CUET 2022 Begins Today at 514 Cities in India and Abroad for 14.90 Lakh Candidates

CUET 2022 for Phase 1 has commenced today, on July 15. The exam is being conducted in a computer-based mode in 514 cities across India and abroad. Know the details here.

The CUET 2022 exam has commenced today, on July 15 across 500 cities in India and 14 internal cities. Around 15 lakh candidates are appearing for the exam being conducted over a window of 10 days between July 15 and August 20 in two phases. The CUET UG 2022 Phase 1 exam will be conducted till August 4.

According to NTA, candidates have applied for 54,555 unique combination of subjects across 90 Universities. The duration of the exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes. The test will be conducted in a computer-based mode (CBT) in 13 languages, which are English, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu.

CUET UG 2022 Slot Timings

The following table brings the CUET 2022 exam timings for both slots.

CUET 2022 Slot	CUET 2022 Timing
Slot 1	9 am to 12.15 pm
Slot 2	3 pm to 6.45 pm

CUET 2022 Exam Pattern

The following table brings the exam pattern and structure for the CUET UG 2022.

Section	Number of Questions	Duration	Question Types
Section IA	40 questions to be attempted out of 50 in each language	45 minutes for each language	Language to be tested through Reading Comprehension based on different types of passages–Factual, Literary and Narrative, (Literary Aptitude and Vocabulary)
Section IB
Section II	40 Questions to be attempted out of 50	45 Minutes for each Domain-Specific Subjects	Input text can be used for MCQ Based Questions MCQs based on NCERT Class 12 syllabus only
Section III	60 Questions to be attempted out of 75	60 minutes	Input text can be used for MCQ Based Questions General Knowledge, Current Affairs, General Mental Ability, Numerical Ability, Quantitative Reasoning (Simple application of basic mathematical concepts arithmetic/algebra geometry/mensuration/s tat taught till Grade 8), Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Marking scheme: Candidates will be awarded one mark for each correct answer. There will be a negative marking of 0.25 mark for each incorrect answer.

While Section I or the Language Test is mandatory, Section III or the General Test section is not mandatory and it depends on the programmes or papers opted for.

There are certain differences between the pattern of CUET 2022 Slot 1 and Slot 2 in terms of duration, number of questions and total marks. The differences are stated below.

Particulars	Slot 1	Slot 2
Duration	195 minutes	225 minutes
Total Number of Questions	175 (140 to be attempted)	100 (80 to be attempted)
Total Marks	700	400

List of Languages for CUET 2022

The languages offered under Section IA of CUET 2022 are Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Odiya, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, English, Hindi and Urdu.

For Section IB, the languages include French, Spanish, German, Nepali, Persian, Italian, Arabic, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Konkani, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, Santhali, Tibetan, Japanese, Russian, and Chinese.

A total of 8,10,000 candidates and 6,80,000 candidates will take the test in the first and second slot respectively. CUET 2022, formerly known as CUCET, is conducted for the admission to undergraduate courses across various streams in 43 Central Universities, 13 State Universities, 12 Deemed Universities and 18 private universities across India.

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