LNAT Mock Test for JGLS: Free Online Practice Test with Solutions

If you are aiming for Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), the entrance test has changed. From the 2025–26 cycle, JGLS admits students to its five-year integrated and three-year LLB (Hons.) programmes based solely on LNAT scores. CLAT, LSAT–India and AILET no longer open that door. That single shift has put the LNAT on the radar of thousands of Indian law aspirants who had barely heard of it a year ago.

This guide explains what the LNAT is, how it works for JGLS specifically, and how to prepare for it without wasting time. You will also find a free LNAT mock test online with full solutions on ClatPathshala, built around Section A, which is the only part JGLS actually scores. If you are also applying to UK law schools, we cover the extra bit you will need.

What is the LNAT?

The LNAT (Law National Aptitude Test) is an admissions test for undergraduate law. It does not test legal knowledge, GK, or current affairs the way a typical Indian entrance exam does. Instead, it measures how well you read, reason, and argue. You sit it on a computer at a Pearson VUE test centre, and Section A is scored out of 42.

The test was created by a group of UK universities and is run by the LNAT Consortium, which is based at the University of Oxford. For years, it was a purely British affair. It is now also the gateway to one of India's top-ranked law schools.

Who needs to take the LNAT?

In the UK, the LNAT is required by law schools including Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, King's College London, LSE, Bristol, Durham, Glasgow, Nottingham and SOAS. The exact list shifts from year to year, so check the official [LNAT website] (https://lnat.ac.uk/) before you finalise your applications.

In India, JGLS is a law school that uses the LNAT and is the only Indian institution in the LNAT Consortium. If JGLS is on your list, the LNAT is not optional. It is the whole admission test.

What does the LNAT test?

Four things, broadly. How carefully you read a dense passage. How well you follow and pull apart an argument. Whether you can tell fact from opinion from inference. And, for the essay, how clearly you can build a case of your own. None of it rewards memorisation, which is exactly what catches so many CLAT students off guard. More on that below.

LNAT for JGLS admission in India

This is the part most guides get wrong or skip over, so let us be precise.

JGLS now uses the LNAT instead of CLAT and LSAT

Now JGLS has made the LNAT–UK the sole mandatory entrance test for admission to its flagship five-year integrated programmes (B.A LL.B, B.B.A LL.B, and B.Com LL.B) and its three-year LL.B (Hons.). The school has confirmed that admission to these programmes is based solely on LNAT scores and no longer accepts CLAT or AILET.

For context on why this matters: JGLS is ranked first in India and among the world's top 100 (ranked 35th now) for law in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. So this is not a niche test for a niche college. It is now the entry route to one of the most sought-after law schools in the country.

If you have already put months into CLAT prep, that work is not wasted, but you should know that a very different test now stands between you and a JGLS seat.

For JGLS, only Section A counts. You do not need the essay

Here is the detail worth remembering above everything else: JGLS considers only Section A, the multiple-choice section scored out of 42. The Section B essay is not required and is not evaluated for JGLS admission. The "LNAT score" JGLS looks at is your Section A result alone.

That has a real consequence for how you prepare. If JGLS is your only target, you can pour all your energy into Section A and skip essay practice completely. If you are also applying to UK universities, you will still need to write the essay, because they do read it.

What is a good LNAT score for JGLS?

JGLS does not publish a fixed, guaranteed cut-off, and the bar can move between admission phases. That said, in recent cycles, an indicative cut-off of around 20 out of 42 has applied to the integrated programmes, and your score also feeds JGLS's merit-cum-means scholarships, which have ranged from 10% to 75% of tuition depending on your marks and family income.

Two things follow from that. First, 20 is a floor, not a target. The higher you score, the better your chances of both admission and a meaningful scholarship. Second, because scholarships are tied to the score, every extra correct answer in Section A can translate into real money off your fees.

Here is a rough way to think about score bands. Treat these as indicative only, not official.

Section A score (out of 42)	How it generally reads for JGLS
Below 20	Below the usual cut-off for the integrated programmes
20–24	In the admit range; limited scholarship room
25–29	Comfortable, with a better shot at scholarship support
30+	Strong, and competitive for UK law schools too

Attempts, validity and the retest

You can sit the LNAT once per cycle. If you take it twice in the same cycle, the later attempt is voided. Your score is valid for one academic year only, so an LNAT taken for 2026–27 admission cannot be carried into the next year. If you reapply later, you sit the test again and pay again.

