriented techniques

Start each set by scanning all questions, pick the ones with direct calculations first (simple percentage, ratio or average) and leave lengthy algebraic ones for later.
Use approximation and option‑elimination for percentage, ratio and interest questions instead of full stepwise solving to save time without losing accuracy.

Revision and mock planning

Maintain a small formula + shortcut notebook for percentages, simple and compound interest relations, common fraction–percentage equivalents, speed–time–distance, and mensuration formulas, and revise it in the last 15–20 minutes of each study day.
In full‑length mocks, target 8–10 high‑accuracy attempts out of 10–14 questions, because with negative marking of 0.25 per error, accuracy helps more than over‑attempting.

Tips to score high marks in CLAT 2026 quantitative techniques

CLAT 2026 Syllabus

English Language

In this section of the UG-CLAT 2026, you will be provided passages of about 450 words each. These passages will be derived from contemporary or historically significant fiction and non-fiction writing, and would be of a standard that a 12th standard student may be able to read in about 5-7 minutes.

Understand the central idea of the passage and the arguments or viewpoints it presents.
Draw appropriate inferences and conclusions from the information given.
Summarise the passage in a concise form.
Compare and contrast the different arguments or viewpoints mentioned.
Interpret the meanings of words and phrases from the context in which they appear.

Current Affairs Including General Knowledge

In this section, you will encounter passages of up to about 450 words, drawn from newspapers, journalistic sources, and other non‑fiction texts. The accompanying questions may explore legal ideas or information mentioned in or connected to the passage, but you will not need any legal knowledge beyond what is provided in the text itself.

Contemporary events of significance from India and the world;
Arts and culture;
International affairs; and
Historical events of continuing significance.

Legal Reasoning

In this section, you will need to read passages of about 450 words. These passages may present factual situations or scenarios involving legal issues, questions of public policy, or moral and philosophical debates. You do not need any prior legal knowledge to answer the questions, but a broad awareness of current legal and ethical issues will help you apply general principles or ideas to the situations described. Each passage will be followed by a set of questions that will require you to respond on the basis of the information and principles given.

Identify and infer the rules and principles set out in the passage;
Apply such rules and principles to various fact situations; and
Understand how changes to the rules or principles may alter their application to various fact situations.

You can attempt the following

Passage: Freedom of Speech and Reasonable Restrictions

The Constitution of Xland guarantees every citizen the right to freedom of speech and expression. However, the legislature may impose reasonable restrictions in the interests of public order, decency, and the security of the State. A law was passed in Xland making it an offence to post any online content that “may disturb public order or hurt the sentiments of any group”. The law gives the police power to arrest a person without warrant for such posts. Several students criticise a new university fee hike on social media, calling it “unfair and exploitative”. A protest is organised on campus; it remains peaceful, though some students shout slogans. The police arrest the main organiser, R, under the new law, stating that his online posts hurt the sentiments of the university authorities and could disturb public order.

Q1. Based on the principle of freedom of speech with reasonable restrictions, which of the following is most accurate?
A. The arrest is valid because criticism always hurts someone’s sentiments.
B. The arrest is invalid because peaceful criticism of policy is protected speech.
C. The arrest is valid because the law allows arrest without warrant.
D. The arrest is valid because protests can later turn violent.

Q2. If R had explicitly urged students to burn down university property, which option is most likely correct?
A. The speech loses protection because it incites violence.
B. The speech is still protected as academic freedom.
C. The arrest is invalid because students did not actually burn anything.
D. The arrest is invalid because online posts are not covered by the law.

Logical Reasoning

The Logical Reasoning section of the UG‑CLAT 2026 will contain several short passages of about 450 words each. After every passage, you will face one or more questions that ask you to:

Identify an argument, along with its premises and conclusion.
Read and recognise the specific arguments presented in the passage.
Critically examine the pattern of reasoning, determine how the conclusion depends on certain premises or evidence, and judge how changing these premises or facts could strengthen or weaken the conclusion.
Work out what logically follows from the passage and apply these inferences to new situations.
Draw relationships and analogies, spot contradictions and equivalences, and evaluate how persuasive or effective the arguments are.

