CUET UG 2026 Exam Ongoing- Check Live Updates

In CUET UG, there are 37 subjects, which include 13 language subjects, 23 domain subjects, and 1 GAT. So there are 37 papers in CUET UG. But a candidate can choose a maximum of five subjects, which means that for candidates, there are a maximum of 5 papers in CUET UG.

Source: CUET UG Official Information Bulletin 

NTA has already released the CUET UG 2026 exam date i.e. May 11 to May 31, 2026. The CUET UG is currently ongoing with 2 shifts daily and will be conducted across 35 shifts over the 21-day examination window. 

Source: NTA Public Notice 

The CUET UG May 21 shift 2 GAT paper was moderate to difficult, as per the early students' reaction on Reddit. The paper was quant-heavy, and the questions were also tough in the quant section. The LR section was easy but a little confusing. The GK portion had a lot of history questions and was tough for many students. 

The CUET UG May 21 shift 2 was easy in difficulty level, as per the early students' reactions on Reddit. The paper had 4-5 confusing questions, and the rest of them were easy and doable.

• The English paper was grammar-heavy, and the vocabulary section was not difficult in this shift. The spelling of miscellaneous was asked.  
• Other questions included the antonym of Reductant and idiom (play the gallery), and 2 questions of the Figure of speech. The questions were mostly in the form of match the following and fill in the blanks type.
• There were 2 RCs, one related to unprocessed food, and the other about some books and a man who had gone to his friends. 

The CUET UG May 21 shift 2 has been concluded at 6:00 PM. The May 21 shift 2 question paper link is given below: 

• CUET UG May 21 Shift 2 Question Paper 

The CUET UG May 21 shift 2 has been concluded at 6:00 PM. The detailed paper analysis and the question papers will be provided soon. 

The CUET 2026 syllabus is available on the official website of the CUET, cuet.nta.nic.in. You can download the subject-wise CUET UG syllabus from the link below: 

• Direct Link to CUET 2026 Syllabus 

Candidates are required to carry the following documents to the exam centre as per the NTA guidelines: 

Source: NTA Public Notice

The CUET Biology Question Paper 2025 will help you understand the examiner’s mindset, and it will give you an idea of the important and high-weightage topics. The CUET Biology Question Paper 2025 link is given below: 

• CUET Biology question paper 2025

The CUET UG Business Studies syllabus is available on the official website of CUET, cuet.nta.nic.in. The CUET Business Studies syllabus 2026 is given below based on the official syllabus PDF.

Source: Business Studies Official Syllabus PDF

Also Check: Other subjects syllabus 

The CUET Chemistry PYQ will help you understand the examiner’s mindset, and it will give you an idea of the important and high-weightage topics. CUET Chemistry PYQ can be used as a mock test, and it will give you an idea of the level of the questions. 

Given below is the link to the CUET Chemistry PYQ: 

• CUET Chemistry pyq

The CUET Physics question paper will help you understand the examiner’s mindset, and it will give you an idea of the important and high-weightage topics. The CUET Physics question paper link is given below: 

• CUET Physics question paper

The CUET UG May 21 shift 1 Maths paper was easy to moderate and not lengthy, as per students’ reactions.

• The questions were asked from topics such as Relation and Function (3-4 questions), Matrix and determinants (10-12 questions, some direct formula-based and others tricky and confusing), continuity and differentiability (straightforward questions and also PYQ-based), differentiation (lengthy questions asked), application of derivative (normal and easy level questions were asked including 2 questions from increasing and decreasing), integration (5-6 easy questions), application of integrals (moderate totough questions asked such as maxima and minima), probability (3 questiosn including 2 questions from Bayes theorem), vectors (1-2 difficult and tricky questions) and 3D (formula-based questions).
• The average attempts were around 40 in the paper. There were more questions with multiple statement correct options, which were easy to tackle using the elimination method.  

