Verbal Ability & Vocabulary — CLAT Previous Year Questions

120 solved PYQs · 2016–2026 · English Language

Solved PYQs: 120
Years covered: 2016–2026
Avg / year: ~11
Subject: English Language

How many CLAT questions come from Verbal Ability & Vocabulary?

Verbal Ability & Vocabulary has contributed 120 questions to Common Law Admission Test papers between 2016 and 2026 — an average of about 11 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 120 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Verbal Ability & Vocabulary 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 Verbal Ability & Vocabulary questions from real CLAT papers

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Question 1 · CLAT 2025
Which of the following is a synonym for the word “tumultuous”?
1. (A) $Chaotic$
2. (B) $Turbulent$
3. (C) $Disorderly$
4. (D) $All of the above$
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$Answer: (D) All of the above$
Question 2 · CLAT 2025
If a female casual worker earns Rs. 200 per hour, what is the hourly wage of a male casual worker, given that male casual workers earn 48% more than female casual workers?
1. (A) $Rs. 480$
2. (B) $Rs. 296$
3. (C) $Rs. 248$
4. (D) $Cannot be determined$
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$Answer: (B) Rs. 296$
Question 3 · CLAT 2022
Which rhetorical device is employed in ‘cryptocurrencies are just the latest alchemy’?
1. (A) $Antithesis$
2. (B) $Metaphor$
3. (C) $Personification$
4. (D) $Synecdoche$
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$Answer: (B) Metaphor$
Question 4 · CLAT 2021
That women officers would upset the dynamics in a unit is an ________ ground for denying them permanent commission.
1. (A) $Inevitable$
2. (B) $Strong$
3. (C) $Unreasonable$
4. (D) $Valid CORRECT OPTION: C$
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$Answer: (C) Unreasonable$
Question 5 · CLAT 2019
‘What are States without justice but robber bands enlarged?’ asked:
1. (A) $St. Aquinas$
2. (B) $St. Augustine$
3. (C) $St. Joseph$
4. (D) $St. Patrick$
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$Answer: (B) St. Augustine$

Verbal Ability & Vocabulary questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2026	7
2025	11
2024	2
2023	10
2022	6
2021	3
2020	10
2019	13
2018	15
2017	23
2016	20

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FAQs

How many CLAT questions have been asked from Verbal Ability & Vocabulary?

EByAi's bank holds 120 real CLAT questions from Verbal Ability & Vocabulary, asked between 2016 and 2026 — about 11 per year on average. Every count is measured from actual papers, not estimated.

Is Verbal Ability & Vocabulary important for CLAT?

120 questions over 11 papers make Verbal Ability & Vocabulary a moderate-weightage chapter in CLAT English Language. The year-wise table above shows exactly how often it appears.

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