ALL THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CUET 2022
CUET 2022 is the Common Universities Entrance Test, conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). It has been introduced by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. It has been developed in sync with the New Education Policy 2022. Now, CUET is the only means to get admission into the following 44 Central Universities of India :
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CUET 2022: EXAM OVERVIEW
The exam will be conducted in the first or second week of July 2022. The registrations are closed now as the last date to register was 6th May 2022. The exam will be held in 13 languages and across 547 cities in India and in 13 centres outside of India. The exam will be in the CBT mode and will include MCQ-type questions. Conduction of the exam will be done in 2 slots; 9:00 AM-3:00 PM & 12:15 PM- 6:45 PM. The Slot-1 exam duration will be 3 hours 15 minutes and in Slot-2, it will be 3 hours 45 minutes.
CUET ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Eligibility criteria for CUET has been laid out by NTA. Basic eligibility for Undergraduate programme admission through CUET 2022 are:
- For general category candidates, at least 50% at +2 level is required and for SC/ST candidates 45% is needed.
- The aspirant must have opted for the subjects in his/her 12th grade according to the course he/she wishes to pursue.
For course specific eligibility, aspirants can check the official website of the university where one is willing to take admission.
CUET SYLLABUS 2022
CUET syllabus for 2022 has been released by NTA. The exam will comprise of 3 main sections; Language Test, Domain Test & General Test.
Language test would comprise factual or narrative Reading comprehension passages. This section will also check the aspirants’ selected language knowledge. Two languages will be chosen by the aspirant; one from Section IA and other one from Section IB.
- Languages under Section IA (13 in total)
English; Hindi; Telugu; Kannada; Malayalam; Tamil; Marathi; Urdu; Odiya; Assamese; Punjabi; Bengali; Gujarati.
- Languages under Section IB (20 in total)
Konkani; Bodo; Dogri; French; Nepali; Persian; Italian; Arabic; Sindhi; Spanish; German; Russian; Japanese; Chinese; Tibetan; Kashmiri; Maithili; Manipuri; Santhali; Sanskrit.
Domain test will have subject specific questions. The subjects that must be considered for the domain test will be selected by the aspirants. The selection will be on the basis of the subject an individual has studied in 12th standard. There are 24 subjects included in the list for the aspirants to choose from; those are:
Accountancy/ Book-keeping; Biology/ Biological Studies/ Biotechnology/ Biochemistry; Business Studies; Chemistry; Computer Science/ Informatics Practices; Economics/ Business Economics; Engineering Graphics; Entrepreneurship; Geography/Geology; History; Home Science; Knowledge Tradition and Practices of India; Legal Studies; Environmental Science; 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/ RabindraSangeet/ Percussion/ Non-Percussion); Sanskrit
An aspirant can choose utmost 6 domain subjects.
General test is intended to assess general awareness and aptitude of the aspirants. The questions in this section will be from the following areas: General Knowledge; Current affairs; General Mental Ability; Numerical Abilities; Quantitative reasoning (Simple application of basic mathematical concepts arithmetic/algebra/geometry/mensuration/ statistics taught till 8th Grade); Logical and Analytical Reasoning.
CUET 2022: EXAM PATTERN
Exam Pattern: Slot-1 (Morning Session)
Sections | Total Questions | Questions to be Attempted | Total Marks |
Language Test | 50 in each language | 40 | 200 |
Domain Test | 50 in each subject | 40 | 200 |
General Test | 75 | 75 | 300 |
Exam Pattern: Slot-2 (Evening Slot)
Sections | Total Questions | Questions to be Attempted | Total Marks |
Language Test | 50 | 40 | 200 |
Domain Specific Test | 50 | 40 | 200 |
There is negative marking for wrong answers. For one wrong question one mark will be deducted.
CUET ADMIT CARD
The exam is expected to be held in the first or second week of July 2022. So, the admit card for CUET 2022, is estimated to be released 10 to 15 days prior to the CUET exam day. The admit includes information regarding the name of the exam centre and its address, examination timings, application number and the name of the course along with personal details of the candidate like Name, age, sex etc.
CUET (2022) MOCK TESTS AND PREPARATION TIPS
Before CUET was introduced, CUCET existed which also intended to provide admission to candidates for UG programmes. Since, the motive of the two is similar, aspirants can have a look at the already available CUCET previous year paper on NTA official website. Mock test for CUCET 2022, can be taken here: https://www.nta.ac.in/quiz . Undertaking the mock tests will help candidates to get familiar with the CBT mode of examination.
To improve chances of cracking CUET 2022, following consideration could be made by the candidates:
- Paper analysis is an integral part of entrance exam preparations. Looking at previous year question papers will help candidates to figure out topics that have been repeated over years. This will help candidates engage in smart work as well as hard work.
- Performance analysis is equally important too. With persistent practice of concepts and topics from the syllabus of CUET, a candidate can develop a better understanding of the same. Further, analysing the practice paper will help candidates find out their strengths and weaknesses.
- With paper and performance analysis, candidates can decide which topic must be given more time and attention. Such topics can be attended to in a more careful manner.
- Basis information about the exam must be clear to the candidate like the marking scheme, the duration of the exam, sectional timings etc.
- Revision is must when it comes to acing CUET 2022 or for that matter any entrance exam.
These practices will only be fruitful only if the right content reaches the candidates. To get reliable and comprehensive study material and guidance for CUET 2022, candidates can look at the crash course offered by Hitbullseye for the preparation of CUET 2022. The overview of the course can be viewed through this link; https://www.hitbullseye.com/cuet-crash-course/cuet.php .
For further details on go to CUET official website.