CUET UG Previous Year Question Paper: How to Use It

Pattern recap before you practise

Going by the most recent bulletin we could confirm, each test, whether a language, a domain subject or the General Aptitude Test, had 50 questions, all compulsory, in 60 minutes. Right answers add 5 marks and errors subtract 1.

Sets from the 2022 to 2024 cycles followed slightly different rules on time and on how many questions you had to attempt, with some choice inside a test. When you practise from them, keep the content but apply the current timing and attempt all questions, so your speed matches the real exam.

What a CUET UG previous year question paper shows

• Language tests lean on reading. Most questions in the CUET UG English previous year question paper sets come from passages, factual, literary or narrative, with vocabulary and sentence questions around them.
• Domain papers stay inside NCERT. Questions in physics, accountancy, history and other subjects match class 12 NCERT chapters closely, including diagrams, tables and examples from the book.
• Statement and match type items are common. Many questions list two or four statements or ask you to match columns, so partial knowledge is easily trapped.
• GAT mixes four areas: general knowledge and current events, numerical ability, logical reasoning and general mental ability.
• Time is the real challenge. Students who know the content still lose marks by spending too long on calculation items.

A four step practice method

1. Chapter check: after revising an NCERT chapter, solve every past question from that chapter across cycles.
2. Timed test: once a week per subject, take a full 50 question set in 60 minutes on a screen, not on paper, because CUET is taken on a computer.
3. Accuracy log: count right, wrong and skipped answers. If wrong answers exceed one in five attempts, slow down and skip more.
4. Final month: two full mock days a week where you sit all your chosen subjects back to back, as on exam day.

Sample questions in the CUET style

We made up the five items below so you can try the format; none of them appeared in an NTA test.

1. English: Pick the synonym of frugal: (a) wasteful (b) thrifty (c) angry (d) generous. Answer: (b).
2. GAT: If MANGO is coded as NBOHP, how is APPLE coded? (a) BQQMF (b) BPQMF (c) BQQLF (d) AQQMF. Answer: (a); M becomes N, A becomes B, and the rule holds for all five letters.
3. Economics: Which of these is a function of the central bank? (a) accepting deposits from the public (b) acting as banker to the government (c) giving crop loans directly to farmers (d) selling insurance. Answer: (b).
4. Physics: When the distance between two point charges is doubled, the force between them becomes: (a) double (b) half (c) one fourth (d) four times. Answer: (c).
5. Accountancy: On admission of a partner, goodwill brought in cash by the new partner is shared by old partners in their: (a) capital ratio (b) sacrificing ratio (c) new ratio (d) equal ratio. Answer: (b).

Where to get papers officially

The official source is NTA. Its CUET UG website, cuet.nta.nic.in, carries the information bulletin, syllabus files and notices. After each exam, NTA opens a window when you can log in, look again at your own questions and responses, study NTA's provisional key, and raise challenges. In some past cycles the National Testing Agency has also posted free mock tests on its main website, nta.ac.in, so check there before buying any practice set.

CUET UG previous year question paper practice tips in Hindi

सीयूईटी यूजी के पेपर हिंदी और अंग्रेज़ी दोनों माध्यम में मिलते हैं, इसलिए आप अपनी पसंद की भाषा चुनकर अभ्यास कर सकते हैं। हर टेस्ट 60 मिनट का है और उसमें 50 प्रश्न हैं। सही जवाब पर पाँच अंक जुड़ते हैं, लेकिन गलत जवाब पर एक अंक कम होता है। डोमेन विषयों के प्रश्न कक्षा 12 की एनसीईआरटी किताबों से आते हैं। पुराने प्रश्न पत्र हल करते समय घड़ी लगाकर बैठें और हर गलत प्रश्न का कारण लिखें।

Linking practice to admission goals

Your target score depends on the course and university. Set your mock results beside the closing patterns described in our CUET UG cut off guide. For tips that apply across UG and PG, the CUET previous papers page covers general tips across UG and PG.