The National Test Agency (NTA) is entrusted with the responsibility of conducting theUndergraduate entrance tests for all the Central Universities (CUs) for the academic session 2022-2023. CUET will provide a single window opportunity to students to seek admission in any of the Central Universities (CUs) across the country.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is established by Ministry of Education, MoE (Earlier known as Ministry of Human Resource Development-MHRD) as an independent/ autonomous, self-reliant and self-sustained premier testing organization.
This year, the CUET (UG) - 2022 will be conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) Mode. The aspirants who desire to take admission into the Undergraduate Programmes, have to appear for this test. The aspirants must also refer to the Information Bulletin for admission to Undergraduate programmes of the desired Central Universities (CUs) for the same.
The details of the programmes offered by Central Universities (CUs) is available on their respective websites.
The Application Forms will be made available Online from 02nd April2022, and the link for the same will be made available on the official website, that is, https://cuet.samarth.ac.in/. The Candidates who desire to appear for CUET (UG) – 2022 are advised to go through the required eligibility of the desired University/ Universities for selecting the options from UG Programmes being offered.
*The Application will be open from 02nd April, 2022 to 30th April 2022*
Examination Structure for CUET (UG) – 2022 (Pattern of CUET Exam 2022)
CUET (UG) – 2022 will consist of the following 4 Sections:
Section IA– 13 Languages
Section IB– 20 Languages
Section II– 27 Domain specific Subjects
Section III– General Test
Please note that it is not mandatory to choose options from each Section. The choices must match the requirements of the desired University.
Broad features of CUET (UG) - 2022 are as follows:
Section
Subjects/ Tests
Questions to be Attempted
Question Type
Duration
Section IA- Languages
There are 13* different languages. Any of these languages may be chosen.
40 questions to be attempted out of 50 in each language.
Language to be tested through Reading Comprehension (based on different types of passages– Factual, Literary and Narrative, [Literary Aptitude and Vocabulary]
45 Minutes for each language.
Section IB - Languages
There are 20** Languages. Any other language apart from those offered in Section IA may be chosen.
Section II - Domain
There are 27*** Domains Specific subjects being offered under this Section. A candidate may choose a maximum of Six (06) Domains as desired by the applicable University/ Universities.
40 Questions to be attempted out of 50.
Input text can be used for MCQ Based Questions.
MCQs based on NCERT Class XII syllabus only.
45 Minutes for each Domain Specific Subjects.
Section III- General Test
For any such undergraduate programme/programmes being offered by universities where a General Test is being used for admission.
60 Questions to be attempted out of 75.
Input text can be used for MCQ Based Questions.
General Knowledge, Current Affairs, General Mental Ability, Numerical Ability, Quantitative Reasoning (Simple application of basic mathematical concepts arithmetic/algebra, geometry/mensuration, taught till Grade 8), Logical and Analytical Reasoning.
60 Minutes
* Languages (13): Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Odiya, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, English, Hindi and Urdu
25. Fine Arts/ Visual Arts (Sculpture/ Painting)/Commercial Arts,
26. Performing Arts – (i) Dance (Kathak/ Bharatnatyam/ Odissi/ Kathakali/Kuchipudi/ Manipuri (ii) Drama- Theatre (iii) Music General (Hindustani/ Carnatic/ Rabindra Sangeet/ Percussion/ Non-Percussion),
27. Sanskrit
For all Shastri (Shastri 3 years/ 4 years Honours) Equivalent to B.A./B.A. Honours courses i.e. Shastri in Veda, Paurohitya (Karmakand), Dharamshastra, Prachin Vyakarana, Navya Vyakarana, Phalit Jyotish, Siddhant Jyotish, Vastushastra, Sahitya,Puranetihas, Prakrit Bhasha, Prachin Nyaya Vaisheshik, Sankhya Yoga, Jain Darshan, Mimansa, Advaita Vedanta, Vishihstadvaita Vedanta, Sarva Darshan, a candidate may choose Sanskrit as the Domain.
For those who are writing Sanskrit as a domain subject in Section 2, Sanskrit paper in Section 1B will be used for testing their Reading Comprehension (based on different types of passages–Factual, Literary and Narrative, [Literary Aptitude and Vocabulary].
A Candidate can choose a maximum of any 3 languages from Section IA and Section IB taken together. However, the third language chosen needs to be in lieu of 6th domain specific Subject chosen by the candidate - as applicable (so the maximum number of tests to be taken remains 9 only i.e., 2 Languages+6 Domain Specific Subjects+1 General Test OR 3 Languages+5 Domain Specific Subjects+1 General Test: flexibility being provided to help a candidate apply for many Universities depending on their eligibility conditions).
Section-II offers 27 Subjects, out of which a candidate may choose a maximum of 6 Subjects.
Section-III comprises General Test.
For choosing Languages from Section IA and IB and domain specific Subjects from Section II and General Test under Section III, the Candidate must refer to the requirements of his/her intended University.
Mode of the Test
Computer Based Test-CBT
Test Pattern
Objective type with Multiple Choice Questions
Medium
13 languages (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Odiya, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, English, Hindi and Urdu)
Syllabus
Section IA & IB: Language to be tested through Reading Comprehension (based on different types of passages–Factual, Literary and Narrative [Literary Aptitude & Vocabulary].
Section II: As per NCERT model syllabus as applicable to Class XII only.
Section III: General Knowledge, Current Affairs, General Mental Ability, Numerical Ability, Quantitative Reasoning (Simple application of basic mathematical concepts arithmetic/algebra geometry/mensuration/stat taught till Grade 8), Logical and Analytical Reasoning.
All questions in various testing areas will be benchmarked at the level of Class XII only. Students having studied Class XII Board syllabus would be able to do well in CUET (UG) – 2022.
Number of attempts:
If any University permits students of previous years of class XII to take admission in the current year also, such students would also be eligible to appear in CUET (UG) – 2022.
Choice of Languages and Subjects:
Generally, the languages/subjects chosen should be the ones that a student has opted in his latest Class XII Board examination. However, if any University permits any flexibility in this regard, the same can be exercised under CUET (UG) -2022 also. Candidates must carefully refer to the eligibility requirements of various Central Universities in this regard. Moreover, if the subject to be studied in the Undergraduate course is not available in the list of 27 Domain Specific Subject being offered, the Candidate may choose the Subject closest to his/her choice for e.g. For Biochemistry the candidate may choose Biology.
Schedule of Examination
Examination will be conducted on multiple days in two shifts, depending on the number of Candidates and Languages/Tests taken by them.
Candidates are advised to visit the NTA CUET (UG)-2022 official websitehttps://cuet.samarth.ac.in/ , (available from 02nd April, 2022) for latest updates regarding the Examination.
