CUET Paper Analysis 2026: Section-Wise Difficulty Level, Student Feedback, Expected Cutoff

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Detailed CUET Exam Analysis  

May 13, 2025 - Day 1

English

CUET UG 2025 English Exam Level: Easy

Vocabulary, Synonyms, Antonyms, Idioms & Phrases, Parajumbles, Passages, Grammar

• Allotted time was found to be enough to attempt maximum questions.
• Reading comprehension passages were fewer than last year.

General Test

CUET UG 2025 General Test Level: Easy-Moderate

Mensuration, Profit & Loss, Number System, Directions, Seating Arrangement, Analogy

• The allotted time was found to be enough to attempt the maximum questions.
• Logical Reasoning was a bit more time-consuming.
• General Knowledge and Current Affairs weightage was less than last year. 

Economics

CUET UG 2025 Economics Level: Easy

Graphs, AFC, National Income numericals, Government Budget, Trade.

• Direct, NCERT-based questions
• Students found repetition of some previous year questions. 

Physics

CUET UG 2025 Physics Level: Moderate

Numericals and formula-based questions

Direct, NCERT-based questions

Chemistry

CUET UG 2025 Chemistry Level: Easy

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Direct, NCERT-based questions (mostly fact-based)

Political Science

CUET UG 2025 Political Science Level: Easy

Government policies and international relations

Direct NCERT-based questions.

May 14, 2025 - Day 2 

General Test

CUET UG 2025 General Test Level: Moderate

Science, Personality, Books and Authors, Sunita William mission start date, Sigital India, Satellite, Geography, History, Dance forms

• Students noted that the quantitative aptitude section was somewhat lengthy and time-consuming. 
• Logical reasoning and numerical ability required calculations, and general awareness covered a wide range of topics

Biology

CUET UG 2025 Biology Level: Easy to Moderate

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Direct, NCERT-based questions

Business Studies

CUET UG 2025 Business Studies Level: Moderate

Business Management, Principles of Management, Marketing, Business Environment, Planning, Organising, Staffing, Entrepreneurship 

Pattern and Type of Questions found to be similar to previous years

Chemistry

CUET UG 2025 Chemistry Level: Moderate

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Pattern and Type of Questions found to be similar to previous years

Mathematics

CUET UG 2025 Mathematics Level: Easy

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Direct, NCERT-based questions

Computer Science

CUET UG 2025 Computer Science Level: Easy

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Economics

CUET UG 2025 Economics Level: Easy

Money and Banking, Government Budget, Producer Behaviour and Surplus, Balance of Payments, National Income, Income and Employment, Consumer Behaviour and Demands, Microeconomics

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Physics

CUET UG 2025 Physics Level: Easy

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Followed the prescribed pattern & syllabus

Political Science

CUET UG 2025 Political Science Level: Easy

Globalisation and the 1971 war with Pakistan

Direct, NCERT-based questions

May 15, 2025 - Day 3

General Test

CUET UG 2025 General Test Difficulty Level: Moderate to Difficult

Computerised accounting, General Knowledge, Reasoning, Numerical Ability, Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Questions were difficult

English

CUET UG 2025 English  Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate

Vocabulary, Synonyms, Antonyms, Idioms & Phrases, Passages, Grammar

Questions were very difficult. The vocabulary words that were asked in the CUET 2025 question paper are - Lucid, Exactly, Ample, Manifest, etc

Physics

CUET UG 2025 Physics Difficulty Level: Easy 

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Mathematics

CUET UG 2025 Mathematics Difficulty Level: Hard

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Business Studies

CUET UG 2025 Business Studies Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate

Marketing and Principles of Management case study

There were more theoretical questions.

Accountancy

CUET UG 2025 Accountancy Difficulty Level: Easy

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Economics

CUET UG 2025 Economics Difficulty Level: Moderate

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Political Science

CUET UG 2025 Political Science Difficulty Level: Moderate

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The questions were from NCERT Books.

