CUET UG cheat sheet

CUET UG Language section is compulsory for all candidates; 50 questions, all compulsory, 250 marks (5 marks each), 45 minutes, negative marking of 1 mark for wrong answers.

Section I is offered in 33 languages including English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Arabic, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, and Nepali; choose the language of your Class 12 study.

Language section tests Reading Comprehension (unseen passages, fact/inference distinction), Literary Aptitude (figures of speech, poetic devices, literary terms), Vocabulary (synonyms, antonyms, idioms, one-word substitution), Grammar, and Sentence Correction/Paraphrasing.

Figure of speech decision rules: simile uses 'like/as'; metaphor equates without comparison word; personification gives human traits to non-human; hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration; oxymoron pairs contradictory words (bitter sweet); onomatopoeia imitates sound.

Reading comprehension rule: answers must be supported by the passage text; do not import outside knowledge. Inference questions ask what is implied, not stated; tone questions require identifying the writer's attitude (critical, neutral, ironic, nostalgic).

Idiom traps: 'to let the cat out of the bag' = reveal a secret; 'once in a blue moon' = very rarely; 'to bite the bullet' = endure a painful situation; 'a wild goose chase' = futile search; 'to burn the midnight oil' = study/work late.

Grammar checks: subject-verb agreement (each/every/either + singular verb), articles (a before consonant sound, an before vowel sound), tense consistency within a sentence, and pronoun-antecedent agreement.

Hindi-specific rules: संधि types (स्वर, व्यंजन, विसर्ग), समास (तत्पुरुष, कर्मधारय, द्वंद्व, बहुव्रीहि, अव्ययीभाव, द्विगु), अलंकार (अनुप्रास, उपमा, रूपक, उत्प्रेक्षा, यमक), and रस के प्रकार (शृंगार, करुण, वीर, हास्य, रौद्र, भयानक, बीभत्स, अद्भुत, शांत).

CUET UG 2025 offers 23 domain subjects; each paper has 50 questions (all compulsory), 250 marks, 60 minutes, with 1 mark negative marking per wrong answer.

Domain subjects include Accountancy, Agriculture, Anthropology, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Computer Science/Informatics Practices, Economics, Engineering Graphics, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Science, Fine Arts, Geography, History, Home Science, Knowledge Tradition and Practices of India, Legal Studies, Mass Media/Mass Communication, Mathematics/Applied Mathematics, Performing Arts, Physical Education, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Sanskrit, Sociology, and Teaching Aptitude.

Physics numeric rule: use SI units consistently; for projectile motion R = u²sin2θ/g and H = u²sin²θ/(2g); for lenses 1/f = 1/v − 1/u with sign convention; for resistors in series R = R1+R2, parallel 1/R = 1/R1+1/R2.

Chemistry decision rules: Le Chatelier's principle - increasing pressure shifts equilibrium toward fewer gas moles; increasing temperature favors endothermic direction. SN1 favors tertiary substrates and polar protic solvents; SN2 favors primary substrates and aprotic solvents.

Biology key facts: mitosis produces 2 diploid cells; meiosis produces 4 haploid cells; DNA replication is semi-conservative (Meselson-Stahl); human genome has 23 chromosome pairs; ATP yield from one glucose via aerobic respiration is approximately 30-32 ATP.

Mathematics core formulas: quadratic discriminant D = b² − 4ac determines real/equal/complex roots; slope m = (y2−y1)/(x2−x1); area of triangle = ½|x1(y2−y3)+x2(y3−y1)+x3(y1−y2)|; derivative of sin x is cos x; ∫1/x dx = ln|x| + C.

Accountancy rules: accounting equation Assets = Liabilities + Capital; debit the receiver, credit the giver; depreciation methods - straight line = (Cost − Salvage)/Useful life; double declining = 2 × straight-line rate × book value.

History/Polity anchors: Indian Constitution adopted 26 November 1949, came into force 26 January 1950; Fundamental Rights in Part III (Articles 12–35); DPSP in Part IV; Fundamental Duties in Part IVA (Article 51A, added by 42nd Amendment 1976).

Economics: law of demand states inverse relation between price and quantity demanded (ceteris paribus); elasticity = %ΔQ/%ΔP; GDP = C + I + G + (X − M); inflation measured by CPI and WPI.