CUET PG Exam Analysis 2024 Out: Subject-wise Difficulty Level & Student Reactions

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CUET PG 2024 Analysis: CUET PG 2024 exam is being held multiple days and in almost three shifts each day. CUET PG exam 2024 started on March 11, 2024 at 326 CUET PG exam centres across the nation. CUET PG exam analysis 2024 is being provided here after the successful commencement of the CUET PG exam 2024 shift-wise. CUET PG 2024 exam analysis and student reactions will help the candidates to know about the difficulty level, CUET PG exam pattern, and types of questions which will be asked in the CUET PG examination.

CUET PG 2024 Day 4 was conducted successfully at 326 CUET PG 2024 exam centres across the nation and overseas. As per the reviews received by the CUET PG test takers, the overall exam difficulty level was found to be moderate. Candidates who appeared in the Electronics and Communication subject found the CUET PG 2024 question paper moderately easy to attend. Question from the physics domain were asked more than maths and computer appliacations. 

CUET PG 2024 Pharmacy exam was found to be moderately tough by some of the candidates who appeared in the examination. Question which were coming from Pharmacy cognosy were little difficult to attempt. Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics, Anatomics topics were easy to attempt. CUET PG 2024 Exam difficulty level for Arabi subject was found to be comparatively easy to attempt from the previous years difficulty. Many questions were direct from the languages. Maximum questions were asked by Arabi Adab.  

CUET PG 2024 exam analysis will further help the test takers to be mentally prepared for the trends observed in the CUET PG examination by the exam authorities. 

For reference candidates can go through the CUET PG previous year's exam analysis.

CUET PG 2024 Exam Pattern Highlights

The table below brings the expected CUET PG 2024 exam pattern highlights.

Particulars

Details

Mode of the examination

Computer-based test (CBT)/Lan-based/Online

Medium/ Language

English and Hindi

Duration of the examination

105 Minuttes

Frequency of exam in a year

Once a year

Type of questions

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Total number of Questions

75

Total Marks

300

Negative marking

Yes

Marking Scheme

+4 for correct answer| -1 for an incorrect answer

Total sections in the question paper

1

Name of the section and number of questions asked from it

 Domain Specific Questions

CUET PG 2024 Exam Slots and Timing

The following table brings the CUET 2024 exam timings for both slots.

CUET 2024 Slot

CUET 2024 Timing

Reporting & Gate Closing Timing

Slot 1

9:00 AM to 10:45 AM 

7:00 to 8:30 AM

 

Slot 2

12:45 PM to 2:30 PM

10:50 to 12:00 Noon

Slot 3

4:30 PM to 6:15 PM

2:35 to 4:00 PM

Also Read: CUET PG 2024 Shift Timings: Reporting Time & Exam Duration 

CUET PG 2024 Exam Analysis

Candidates can check the CUET PG Exam Subject wise and day wise analysis from here:

CUET PG 2024 Pharmacy Exam Analysis 

Few students who had appeared for Pharmacy subject in the CUET PG 2024 exam found the exam difficulty level as moderate to tough. Among the appeared students they have found that the questions were more of analytical based and merely just studying the concepts won’t solve the questions coming in the CUET PG 2024 pharmacy question paper.

No numerical-based questions were asked. Questions were based on Theoretical knowledge of the subject domain. Candidates are expecting the low cut off in the CUET PG 2024 cut off.

Swati: Level of difficulty in the examination was moderate to easy. Question which were coming from Pharmacy cognosy were little difficult to attempt. Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics , Anatomics topics were easy to attempt. Organic pharmacy questions were taking much time to solve and were analytical in approach.

Good score- 55 to 60

CUET PG 2024 Electronics and Communication Exam Analysis 

Candidates can find the students reaction and CUET PG 2204 exam analysis based on the candidates output from below:

Esha: Exam difficulty level was easy to moderate. The main part of the contained question paper is from the Physics domain. Questions from Maths and computer domain were asked less. Only 4-5 maths questions were asked.

