CUCAT Syllabus

Official syllabus for CUCAT 2025 shall be available on the official University of Calicut website, in admissions section. The syllabus has subjects like Aptitude, Reasoning, General awareness, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, and English with specific subtopics mentioned for each. Thus, it is advised to prepare well and study all the mentioned topics without missing anything to do well in the exam.You can download the syllabus in PDF format from the official website of the University of Calicut or find the detailed exam pattern and subtopics available for CUCAT exam.

There are no specific number of sections in the CUCAT question paper. The papers may or may not have sections depending on the course chosen by the students. The total number of questions is also course-specific. But according to past trends, some papers will have 50 question and the others 100.

The exact weightage of European History is not disclosed by the university. However, based on observation only a few questions are asked from this topic. Indian History dominates the CUCAT question paper for MA History. 

The CUCAT syllabus for MSc Applied Psychology will mostly include the psychology syllabus of the undergraduate level. Students can also expect questions based on notable personalities and theories and concepts given by them. The question paper also includes a significant amount of situation based questions.

Based on past trend of this entrance examination, all questions hold 4 marks. However, there is also a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each incorrect answer. However, it must also be noted that descriptive questions (usually common for language courses, philosophy courses, etc.) may hold 5 or 10 marks depending on the length or word limit of the answer. Descriptive questions may be of the short essay type or they may require the examinees to comment on a prompt, situation, topic, etc.