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

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.  

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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.  

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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

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