Common University Entrance Test Exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) annually for candidates to seek admission in participating universities. Theexam pattern is based on standard aptitude test and candidates must orient themselves with the question pattern, duration of the exams, quality and types of questions, mode of examination and the marking scheme in order to be best prepared for the exam. Familiarity with the existing exam pattern and the mode of conduction enhances a candidate’s ability to appear in the examination with confidence.
Following are the details of the examination pattern:
Mode of Examination: The exam will be held in the Online Mode as a Computer-Based-Test on designated examination centres.
Duration of
Examination
The exam will be held in two slots of 3 hours and 25-25 minutes teach, which will be subject to variation based on the choice of subject and sections. Each candidate has to mandatorily attempt a minimum of one or more examination in each slot.
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Pattern of
Examination
The exam is divided into three sections, with the first section consisting of two sub-sections. Each section will have different number of questions and time allotted. Following is a detailed breakup of the pattern.
Section I (A)
Language Paper
Section I (B)
Language Paper
Section II
Domain/ Subject Specific
Section III
General Test
Section I
(A) and Section I (B)
Section I will
have two language specific papers with choices between 13 and 19 languages
respectively. The total number of questions will be 50 and 40 questions need to
be marked for each language. Both the sub-sections will have to be attempted
within 90 minutes, with 45 minutes allotted to each language.
Following is the list of languages to be chosen from for both sections:
Section I(A)
Section I(B)
English
Hindi
Gujarati
Bengali
Assamese
Kannada
Tamil
Telugu
Malayalam
Marathi
Odia
Urdu
Chinese
German
French
Arabic
Italian
Japanese
Nepali
Russian
Spanish
Tibetan
Dogri
Bodo
Kashmiri
Konkani
Maithili
Manipuri
Santhali
Sindhi
Section II
Section II will
test domain specific subjects out of a choice of 27 subjects, from which a
candidate can choose a maximum of 6 subjects. Total questions for each subject
will be 50, out of which 40 need to be attempted. This section needs to be
attempted in 45 minutes.
Following is the
list of subjects offered:
Accountancy/ Book Keeping
Agriculture
Anthropology
Chemistry
Computer Science/ Informatics Practices
Economics/ Business Economics
Engineering Graphics
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Studies
Fine
Arts/ Visual Arts (Sculpture/ Painting)/Commercial Arts,
Home
Science
Knowledge
Tradition and Practices of India
Legal
Studies
Mass
Media/ Mass Communication
Mathematics
Physical
Education/ NCC /Yoga
Physics
Political
Science
Psychology
Sociology
Teaching
Aptitude
Agriculture
Mass
Media/ Mass Communication
Anthropology
Fine
Arts/ Visual Arts (Sculpture/ Painting)/Commercial Arts,
Performing Arts –
(i) Dance (Kathak/ Bharatnatyam/ Odissi/ Kathakali/Kuchipudi/ Manipuri
(ii) Drama- Theatre
(iii) Music General (Hindustani/ Carnatic/ Rabindra Sangeet/ Percussion/ Non-Percussion)
Sanskrit
Out of these, Accountancy, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Economics, Geography, History, Home Science, Legal Studies, Maths, Physics, Political Sciences, Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology are classified as Domain Subjects and Physical Education, Engineering graphics, Fine arts, Knowledge & Tradition – Practices in India, Entrepreneurship, Teaching aptitude, Mass media, and Agriculture are classified as additional subjects.
Section
III
Section III will be a standard aptitude test, mirroring the pattern adopted in most common competitive examinations for undergraduate admissions in India. It will comprise of questions from five broad areas, testing a candidate’s knowledge of Current Affairs and General Knowledge, Mental Ability, Numerical Ability, Quantitative Reasoning and Logical and Analytical Reasoning.
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Participating Universities
Over 90 universities conducted admissions based on CUET in 2022. It is predicted that the number of applicants and participating universities will grow exponentially in 2023. Following are some of the central, state, deemed and private universities out of 90 universities you can target based on CUET.