Public Transport Policy

The city of Arnavpur introduced a new policy to reduce traffic congestion. Under this policy, parking fees in the central market area doubled, and all buses were free during peak hours. One year later, a survey showed that the number of private cars entering the market area had reduced only slightly, while bus usage increased significantly among college students but not among office workers. Officials claimed the policy was a success because “public transport usage has gone up”, while critics argued that “traffic congestion has not meaningfully reduced”.

Q1. Which of the following is the main point of disagreement between the officials and the critics?
A. Whether college students should use buses.
B. Whether the policy increased public transport usage.
C. Whether increasing bus usage alone is enough to call the policy a success.
D. Whether parking fees should get double again

Q2. Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the critics’ argument?
A. Most office workers continued to drive because they received free parking from employers.
B. Bus users reported high satisfaction with the free service.
C. The city’s population increased slightly during the year.
D. College students started using bicycles as well.

Quantitative Techniques

The Quantitative Techniques section of the UG-CLAT 2026 will include short sets of facts or propositions, or other textual representations of numerical information, followed by a series of questions. You will be required to derive information from the passages or questions, and apply mathematical operations on such information.

The questions will require you to:

Derive, infer, and manipulate numerical information set out in such passages; and
Apply various 10th standard mathematical operations on such information, including from areas such as ratios and proportions, basic algebra, mensuration and statistical estimation.

1: Percentages & Profit–Loss

A book’s marked price is ₹500. A shopkeeper offers a 20% discount and still makes a profit of 25% on the cost price.
a) What is the selling price?
b) What is the cost price of the book?
In an exam, a student scores 36 marks and fails by 4 marks. Another student scores 54 marks and gets 10 marks more than the pass marks.
a) What are the pass marks?
b) What is the maximum mark if the pass percentage is 40%?

2: Ratio, Proportion & Averages

The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3 : 2. If 6 more girls join and 3 boys leave, the ratio becomes 4 : 3.
a) Find the original number of boys and girls.
The average of 5 numbers is 48. If one number 60 is removed, the average of the remaining numbers becomes 45.
a) Find the sum of all 5 numbers.
b) Find the removed number using the average concept and verify.

3: Time, Work & Speed

A alone can finish a piece of work in 15 days, and B alone can finish it in 25 days. They work together for 5 days, and then A leaves.
a) What fraction of the work is left?
b) How many more days will B take to finish the remaining work?
A car travels from City P to City Q (a distance of 210 km) at a speed of 60 km/h and returns from Q to P at 70 km/h.
a) Find the total time taken for the round trip.
b) Find the average speed for the entire journey.

4: Data Interpretation (table‑style)

The table shows the number of cases handled by a legal aid clinic over four months.

Month	Civil	Criminal	Labour
Jan	40	25	15
Feb	50	30	20
Mar	45	35	25
Apr	55	20	30

In which month was the total number of cases highest, and what was that total?
What is the average number of criminal cases per month over these four months?
By what percentage did labour cases increase from January to April?

5: Simple Interest & Mensurati

A sum of ₹8,000 is invested at simple interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum for 3 years.
a) Find the interest earned.
b) Find the total amount after 3 years.
The length and breadth of a rectangular park are 80 m and 60 m.
a) Find its area and perimeter.
b) A 2 m‑wide path is built inside along the border of the park. Find the area of the path.

CLAT 2026 FAQs

What is good score for Admission to NLUs?

You must aim to get 90 percent for admission to good NLU in India

Does the local factor has any role in Admission?

Yes it plays the role for your admission in NLU but you cannot say it will have much difference in asking percentage for admission

When the CLAT 2026 result is expected?

First the answer key will be released within a week and later result will be declared in the last week of December 2025

Tips to score high marks in CLAT 2026 quantitative techniques

Know the section first