Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) Syllabus 2020 Part – 1

1. General Awareness

• Sports
• India and its neighboring countries
• General Politics
• Knowledge of Current Events
• Economy, Banking and Finance
• Indian Constitution
• History
• Science – Inventions and Discoveries
• Geography
• Budget and Five Year Plans
• Economy
• Important Financial & Economic            News
• Culture
• Scientific Research
• Current Affairs – National &                     International
• Countries and Capitals.

2. General English

• Error Correction.
• Subject-Verb Agreement.
• Word Formation.
• Theme detection.
• Passage Completion.
• Idioms & Phrases.
• Fill in the Blanks.
• Sentence Completion.
• Unseen Passages.
• Sentence Rearrangement.

Analytical Reasoning

Logical Reasoning

• Puzzle Tabulation.
• Input-Output.
• Alphanumeric Series.
• Coded Inequalities.
• Seating Arrangement.
• Coding-Decoding.
• Data Sufficiency.
• Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test.
• Blood Relations

Quantative Aptitude

• Ratio & Proportion, Percentage.
• Number Systems.
• Profit & Loss.
• Mixtures & Allegations.
• Simple Interest & Compound Interest • Surds & Indices.
• Work & Time.
• Time & Distance.
• Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere.
• Sequence & Series.
• Permutation, Combination &                    Probability.

• Data Interpretation.

                         No.of Questions 

• MA Economics, MA History, MA English

     Part A - 25 Questions,

     Part B - 100 Questions 

• MA Sociology 

     Part A - 50 questions 

     Part B :-

                Section I & Section II Each section         contains 50 questions you should attempt      either section I or section II as per                    eligibility  

• B.ed

     Part A - 50 Questions

     Part B - 50 Questions

Negative marking

All questions carry equal marks. There will be negative marking. Each correct answer carries 1 mark and for each wrong / incorrect answer 0.25 mark will be deducted. 

Time : 2 Hour