Published on 9th January 2025 | 11:53 AM

The Common University Entrance Test, formerly the Central University Common Entrance Test, is a nationwide examination conducted by the National Testing Agency. CUET (UG) aims to facilitate admissions to numerous undergraduate courses offered by 45+ central universities and 280+ universities across India.

It was introduced in 2022 to provide equal opportunities to students across India, regardless of the Board they came from, for admission to the Country's top universities. The CUET test mode is online (CBT-Computer-Based Test). The CUET exam pattern 2025 has been revised, and some new changes have been observed. However, there is no change in the CUET marking scheme for 2025.

The question paper will be Multiple Choice Question type only with the marking scheme as follows:

> +5 for the correct answer

> -1 for the wrong answer

> 0 for any unattempted question

In case of any dropped question (Questions for which all the given options were wrong), students who have attempted that question will only be awarded the full marks.

Following are the three sections of the exam:

Section I 

> 13 Languages (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Odiya, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, English, Hindi and Urdu).

> There will be 50 questions, which will be compulsory. The questions must be answered within the given exam duration of 60 minutes.

Section II

> 23 Domain-specific Subjects

> There will be 50 questions, which will be compulsory. The questions must be answered within the given exam duration of 60 minutes.

Section III

> General Aptitude Test

> There will be 50 questions, which will be compulsory. The questions must be answered within the given exam duration of 60 minutes.

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