The CUET UG May 21 shift 1 History paper was easy. The questions were asked of almost all the chapters. The chapter-wise breakup of questions is given below: 

• Chapter 1: Bricks, Beads, and Bones- Around 9-10 questions were asked from this chapter. The questions asked were a matching question related to agriculture evidences, remains of a canal, a timeline question, and a passage. 
• Chapter 2: King, farms, and town- There were 2 questions from this chapter. One question was related to the timeline of rulers such as Chandragupta Maurya, etc., and the other was the attack of Alexander.  
• Chapter 3: Kinship- There were 3 questions asked, which were related to Stridhan, Chandal, and Nisad. 
• Chapter 4: Thinkers- From this chapter, there was a question related to the Sanchi stupa.
• Chapter 5: Travellers- 2 questions, one related to the matching of travellers such as Ibn Battuta, Al-Biruni, and Abdul Rajjak, etc., and the other was related to François Bernier. 
• Chapter 6: Bhakti and Sufi- 2 questions related to Hujbiri’s book and Alvar’s. 
• Chapter 7: Vijaynagar- 2 questions related to travellers and Amyuktamalayad. 
• Chapter 8: Peasants- Questions related to Ain-I-Akbari, and the type of land (chachar and Banjar, etc.)
• Chapter 9: Upniveshvad- A question regarding permanent settlement was aksed from this chapter. 
• Chapter 10: Rebels and Raj- A question was asked related to the timeline about Rani Laxmi Bai’s death and Azamgarh’s declaration. 
• From Chapter 11 (Mahatma Gandhi), a passage was asked. 

The CUET UG May 21 shift 1 Chemistry paper was easy in difficulty level. The questions were asked on topics such as Acidic strength (phenol), Hinsberg reagent, Reiman and Tieman reactions, Basic strength (aqueous solutions), Highest boiling point, Lowest Pka, half-life (formula-based), Lanthanoids, solutions (laws such as Henry's law-matching), coordination (structural isomer matching), molecularity, Methanol and Ethanol (separation), and Hoffman reaction. There were 2 passages, one from Biomolecule (carbohydrate), and the other from Electrochemistry. 

The CUET UG May 21 shift 2 has started at 3:00 PM. The detailed paper analysis and the subject-wise question papers will be provided once the shift concludes. 

The CUET UG May 21 shift 1 Hindi paper was easy in terms of overall difficulty. There were 2 passages in the paper, one is Gadyansh, and the other is Padyansh; both were easy.

• Other questions were from topics such as Tatsam and Tadbav sabd (deshaj sabd), Sandhi (dushkar), Samas (tatpurush and karmdharay), Ras, vilom sabd (swadheen), anek sabdo k lie ek sabd (dwij), sangya and sarvnam (2-3 questions), kriya visheshan, ling (tamatar), and karak (chronology). 
• The idiom question was andhe k haath bater lagna, and there were 2 questions from the sahitya section, which were given below: 

The CUET UG May 21 shift 1 English paper was easy to moderate in overall difficulty. There were 2 RC questions, one of which was tough, related to colour theory, and the other was story-based and easy.

• Other questions were asked on topics such as sentence rearrangement (6-7 questions), Idioms (3-4 questions- odd one out type), Antonyms and synonyms (10 questions combined, such as Radiant and Deliberate).
• Fill in the blanks type questions related to articles, homophones, tenses, etc. The phrasal verb question was asked about lay, take, push, pull, and play. 

The CUET UG May 21 shift 1 GAT paper was moderate in the overall difficulty level. There were around 20 questions asked from the GK section as compared to 13-15 questions from Reasoning and Maths.

• Reasoning: The questions were asked on topics such as Coding-decoding, blood relation, direction, calendar, clock, embedded figure, mirror image, and non-verbal reasoning (2-3 questions). 
• Quants: Questions were asked on topics such as Mean, Median, and Mode (2-3 questions), Speed, Time, and Distance, Arithmetic progression, Geometric progression, time and work (efficiency-based), and compound interest. 
• GK: The GK section included both static and current affairs questions. Questions were asked about topics such as the author and the book (matching), vice president (chronology), do or die slogan movement, the award and 2023 prize, and river. 

The CUET UG May 21 shift 1 was conducted for the following subjects: 

• GAT, English, Hindi, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Accountancy, Business Studies, Economics, and Political Science.