CUET UG 2022 Phase 2 Begins Today; Know Exam Timing, Dates, Pattern

CUET 2022 for Phase 2 has commenced today, August 4. The exam is being conducted for 6.8 lakh candidates in a computer-based mode in 300 cities across India and abroad. Know the details here.

CUET UG 2022 Phase 2 commences today, August 4. NTA has notified that the CUET UG 2022 exams dated August 4, August 5 and August 6 have been postponed at the Kerala centres due to heavy rains and flood situations. Candidates will be notified to of the fresh dates on the official website of the exam. "Due to heavy rain in many districts of Kerala in past few days, it has been brought to the notice of NTA that it may not be possible for a large number of candidates to reach the Examination Centre for CUET (UG) – 2022 within stipulated time as the movement will be very difficult and there may be disruption of power," NTA has stated.

The exam will be continued till August 20. According to NTA, the exam for this phase will be conducted in approximately 300 cities across India and abroad. Around 6,80,000 candidates are appearing for the second phase whereas 8,10,000 candidates appeared in the first phase conducted between July 15 and July 20. Let us take a look at the pertinent details of the CUET UG 2022 Phase 2 exam such as timing, exam pattern, important dates, etc.

CUET UG 2022 Exam Timing

The CUET exam is conducted in two slots each day. The duration of the slots varies from each other and the total duration may also vary depending on the subjects appearing for. The slot timings and the respective reporting timings are given in the table below.

CUET UG 2022 Slot	CUET 2022 Timing	Reporting & Gate Closing Time
Slot 1	9 am to 12.15 pm	8 am to 8.30 am
Slot 2	3 pm to 6.45 pm	1.20 pm to 2.30 pm

CUET UG 2022 Exam Pattern

The exam pattern and structure for the CUET UG 2022 are given in the table below.

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.

The medium of the CUET 2022 question paper is 13 languages, namely – English, Hindi, Urdu, Assamese, Bengali, Odiya, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.

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

Difference Between Slot 1 and Slot 2

The structure of Slot 1 and Slot 2 for CUET 2022 are defined in the table 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

CUET UG 2022 Dates

Take a look at the important and tentative dates for CUET UG 2022 here in the table below.

Events	Dates
CUET UG 2022 Phase 1	July 15, 2022 to July 20, 2022
CUET UG 2022 Phase 2	August 4, 2022 to August 20, 2022
CUET UG 2022 Phase 2 Admit Card for Exams Dates August 4-August 6	August 2, 2022
CUET UG 2022 Phase 2 Admit Card for Exam Dates August 7-August 20	Second week of August
CUET UG 2022 Answer Keys	Fourth week of August
CUET UG 2022 Result	First week of September

Over 58,000 candidates who had missed their scheduled exam in Phase 1 will be allotted slots in Phase 2 of CUET UG 2022. NTA has also stated that candidates who were earlier scheduled to take the exam on August 4, August 5 or August 6 and had requested for postponing their test date owing to clash with other exams such as MHTCET, NATA or BITSAT, have now been shifted to August 12, August 13 and August 14. Their admit cards will be released later on.

As per the analysis of CUET UG 2022 Phase 1, the difficulty level of the exam was easy to moderate. The questions were on the expected lines and were NCERT-based. The pattern is expected to be similar in the second phase as well.

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