The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the CUET PG 2026 Geography (HUQP08) examination on March 16, 2026, during Shift 1 from 09:00 AM to 10:30 AM.
Students who appeared for the exam reported that the overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate. CUET PG 2026 Geography Question Paper with Solutions PDF is available here for download. The marking scheme is +4 for correct answers and -1 for wrong answers, totaling 300 marks.
CUET PG 2026 Geography Question Paper with Solutions PDF
Question 1:
Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
- (A) Troposphere
- (B) Stratosphere
- (C) Mesosphere
- (D) Thermosphere
Question 2:
Which landform is created by the erosional work of a glacier?
- (A) Delta
- (B) U-shaped Valley
- (C) Sand Dune
- (D) Flood Plain
Question 3:
Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory in 1912?
- (A) Isaac Newton
- (B) Alfred Wegener
- (C) Charles Darwin
- (D) Alexander von Humboldt
Question 4:
What is the correct sequence of coal types from lowest to highest carbon content?
- (A) Lignite \(\rightarrow\) Peat \(\rightarrow\) Bituminous \(\rightarrow\) Anthracite
- (B) Peat \(\rightarrow\) Lignite \(\rightarrow\) Bituminous \(\rightarrow\) Anthracite
- (C) Peat \(\rightarrow\) Bituminous \(\rightarrow\) Lignite \(\rightarrow\) Anthracite
- (D) Lignite \(\rightarrow\) Bituminous \(\rightarrow\) Peat \(\rightarrow\) Anthracite
Question 5:
In which stage of the Demographic Transition Model do birth and death rates both become low?
- (A) Stage I – High Stationary Stage
- (B) Stage II – Early Expanding Stage
- (C) Stage III – Late Expanding Stage
- (D) Stage IV – Low Stationary Stage
Question 6:
The Suez Canal connects which two major bodies of water?
- (A) Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
- (B) Arabian Sea and Red Sea
- (C) Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
- (D) Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea
Question 7:
Which state in India has the highest literacy rate according to the 2011 Census?
- (A) Tamil Nadu
- (B) Kerala
- (C) Maharashtra
- (D) Himachal Pradesh
Question 8:
The Big Bang Theory is related to the origin of which entity?
- (A) Earth
- (B) Solar System
- (C) Universe
- (D) Milky Way Galaxy
Question 9:
Which type of farming is characterized by "slash and burn" techniques?
- (A) Plantation Farming
- (B) Intensive Farming
- (C) Shifting Cultivation
- (D) Mixed Farming
Question 10:
What is the name of the line that separates India and China?
- (A) Radcliffe Line
- (B) McMahon Line
- (C) Durand Line
- (D) Line of Control
Question 11:
Which map projection is most suitable for showing equatorial regions?
- (A) Mercator Projection
- (B) Conical Projection
- (C) Cylindrical Projection
- (D) Polar Projection
Question 12:
The Mohorovicic Discontinuity separates which two layers of the Earth?
- (A) Crust and Mantle
- (B) Mantle and Outer Core
- (C) Outer Core and Inner Core
- (D) Lithosphere and Asthenosphere
Question 13:
What is the primary cause of the Coriolis Effect?
- (A) Earth's revolution around the Sun
- (B) Earth's rotation on its axis
- (C) Gravitational pull of the Moon
- (D) Uneven heating of the Earth's surface
Question 14:
Which Indian river is known as the "Dakshin Ganga"?
- (A) Krishna River
- (B) Godavari River
- (C) Narmada River
- (D) Kaveri River
Question 15:
The Isodapane concept in industrial location theory was introduced by whom?
- (A) Alfred Weber
- (B) August Lösch
- (C) Walter Christaller
- (D) Von Thünen
CUET PG 2026 Geography Preparation
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