Kolkata: General Law Acceptance Test (Clat), which is a 22-state law test, takes place in offline mode on Friday with more than 80% of the 2,400 registered candidates taking a pen and paper test from eight centers.
In all states, where four are in Kolkata.
Last year, the exam was held online.
This year, the question papers are given and students must answer the MCQ type questions in OMR Sheets.
The consortium of the National Law University that organizes entrance tests decides not to set the test through any agent this time.
Last year, TCS was given the responsibility to carry out computer-based examinations.
This year, each of the consortium law schools arranged the exam in their own zone.
National Juridical Science Bengal Bengal Barat organizes exams in the state.
2,400 candidates from the country have registered for the exam here.
A little more than 75,000 registered candidates from all over the country.
“This year we changed the format and brought paragraph-based analytical questions that require critical thinking before answering.
We got rid of computer-based tests because last year there were some disorders and we got a complaint,” said Chancellor Nujs representative, Nirmal Chakraborty.
In the city, Sister Nivedita University, Aliah University, Engineering University and Management and Techno India University, are four centens for exams.
Four other centers are at Barasat, Barrackpore, Hooghly and Siliguri.
The test was originally scheduled for May but was postponed because of the pandemic situation.
“We don’t expect general knowledge questions to come from not so new business.
But, it’s easy to deal with English, logical reasoning and legal transition,” said Basan Basu Roy, a la Martiniere for student daughters, who wrote a test.