Keep what works
Record the reasoning and checks behind a correct answer, so you can repeat them under time pressure.
By Anshul Wadhwa, Career Counsellor, CCGP Level 1 · Last updated 3 November 2026
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Give every attempt a next step
Fix the cause
Distinguish missing knowledge from misreading, execution errors and pacing. Choose a repair you can retest.
- Verified structure and key-edition limits
- Year-by-year section measurements
- Reading load and suggested time budget
- Error log with repair prompts
- Topic and task comparisons
- Compact review sheet
- 4-week and 8-week evidence-led plans
- Paper sources and measurement method
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What changed in the recent papers
The change in CLAT is visible before you judge a paper as easy or hard. The papers examined here contain 150 questions from 2020 to 2023, then 120 from 2024 onwards. The section split also moves: Legal has 32 questions in 2024 and 2025, then 30 in 2026; Logical moves from 24 to 26. That latest redistribution is worth noticing, but it is not yet a trend.
There is a stronger three-year finding within Logical. Under our documented labels, puzzle questions rise from 0 in 2024 to 6 in 2025 and 26 in 2026. A preparation routine built only around argument passages would miss that change. Keep critical reasoning in your practice, but also rehearse constraints, diagrams and the decision to leave a stalled set.
Reading load tells a different part of the story. Shared passage words fall across those recent papers, yet fewer words do not guarantee faster solving. Our counts exclude question stems, options and rereading. The pack brings these measurements together with section comparisons, an adjustable time budget and study plans. It gives you a reason for each priority, while keeping historical key editions and uncertain claims clearly separate.
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Read the pattern. Plan your practice.
An analysis of 7 UG papers, 2020 to 2026. Measured structure and reading load, with transparent topic coding. For students who want a practical next step after a timed attempt.
What you will learn
Compare section sizes, shared-text load and the balance of reasoning tasks. Use the findings to choose practice, then test the suggested schedule against your own timings.
Your next 7 days
Days 1-2: take and review an authorised paper. Days 3-4: repair inference and rule-application errors. Days 5-6: practise puzzles and numerical sets. Day 7: retest and adjust your time split.
So what for you
Start with a timed baseline. This pack explains a sample of past papers; it does not predict admission or the next paper.
The structural change starts in 2024
The recovered papers contain 150 questions through 2023, then 120 from 2024. The reduction is 30 printed questions. Historical covers are incomplete, so the table separates counts from verified rules.
Use the right denominator
All historical section shares below use originally printed questions. A withdrawn item can change the final scoreable total. Do not compare raw scores across different key editions.
What stayed stable
All sampled papers retain English, current affairs, legal, logical and quantitative sections. The published current format allows 120 minutes; check your own cycle notice and applicable extra-time rules.
So what for you
Use recent papers to rehearse the current structure. Use older sets for targeted skills rather than treating their raw totals as directly comparable scores.
| Cycles | Printed questions | Rules established here |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 150 | Question sequence verified; cover rules unavailable |
| 2022-2023 | 150 | 120 minutes; 150 maximum marks; 0.25 deduction |
| 2024 | 120 | Question sequence verified; cover absent |
| 2025-2026 | 120 | 120 minutes; 120 maximum marks; 0.25 deduction |
| 2027 reference | 120 | Current official format: 1 mark correct; 0.25 deduction |
Questions and shared sets by year
Each cell shows questions / shared sets. English = E; current affairs = CA; legal = L; logical = LR; quantitative = QT. A set is shared material followed by questions.
An important exception
Logical in 2020 also has 5 standalone questions outside its shared passages. Set counts therefore do not imply that every question belongs to a passage.
The newest redistribution
Legal falls from 32 questions in 2024 and 2025 to 30 in 2026. Logical moves from 24 to 26. That latest redistribution is an observation, not an established trend.