Suggestion from the Candidate: The command over the subject must be strong for candidates to have to good score in the Electronics and Communication Paper. Candidates having their basics clear will help them to gain an extra edge in the CUET PG scorecard. Taking online and offline coaching for the CUET PG 2024 exam will definitely help the candidates to get their basics clear and also in solving the high-order thinking and practical questions which are coming in the examination.

Maths Question (Memory Based Questions): Question was asked from Probability Topic

  1. A, B and C are racing in a competition. Winning probability of Aand B are same and twice of C. Find the winning probability of B and C.

 Both the physics subjects numerical and theoretical questions were asked in the examination. Very few were direct. Most of the questions were designed to test the analytical and critical abilities of the candidates.

Good Attempt- 60 to 65

Ashwat: The physics part of the questions was more difficult in solve than maths and computer application questions. 40% of the questions in the exam were numerical and 60% of the questions were theoretical.

Ananya: Overall exam difficulty level was easy to moderate and the difficult part of the exam was Numericals and they were time consuming,

CUET PG 2024 Arabi Exam Analysis 

Mohd Azad: Exam difficulty level as compared to previous years was comparatively easy to attempt. Many questions were direct from the languages. Maximum questions were asked by Arabi Adab.  Questions were asked in the domain of Arabi Zuban. Exam cut off is expected to be high this time

Good Score- 65-70

Candidates can go through the CUET PG 2024 Chemistry Exam Student Reactions from below:

 

Candidates can go through the CUET PG 2024 Day 1 Shift 2 Student Reactions from below:

Candidates can go through CUET PG 2024 Day 3 Shift 2 Student Reactions from below:

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CUET PG 2023: Exam Pattern And Analysis

The detailed section-wise and subject wise analysis of CUET PG 2023 and student reactions had been added here once the exam of the first day and its shift/slot is over. Candidates were advised to visit this page after their exam slot and shift gets over. It was expected that the questions would be within the CUET 2023 syllabus and the exam was conducted devoid of any technical glitches.

CUET PG 2023 Analysis - Section 1

CUET PG 2023 Section 1 or the General section was found to be easy to moderate by maximum number of candidates in the examination centres. The questions were on Language Comprehension had questions from unseen passages.The questions were based on Reading Comprehension and the types of questions were direct from the passage, and others were vocabulary and synonym-antonym, idioms and phrases and basic grammatical based.

In Verbal Ability, some basic and simple questions were asked from Spotting errors, blood relationships, sentence equivalence and many more. Some other questions were asked from analytical skills and from GK section.

The following table brings the structure of the expected CUET PG question paper.

Part

Sections/Subjects

Number of Questions

A

Language Comprehension/Verbal Ability, General Test (GK, QA, Analytical Skills)

25

The following table shows the important topics of Swection A from which the questions are coming in the CUET PG 2023 examination:

Subjects Topics
English/ Hindi Comprehension Unseen passage, Direct/ Indirect Speech, Parts of speech, Omission, Antonyms, Synonyms
Reasoning & Aptitude Basic Maths Numericals (profit and loss, percentage, time and distance, Algebra), Blood relation, Alphabet and picture, odd one out, Verbal reasoning
General Knowledge & Current Affairs History, Geography, Polity, Sports, Science

CUET PG 2023 Analysis - Section 2

In terms of the subject-wise CUET 2023 analysis, the difficulty level was moderate to tough. The subject-wise topics and chapters along with the weightages are given below.

The following table brings the structure of the expected CUET PG question paper.

Part

Sections/Subjects

Number of Questions

A

Language Comprehension/Verbal Ability, General Test (GK, QA, Analytical Skills)

25

B

Domain knowledge

75

Candidates must note that the Language Comprehension/Verbal Ability section was compulsory. The General Test also had to be taken by candidates opting for all test papers except Education (PGQP01).

