CUET Marking Scheme 2023: Languages, Domain Subjects, General Test

Lam Vijaykanth

Updated On: May 17, 2023 09:13 PM

Want to calculate your CUET scores? You should be familiar with the NTA CUET marking scheme 2023 to predict your marks correctly. Scroll down to read this article to learn how to calculate your CUET 2023 score

 
CUET Marking Scheme 2023

CUET 2023 marking scheme is one of the important aspects of the Common Universities Entrance Test 2023 exam pattern. CUET is a national-level Central University Entrance Test conducted by the National Testing Agency to determine eligible candidates to provide admission into Central, State, Deemed, and Private, universities of India. CUET 2023 examination consists of 4 sections. Section IA and IB carry 200 marks each. Section II is domain-specific, and tested for 200 or 175 marks depending on the subject. Section III is the General Test conducted for a total of 300 marks. According to the CUET 2023 marking scheme, each correct answer carries 5 marks, for every incorrect answer 1 mark is deducted.

Having a profound knowledge of CUET 2023 marking scheme, will help candidates prepare an effective strategy for the examination in securing more marks in the examination. We have provided a comprehensive CUET UG 2023 marking scheme that will elucidate all details in a vivid manner.

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CUET 2023 Marking Scheme: Overview

Becoming well-versed with CUET 2023 marking scheme is very important for the candidates to score well in the examination. According to the CUET examination pattern, the number of questions to be attempted for each section varies but not the marking scheme.
The overview of the CUET marking scheme 2023 is as follows
  • For every correct answer, five marks will be awarded.
  • For each incorrect answer, one mark will be deducted
  • No Marks will be awarded or deducted for unattempted questions
  • In case more than one answer is found to be correct then five marks will be awarded to only those who have marked any of the correct options.
  • If all answers (options) are correct, then five marks will be awarded to all test takers who have attempted the question.
  • If none of the options is correct, a question is incorrect, or a question is dropped, all candidates who attempted the dropped question will receive five marks.
Candidates must note that there is a negative marking and it is applicable for the incorrect answers. Hence, while appearing for the exam, candidates must keep CUET marking scheme in mind and try to answer correctly.

Check Also: CUET 2023 Passing Marks

CUET Marking Scheme for Languages

Aspirants wishing to appear for CUET UG 2023 must know that Section IA is a must for everyone. Therefore, test takers must be through with CUET marking scheme of Section IA. According to the examination pattern designed by NTA, there will be 50 questions out of which candidates must attempt 40 in Section IA and IB. The marking scheme of Sections IA and IB have been provided in the following tabular form.

Section

Subjects/Languages

Number of Questions to be Answered

Marking Scheme

Section IA Languages

English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu

40 questions to be answered out of 50 questions in each language

  • +5 marks will be awarded to every right answer marked by the candidate

  • -1 will be deducted for every wrong answer

  • No marks will be awarded for the answered questions

Section IB

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

40 questions to be answered out of 50 questions in each language

  • +5 marks will be awarded to every right answer marked by the candidate

  • -1 will be deducted for every wrong answer

  • No marks will be awarded for the answered questions

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CUET Marking Scheme 2023 for Domain Subjects

According to the official notification by NTA, there are 27 domain subjects. As per the latest CUET examination pattern , candidates can choose 6 subjects from Section II.  Section II of CUET deals with domain-specific subjects.
CUET 2023 marking scheme of Section II does not vary from subject and subject even though the number of questions differs from subject to subject.  Certain subjects of the CUET Section II question paper consist of 45 questions, the others 50 questions. CUET UG 2023 marking scheme has been below.
  • Every question carries 5 marks and +5 marks will be given to each correct answer.
  • For each incorrect answer, 1 mark is subtracted from the total marks obtained by the candidate
  • No marks for Unanswered or unattempted questions will be awarded.
  • If more than one answer is determined to be accurate/correct, five marks (+5) will only be given to those who marked any of the accurate answers.
  • In case all the options are correct for a certain question, all the test takers who have attempted that question will be given +5 marks.
  • If NTA declares that, a certain question is dropped or a particular question has all the incorrect answers, candidates who have answered will be given + 5 marks.

Check Also: CUET Mock Test 2023

CUET Marking Scheme for General Test

Most Universities are offering certain courses based on the score secured on General Test.  General Test is mandatory for Vocational courses and cross-stream admissions according to the courses offered by participating universities of CUET. Therefore, aspirants and examinees must know the CUET marking scheme 2023 for the general test.

Parameters

Details

Section III

General Test

Topics Asked

The General Test question paper of CUET will consist of the following topics.

  • General Knowledge

  • Current Affairs

  • General Mental Ability

  • Numerical Ability

  • Quantitative Reasoning (Simple application of basic mathematical concepts arithmetic/algebra geometry/mensuration/statistics)

  • Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Number of Questions to be Answered

The General Test question paper of CUET consists of 60 questions out of which candidates must answer only 50 questions.

Marking Scheme

The marking scheme of Section III, namely for the General Test, is as follows:

  • Five marks will be given for each correct answer marked by the candidate

  • One mark each will be reduced for every wrong answer from the total of the marks secured by the candidate.

  • No marks will be given for the unanswered questions.

CUET Marking Scheme 2023- Section Wise Marks Distribution

Candidates can have a glance at the CUET marking scheme 2023 along with the section-wise marks distribution.

Section

Total No of Questions to be Answered

Total Marks

Duration of Paper

Section IA

40/50

40 X 5= 200

45 Minutes

Section IB

40/50

40 X 5= 200

45 Minutes

Section II

  • 35/45
  • 45/50
  • 35X5= 175
  • 45X5=225

45 Minutes

Section III

50/60

50X5=250

60 Minutes

Check Also: CUET 2023 Admit Card

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