May 16, 2025 - Day 4

English

CUET UG 2025 English Difficulty Level: Moderate

Three passages from resding comprehension were asked, Match the column, Rearrangement

Questions were from NCERT books

Economics

CUET UG 2025 Economics Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate

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Accountancy

CUET UG 2025 Accountancy: Difficulty Level: Moderate

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General Test

CUET UG 2025 General Test Difficulty Level: Moderate

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Physics

CUET UG 2025 Physics Difficulty Level: Easy Moderate

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Chemistry

CUET UG 2025 Chemistry: Difficulty Level:  Moderate

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Biology

CUET UG 2025 Biology Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate

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May 19, 2025 - Day 5

General Test

CUET UG 2025 General Test Difficulty Level: Moderate; the paper was considered lengthy by many students

Quant, Logical Reasoning, General Knowledge, Articles, Constitutions, Books & Authors

Quantitative Aptitude section was reported to be lengthy by many students.

English

CUET UG 2025 English Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate

Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Synonyms/Antonyms, Parajumbles, Grammar, Idioms

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Mathematics

CUET UG 2025 Mathematics Level: Easy to Moderate

Percentage, Time and Work, Algebra, Mensuration, Geometry, Compound Interest, Trigonometry, Cylinder, Arithmetic Progression

Some students found it to be lengthy, especially topics like CI and Geometry

Political Science

CUET UG 2025 Political Science Level: Moderate

Government policies, Movements

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History

CUET UG 2025 History Level: Moderate

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Sociology

CUET UG 2025 Sociology Level: Easy

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• Students found the paper to be predictable and easy.
• Followed the prescribed pattern & syllabus
• Direct, NCERT-based questions

Physics

CUET UG 2025 Physics Level: Moderate

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• Mostly numerical-based
• The paper was not very lengthy.
• Straightforward questions

Chemistry

CUET UG 2025 Chemistry Level: Easy to Moderate

Solutions, Lucas Test, Isomerism

• The paper was heavier on theory-based questions.
• Students found repetition of some previous year questions.
• Direct, NCERT-based questions

May 20, 2025 - Day 6

English

CUET UG 2025 English Level: Moderate

• There were 5 comprehensions asked
• Antonyms and Synonyms
• Sentence arrangement
• Idioms and Phrases

English exam was bit lengthy.

History

CUET UG 2025 History Level: Easy to Moderate

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Questions were asked from Syllabus. Also, Map-based questions were there in CUET History Question Paper 2025

Fine Arts

CUET UG 2025 Fine Arts Level: Easy

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The question paper was based NCERT syllabus and it was easy. The paper was not lenghty.

Psychology

CUET UG 2025 Psychology Level: Easy

Biology

CUET UG 2025 Biology Level: Moderate

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NCERT-based questions were there in Biology paper and the questions paper included questions from related to Hardy-Weinberg

General Test

CUET UG 2025 GT Level: Moderate

• Profit & Loss, Percentage, Ratio, Time & Work,
•  Reasoning - Calendar (same day concept), Number Series, Non-verbal 

May 21, 2025 - Day 7

Political Science

CUET UG 2025 Political Science Level: Easy

• Article 368
• Golden city of India (Jaisalmer)
  Olympic winners 2025
• Startup India date (16 Jan, 2016)
• Clock, distance, seating arrangement
• Sardar Sarover Dam
• Average
• Compound Interest
• EOS date, name and launching vehicle
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry (chronology)

The yearly based questions were asked.