CUET PG 2023 Student Reactions

Students could find the CUET PG 2023 slot -1 students reactions video of their respective examination courses below. The studtent reaction video would help the other candidates who were yet to give their examanition in terms of the difficulty level and what type of questions are being asked in Section A of the CUET 2023 Exam Pattern.

The following video is the student analysis form June 5, 2023 (Slot-1)

The following video is the student analysis form June 7, 2023 (Slot-3)

 

 

CUET PG 2023: Chemistry Analysis

Section A was found to be easy to moderate. In the aptitude and reasoning section many questions were asked from mathematics section like- profit and loss%, Interest (Simple and compound interest), time- distance. Other topics in section A was English comprehension, GK and current affairs. The students who had mathematics in their graduation had found section A more easier than the students who has Biology subjects in their UG courses.

Coming to Section B analysis of chemistry paper, as per the students review the CUET PG 2023 Chemistry exam was found to be moderately difficult. Candidates could expect the lower cut-off as compared to last year's cut-off. Questions were asked from physical chemistry, organic chemistry and inorganic chemistry.

Some of the topics from which the questions were asked:

  • Cordination and its Compunds
  • Chemical Structure and its Hybridisation
  • GOC
  • Gibbs Energy Numericals
  • Isomerism and its types

CUET 2023 Chemistry Question Paper (Memory-based)

  •  Find the angular momentum 4s orbital
  • Finding the order of reaction when 2-bromo 2-methyl propane reacts with C2H50¯
  • Which is more basic in Pyrol and Pyridine
  • Find the Vant's hoff factor for the following:

         a. KCL

         b. NaCl

         c. K2SO4

  • Structure of C2B5H7 and its vertices
  • Which of the following is non-radioactive

          a. Internal Conversion

          b. Intersystem crossing

          c. fluorescence

          d. Phosphorescence

  • What will be A and B in the following reaction- XeF4 + H2O → A + B + HF + O2
  • Find X in the following reactions

         a. Al4C3 + H2O →  X

         b. Be2C + H2O → X

  • Metalloprotein and Metal present in Arthropoda and Mollusca
  • Cyclohexane stability

Source: Memory-based questions shared by candidates and experts on social media platforms.

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CUET PG 2023: Mathematics Analysis

The CUET PG 2023 examination was conducted for admissions to PG courses in Universities (central, state, deemed, private) across the country. CUET PG 2023 examination commenced on June 5, 2023, and concluded on June 17, 2023. CUET PG 2023 Chemistry paper was scheduled on June 5, 2023. According to the student reactions and the expert reviews, the difficulty level of the CUET PG Mathematics Question paper was moderate.

As NTA will release the official CUET 2023 Mathematics question paper later this year, here in this Shiksha Article, we bring to you the CUET 2023 Mathematics questions based on candidate memory and expert reviews.

CUET PG 2023 Mathematics Test Pattern and Structure

The following table brings the CUET exam pattern and structure for the Mathematics Test.

Part

Sections/Subjects

Number of Questions

A

Language Comprehension/Verbal Ability, General Test (GK, QA, Analytical Skills)

25

B

Domain knowledge

75

Candidates must note that the Language Comprehension/Verbal Ability section is compulsory. The General Test also has to be taken by candidates opting for all test papers except Education (PGQP01).

Section (A) Analysis

The section 1 of the examination was general paper was found to be easy to moderate to solve. The main topics from which questions in Section A asked were:

Topics Number of Questions
English/ Hindi Comprehension 8
Reasoning and Aptitude 8-9
GK and Current Affiars 7-8

Section (B) Analysis

Coming to Section B analysis of the mathematics paper, as per the student's review the CUET PG 2023 Mathematics exam was found to be moderately easy. Candidates can expect a higher cut-off as compared to last year's cut-off. Questions were asked from Real analysis, Complex Analysis, Algebra and Vector Analysis. Many of the questions that were asked in the examination had the analytical approach to answer the questions. Very few questions were direct from the King theory, Group theory. Here is the list of important topics from which the question s were asked in the examination along with its weightage.

