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Organisation : Delhi Law Academy
Exam : Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2017
Subject : CLAT
Year : 2017
Document Type :  Past Papers
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Delhi Law Academy CLAT Past Papers

Time : 2 hours
Total Marks : 200

Related : Delhi Law Academy DU LLB Entrance Exam Model Question Paper 2017 : www.pdfquestion.in/25950.html

English & Reading Comprehension

1. We shall fail _______ we are industrious.
(1) whether
(2) unless
(3) until
(4) though

2. She stood ______ Amit, but could not utter a single word for quite some time.
(1) before
(2) for
(3) about
(4) to

3. Kanak is endowed _______ many great qualities.
(1) by
(2) with
(3) in
(4) of

4. The minister flew ______ the flooded areas in a helicopter.
(1) along
(2) over
(3) in
(4) about

5. You have played a great role, for _______ your help I possibly would have landed myself into a problem.
(1) without
(2) although
(3) despite
(4) after

6. The doctor advised him to go ______ several medical tests.
(1) about
(2) under
(3) through
(4) into

7. Would anybody ______ a mother have risked her life for the baby?
(1) but
(2) rather
(3) than
(4) however

8. The passengers were very happy _______ the friendly and warm treatment.
(1) to
(2) from
(3) about
(4) by

9. If they want to succeed, they ______ have to work very hard.
(1) should
(2) ought
(3) will
(4) must

10. Sunita decided to set ______ some time every day for prayers.
(1) up
(2) in
(3) aside
(4) on

Direction for Questions 11 – 15 : Read the given passage carefully and choose the most appropriate option to the questions given below.
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) was created in the early 1990s as a component of the Uruguay Round negotiation.

However, it could have been negotiated as part of the Tokyo Round of the 1970s, since negotiation was an attempt at a ‘constitutional reform’ of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Or it could have been put off to the future, as the US government wanted.

What factors led to the creation of the WTO in the early 1990s? One factor was the pattern of multilateral bargaining that developed late in the Uruguay Round.

11. In the statement ‘… it amounted to a recognition that international trade and its benefits cannot be enjoyed unless trading nations accept the discipline of a negotiated rule-based environment’, it refers to
(1) The export gains many countries came to associate with a rule-based system.
(2) The higher priority on export gains placed by many countries at the Uruguay Round.
(3) The provision of a rule-based system by the WTO.
(4) Ambassador Kantor’s defence of the WTO.

12. What would be the closest reason why WTO was not formed in 1970s?
(1) The US government did not like it.
(2) Important players did not find it in their best interest to do so.
(3) Lawyers did not work for the dispute settlement system.
(4) The Tokyo Round negotiations was an attempt at constitutional reform.

13. In the method of interpretation of the European Court of Justice :
(1) Actions against member states needed to be evaluated against the said community goals.
(2) Enunciation of the most elementary community goals needed to be emphasized.
(3) Current policies need to be consistent with stated goals.
(4) Contracting party trade practices need to be consistent with stated rules.

Elementary Mathematics

1. Keerthi’s father gave him some money to buy books. He spent half of the money equally to buy books and entertaining his friends. Whatever amount left with him, he deposited half in his savings account and gave Rs. 5 to a poor person as charity. Finally, Keerthi was left with Rs. 20 which he returned to his father. What amount did his father give him initially?
(1) Rs. 120
(2) Rs. 100
(3) Rs. 200
(4) Rs. 160

2. Praveen has Rs. 4,662 in the form of 2, 5 and 10 rupee notes. If these notes are in the ratio of 3:5:8, the number of five rupees notes with him is
(1) 250
(2) 336
(3) 210
(4) 84

3. A train ‘X’ leaves station ‘A’ at 3 p.m and reaches station ‘B’ at 4.30 p.m., while another train ‘Y’ leaves station ‘B’ at 3.00 p.m and reaches station ‘A’ at 4.00 p.m. These two trains cross each other at
(1) 3.30 p.m.
(2) 3.20 p.m.
(3) 3.40 p.m.
(4) 3.36 p.m.

4. The difference between simple interest and compound interest at the same rate for rupees 5,000 for two years is rupees 98. The rate of interest is
(1) 10%
(2) 14%
(3) 12%
(4) 10 ½ %

5. Gold and copper are as heavy as water by 19 and 9 times respectively. The ratio in which these two metals be mixed so that the mixture is 17 times as heavy as water is
(1) 2:3
(2) 3:2
(3) 4:1
(4) 3:4

6.There are two urns. One contains two white balls and four red balls, the other contains three white and nine red balls. All balls are of the same shape and size. From each urn, one ball is drawn. What is the probability of getting both the balls of the same colour?
(1) 1/24
(2) 7/12
(3) 1/12
(4) 1 / 2

7. Two men and seven boys can do a work in 14 days. Three men and eight boys can do the same work in 11 days. Further eight men and six boys can do three times the amount of this work in
(1) 21 days
(2) 18 days
(3) 24 days
(4) 30 days

8. A piece of cloth costs rupees 75. If the piece is four meters longer and each meter costs rupees 5 less, the cost remains unchanged. What is the length of the piece?
(1) 8 meters
(2) 10 meters
(3) 12 meters
(4) 6 meters

9. A man rows to a place 45 k.ms distant and back in 12 hours. He realises that he can row 5 k.ms downstream in the same time as 3 k.ms against the stream. The velocity of the stream is
(1) 2 k.ms/hr
(2) 1.5 k.ms/hr
(3) 1 k.ms/hr
(4) 4 k.ms/hr