General test

CUET UG 2025 General test Level: Moderate to Difficult

History

CUET UG 2025 History Level: Easy

Physics

CUET UG 2025 Physics Level: Easy to Moderate

• Numerical (8-12 questions)
• Capacitance
• Definitions
• Current density
• Electric build unit
• Resistance
• EMF, current
• Momentum of a magnet, magnetic field
• Properties of induction
• Range-related questions
• Maxwell equation
• Ray optics
• Power of lens
• Ratio of nuclear radius

Hindi

CUET UG 2025 Hindi Level: Easy

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English

CUET UG 2025 English Level: Moderate

• Reading Comprehension (RC): 15 questions
• Rearrange the sentences (Parajumbles)

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May 22, 2025 - Day 8

English

CUET UG 2025 English Level: Easy

• Vocabulary-based Questions
• Idioms & Phrases
• Synonyms & Antonyms

Question Pattern was almost same as Previous Exam Days

General Test

CUET UG 2025 General Test Level: Easy

• Percentages (2-3 questions)
• Ratios (1-2 questions)
• Time, Speed, Distance (1-2 questions)
• Mean, Median, Mode (1-2 questions)
• Mirror Image (1-2 questions)
• Geometry (1-2 questions)

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Physics

CUET UG 2025 Physics Level: Moderate

• Direct Formula Questions
• Conceptual-based Questions
• Formula-based Questions

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Chemistry

CUET UG 2025 Chemistry Level: Easy

• Numerical questions (10)
• Vitamins Table
• Theory-based Questions

NCERT-based questions

Mathematics

CUET UG 2025 Mathematics Level: Moderate to Difficult

• Numerical Questions (More Weightage)
• Lengthy Paper
• Calculus
• Probability
• Matrices & Determinants
• Differential Equation (Degree & Order) (Match the Column)

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Business Studies

CUET UG 2025 Business Studies Level: Easy

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Hindi

CUET UG 2025 Hindi Level: Easy

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Direct Questions and Theory-based Questions

History

CUET UG 2025 History Level: Moderate

• Bricks, Beads, and Bones (7-8 questions)
• Kings, Farmers and Towns (1-2 questions)
• Kinship, Caste Class (2-3 questions)
• Thinkers, Beliefs & Building (3-4 questions)
• Through the Eyes of Travellers (2-3 questions)
• Bhakti Sufi Tradition (3-4 questions)
• An Imperial Capital: Vijaynagar (7-8 questions)
• Peasants, Zamindars, and the State (3-4 questions)
• Colonialism and the Countryside (2-3 questions)
• Rebels and the Raj (2-3 questions)
• Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement (3-4 questions)
• Farming the Constitution (3-4 questions)

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May 23, 2025 - Day 9

General Test

CUET UG 2025 GT Level: Moderate

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English

CUET UG 2025 EnglishLevel: Easy to Moderate

Reading Comprehension (3 passages), Rearrangement (Para Jumbles), Phrasal Verbs, Fill in the Blanks (Tense, Modal, Adverbs)

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Business Studies

CUET UG 2025 BS Level: Moderate

Accountancy

CUET UG 2025 Accountancy Level: Moderate

Physics

CUET UG 2025 PhysicsLevel: Moderate

Mathematics

CUET UG 2025 maths Level: Moderate to difficult

Chemistry

CUET UG 2025 Chemistry Level: Moderate

Hindi

CUET UG 2025 Hindi Level: Easy to Moderate

May 24, 2025 - Day 10

English

CUET UG 2025 English Level: Moderate

• 3 Reading Comprehension
• Astrologers 
• Vocabulary
  • Loquacious
• Homophones
• Synonyms
• Rearrangement (10-12 questions)
• Phrasal Verb (3-4 questions) (Match the column)
  • Put Off
  • Take Away
  • Give Up
• One-word Substitution
  • Bury the Hatchet
  • To Cool One's Hell
  • Peculiar Habits
• Grammar (4-5 questions)
  • Preposition (Match the Column)
• Antonym 
  • Exotic
  • Industrious

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Business Studies

CUET UG 2025 Business Studies Level: Easy to Moderate

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May 26, 2025 - Day 11

General Test

CUET UG 2025 GT Level: Moderate

In which year was the Border Security Force (BSF) formed?