Topics Number of Questions Asked
Real Analysis 12-14
Complex Analysis 9
Vector Calculus 11
Integral Calculus 9
Group Theory 5
Ring Theory 1
Linear Programming 6
Algebra 10
Ordinary Differential Equation 8

 

CUET PG 2023: Medical Laboratory Technology Analysis

The section 1 of the examination was general paper which was sort of easy to solve. Candidates found the section 1 as easy one. Coming to the section 2 or section B, there were 75 questions which came from Domain knowledge og Medical laboratory Technology. Questions from this domain was found to be of analytical approach, but sort of direct questions were asked, which led the candidates easy to solve them. 

Here is the list of Important topis from which the questions were asked in Medical Laboratory Technology:

  • Anatomy
  •  Physiology
  • Clinical Pathology Hematology
  •  Clinical Biochemistry
  • Medical Microbiology
  • Serology, Histopathology
  •  Biostatics
  •  Molecular Biology Applied Genetics
  •  Immunology and Immunological Techniques
  •  Biotechnology and Biomedical Techniques

CUET PG 2023: Economics Analysis

The section 1 of the examination was general paper which was again sort of easy to solve. Candidates found the section 1 as easy one. Coming to the section 2 or section B, there were 75 questions which came from Domain knowledge of Economics. Questions from this domain were found to be moderate to difficult. There were many questions that came direct from micro, macro-economics and money and inflation. Some questions were numerical and also from the domain of statistical methods of economics.

Some of the important topics which were important from the CUET PG 2023 Economics subject examination: 

  • Micro/ Macro- Economics
  • Mathematical methods in economics
  • Indian Economy
  • Money and inflation

CUET PG 2023: BEd Languages Analysis

The section 1 of the examination was general paper which was again sort of easy to solve. Candidates found the section 1 as easy one. Coming to the section 2 or section B, there were 75 questions which came from Domain knowledge of BEd Languages. Questions from this domain was found to be from different language subjects that the candidates have opted for in their application form. Questions from languages were asked from the following important topics:

Languages Equitable items from
1. Hindi
2. English

3. Sanskrit

CUET PG 2023: Commerce Analysis

The section 1 of the Commerce subject examination was general paper which was sort of easy- moderate to solve. In case section B, candidates found some part of the questions easy as they were sort of very direct in nature. Topics like Micro, Macro-economics, direct questions came. In Currency and banking simple repo rate, flutuations and normal fluctautions in the banking system questions were asked.

Some of the imporatnt topics were:

  • Accounting
  • Statistical Methods
  • Finance
  • Bussiness Managements

CUET PG 2023: Zoology Analysis

Candidates found that the Section A of the examination was found to be easy to moderate level. 5-8 questions came from General Knowledege, Unseen passage came in the language comprehension and some basic mathematical numerical came in the Section A which were easy to solve.

Coming to the Section B of the question paper, many of the caniddates found the questions as moderate to difficult and others found it as easy to moderate. Candidates also mentioned that the the questions which came in the examination was almost from the CUET PG 2023 Syllabus which has been given by the NTA.

Some of the important topics were:

  •  Cell Biology
  • Bio chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Evolution
  •  Genetics
  • Biotechnology
  • Vertebrates and Invertebrates
  • Biostatistics

CUET PG 2022 Analysis And Student Reaction

The CUET PG 2023 analysis and student reactions will be provided once the exam commences, after each slot or phase. It is expected that the difficulty level and the pattern will be similar to that of last year. As per the last year’s CUET UG analysis, the difficulty level of the test was easy to moderate with a few tough sections. The difficulty level of the exam also varied according to the domain subjects. The Language Test and General Test sections were of easy to moderate levels. Students are advised to check the last year's CUET PG student reactions below.

CUET PG 2022  Student Reactions

 

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