So what for you
Do not hard-code the familiar section mix into your attempt plan. Scan the actual paper before committing time.
| Year | E | CA | L | LR | QT | Total Q |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 30 / 6 | 36 / 7 | 39 / 8 | 30 / 5 | 15 / 3 | 150 |
| 2021 | 30 / 6 | 35 / 7 | 40 / 8 | 30 / 6 | 15 / 3 | 150 |
| 2022 | 30 / 6 | 35 / 7 | 40 / 8 | 30 / 6 | 15 / 3 | 150 |
| 2023 | 30 / 6 | 35 / 5 | 40 / 8 | 30 / 5 | 15 / 3 | 150 |
| 2024 | 24 / 4 | 28 / 5 | 32 / 5 | 24 / 4 | 12 / 2 | 120 |
| 2025 | 24 / 4 | 28 / 5 | 32 / 6 | 24 / 4 | 12 / 2 | 120 |
| 2026 | 24 / 5 | 28 / 5 | 30 / 5 | 26 / 4 | 12 / 2 | 120 |
Reading load is only part of the pressure
Words count shared passages and readable data text, excluding questions and options. The common pace benchmark divides by 120 minutes. For 2020, 2021 and 2024 it is a comparison assumption, not a verified historical duration.
What the comparison says
The largest measured shared-text load is 8926 words in 2021. Across 2024, 2025 and 2026 the measured totals fall, but this does not establish that the papers became easier.
What the measure misses
Heavy means English, Legal and Logical. These densities are not reading-speed targets: questions, options, rereading, calculation and decision time remain outside the count. Short puzzles can demand substantial work.
So what for you
Time reading and solving separately during practice. Do not convert a lower passage count into a promise of spare time.
| Year | All words | Heavy words | All / min | Heavy / min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8374 | 6246 | 69.8 | 52.0 |
| 2021 | 8926 | 7293 | 74.4 | 60.8 |
| 2022 | 8277 | 6579 | 69.0 | 54.8 |
| 2023 | 8253 | 6927 | 68.8 | 57.7 |
| 2024 | 6080 | 4114 | 50.7 | 34.3 |
| 2025 | 5723 | 3757 | 47.7 | 31.3 |
| 2026 | 5368 | 3829 | 44.7 | 31.9 |
English: shared text and task mix
Lengths are word-equivalents from cleaned PDF text, not official passage lengths. Question types use a single primary-task label for each item.
Practise evidence, then interpretation
Detail retrieval and inference are different tasks. For detail errors, locate the supporting sentence. For inference errors, explain why the conclusion follows without adding outside assumptions.
Grammar is not the centre of this sample
The coding found 0 grammar-style primary tasks across 192 English questions. This does not prove grammar can never appear or that language accuracy is irrelevant.
So what for you
Track detail, inference and vocabulary mistakes separately. Choose a repair from the error type rather than rereading everything.
| Year | Sets | Q per set | Min words | Max words | Mean words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | 5/5/5/5/5/5 | 294 | 454 | 391.7 |
| 2021 | 6 | 5/5/5/5/5/5 | 302 | 472 | 384 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5/5/5/5/5/5 | 488 | 585 | 536.8 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5/5/5/5/5/5 | 397 | 493 | 444.8 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6/6/6/6 | 202 | 451 | 353 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6/6/6/6 | 299 | 354 | 329.8 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5/5/5/5/4 | 201 | 353 | 284.2 |
English: what to put in your reading rotation
Task counts are exclusive; genre labels describe the dominant passage subject or form. They are AptiGuide coding, not official categories.
Genre mix by year
2020: science 2, social issues 1, fiction 3 | 2021: literary criticism 1, opinion 1, social issues 2, history 1, economy 1 | 2022: history 3, social issues 1, economy 1, opinion 1 | 2023: memoir 1, history 1, opinion 1, social issues 2, fiction 1 | 2024: literary criticism 2, social issues 1, fiction 1 | 2025: memoir 1, opinion 2, fiction 1 | 2026: history 2, science 1, fiction 2
A useful reading routine
Alternate narrative writing with history, science and argument-led prose. After reading, state the central claim, distinguish the author’s view from a quoted view, and explain unfamiliar words from context.
So what for you
Keep variety in your reading. The sample contains fiction as well as factual and argumentative writing; a single newspaper-only routine is too narrow.
| Year | Detail | Infer. | Vocab. | Main | Tone | Device | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Current affairs: load and topic balance
Topic totals below weight each passage label by its questions. They describe the passage context, not an exhaustive classification of the knowledge needed by every question.
The revision problem
A short news context can open into background knowledge. Reading load alone cannot show how much retrieval practice you need.
