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Exams

The Common Admission Test (CAT) is a prestigious national entrance exam conducted annually by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for admission into their MBA programs. Held on the last Sunday of November, the exam is administered in three time slots across more than 170 cities. There are 21 IIMs in total, comprising 7 established IIMs and 14 newer or "baby" IIMs. While the older IIMs use the CAT application form as both an exam and admission application, the newer and baby IIMs follow the Common Admission Process (CAP) to shortlist candidates for admission.

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On February 10, the National Testing Agency issued the CUET 2023 syllabus for domain-specific studies, along with an information booklet. Candidates are advised to extensively review the syllabus of CUET for their specific degree in order to prepare for the exam. The CUET UG 2023 test will be held from May 21 to May 31. The CUET syllabus for the year 2023-24 will be the same as prior. Candidates can review it to obtain a sense of the knowledge that will be included in the Common Entrance Test.

 

Syllabus Overview

Particulars

Details

Status of CUET UG 2023 Syllabus

Released

CUET Exam Conducting Body

National Testing Agency (NTA)

Medium of Exam

13 languages - English, Hindi, Urdu, Assamese, Bengali, Odia, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam

Total Number of Domain Subjects

27

 

Syllabus for Biology

The table depicts the unit-wise subjects as well as important topics of the Biology syllabus of the CUET exam.

Units/Chapters

Topics

Reproduction

Reproduction in organisms

Sexual reproduction in flowering plants

Human Reproduction

Reproductive health

Genetics and Evolution

Heredity and variation

Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Evolution

Biology and Human Welfare

Health and Disease

Improvement in food production

Microbes in human welfare

Biotechnology and Its Applications

Principles and process of Biotechnology

Application of Biotechnology in health and agriculture

Ecology and environment

Organisms and environment

Ecosystems

Biodiversity and its conservation

Environmental issues

 

Syllabus for Chemistry

The table depicts the unit-wise subjects as well as important topics of the Chemistry syllabus of the CUET exam.

Units/Chapters

Topics

Solid State

Classification of solids based on different binding forces

Electrochemistry

Redox reactions

Kohlrausch’s Law

Relation between Gibbs energy change and EMF of a cell, fuel cells; corrosion

Chemical Kinetics

Rate of a reaction

Factors affecting rates of reaction

Collision theory

Activation energy

Arrhenius equation

Surface Chemistry

Adsorption

Catalysis

Colloidal state

Tyndall effect, Brownian movement, electrophoresis, coagulation

Emulsions

General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements

Principles of extraction – concentration, oxidation, reduction electrolytic method, and refining; occurrence and principles of extraction of aluminum, copper, zinc, and iron

d and f Block Elements

General introduction

Lanthanoids

Actinoids

Coordination Compounds

Introduction, ligands, coordination number, colour, magnetic properties and shapes, IUPAC coordination compounds, bonding, Werner’s theory VBT, CFT; isomerism (structural and stereo)importance of coordination compounds 

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Haloalkanes

Haloarenes

Uses and environmental effects of–dichloromethane, trichloromethane, tetrachloromethane, iodoform, freons, DDT.

Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers

Nomenclature

Nature

Methods of Preparation

Physical and Chemical Properties

Uses

Aldehydes, Ketones, and Carboxylic Acids

Nomenclature

Nature

Methods of Preparation

Physical and Chemical Properties

Uses

Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen

Amines

Cyanides and Isocyanides

Diazonium salts

Biomolecules

Carbohydrates

Proteins

Hormones

Polymers

Classifications

Chemistry in Everyday Life

Chemicals in Medicines

Chemicals in Food

Cleansing Agents

 

Syllabus for Physics

The table depicts the unit-wise subjects as well as important topics of the Physics syllabus of the CUET exam.

Units/Chapters

Topics

Electrostatics

Electric charges and their conservation

Electric field

Electric flux

Electric potential

Conductors and insulators

Current Electricity

Electric current

Carbon resisters

Internal resistors of cell

Kirchhoff ’s laws

Potentiometer

Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

Magnetic field, Oersted’s experiment, Biot

Ampere’s law, Cyclotron

Current loop

 

Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

Electromagnetic induction

Faraday’s law

Alternating currents

Electromagnetic Waves

Displacement Currents

Electromagnetic spectrum

Optics

Reflection, Refraction

Mirrors and lenses

Optical instruments

Wave optics

Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations; Einstein’s photoelectric equation

Matter waves

Atoms and Nuclei

Alpha

Radioactivity

Electronic Devices

Energy bands in solids

Conductors

Insulators

Semiconductors

Communication Systems

Elements of a communication system

Bandwidth of signals

Propagation of electromagnetic waves

Need for modulation

 

Syllabus for Mathematics

The table depicts the unit-wise subjects as well as topics of the mathematics syllabus of the CUET exam.

Units/Chapters

Topics

Relations and Functions

Relations and Functions

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

Algebra

Matrices

Detriments

Calculus

Continuity and Differentiability

Applications of Derivatives

Integrals

Differential Equations

Vectors and Three-Dimensional Geometry

Vectors

Three Dimensional Geometry

Linear Programming

Probability

Numbers, Quantification and Numerical Applications

Modulo Arithmetic

Congruence Modulo

Allegation and Mixture

Numerical Problems

Probability Distributions

Probability Distribution

Mathematical Expectation

Variance

Index Numbers and Time Based Data

Index Numbers

Construction of Index Numbers

Test of Adequacy of Index Numbers

Financial Mathematics

Perpetuity, Sinking Funds

Valuation of Bonds

Calculation of EMI

Linear Method of Depreciation

Linear Programming

Introduction and related terminology

Mathematical formulation of Linear Programming Problem

Different types of Linear Programming Problems

Graphical Method of Solution for problems in two Variables

Feasible and Infeasible Regions

Feasible and infeasible solutions, optimal feasible solution

 

Syllabus for Agriculture

The table depicts the topics of the agriculture syllabus of the CUET exam.

Agrometeorology, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Biochemistry and Microbiology

Livestock Production

Crop Production

Horticulture

 

Syllabus for Anthropology

The table depicts the topics of the anthropology syllabus of the CUET exam.

Physical Anthropology

Prehistoric Archaeology

Material culture and Economic Anthropology

Ecology

Social Anthropology and Ethnography

 

 

General Test Syllabus

The following are the questions from the General Test part, which is optional but required for specific domain subjects:

  • General Knowledge and Current Events

  • Numerical Ability, General Mental Ability

  • Reasoning (fundamental mathematical principles, quantitative arithmetic, algebra, geometry, mensuration, and statistics)

  • Analytical and Logical Reasoning