The city of Baghdad is located on the bank of which river?

Who was the first woman in the world to travel to space?

Who was India's first test-tube baby?

What is the scientific name of Pineapple?

The 38th Parallel separates which two countries?

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English

CUET UG 2025 English Level: Moderate

Choose the correct form of the verb:

If she __________ earlier, she would have caught the bus.

1. left
2. leaves
3. had left
4. was leaving

If she had worked harder, she ___ passed the exam.

1. would
2. had
3. would have
4. should

What does “candid” mean?

1. Dishonest
2. Bluntly truthful
3. Secretive
4. Boastful

What does the word “languish” mean in the context: “The plants began to languish without water”?

1. Grow rapidly
2. Wilt or weaken
3. Spread
4. Shine

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May 27, 2025 - Day 12

General Test

CUET UG 2025 GT Level: Moderate

What is the relation among Mean, Median, and Mode

1. Mean = Median = Mode
2. Mode = 3 × Median − 2 × Mean
3. Mean = Mode − Median
4. Mean = 2 × Median – Mode

If the mode of a data set is 20 and the median is 25, what is the approximate mean?

1. 30
2. 27.5
3. 32.5
4. 35

Q: X is 10% of Y and Y is 15% of Z. If Z = 1000, find the value of X.

1. 12
2. 15
3. 10
4. 20

Q: Who is the current Chairperson of the Election Commission of India (2025)?

1. Anup Chandra Pandey
2. Rajiv Kumar
3. Arun Goel
4. None of these

Q: A man observes the top of a tower at an angle of elevation of 30°. If he is standing 60 m from the base, what is the height of the tower?

1. 20√3 m
2. 30√3 m
3. 60√3 m
4. 45√3 m

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English

CUET UG 2025 English Level: Moderate

Weightage of the question - Reading Comprehension, Idioms and Phrases, Grammar, Vocabulary, Rearrangement

Choose the correct meaning of the word Valiant.
a) Lazy
b) Brave
c) Weak
d) Clever

Choose the synonym of Benedict.
a) Curse
b) Blessing
c) Disease
d) Break

Spill the beans’ means:
a) To waste food
b) To reveal a secret
c) To cook well
d) To clean up

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May 28, 2025 - Day 13

General Test

CUET UG 2025 General Test Level: Moderate

1. Quantitative Aptitude
   1. Percentage
   2. Profit & Loss
   3. Coding/Decoding
   4. Time & Work
   5. Time, Distance, Speed
   6. Height and Distance
   7. Mensuration 
2. Logical Reasoning
   1. Mirror
   2. Calandar & Clock
   3. Blood Relation
   4. Series

English

CUET UG 2025 English Level: Easy to Moderate

Choose the word that best completes the analogy: Ephemeral : Transient :: Immutable: ?

(A) Temporary
(B) Rigid
(C) Unchangeable
(D) Fleeting

Choose the grammatically correct sentence:

(A) Neither of the answers are correct.
(B) Each of the boys have their own books.
(C) The jury were divided in their opinions.
(D) It is I who am responsible for the mistake.

Rearrange the following parts to form a meaningful sentence:

P. when heated
Q. expands
R. like most other materials
S. metal

(A) S-R-Q-P
(B) R-S-P-Q
(C) S-Q-R-P
(D) S-R-Q-P

Economics

CUET UG 2025 Economics Level: Easy

1. Introduction to Microeconomics (2-3 questions)
2. Simple Application of tools of Demand and Supply Curve (1-2 questions)
3. Producer Behaviour and Surplus (2-3 questions)
4. Consumer Behaviour and Demands (3-4 questions)
5. Forms of Market and Price Determination (1-2 questions)
6. Determinations of Income and Employment (2-3 questions)
7. National Income (4-5 questions)
8. Money and Banking (2-23 questions)
9. Balanance of Payments (2-3 questions)
10. Government Budget and Economy (2 questions)
11. GST based case study (5 questions)
12. Numericals (3-4 questions)