What to record
Keep an event card with the institution, location, development and relevant background. Add a question reference to your own error log; do not copy question text.
So what for you
Join current developments to durable background knowledge, then test recall without notes.
| Year | Sets | Q per set | Min words | Max words | Mean words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | 5/5/5/5/5/5/6 | 216 | 341 | 272.3 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5/5/5/5/5/5/5 | 127 | 194 | 156 |
| 2022 | 7 | 5/5/5/5/5/5/5 | 134 | 194 | 172.6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 7/7/7/7/7 | 171 | 229 | 195.8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6/6/6/4/6 | 280 | 372 | 329.4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6/6/4/6/6 | 219 | 367 | 312.8 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5/5/6/6/6 | 174 | 246 | 207.6 |
Current affairs: topic mix and date limits
Counts are questions attached to each primary context. No fixed recent-month window is established by this sample.
Dated context is not a syllabus window
Explicit primary context dates, in year order: 2020: 2020, 2020-05, 2020-07, 2020-08, 2020-09 | 2021: 2020-04, 2021 | 2022: 2021, 2021-12, 2022 | 2023: 2021-2022, 2022 | 2024: 1919, 1949-11, 2023-08, 2023-09, 2023-10 | 2025: 1930, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2024-10 | 2026: 2025-07, 2025-09. Undated contexts are omitted; this is not the range of knowledge tested.
A sustainable revision cycle
Review new events regularly, revisit earlier cards, then connect recurring institutions and themes. Use missed knowledge to choose the next revision batch rather than assuming an arbitrary month cutoff.
So what for you
Maintain both an event chronology and background notes. Do not discard older knowledge solely because the passage refers to a recent development.
| Year | Primary topic mix, question-weighted |
|---|---|
| 2020 | economy: 10; international: 16; national: 10 |
| 2021 | economy: 5; international: 20; science: 10 |
| 2022 | economy: 10; international: 5; legal and constitutional: 5; science: 15 |
| 2023 | economy: 7; legal and constitutional: 7; others: 7; science: 7; sports: 7 |
| 2024 | international: 10; legal and constitutional: 6; national: 6; science: 6 |
| 2025 | international: 6; legal and constitutional: 10; national: 6; sports: 6 |
| 2026 | international: 17; national: 6; sports: 5 |
Legal: lengths and area mix
Area labels follow the dominant legal issue in each shared set. Mixed areas are compressed into a primary label, so absence of a label does not prove absence of that doctrine.
The weight of the section
Legal has 30 of 120 printed questions in 2026, a 25% share. It remains substantial even after the latest reduction from 32.
A concentration, not a forecast
All 2026 Legal sets are coded constitutional in this broad taxonomy. Earlier papers are more mixed. A single-year concentration does not justify dropping contract, tort or criminal-law reading.
So what for you
Make rule extraction and exception handling routine. Preserve broad practice even when one recent paper concentrates on a legal area.
| Year | Sets | Q per set | Min words | Max words | Mean words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | 4/5/5/5/5/5/5/5 | 69 | 485 | 313 |
| 2021 | 8 | 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5 | 222 | 439 | 341.9 |
| 2022 | 8 | 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5 | 216 | 288 | 249.8 |
| 2023 | 8 | 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5 | 247 | 447 | 307.8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6/7/6/6/7 | 297 | 437 | 344.2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6/6/5/5/5/5 | 144 | 311 | 267.2 |
| 2026 | 5 | 6/6/6/6/6 | 276 | 416 | 330 |
Legal: areas and dominant task
Counts in the first table are question-weighted. Style counts beneath it are sets, not questions. Principle plus facts means applying a supplied rule to scenarios; case reading means interpreting a described decision.
Dominant style, by set
2020: principle plus facts 6, principle only 0, case reading 2 | 2021: principle plus facts 8, principle only 0, case reading 0 | 2022: principle plus facts 7, principle only 1, case reading 0 | 2023: principle plus facts 8, principle only 0, case reading 0 | 2024: principle plus facts 5, principle only 0, case reading 0 | 2025: principle plus facts 4, principle only 2, case reading 0 | 2026: principle plus facts 2, principle only 2, case reading 1
Separate the rule from your prior knowledge
Write the operative condition and exception in your own notes. When checking an answer, identify which supplied fact changes the application. For a case-led set, distinguish the decision from surrounding commentary.
