CLAT UG question bank
CLAT UG English Language questions 215-238 of 310, with answer keys and explanations covering central ideas, inference, tone, vocabulary in context, paragraph structure, and passage interpretation.
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Practice passage-based CLAT UG questions with answers for English, current affairs, legal reasoning, logical reasoning, and quantitative techniques.
When most specialists agree, a non-specialist has good reason to take that agreement seriously. Consensus gathers many independent judgments and often reflects evidence that one reader cannot assess alone. Consensus is not a vote that makes a claim true. Experts may share assumptions, institutions may reward conformity, and new evidence may justify revision. These possibilities do not make every outsider's objection equally strong. Responsible dissent engages with the best evidence, explains where prevailing reasoning fails, and states what could change the dissenter's view. Merely pointing out that experts have been wrong before is insufficient. Trust in expertise should therefore be neither blind nor casually dismissive. It should be proportionate to the quality, independence, and openness of the process producing agreement.
Mocking and hostile
Entirely deferential
Analytical and balanced
Personal and nostalgic
Correct answer: C. Analytical and balanced
C reflects the measured treatment of competing concerns.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 22, prepared in the official passage-based format.
A default is the option that applies when a person makes no active selection. Defaults reduce effort, but they also influence outcomes because many people remain with the preselected choice. Staying with a default does not always express agreement. A user may not notice it, may find switching difficult, or may assume that officials recommend it. Defaults can serve legitimate goals, such as keeping eligible people enrolled in a useful programme. Their design becomes troubling when important costs are hidden or exit requires unreasonable effort. A fair default should be visible, easy to change, and supported by clear consequences. Choice remains meaningful only when the path away from the default is practical.
Proving that people always prefer defaults
Removing every automatic option
Showing that switching should be prohibited
Explaining when defaults support or undermine meaningful choice
Correct answer: D. Explaining when defaults support or undermine meaningful choice
D captures the passage's qualified evaluation.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 22, prepared in the official passage-based format.
Defaults have no consequences.
The user may not notice it or may face switching barriers.
Every user receives advice.
Active selection is impossible.
Correct answer: B. The user may not notice it or may face switching barriers.
B follows from the second paragraph.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 22, prepared in the official passage-based format.
A clearly disclosed option that can be changed easily
An option with hidden charges and no exit
A choice visible only after payment
An option requiring unreasonable paperwork to reject
Correct answer: A. A clearly disclosed option that can be changed easily
A applies the visibility and easy-exit requirements.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 22, prepared in the official passage-based format.
Defaults can reduce effort.
Some defaults can serve legitimate goals.
Inaction always proves informed consent.
Consequences should be clearly stated.
Correct answer: C. Inaction always proves informed consent.
C conflicts with the second paragraph.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 22, prepared in the official passage-based format.
Influence makes every default illegitimate.
Only active choices have consequences.
Defaults must never support public programmes.
A nominal right to switch is inadequate if switching is impractical.
Correct answer: D. A nominal right to switch is inadequate if switching is impractical.
D reflects the concluding principle.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 22, prepared in the official passage-based format.
A public notice can be grammatically correct yet practically useless. A resident needs to know what has changed, who is affected, what action is required, and by when. Officials sometimes place the legal authority first and the required action several paragraphs later. The authority matters, but its position should not conceal the decision. Clarity does not require removing every qualification. Exceptions may protect rights and prevent error. They should be organised under visible headings and linked to the people they concern. A successful notice is not merely published. It enables its intended readers to recognise relevance and act accurately within the available time.
A public notice should make required action and relevant conditions easy to identify.
Legal authority should never be stated.
Grammar alone guarantees useful communication.
Every qualification should be removed.
Correct answer: A. A public notice should make required action and relevant conditions easy to identify.
A captures the passage's standard of actionable clarity.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 23, prepared in the official passage-based format.
Authority is never relevant.
Readers cannot understand dates.
Notices should contain no law.
The practical decision may be hidden from those who need to act.
Correct answer: D. The practical decision may be hidden from those who need to act.
D follows from the second paragraph.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 23, prepared in the official passage-based format.
Every exception makes a notice invalid.
Necessary qualifications should be visibly organised.
Publication proves that all readers understood.
Only lawyers should read notices.
Correct answer: B. Necessary qualifications should be visibly organised.
B reflects the third paragraph.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 23, prepared in the official passage-based format.
To define grammatical correctness
To reject deadlines
To state an outcome-based test for effective notice
To prioritise length over meaning
Correct answer: C. To state an outcome-based test for effective notice
C identifies the concluding standard.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 23, prepared in the official passage-based format.
Practical and reform-oriented
Mocking and hostile
Ceremonial and celebratory
Entirely nostalgic
Correct answer: A. Practical and reform-oriented
A reflects the constructive focus on usable communication.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 23, prepared in the official passage-based format.
