CLAT Current Affairs: Revise 6 Months in 5 Weeks

To revise six months of current affairs for CLAT UG 2027 in five weeks, split the months into blocks, write one-line notes with the who, what and why, test yourself weekly, and read the news daily. Current Affairs including GK carries 28 to 32 questions of the 120, so it is a large section, and it is also one that rewards steady revision more than raw intelligence.

How much to cover

The Consortium’s syllabus for the previous cycle (CLAT 2025) says the passages are derived from news, journalistic sources and other non-fiction writing, and advises regular reading of quality newspapers and periodicals. We found no officially fixed time window; many aspirants focus on roughly the last six to twelve months before the exam, which is why a six-month plan is a sensible minimum. The questions are passage-based, usually built on a short extract from a news or magazine source, so understanding context counts as much as memorising facts.

Sources that work

• A daily newspaper’s editorial and news pages, such as The Hindu, read for 30 to 40 minutes a day. Editorials also train comprehension for English and Logical Reasoning.
• Government releases, for example the Press Information Bureau for policy and scheme news.
• Supreme Court judgment summaries from legal news portals, for court rulings that passages may use.
• A month-wise compilation, if you want a ready list. Check the cut-off date and whether the items were verified against more than one source.
• A static GK list for constitutional bodies, international organisations, awards, and capitals and heads of states of countries in the news.

Be careful with social media summaries; confirm anything doubtful in a newspaper or an official release before putting it into your notes.

The five-week split

• Week 1: the two oldest months in your window. Make notes. Then take a 20-question quiz on them.
• Week 2: the next two months, same routine, plus a rapid review of week 1 notes.
• Week 3: the two most recent months, with extra detail since these are likelier to feature.
• Week 4: the weeks after your compilation ends, from daily newspapers, plus a full revision of all six months.
• Week 5: only revision of your one-line notes, daily headlines and static GK.

Our 5-week study plan shows how to fit this alongside the other sections.

The one-line note format

For every item write a single line in this shape: Who or what, did what, where or under which law, and why it matters. For example, a made-up pattern line: “Body X issued guidelines on Y for Z; relevant because it changes how W works.” Add a tag such as Law, Economy, International, Sports, Awards, Science. Short notes are revised, long notes are filed.

Types of facts that recur

Without predicting any specific event, current affairs passages commonly deal with:

• Court judgments and constitutional questions.
• New Acts, Bills and policies.
• International events: summits, treaties, conflicts, organisations.
• Economy, environment and science stories.
• Appointments, awards and sports results.

For each category, also ask what the surrounding context was. A passage may not name the headline fact and still test whether you understand the issue.

Testing yourself

Once a week, take a 25 to 30 question set drawn from the weeks you studied. Record wrong answers in your error log (see the mock analysis guide). Turn each miss into a flashcard.

Daily routine in the last two weeks

1. 15 minutes: today’s headlines.
2. 20 minutes: re-read notes of one month.
3. 10 minutes: 10 MCQs from any month.

What to skip

Skip minor political controversies, rankings you cannot place, and anything you cannot explain in one line. CLAT current affairs is a recall-and-comprehension section; going deep on one topic is less useful than covering the broad outline of many.

Using a ready compilation

If you prefer a prepared list, Lexfolio’s CLAT 2027 crash course includes month-by-month current affairs from January to mid-October 2026 and 40 current affairs MCQs, per its product page. Lexfolio’s separate Legal Current Affairs 2026 pack is aimed at CLAT PG, judiciary and similar candidates, so it is more than most UG aspirants need. Neither replaces reading news in the final weeks, since both stop in October.

Static GK that pairs with current affairs

Many current affairs questions are easier if you know the background. Keep a short static list that you revise alongside the news: the key constitutional bodies and who appoints them, the main international organisations and their headquarters, the major rights and writs, and basic geography of regions that are in the news. Add to it only when a news story reveals a gap, such as not knowing what a particular commission does.

A weekly template

1. Monday to Friday: read, note and quiz yourself for the assigned months.
2. Saturday: mixed 30-question test on everything covered so far.
3. Sunday: repair weak items and update flashcards.

Do not trust any list that does not mention its sources. If a fact in your notes looks surprising, check it in a second reliable source before you memorise it.

Reading a current affairs passage

Because questions come from a passage, you can often answer without having studied the exact event, by reading carefully. Practise by reading a short news article and writing three facts and one inference from it. Then check which of your answers would have been supported by the text alone. This trains you to separate what the passage says from what you remember.

Keeping the load manageable

Aim for 8 to 12 one-line notes per day, not 40. Over 35 days that is already several hundred facts, more than enough for revision. If you feel you are falling behind, drop the sports and awards details first and keep law, polity, international affairs and economy.