So what for you
Practise both rule application and careful case reading. Memorised legal vocabulary alone cannot repair a missed condition.
| Year | Primary area mix |
|---|---|
| 2020 | constitutional: 10; contract: 4; criminal: 15; other: 5; tort: 5 |
| 2021 | contract: 15; criminal: 5; other: 15; tort: 5 |
| 2022 | constitutional: 15; contract: 5; criminal: 5; other: 15 |
| 2023 | constitutional: 15; criminal: 10; other: 15 |
| 2024 | constitutional: 12; criminal: 6; property: 7; tort: 7 |
| 2025 | constitutional: 11; contract: 5; criminal: 11; property: 5 |
| 2026 | constitutional: 30 |
Logical: a measured shift towards puzzles
Puzzle-labelled questions rise from 0 in 2024 to 6 in 2025 and 26 in 2026. This is an observed three-year increase, not a prediction of the next paper.
Type mix, questions
2020: argument and critical reasoning: 28; arrangement or puzzle: 2 | 2021: argument and critical reasoning: 30 | 2022: argument and critical reasoning: 30 | 2023: argument and critical reasoning: 30 | 2024: argument and critical reasoning: 24 | 2025: argument and critical reasoning: 18; arrangement or puzzle: 6 | 2026: arrangement or puzzle: 26
Short setup does not mean quick marks
The newest paper has puzzle-based sets throughout Logical under this coding. Diagramming, constraint checks and backtracking can consume time that a passage-word measure cannot see.
So what for you
Maintain argument practice and add timed constraint-based sets. Measure setup time and abandoned work before deciding a set is worth continuing.
| Year | Sets | Q per set | Min words | Max words | Mean words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 5/5/5/5/5 | 251 | 300 | 278.4 |
| 2021 | 6 | 5/5/5/5/5/5 | 292 | 603 | 375.7 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5/5/5/5/5/5 | 182 | 251 | 226.7 |
| 2023 | 5 | 6/6/6/6/6 | 288 | 415 | 359.2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6/6/6/6 | 138 | 393 | 245.2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6/6/6/6 | 79 | 305 | 208.8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 6/7/6/7 | 150 | 265 | 189.5 |
Quantitative: sets, data and concepts
All sampled Quantitative questions belong to shared sets. Some sets are shared arithmetic rather than a supplied data distribution. Primary concept labels do not capture every operation needed.
Concept mix, questions
2020: mensuration: 10; ratios: 5 | 2021: percentages: 15 | 2022: percentages: 10; ratios: 5 | 2023: averages: 5; percentages: 10 | 2024: percentages: 6; ratios: 6 | 2025: percentages: 12 | 2026: percentages: 12
Data interpretation versus shared arithmetic
2020: 1 data sets, 2 arithmetic sets | 2021: 3 data sets, 0 arithmetic sets | 2022: 3 data sets, 0 arithmetic sets | 2023: 2 data sets, 1 arithmetic sets | 2024: 2 data sets, 0 arithmetic sets | 2025: 2 data sets, 0 arithmetic sets | 2026: 2 data sets, 0 arithmetic sets
So what for you
Practise translating data into a compact working table, then check units and denominators. Do not prepare only isolated arithmetic questions.
| Year | Sets | Q per set | Min words | Max words | Mean words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 5/5/5 | 60 | 95 | 74 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5/5/5 | 173 | 195 | 180.3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5/5/5 | 150 | 180 | 163.3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5/5/5 | 45 | 202 | 115.7 |
| 2024 | 2 | 6/6 | 159 | 160 | 159.5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6/6 | 103 | 299 | 201 |
| 2026 | 2 | 6/6 | 248 | 253 | 250.5 |
A time split you can test
AptiGuide suggestion, not an official rule or a target score. Allocate a 40-minute reading component in proportion to measured 2026 shared words, then add 70 minutes for retrieval, reasoning and calculation. Keep 10 minutes in reserve.
Why the solving allowance differs
Logical gets more solving time because its recent puzzle setups require constraint work. Legal needs application time; Quantitative needs calculation. These allowances are judgement calls, not measured completion times.
