CUET Sample Paper 2022: Get Marking Scheme, and Type of Questions Asked Here

The CUET exam is round the corner. Aspirants must be working hard to ace this prestigious entrance exam and get into their desired university. However, this is not an easy task. Candidates have to work hard and prepare a proper study plan. They can also practice from the CUET sample paper. In this article, we will give you complete information on how you can use the CUET sample paper to prepare for the exam.

• The CUET Exam has three sections namely Section IA and Section IB, Section II and Section III.
• The first section will judge candidates on how fluent their hold on two languages are.
• The second section is Domain-specific and will be chosen by candidates on which subject they want to take admission.
• The third section will not be compulsory. It will have general questions like Aptitude, Reasoning, and Current Affairs.

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Benefits of Solving CUET Sample Papers

Candidates will have immense benefits if they can solve these sample papers. Some of the benefits they can get are listed below.

• Candidates can know the pattern of examination, total number of questions, difficulty level, total topics. Thus, with the help of CUET sample papers 2022 candidates can get an exact overview of the examination. 
• Sample papers will act as an additional aid to understand the CUET syllabus.
• Candidates can practice from a large pool of questions by solving multiple CUCET sample papers 2022. 
• It will help you understand how much time you will take to finish off the question paper and revise the answers. Thus, it will teach you time management.
• If you practice the CUET sample paper, you can improve your scores by assessing your strong and weak areas. In this way, you can also revise your syllabus very easily.

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CUET Marking Scheme

The marking scheme of the CUET sample paper and the exam in general is explained below.

• The question paper will have a total 175 number of questions.
• The questions will be asked in the English language.
• 1 mark will be given for every correct answer.
•  0.25 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer. 

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CUET Sample Paper

Now that you know the major information on the CUET exam and its sample papers, here is the PDF of the papers. You can download it for free and start practicing from it to ace the exam. We will attach the official sample paper once the authorities at NTA or UGC release the same.

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Type of questions asked in CUET

Here is a glimpse of the nature of questions asked in CUET Exam

Section 1 A

There are 13 languages in this section. They are given below. Candidates can choose any language from the given ones.

Languages: Malayalam, Marathi, Assamese, Punjabi, English, Hindi, Gujarati, Odiya, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Urdu

Section 1 B

There are 19 languages in this section. They are given below. Candidates can choose any language except the language chosen in Section 1 A.

Languages: Kashmiri, Konkani, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Persian, Italian, Arabic, Sindhi, French, Spanish, German, Nepali, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Manipuri, Santhali, Tibetan.

Section II: Domain-Specific Subjects

There are 27 domain-specific subjects in this Section. Here we have given all of them. The candidates can choose a maximum of 6 domains in their application form to get their desired University. You can get the list of domains given below: 

• Engineering Graphics
• Entrepreneurship
• Geography/Geology
• History
• Accountancy/ Book Keeping
• Biology/ Biological Studies/ Biotechnology/Biochemistry
• Business Studies
• Chemistry
• Computer Science/ Informatics Practices
• Economics/ Business Economics
• Home Science
• Knowledge Tradition and Practices of India
• Legal Studies
• Environmental Science
• Mathematics
• Anthropology
• Fine Arts/ Visual Arts (Sculpture/ Painting)/Commercial Arts,
• Performing Arts – (i) Dance (Kathak/ Bharatnatyam/ Oddisi/ Kathakali/Kuchipudi/ Manipuri (ii) Drama- Theatre (iii) Music General (Hindustani/ Carnatic/ Rabindra Sangeet/ Percussion/ Non-Percussion),
• Physical Education/ NCC /Yoga
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Teaching Aptitude
• Agriculture
• Mass Media/ Mass Communication
• Sanskrit [For all Shastri (Shastri 3 years/ 4 years Honours) Equivalent to B.A./B.A. Honours courses i.e. Shastri in Veda, Paurohitya (Karmakand), Prakrit Bhasha, Prachin Nyaya Vaisheshika, Sankhya Yoga, Jain Darshan, Mimansa, Advaita Vedanta, Dharmashastra, Prachin Vyakarana, Navya Vyakarana, Phalit Jyotish, Siddhant Jyotish, Vastushastra, Sahitya, Puranetihas, Vishishtadvaita Vedanta, Sarva Darshan, a candidate may choose Sanskrit as the Domain]. 

Section III: General Test

This test is not compulsory. You can take it to improve your scores or to test your intelligence. Get details of the section here.

• It will have objective-based questions.
• You will be checked on the basis of general aptitude with questions on topics like Quantitative Reasoning, Logical and Analytical Reasoning, Current Affairs, and more. 

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CUET Exam Pattern

Before starting with the sample papers, candidates must be aware of the CUET exam pattern. For their ease, we have listed the same below.

Section Name	Subject Type	No. of Questions	Type of Questions	Duration of the Exam
Section IA	Choose any out of 13 languages	Total – 50To Attempt – 40	Language will be tested through  Reading Comprehension (based on passages that are Factual, Literary and Narrative in style.  Literary Aptitude  Vocabulary	45 minutes for each language
Section IB	Choose any out of 13 languagesExcept the one chosen in Section IA	Total – 50To Attempt – 40	Language will be tested through  Reading Comprehension (based on passages that are Factual, Literary and Narrative in style.  Literary Aptitude  Vocabulary	45 minutes for each language
Section II	Domain-specific(Like Mathematics)	Total – 50To Attempt – 40	Objective-type questions Input text can be used for MCQ Based Questions	45 minutes for each Domain
Section III	General Test	Total – 75To Attempt – 60	Objective-based questions on General Knowledge Current AffairsGeneral Mental Ability Numerical AbilityQuantitative Reasoning (Simple application of basic mathematical concepts like arithmetic, algebra, geometry, mensuration, statistics till Grade 8)Logical and Analytical Reasoning	60 minutes

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