• Focus on numerical questions, less theory-based.
• Time management is crucial for solving problems
• More focus on application of concepts than theoretical

Political Science

CUET UG 2025 Political Science Level: Easy

• More focus on theory based questions
• Question distribution across nuclear policy and ABM Treaty and historical topics like USSR leadership and Congress System
• Majorly incuded NCERT based questions and PYQs

Mathematics

CUET UG 2025 Mathematics Level: Moderate

May 30, 2025 - Day 15

English

CUET UG 2025 English Level: Easy to Moderate

• 3-4 Passage questions
• 10 Synonys/Antonyms (options were confusing, but the questions were easy)
• One word substitution
• Phrasal Verb
• Idioms
• Rearrangement
• Conjuctions
• Prepositions
• Adverbs

• Easy and direct questions.
• Some students found options to be confusing.

Political Science

CUET UG 2025 Political Science Level: Easy

• Order of political events
• International Relations
• Indian politics covered 
• Elections

Direct, NCERT-based questions

Chemistry

CUET UG 2025 Chemistry Level: Easy

• Coordination compounds 
• d & f block elements 
• Magnetic properties
• Ideal vs non-ideal solutions osmotic pressure
• Nernst equation problems
• Rate law questions
• Catalysis-based activation energy 

• Students reported Inorganic Chemistry having the highest weightage
• More formula-based questions

Economics

CUET UG 2025 Economics Level: Moderate

• Cardinal Utility Theory
• PPC
• Variable cost 
• Revenue deficit
• Depreciation
• Stock vs flow
• Monetary policy and GDP 

Direct, NCERT-based questions

Accountancy

CUET UG 2025 Accountancy Level: Moderate

• Partnership Accounts
• Share Capital 
• Cash Flow Statements
• Company Law and Debentures 
• Goodwill 

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Geography

CUET UG 2025 Geography Level: Easy

• Zambia copper bel
• State-wise population order
• Dam sequencingPetroleum resources 
• WTO
• Trans-Canadian railway
• Quaternary sector concepts
• Mexico pipeline

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History

CUET UG 2025 History Level: Moderate

• Ancient History
• Stupa architecture
• Indian Constitution
• Medieval History 
• Bhakti-Sufi traditions
• Mahatma Gandhi, and Chairman of the Constituent Assembly.
• Harappan Civilization
• Dynasty timelines
• Quit India Movement

Direct, NCERT-based questions

Mathematics

CUET UG 2025 Mathematics Level: Moderate to Difficult

• Matrix & Determinants
• Integration
• Probability 
• Vectors
• Differential Equations
• Cost Inverse
• Linear Programming

Many students reported the exam to be a bit time-consuming; the questions were direct

June 02, 2025 - Day 18

English

CUET UG 2025 English Level: Moderate

• Synonyms and Antonyms
• Reading Comprehension
• Figures of Speech
• Prepositions
• Sentence rearrangement
• Phrasal Verb
• Idioms

CUET English exam was found to be heavy on synonym/antonym questions

Physics

CUET UG 2025 Physics Level: Moderate to Difficult

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Direct, NCERT-based questions

Chemistry

CUET UG 2025 Chemistry  Level: Easy to Moderate

• Wood spirit
• Gaberill Phthalimide
• Sandmayer
• Arrhenicy
• Picric Acid
• Vitamin disease
• Thyrocine
• Cannizaro
• SN1 and SN2
• Glucose
• Lactose

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Mathematics

CUET UG 2025 Mathematics Level: Moderate to Difficult

• Increasing and decreasing functions
• Constraint
• Vectors
• Determinants
• Linear Programming- maxima and minima question
• Functions
• Matrices
• Differential equations
• Integrals
• Probability distribution

Students found the mathematics paper to be lengthy and a but time-consuming