What a good attempt looks like
Choose sets you can work through accurately, leave a stalled set before it consumes the reserve, and revisit only with a clear next step. Record actual section times and accuracy; move time towards repairs that improve both.
So what for you
Test this 120-minute budget in practice. Adjust from your own timed evidence; there is no universal safe attempt count.
| Section | Shared words | Reading min | Solving min | Total min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | 1421 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Current affairs | 1038 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Legal | 1650 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| Logical | 758 | 6 | 23 | 29 |
| Quantitative | 501 | 4 | 17 | 21 |
Your 4-week repair plan
AptiGuide schedule for students with limited preparation time. The sequence follows the observed reading tasks, recurring numerical sets and recent puzzle shift. Change the workload to fit your baseline.
Week 1: establish the bottleneck
Take a timed recent-format attempt. Record section time, detail/inference errors and unfinished sets. Rotate narrative and factual reading; explain why each reviewed inference follows.
Week 2: rules and background
Practise legal rule extraction and exception checks. Build current-affairs cards connecting events to institutions and older context. Retest the knowledge you missed without opening notes.
Week 3: constraints and calculation
Alternate puzzle sets with data-based numerical sets. Track setup time separately from solving. Rework denominator and unit errors; keep argument evaluation in the rotation.
Week 4: integrate and adjust
Run timed complete attempts using the current format. Compare actual timings with the suggested budget. Retest the largest recurring error category and keep a shorter review list for the final days.
So what for you
End each week with fresh-material retesting. Finishing a schedule matters less than showing that the targeted error has reduced.
Your 8-week build plan
AptiGuide schedule for a longer runway. Build accuracy before compressing time, and preserve topic breadth despite the latest paper’s concentration.
Weeks 1-2: baseline and reading
Record a baseline. Alternate fiction, factual prose and argument-led writing. Separate detail retrieval from inference and vocabulary. Start spaced event-and-background recall.
Weeks 3-4: legal transfer
Practise applying unfamiliar rules across varied legal areas. Contrast principle-led sets with case reading. Review each wrong answer by locating the condition or exception you missed.
Weeks 5-6: set selection
Train both critical reasoning and puzzles. Work with numerical data sets and shared arithmetic. Record where setup time produces no progress; practise leaving and returning to a set.
Weeks 7-8: full-paper control
Combine the skills in timed attempts. Adjust section budgets using accuracy and completion evidence. Retest persistent errors on fresh material and avoid turning historical topic counts into predictions.
So what for you
Keep the practice mix broad, but let your error log determine where extra time goes.
Compact review sheet
Use references to lawfully obtained material, not copied questions. Complete this sheet after an attempt and use it to select a repair.
Error log
For each reference record section, task or concept, outcome, time spent, cause, repair and fresh-material retest result.
Topic tally
Count attempted, correct, wrong and skipped items in your own practice sample. Compare your recurring errors with the skills highlighted in this pack, not with a predicted topic quota.
So what for you
Choose the recurring error you can actually change, then check it on unfamiliar material.
Paper and date / key edition
Question reference / section / label
Time / outcome / error cause
Repair / retest reference / result
Method, confidence and key editions
Question numbering was counted by script and checked against section boundaries. A different PDF engine checked all 35 sections. Word totals agree under whitespace-token and character-scanner methods applied to the same extracted text.
Confidence and scope
Counts are Cross-checked; current official rules are Confirmed; schedules are Estimate. Editorial topic labels are reproducible but subjective. No Reported-only figures, cut-offs or difficulty percentages are used.
Important limits
Older mirrors and incomplete covers limit historical rule verification. The recovered 2025 key is not the latest judicially revised key. A later 2026 court-related notice also exists. Do not use these edition counts for present scoring advice.
So what for you
Use the pack for structure and practice decisions. For scoring, obtain the latest applicable official key and notice.
| Year | Recovered key rows | Withdrawal labels | Edition limitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 150 | Unknown | Embedded indications |
| 2021 | 150 | Unknown | Embedded indications |
| 2022 | 150 | 0 | Labelled final; edition only |
| 2023 | 150 | 0 | Provisional |
| 2024 | 120 | 2 | Labelled final; edition only |
| 2025 | 120 | 4 | Labelled final; edition only |
| 2026 | 120 | 1 | Provisional |
Sources: the measured papers
Opened 3 November 2026. These links point to the external source documents, not locally saved papers. Mirror means the document was recovered away from official hosting; key checks establish numbering coverage, not answer correctness.
