CUET UG subject-wise syllabus (37 subjects)
Every subject has its own page: each unit and topic of NTA's official PDF, the paper's pattern, previous year papers and books.
Section I: Languages 13
Assamese2 units · 7 topicsBengali2 units · 7 topicsEnglish2 units · 7 topicsGujarati2 units · 7 topicsHindi2 units · 7 topicsKannada2 units · 7 topicsMalayalam2 units · 7 topicsMarathi2 units · 7 topicsOdia2 units · 7 topicsPunjabi2 units · 7 topicsTamil2 units · 7 topicsTelugu2 units · 7 topicsUrdu2 units · 7 topics
Section II: Domain subjects 23
Accountancy6 units · 26 topicsAgriculture4 units · 5 topicsAnthropology5 units · 5 topicsBiology5 units · 13 topicsBusiness Studies12 units · 55 topicsChemistry10 units · 11 topicsComputer Science / Informatics Practices21 units · 33 topicsEconomics10 units · 34 topicsEnvironmental Science7 units · 44 topicsFine Arts8 units · 16 topicsGeography9 units · 25 topicsHistory12 unitsHome Science2 units · 33 topicsKnowledge Tradition and Practices of India8 units · 10 topicsMass Media / Mass Communication7 units · 39 topicsMathematics / Applied Mathematics14 units · 127 topicsPerforming Arts26 units · 24 topicsPhysical Education8 units · 41 topicsPhysics9 units · 31 topicsPolitical Science9 units · 19 topicsPsychology7 units · 82 topicsSanskrit10 units · 27 topicsSociology9 units · 31 topics
Section III: General Aptitude Test 1
Source: Subject-wise syllabus PDFs published by NTA on cuet.nta.nic.in. Read on 9 November 2026.
CUET UG exam pattern: confirmed and proposed
Only NTA's information bulletin fixes the pattern. The confirmed column is the CUET UG 2026 information bulletin, the latest NTA has released. The other column lists changes reported as proposed for 2027 that NTA has not confirmed.
| Item | 2026 (confirmed) | 2027 (proposed) |
|---|---|---|
| Questions | Multiple-choice questions | Paragraph-based multiple-choice questions |
| Questions per test | 50, all compulsory | About 30 to 35 |
| Time per test | 60 minutes | Not announced |
| Marking | +5 for a correct answer, -1 for a wrong one, 0 if left out | Not announced |
Source: the CUET UG 2026 information bulletin on NTA's CUET UG website. The table changes when NTA releases the 2027 bulletin.
Books students use for CUET UG
- Arihant CUET UG General Test guideArihant Publications
- Oswaal CUET UG previous years' solved papers (subject-wise)Oswaal Books
- NCERT textbooks of Class 12 (your domain subjects)NCERT
- Arihant CUET UG EnglishArihant Publications
Practice:NTA official mock test (free)
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