The much-anticipated unofficial answer key for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 has been released by various coaching institutes and educational portals. This development allows the thousands of candidates who appeared for the exam on December 7, 2025, to calculate their probable scores and get an early estimate of their performance before the official results are declared.
How to Access and Use the Unofficial CLAT Answer Key
Several leading law entrance exam preparation platforms have published their version of the CLAT 2025 answer key. To check your scores, you need to follow a simple process. First, visit the website of a reputed coaching institute that has released the key. You will typically find the answer key in a downloadable PDF format or an online response checker.
To calculate your estimated score, you must match your responses from the exam with the answers provided in the unofficial key. Remember the marking scheme: for every correct answer, you will score one mark, and for every incorrect answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted. There is no negative marking for unanswered questions. Tally your correct and incorrect responses carefully to arrive at your raw score.
Understanding the Significance and Limitations
While the unofficial answer key is an excellent tool for self-assessment, it is crucial to understand its provisional nature. These keys are prepared by subject experts based on the collective memory of students who took the test. Therefore, there might be slight variations in the questions or answer options recalled.
The final and authoritative answer key will be released by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) itself. The consortium follows a detailed process where they first release a provisional answer key, invite objections from candidates, review those challenges, and then publish the final answer key. Only the scores calculated from the final key will be used for preparing the merit list.
Predicting Rank and NLU Cut-offs
Based on your calculated score, you can get a preliminary idea of your rank by using the rank predictors available on many educational websites. These tools use historical data and the current year's difficulty level to estimate your All India Rank (AIR).
This score also helps in predicting possible cut-offs for various National Law Universities (NLUs). While cut-offs fluctuate each year based on exam difficulty and the number of candidates, your unofficial score gives a strong indication of which NLUs might be within your reach. It allows you to start researching colleges and preparing for the next steps in the admission process.
The official result for CLAT 2025 is expected to be announced by the consortium in the coming weeks. Until then, the unofficial answer key serves as a critical resource for candidates to manage their anxiety and plan their future course of action effectively.
