According to the Court, how was this Road Transport Contract different from FCI’s earlier contracts with transport contractors?

The present contract did not include loading and unloading of food grains from the railway wagons within the scope of the contractor’s duties

FCI’s earlier contracts had expired

Earlier contracts were executed by FCI with contractors who were both handlers and transporters

Earlier contracts were not validly executed

Where the original document, such as the original computer device containing the electronic record, is produced before the court, a Section 65B(4) certificate is not required. However, the owner of the device must testify that it belongs to them. This function of a witness is most appropriately understood as:

The act of authentication of a document

The act of proving contents of a document

The act of corroborating the evidence of a document

The act of solving the problem of hearsay associated with documents

The liberty of a citizen is alive because of lively ______

Executive and Legislature. CORRECT OPTION: C

Which of the following can be utilised to develop a healthy environment for students’ learning in schools?

Community learning should be encouraged in schools.

Individualised teaching should not be followed for growth of students.

Students should be permitted to opt for only a few subjects as elective courses.

A fixed and robust curriculum is the need of the hour. CORRECT OPTION: C

Para-based Questions — CLAT Previous Year Questions

79 solved PYQs · 2016–2026 · English Language

Solved PYQs: 79
Years covered: 2016–2026
Avg / year: ~7
Subject: English Language

How many CLAT questions come from Para-based Questions?

Para-based Questions has contributed 79 questions to Common Law Admission Test papers between 2016 and 2026 — an average of about 7 questions a year. That count is measured from EByAi’s bank of 19,890 CLAT questions, not estimated from a syllabus. Every one of the 79 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Para-based Questions within English Language, so you can drill this chapter across every year at once instead of hunting through paper PDFs. Practising a chapter’s full PYQ history is the fastest way to learn the patterns examiners reuse.

Sample Para-based Questions questions from real CLAT papers

These are 5 real questions from the bank — exactly as asked, with the answer one tap away. All 79 Para-based Questions questions (with full written solutions) are available in practice.

Question 1 · CLAT 2023
According to the Court, how was this Road Transport Contract different from FCI’s earlier contracts with transport contractors?
1. (A) $FCI’s earlier contracts had expired$
2. (B) $The present contract did not include loading and unloading of food grains from the railway wagons within the scope of the contractor’s duties$
3. (C) $Earlier contracts were executed by FCI with contractors who were both handlers and transporters$
4. (D) $Earlier contracts were not validly executed$
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$Answer: (B) The present contract did not include loading and unloading of food grains from the railway wagons within the scope of the contractor’s duties$
Question 2 · CLAT 2023
Where the original document, such as the original computer device containing the electronic record, is produced before the court, a Section 65B(4) certificate is not required. However, the owner of the device must testify that it belongs to them. This function of a witness is most appropriately understood as:
1. (A) $The act of authentication of a document$
2. (B) $The act of proving contents of a document$
3. (C) $The act of corroborating the evidence of a document$
4. (D) $The act of solving the problem of hearsay associated with documents$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (A) The act of authentication of a document$
Question 3 · CLAT 2021
The liberty of a citizen is alive because of lively ______
1. (A) $Media.$
2. (B) $Judiciary.$
3. (C) $Media and Judiciary.$
4. (D) $Executive and Legislature. CORRECT OPTION: C$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (C) Media and Judiciary.$
Question 4 · CLAT 2021
Which of the following can be utilised to develop a healthy environment for students’ learning in schools?
1. (A) $Individualised teaching should not be followed for growth of students.$
2. (B) $Students should be permitted to opt for only a few subjects as elective courses.$
3. (C) $Community learning should be encouraged in schools.$
4. (D) $A fixed and robust curriculum is the need of the hour. CORRECT OPTION: C$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (C) Community learning should be encouraged in schools.$
Question 5 · CLAT 2019
If any dispute arises regarding publication of a work, —————— will be the final authority to decide the same
1. (A) $Copyright Board$
2. (B) $Patent Board$
3. (C) $Appropriate government$
4. (D) $None of the above$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (A) Copyright Board$

Para-based Questions questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2026	5
2025	4
2024	6
2023	7
2022	9
2021	5
2020	4
2019	14
2018	13
2017	11
2016	1

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How many CLAT questions have been asked from Para-based Questions?

EByAi's bank holds 79 real CLAT questions from Para-based Questions, asked between 2016 and 2026 — about 7 per year on average. Every count is measured from actual papers, not estimated.

Is Para-based Questions important for CLAT?

79 questions over 11 papers make Para-based Questions a steady-weightage chapter in CLAT English Language. The year-wise table above shows exactly how often it appears.

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