A survey with missing responses does not merely contain fewer facts. The absence may itself follow a pattern. People with poor service may be harder to contact, while those with strong opinions may be more willing to answer. Researchers sometimes replace missing values with an average. This may simplify calculation, but it can make the data appear more certain and uniform than it is. No single response is always correct. Researchers can examine why data is missing, compare respondents with non-respondents where possible, and test whether different assumptions alter the result. Honest analysis does not pretend that uncertainty has disappeared. It shows how much a conclusion depends on what is unknown.
Proving that incomplete surveys are worthless
Explaining why missing data and assumptions about it must be examined openly
Showing that averages remove uncertainty
Arguing that every person must respond
Correct answer: B. Explaining why missing data and assumptions about it must be examined openly
B captures the passage's central concern.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 23, prepared in the official passage-based format.
Every missing value equals zero.
Respondents always lie.
The likelihood of responding may relate to the experience being measured.
Averages cannot be calculated.
Correct answer: C. The likelihood of responding may relate to the experience being measured.
C follows from the patterned examples in the first paragraph.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 23, prepared in the official passage-based format.
The sample necessarily grows.
Every value becomes missing.
Calculation becomes impossible.
The data may appear more uniform and certain than warranted.
Correct answer: D. The data may appear more uniform and certain than warranted.
D states the criticism in the second paragraph.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 23, prepared in the official passage-based format.
Testing whether different assumptions about missing data change the conclusion
Hiding all non-response
Using one assumption without explanation
Deleting every incomplete survey
Correct answer: A. Testing whether different assumptions about missing data change the conclusion
A follows from the third paragraph.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 23, prepared in the official passage-based format.
Uncertainty prevents every conclusion.
A conclusion is stronger when its dependence on unknown information is disclosed.
Missingness is always random.
Non-respondents are identical to respondents.
Correct answer: B. A conclusion is stronger when its dependence on unknown information is disclosed.
B reflects the final paragraph.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 23, prepared in the official passage-based format.
A teacher counts how often each student speaks and treats the total as a measure of participation. The count reveals one form of activity, but not its quality or the conditions shaping it. A brief question may advance discussion more than a long repetition. Some students contribute by listening, writing, or helping a group organise ideas before speaking. This does not make speaking irrelevant. A classroom should notice who is consistently unheard and whether its format creates avoidable barriers. Participation is better assessed through several forms of engagement, with clear expectations and opportunities to contribute. A number becomes misleading when it replaces the activity it was meant to illuminate.
Speaking should never be measured.
Classroom participation requires broader assessment than counting spoken contributions.
Listening proves complete understanding.
Every contribution has equal quality.
Correct answer: B. Classroom participation requires broader assessment than counting spoken contributions.
B captures the passage's criticism and proposal.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 24, prepared in the official passage-based format.
Its effect on discussion may be greater than its duration.
Short speech is always correct.
Long comments are prohibited.
Teachers cannot count words.
Correct answer: A. Its effect on discussion may be greater than its duration.
A follows from the second paragraph.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 24, prepared in the official passage-based format.
Silence always proves disengagement.
Speaking is irrelevant.
Teachers should examine whether classroom formats create barriers.
Only written work counts.
Correct answer: C. Teachers should examine whether classroom formats create barriers.
C reflects the third paragraph.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 24, prepared in the official passage-based format.
To reject every number
To define listening
To require longer classes
To warn against confusing a measure with the underlying activity
Correct answer: D. To warn against confusing a measure with the underlying activity
D states the distinction made.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 24, prepared in the official passage-based format.
Celebratory and uncritical
Analytical and balanced
Hostile and sarcastic
Entirely nostalgic
Correct answer: B. Analytical and balanced
B reflects the measured discussion.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 24, prepared in the official passage-based format.
A museum label often presents an object's category as settled. Yet categories may change when new evidence appears or when communities challenge a name imposed from outside. Changing a label does not alter the physical object. It changes the frame through which visitors encounter it, including what history is treated as relevant and whose terminology is recognised. Constant revision can confuse readers if the reason is hidden. Museums should preserve earlier records, explain significant changes, and distinguish uncertainty from error. Authority is not weakened by showing that knowledge develops. A label can be concise while making its sources and limits visible.
Proving that objects have no history
Preventing every label change
Explaining why museum categories may change and should be revised transparently
Removing all concise descriptions
Correct answer: C. Explaining why museum categories may change and should be revised transparently
C captures the passage's central argument.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 24, prepared in the official passage-based format.
The object's physical material
The age of the museum
Every visitor's opinion
The interpretive frame through which the object is encountered
Correct answer: D. The interpretive frame through which the object is encountered
D follows from the second paragraph.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 24, prepared in the official passage-based format.
Delete every earlier record.
Explain the change and preserve relevant earlier records.
Present uncertainty as proven error.
Avoid identifying sources.
Correct answer: B. Explain the change and preserve relevant earlier records.
B follows from the third paragraph.
Source note: Original LexMentor CLAT UG Batch 24, prepared in the official passage-based format.