JGLS has, in some cycles, offered a limited retest for applicants who scored below the cut-off, with only the higher score counting, and retest scores not used for scholarships. Whether that is on offer in your year, and the exact windows, change every cycle. Confirm on the JGLS admissions portal and on lnat.ac.uk rather than trusting last year's dates.

One more practical point: results are not instant. Section A scores are processed and sent to the institutions you applied to, and you see your score after the relevant deadline, not on the day you test.

LNAT test centres in India and what to carry

You sit the LNAT at a Pearson VUE centre. There are centres in 35-plus Indian cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Kanpur and Chandigarh, so most candidates have an option within reach.

Two things trip people up here. There is no physical admit card. Your booking confirmation email and a valid ID get you in. And for ID, a valid passport or a PVC Aadhaar card with a hologram and ghost image is accepted, while a printout on standard paper or a PDF Aadhaar is not. Sort this out early, because a passport or PVC Aadhaar can take time to arrive, and you do not want it to hold up your booking.

LNAT vs CLAT: what is actually different

Most CLAT Pathshala readers know CLAT inside out, so the quickest way to understand the LNAT is by contrast.

CLAT throws a large number of questions at you across five subjects and rewards speed and breadth. The LNAT goes the other way. Fewer questions, much denser passages, and a premium on slow, careful reasoning. There is no negative marking, so you answer everything. Every answer has to be defensible from the passage in front of you, which means bringing in outside knowledge is a trap rather than a help. You take it on a computer at a Pearson VUE centre, you get one attempt per cycle, and the essay only matters if you are also applying to the UK.

Feature	LNAT	CLAT
Used by	UK law schools and JGLS in India	NLUs and many other Indian colleges
Sections	Section A (MCQ) + Section B (essay)	Single paper, five subject areas
Question style	Few, dense, passage-based reasoning	Many questions, broad coverage
Negative marking	None	Yes
Attempts	Once per cycle	Once per year
Mode	Computer-based at Pearson VUE	Pen Paper based (offline centres)
What it tests	Reading, reasoning, argument	Aptitude across legal, logical, GK, etc.
Essay scored?	Not for JGLS; read by UK schools	No essay

The mindset shift is the hard part. CLAT trains you to move fast. The LNAT punishes you for moving fast without understanding. We will come to how to retrain that.

LNAT exam format and pattern

A mock is only useful if it behaves like the real exam, so here is exactly what the real exam looks like. The full test runs 2 hours and 15 minutes and is entirely computer-based.

Section A: multiple choice

Section A is 42 multiple-choice questions based on 12 argumentative passages, with three or four questions per passage. You get 95 minutes. It is scored out of 42, there is no negative marking, and the live test now gives four answer options per question. The LNAT moved away from five options, though some older sample materials still show five, so do not be thrown if you see older practice papers with an extra choice. Every answer must come from the passage itself.

This is the only section JGLS scores, so for Indian applicants, it is effectively the entire exam.

Section B: the essay

Section B gives you one essay to write from a choice of three prompts, in 40 minutes, usually around 500 to 750 words. The LNAT does not score it. Instead it is sent to UK universities, who read it to judge how you argue. JGLS does not use it at all. So unless a UK law school is on your list, you can leave Section B alone.

Section	Questions	Time	Scored?	Needed for JGLS?
Section A	42 MCQs on 12 passages	95 min	Yes, out of 42	Yes
Section B	1 essay from 3 prompts	40 min	No (read by UK schools)	No

Why take a free LNAT mock test?

You cannot really "study" for the LNAT the way you study for a syllabus-based exam, because there is nothing to memorise. What you can do is train the skills and get completely comfortable with the format, and that only happens through timed practice. A good mock does three jobs.

It fixes your pacing. Ninety-five minutes for 42 questions sounds generous until you hit your first genuinely difficult passage and watch the clock drain. Mocks teach you the rhythm of roughly two minutes a question, and when to cut your losses and move on.

It removes surprises on test day. The flagging, the review screen, the timer sitting there in the corner, none of that should be new when it counts. Practising on an interface that mirrors the real one means your first proper LNAT is not also your first LNAT-like experience.

