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- CUET UG language section
- Compulsory Section I with 50 questions in 45 minutes, 250 marks, testing reading comprehension, verbal ability, vocabulary, and grammar in one of 33 offered languages.
- Negative marking CUET
- One mark is deducted for each incorrect answer in both Section I and Section II; unattempted questions carry no penalty, so guessing should be selective.
- Simile vs metaphor
- A simile compares using 'like' or 'as' (brave as a lion); a metaphor states one thing is another without a comparison word (he is a lion in battle).
- Personification
- A figure of speech giving human qualities to non-human things, as in 'the wind whispered through the trees' or 'opportunity knocked at the door'.
- Oxymoron
- A figure of speech combining contradictory terms in one phrase, such as 'bitter sweet', 'deafening silence', or 'living death', to create emphasis or paradox.
- Hyperbole
- Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or effect rather than literal meaning, as in 'I have told you a million times' or 'this bag weighs a ton'.
- Onomatopoeia
- A word formed to imitate the sound it describes, such as buzz, hiss, crash, sizzle, or murmur; common in poetry to create auditory imagery.
- Idiom: let cat out of bag
- To reveal a secret accidentally or prematurely. Distinct from 'cat got your tongue' (why are you silent) and 'raining cats and dogs' (raining heavily).
- Inference in comprehension
- A conclusion drawn from evidence in the passage but not stated directly. Inference answers must be supported by text, unlike personal opinion or outside knowledge.
- Tone in comprehension
- The writer's attitude conveyed through word choice, such as critical, nostalgic, ironic, neutral, or optimistic. Identified from adjectives and evaluative language, not from facts alone.
- Subject-verb agreement rule
- Singular subjects take singular verbs. Indefinite pronouns each, every, either, neither, anyone, and everyone are singular: 'Each of the students is present.'
- Article usage rule
- Use 'a' before consonant sounds (a university, a one-rupee coin) and 'an' before vowel sounds (an hour, an MBA), based on pronunciation, not spelling.
- हिंदी संधि
- दो वर्णों के मेल से होने वाला परिवर्तन। मुख्य प्रकार: स्वर संधि (देव+इंद्र=देवेंद्र), व्यंजन संधि, और विसर्ग संधि। परीक्षा में संधि-विच्छेद पूछा जाता है।
- हिंदी समास
- दो या अधिक शब्दों के मेल से बना संक्षिप्त रूप। प्रकार: तत्पुरुष, कर्मधारय, द्वंद्व, बहुव्रीहि, अव्ययीभाव, द्विगु। जैसे राजपुत्र = राजा का पुत्र (तत्पुरुष)।
- हिंदी अलंकार
- काव्य की शोभा बढ़ाने वाले तत्व। अनुप्रास (वर्णों की आवृत्ति), उपमा (समानता), रूपक (अभेद आरोप), उत्प्रेक्षा (संभावना), यमक (शब्द की आवृत्ति, भिन्न अर्थ)।
- CUET domain subject structure
- Section II papers contain 50 compulsory questions worth 250 marks in 60 minutes, with 1 mark deducted per wrong answer; 23 subjects are offered in 2025.
- Projectile range formula
- For launch speed u at angle θ with no air resistance, horizontal range R = u² sin 2θ / g; maximum range occurs at θ = 45 degrees.
- Maximum height projectile
- The peak vertical displacement H = u² sin²θ / (2g), where u is launch speed, θ the launch angle, and g acceleration due to gravity.
- Lens formula sign convention
- 1/f = 1/v − 1/u, with distances measured from the optical centre; distances along the incident light direction are positive and against it negative (Cartesian convention).
- Le Chatelier's principle
- When a system at equilibrium is disturbed by change in concentration, pressure, or temperature, it shifts in the direction that counteracts the change, restoring equilibrium.
- SN1 vs SN2
- SN1 is two-step, first-order, favored by tertiary substrates and polar protic solvents; SN2 is one-step, second-order, favored by primary substrates and polar aprotic solvents.
- Mitosis vs meiosis
- Mitosis yields two genetically identical diploid cells for growth and repair; meiosis yields four genetically distinct haploid gametes for sexual reproduction.
- Quadratic discriminant
- For ax² + bx + c = 0, D = b² − 4ac. D > 0 gives two distinct real roots, D = 0 equal real roots, D < 0 complex conjugate roots.
- Area of triangle coordinates
- Given vertices (x1,y1), (x2,y2), (x3,y3), area = ½|x1(y2−y3) + x2(y3−y1) + x3(y1−y2)|; zero area means the points are collinear.
- Accounting equation
- Assets = Liabilities + Capital. Every transaction preserves this balance; revenue increases capital while expenses and drawings decrease it.
- Straight-line depreciation
- Annual depreciation = (Cost − Estimated salvage value) / Useful life in years. The charge is equal every year and the book value declines linearly.
- Fundamental Rights location
- Contained in Part III of the Indian Constitution, Articles 12 to 35, covering equality, freedom, exploitation, religion, cultural-educational rights, and constitutional remedies.
- Fundamental Duties article
- Article 51A in Part IVA lists eleven Fundamental Duties of citizens; added by the 42nd Amendment Act, 1976, on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee.
- Price elasticity of demand
- Ed = percentage change in quantity demanded divided by percentage change in price. Demand is elastic if |Ed| > 1, inelastic if |Ed| < 1, unitary if equal to 1.
- GDP expenditure formula
- Gross Domestic Product = C + I + G + (X − M), where C is consumption, I investment, G government spending, and (X − M) net exports.
- DNA semi-conservative replication
- Each parental DNA strand serves as a template for a new complementary strand, so each daughter molecule keeps one original strand; demonstrated by the Meselson-Stahl experiment.