CUET UG syllabus

NTA's computer-based test for undergraduate admission: each subject is its own 60-minute paper of 50 compulsory questions, marked +5/−1. This site has English, the General Aptitude Test, Physics and History.

English (101)

50 compulsory questions, 250 marks · 60 minutes

Language paper. The 2026 syllabus names these topics but does not fix how many of the 50 questions belong to each. A right answer scores 5; a wrong answer costs 1.

  • Reading comprehension: factual, narrative and literary passages (at most 300 words)
  • Rearranging the parts
  • Match the following
  • Choosing the correct word
  • Synonyms and antonyms

General Aptitude Test (501)

50 compulsory questions, 250 marks · 60 minutes

The syllabus file heading says General Test; the information bulletin calls this paper the General Aptitude Test. The topic split of the 50 questions is not fixed in the bulletin. +5/−1.

  • General knowledge and current affairs
  • General mental ability and numerical ability
  • Quantitative reasoning: arithmetic, algebra, geometry, mensuration, statistics
  • Logical and analytical reasoning
  • General science and environment literacy

Physics (322)

50 compulsory questions, 250 marks · 60 minutes

Domain paper, Class 12 NCERT scope as the 2026 Physics syllabus lists it. The bulletin does not fix how many questions come from each unit. +5/−1. No calculator.

  • Electrostatics
  • Current electricity
  • Magnetic effects of current and magnetism
  • Electromagnetic induction and alternating currents
  • Electromagnetic waves
  • Optics
  • Dual nature of matter and radiation
  • Atoms and nuclei
  • Electronic devices

History (314)

50 compulsory questions, 250 marks · 60 minutes

Domain paper. The 2026 syllabus is Themes in Indian History, Parts I to III, twelve themes. The bulletin does not fix how many of the 50 questions come from each theme. +5/−1.

  • Harappan civilisation
  • Early states and inscriptions
  • The Mahabharata and early social histories
  • Buddhism and Jainism
  • Medieval travellers
  • Bhakti and Sufi traditions
  • Vijayanagara
  • The Mughal empire and agrarian society
  • Colonialism and rural society
  • The Revolt of 1857
  • Gandhi and national movements
  • The making of the Constitution