The National Testing Agency, conducting body of CUET UG 2025 exam, introduced several changes in CUET Exam Pattern just days before the exam. Know those sudden changes and their impact on students.
The NTA finalized CUET UG 2025 new exam changes in collaboration with UGC based on recommendations from an expert panel chaired by UGC Chairman. The changes are in line with the NEP 2020.
The exams for all papers of CUET 2025 will be held for the common duration of 1 hour. This ensures all exam papers get equal weightage in terms of relevancy and students can be assessed better.
The CUET UG 2025 exam will be held completely online. This means every student will take exams on Computers, ending the rural-urban divide.
NTA has reduced the no. of test papers in CUET UG 2025 exam from 63 to 37. The lesser number of test papers will increase competition per subject and the cutoff is likely to increase.
The importance of General Test Paper, now General Aptitude Test (GAT) paper has increased as admission in courses whose test paper has been discontinued will be done through GAT score. Students should focus more on the GAT paper now.
The number of subject choices that students can pick has been decreased from 6 to 5. This means, students can now prepare more efficiently due to fewer exams to be taken.
A significant update in CUET 2025 is that students can take exams in any subject, regardless of whether they studied it in Class 12 or not. This change has helped students to pursue courses of their choice, making the program availability common to all.
No, the CUET UG 2025 marking scheme has been kept similar to the previous year. For every correct answer, students get 5 marks while for every wrong answer, 1 mark is deducted.
The CUET UG exam pattern has been changed to offer greater flexibility in education at the university level. These changes also simplify the testing process and improve credibility.