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CLAT Legal Reasoning Practice Questions with Answers

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These CLAT legal reasoning practice questions are 12 original MCQs in the CLAT UG 2027 style: each passage states a rule and you apply it to facts, with no outside law. In the real paper, Legal Reasoning has about 28 to 32 of the 120 questions (roughly 25%), with passages of about 450 words, +1 for a right answer and minus 0.25 for a wrong one.

PointPosition
Questions in the real sectionAbout 28 to 32 of 120
Prior law neededNone, per the Consortium’s syllabus
What is testedFind the rule, apply it to facts, see how a changed rule alters the result
This page12 original questions on 4 short passages, not past papers

How to solve CLAT legal aptitude questions: three steps

Good CLAT legal reasoning practice questions train one habit: rule first, story second. First, underline the rule’s conditions (duty, breach, cause; or notice, hearing, exception). Second, test each fact against each condition; a fact that touches none is noise. Third, answer only from the passage, even if your own legal knowledge differs. More technique: CLAT 2027 legal reasoning tips and important Legal Reasoning topics.

Practise this in exam conditions. The CLAT UG 2027 Crash Course teaches the principle-fact method and examiner traps for Legal Reasoning and Current Affairs, with plain-language notes and practice questions. CLAT UG 2027 Crash Course, ₹249. For full papers, try the CLAT UG 2027 Mock Tests, ₹149 or the free CLAT UG 2027 mock test.

CLAT legal reasoning practice questions: 12 MCQs with answers

Allow 14 minutes, then open the answers. Treat this as legal aptitude practice, not a prediction of what will appear. The rules below are invented for practice and are not statements of Indian law.

Passage 1. A finder of lost goods must take the care a prudent person takes of his own goods of the same kind and try to trace the owner. He may keep the goods against all but the true owner, and may hold them until the owner pays his reasonable expenses of preserving them or tracing the owner. He may not sell them unless they are perishable.

Meera found a bag with a laptop in a Pune waiting hall and took it home. In a flood she carried her own jewellery upstairs but left the bag, which was ruined.

Q1. Owner Rohan sues Meera. Is she liable?

  1. No, a flood is a natural calamity
  2. Yes, she did not take the care a prudent person takes of her own goods
  3. No, she put up a notice in her society
  4. Yes, she should not have taken the bag home
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Answer: B. She saved her own valuables but not the bag, so she fell short of the standard. Custody itself was allowed.

Q2. No flood occurs. Meera asks Rohan for ₹1,500 spent on notices and travel to trace him before returning the laptop. Can she?

  1. Yes, if the expenses were reasonable
  2. No, she must return it at once
  3. Yes, plus a reward she fixes
  4. No, an owner owes nothing
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Answer: A. The finder may hold the goods until reasonable expenses are paid. There is no right to a reward.

Q3. Salim finds a basket of mangoes at a bus stand and, after two weeks, sells it for ₹800. Permitted?

  1. No, a finder can never sell
  2. Only with a court order
  3. No, unless the owner pays
  4. Yes, mangoes are perishable
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Answer: D. Sale is barred unless the goods are perishable.

Passage 2. A person is liable in negligence if he owed a duty of care, failed to act as a reasonable person would, and that failure caused the harm. An independent, unforeseeable event breaks the chain of cause. If the victim’s carelessness contributed, compensation is reduced in proportion.

A mechanic warned gym owner Sunil on Monday that a treadmill belt was slipping. He did nothing. On Friday the belt jerked and member Aditi broke her wrist.

Q4. Is Sunil liable?

  1. Yes, he ignored a known defect and it caused the injury
  2. No, Aditi chose to exercise
  3. No, repairs are the mechanic’s job
  4. Yes, because someone was injured
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Answer: A. Duty, breach and cause are all present. Injury alone is not enough.

Q5. Aditi was running above the console’s maximum speed. What follows?