It shows you where you are actually losing marks, but only if your mock comes with solutions. A score on its own tells you little. A worked explanation of why the right answer is right, and why the option you picked was a trap, is what turns a wrong answer into a skill you keep.

Free LNAT mock test online on ClatPathshala (with solutions)

This is where we can help. ClatPathshala offers a free LNAT mock test online built specifically around Section A, the section that decides JGLS admission.

The mock mirrors the real exam. You get 42 multiple-choice questions on dense argumentative passages, a 95-minute timer, and the current four-option format. Your score appears instantly, and every question comes with a full worked solution that walks through the reasoning, not just the correct letter. Take it more than once and you can see which question types keep catching you, and watch your accuracy climb attempt by attempt.

For a JGLS aspirant, this is exactly the practice that matters, because you do not need anything beyond Section A. For a UK applicant, it is a solid foundation for the scored half of your test. Either way it is genuinely free, a full-length mock rather than a three-question teaser.

Ready to see where you stand? Take the free LNAT mock test with solutions on ClatPathshala.

How to use LNAT mocks effectively

Taking mocks is easy. Actually improving from them takes a little discipline.

Sit them like the real exam. One sitting, timer running, phone away, no pausing to look things up. The point is to rehearse the conditions, including the fatigue of staying sharp for an hour and a half. A relaxed, interrupted mock flatters your score and teaches you nothing about test-day stamina.

Review every solution, including the ones you got right. This is the step most people skip and the one that matters most. A question you guessed correctly is a question you do not actually understand yet. Read the explanation anyway. You are not checking whether you were right. You are learning how the test thinks.

Keep an error log. After each mock, write down what went wrong and why: misread the passage, fell for an extreme-sounding option, ran out of time, talked yourself out of a correct answer. Patterns show up fast, and once you can name your most common mistake, you can hunt for it.

Space them out. Do not burn through every mock in week one. Spread them across your prep so you can apply what you have learned, and keep one or two for the final week as a dress rehearsal.

LNAT Section A strategy (the part that matters most for JGLS)

Since Section A is the whole game for JGLS, it deserves the most attention.

Read actively, not passively. The passages are arguments, not information dumps. As you read, track what the author is claiming and how they are trying to convince you. Where is the main point, what is evidence, what is just an aside or a counterpoint. The questions almost always test whether you followed the argument, not whether you remember a stray detail.

Stay inside the passage. This is the single biggest difference from school exams. The correct answer is the one the passage supports, even if you personally know better. If an option is true in the real world but is not backed by the text, it is wrong for this test. Answer the passage in front of you, not the topic in general.

Learn the common question types. Section A questions tend to repeat in a few shapes, and recognising them speeds you up. You will see main-idea questions (what is the author's overall point), inference questions (what follows from the passage without being stated outright), author's-attitude questions (is the writer critical, sceptical, supportive), strengthen or weaken questions (which statement best supports or undermines the argument), and meaning-in-context questions (what a word or phrase means as it is used here). Once you can label the question, you know what kind of answer to look for.

Learn the common traps too. Wrong options usually come in recognisable flavours. The one that is too extreme, with words like "always," "never," or "proves." The one that is about the right topic but answers a question that was not asked. And the one that is half right and half wrong, which is the most tempting of all. Spotting the shape of a distractor is a skill, and mocks with solutions build it quickly.

Manage the clock without panicking. Aim for roughly two minutes a question, but do not treat that as rigid. Some questions are quick, some need longer. If one is eating your time, flag it, lock in your best guess, and move on. There is no negative marking, so a blank is never worth more than a guess. You can return to flagged questions while you are still in Section A.

LNAT Section B essay strategy (for UK applicants)

If JGLS is your only target, skip this section, because the essay is not scored for you. If you are also applying in the UK, take it seriously, because tutors read it closely.

Plan before you write. Spend the first five to eight minutes choosing your prompt and outlining a position. A clear line of argument written simply beats a beautifully phrased ramble that goes nowhere.

Build a clean structure. Open with your position, give each body paragraph one point, devote at least one paragraph to the other side of the argument, and close with a conclusion that actually decides something. Examiners value a balanced, considered case over a one-sided rant.

Practise with realistic prompts. LNAT essay questions tend to be broad and contestable. Examples in the same spirit as past prompts include whether voting should be compulsory in elections, whether some traditional liberties should be sacrificed to fight terrorism, and whether the arts deserve public funding. Pick a side and defend it in 40 minutes.