So what for you
Use source documents lawfully and check their edition. This pack publishes measurements and original advice, not paper text.
2020 UG paper: mirror; key numbering checkedOpen resource2021 UG paper: mirror; key numbering checkedOpen resource2022 UG paper: mirror; key numbering checkedOpen resource2023 UG paper: mirror; key numbering checkedOpen resource2024 UG paper: mirror; key numbering checkedOpen resource2025 UG paper: mirror; key numbering checkedOpen resource2026 UG paper: official bundleOpen resource
Sources: keys and current rules
Opened 3 November 2026. The 2020 and 2021 files contain embedded answer indications. The 2023 provisional key is included in its paper bundle. The 2026 provisional key is included in the official bundle.
Reading-load caveat
Whitespace, line breaks and text-layer defects can affect word totals. Source notes and repeated headers were removed. Images without readable text, question stems and answer options are excluded.
Boundaries of this edition
Earlier papers outside the sample were not included because comparability was not established. Inaccessible historical notices and unresolved latest key status are excluded from scoring claims.
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Questions about the pack
Which years does the analysis cover?
The measured sample covers UG papers labelled 2020 to 2026. Each year contributes one booklet, not several versions of the same paper.
When did the question count change?
The recovered papers show 150 questions through 2023 and 120 from 2024 onwards. Older incomplete covers limit verification of some historical timing and marking rules.
Does a shorter paper mean an easier paper?
No. Shared-text words exclude questions, options, rereading and solving. Short puzzle setups can still require substantial work. No official difficulty percentage is claimed.
Are the topic labels official?
No. AptiGuide assigns a dominant label and documents the method. Passage-topic counts are question-weighted; Legal style figures count sets. Mixed content can be compressed by these labels.
Should I prepare only puzzles for Logical?
No. The recent sample shows an increase in puzzle questions, but past frequency cannot guarantee the next paper. Maintain argument and critical-reasoning practice alongside puzzles.
Is the suggested time split compulsory?
No. It combines measured reading-load shares with editorial solving allowances. Test it against your own accuracy and timings, then adjust it.
Can I use these key counts to calculate my score?
Use the latest applicable official key for scoring. The table describes recovered editions; some later revisions were not established. It is not current scoring advice.
Does the pack contain paper questions?
No. It contains original analysis, practice guidance and a compact review sheet. External source links let you inspect the evidence lawfully.
Will this predict my admission or a cutoff?
No. The pack does not estimate admission chances, readiness or a cutoff. It helps you choose and review preparation tasks.
How should I start?
Use the 7-day start to establish a baseline and retest a priority repair. Then choose the 4-week or 8-week plan and adapt it to your available time.
How we made this
Evidence first, your practice next
We measured recovered papers, checked their numbering against available keys, and documented our topic labels. Proposed time allocations and weekly plans are original suggestions, not official rules.
This pack cannot predict admission or future topic frequencies. It does not score your readiness.
This result is indicative. It is based only on the answers you gave. It is not professional advice, an admission or job prediction, or a guarantee of any outcome. Treat it as one input. Before you decide, check eligibility, fees and requirements with the institution, and talk to your parents or guardian and a qualified counsellor. The decision, and its outcome, remain yours. AptiGuide is not liable for decisions made on this result alone.
Sources and editions
2020 UG paper: mirror; key numbering checkedEvidence source2021 UG paper: mirror; key numbering checkedEvidence source2022 UG paper: mirror; key numbering checkedEvidence source2023 UG paper: mirror; key numbering checkedEvidence source2024 UG paper: mirror; key numbering checkedEvidence source2025 UG paper: mirror; key numbering checkedEvidence source2026 UG paper: official bundleEvidence source2022 recovered key: mirrored documentEvidence source2024 recovered key: mirrored documentEvidence source2025 recovered key: mirrored documentEvidence source2026 final-key notice: edition contextEvidence source2026 court-related notice: later changesEvidence source2027 official format referenceEvidence source
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