  1. Sunil escapes entirely
  2. Sunil pays in full
  3. Sunil is liable but compensation is reduced proportionately
  4. Aditi pays Sunil
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Answer: C. Her carelessness reduces compensation; it does not cancel liability.

Q6. Change the facts: lightning causes a surge that throws the belt forward, and the slipping played no part. Is Sunil liable?

  1. Yes, he ignored the warning
  2. No, an independent unforeseeable event caused the harm
  3. Yes, gyms must insure members
  4. No, Aditi was a member
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Answer: B. His breach did not cause this injury, so causation fails.

Passage 3. A public authority may not penalise a person without notice of the allegation and a fair chance to reply. The rule yields only if notice would defeat the action’s purpose or urgent public safety needs immediate action; a hearing must then follow as soon as possible.

A Nagpur corporation cancels a vendor’s licence on the spot after an inspector reports poor hygiene. Nothing suggests urgency.

Q7. Is the cancellation valid?

  1. No, there was no notice and no urgency
  2. Yes, the inspector’s report is evidence
  3. Yes, authorities may cancel freely
  4. No, but only if the vendor proves innocence
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Answer: A. Neither exception applies, so notice was required.

Q8. A lab report shows a stall’s oil is toxic and customers are hospitalised. The stall is shut the same day with a hearing offered next morning. Valid?

  1. No, a hearing must always come first
  2. Yes, urgent safety allows immediate action with a prompt hearing
  3. No, the corporation cannot offer hearings
  4. Yes, and no hearing is needed
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Answer: B. Urgent public safety is an exception, provided a hearing follows soon.

Q9. Which added fact best supports closing the first vendor without notice?

  1. He has sold food there for twenty years
  2. He was rude to the inspector
  3. Stale food was being served with an immediate risk of illness
  4. The corporation has many vendors
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Answer: C. Only an immediate danger to public safety fits the exception.

Passage 4. Theft is dishonestly taking movable property out of another’s possession without consent. “Dishonestly” means intending wrongful gain or loss, even a temporary one. An honest claim of right, even mistaken, is not dishonest. Property an owner leaves briefly, meaning to return, stays in the owner’s possession.

Q10. Sanjay rides away on a cycle outside Imran’s shop, honestly believing it is the identical cycle he parked there last week. It is Imran’s. Theft?

  1. No, he honestly claimed it as his own
  2. Yes, he took it without consent
  3. Yes, mistake is never a defence
  4. No, he later returned it
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Answer: A. An honest, though mistaken, claim of right removes dishonesty.

Q11. Priya takes a colleague’s umbrella without asking, planning to return it next morning. Theft?

  1. No, she meant to return it
  2. No, it has little value
  3. Yes, but only if she keeps it
  4. Yes, temporary wrongful gain counts
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Answer: D. The passage includes temporary gain, so her plan does not help.

Q12. Ritu leaves her phone on a cafe table while she takes a call outside. Deepak pockets it to keep. Theft?

  1. No, it was lost property
  2. No, Ritu abandoned it
  3. Yes, it was still in Ritu’s possession
  4. Yes, but only if expensive
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Answer: C. Property left briefly stays in the owner’s possession.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I get CLAT legal reasoning practice questions with answers?

Solve the Consortium’s previous years’ papers (₹500 with the application), the free Lexfolio CLAT UG 2027 mock, and the 12 original questions above. Always use a timer.

Do I need to study law for CLAT legal reasoning?

No. The CLAT 2027 syllabus says the section needs no prior knowledge of law. You apply the passage’s rules to the facts.

How much time should I spend on CLAT legal reasoning?

About 25 to 30 minutes for roughly 30 questions is a sensible plan. That is a suggestion, not an official figure.

Sources

  • Consortium of National Law Universities, CLAT 2027 UG syllabus and question paper format, read 29 October 2026
  • All passages and questions here are original Lexfolio practice material

This page is for education and general information. Lexfolio is not affiliated with the Consortium of NLUs. Exam details as on 29 October 2026.

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