Remember what it is for. The essay is not testing fancy vocabulary or how much you know. It is testing whether you can think clearly under time pressure and put an argument on the page. Plain, well-organised writing wins.

A four-week LNAT study plan using mocks

You do not need months if you work deliberately. Here is a simple four-week structure, weighted towards Section A for JGLS aspirants. Stretch or compress it to fit your timeline, but keep the core loop intact.

Week	Focus
Week 1	Take a diagnostic mock to establish a baseline and learn the format. Start reading one editorial or opinion piece a day and summarising the argument in two lines.
Week 2	Drill Section A by question type. Work through passages untimed first for accuracy, then add the clock. Review every solution.
Week 3	Full-time mocks under real conditions. This is where the real gains come from. Take the mock, then spend as long reviewing it as you spent taking it. Keep the error log running.
Week 4	Final timed mocks as dress rehearsals, lighter revision, and rest before test day. UK applicants should fit in a few timed essays this week.

The core loop is the same every week: practise, review deeply, fix one weakness, repeat.

Common LNAT mistakes to avoid

A few that quietly cost marks. Bringing in outside knowledge instead of sticking to the passage. Reading too fast because CLAT trained you to race the clock. Doing mock after mock without ever reviewing the solutions. Practising only on outdated five-option papers and then freezing at the four-option format. For JGLS aspirants, sinking prep time into the essay JGLS never reads. And the most avoidable one of all: leaving registration, ID and booking so late that you miss a JGLS admission phase. Sort the passport or PVC Aadhaar and your test slot early.

Frequently asked questions

Is the ClatPathshala LNAT mock test really free? Yes. The Section A mock with worked solutions is free to take, and you can attempt it more than once to track your progress. It is a full-length practice test, not a sample of a handful of questions.

Does JGLS require the LNAT essay (Section B)? No. JGLS uses only your Section A score out of 42. The essay is not required or evaluated for JGLS admission. You would only need it if you are also applying to UK law schools.

What is a good LNAT score for JGLS? There is no fixed, guaranteed cut-off, and it can vary by admission phase. In recent cycles, an indicative cut-off of around 20 out of 42 has applied to the integrated programmes, and higher scores improve both your admission chances and your scholarship. Aim well above the floor.

Is the LNAT replacing CLAT for JGLS admission? For JGLS, yes. From 2026–27, JGLS admits students to its five-year integrated and three-year LLB programmes on LNAT scores only and no longer uses CLAT or AILET for them. CLAT is still used by the National Law Universities and many other colleges, so it is not going anywhere in general.

How many times can I take the LNAT? Once per cycle. A second sitting in the same cycle is voided. Scores are valid for one academic year and cannot be carried forward. JGLS has sometimes offered a limited retest for applicants below the cut-off, so check whether it applies in your year.

Where are the LNAT test centres in India? At Pearson VUE centres in 35-plus cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Kanpur and Chandigarh. You choose your centre and slot when you book.

How much does the LNAT cost in India? The fee depends on the test-centre location, and the international rate (around £120) applies at Indian centres. Check the current fee on the official LNAT site when you book, since it is set in pounds and converts to rupees at the prevailing rate.

Is the LNAT harder than CLAT? It is less a question of harder and more a question of different. There is less to memorise and far less time pressure per question, but the passages are denser and the reasoning is subtler. CLAT toppers sometimes underperform at first simply because the LNAT rewards a slower, more analytical approach.

How many mock tests should I take? Quality beats quantity. Most well-prepared candidates take several full-length Section A mocks and review each one thoroughly. Six to eight deeply reviewed mocks will do more for you than twenty taken on autopilot.

When should I start preparing for the LNAT? Give yourself at least four to six weeks of focused practice, and more if your reading speed or comprehension needs work. Just as important, register and sort your ID early so that booking never derails you.

Start practising

The LNAT rewards something you cannot cram: clear, careful reasoning under time pressure. The good news is that it is highly trainable, and for JGLS, the job is refreshingly focused because only Section A is scored. That is exactly where your practice should go.

Start with a full-length, timed Section A mock, review every solution, fix one weakness at a time, and repeat. You can take the free LNAT mock test with solutions on ClatPathshala right now and get an honest read on where you stand, then build from there.