CUET 2026 General Aptitude Test Syllabus (OUT): Important Topics, Questions & Pattern; PDF Download

CUET conducting body

National Testing Agency (NTA)

Mode of examination

Computer-Based Test (CBT) [Check: How to Appear for CUET 2026: Comprehensive Guide for CBT Mode]

CUET medium of question paper

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

Number of question in General Aptitude Test question paper

50 Questions (All Compulsory)

Nature of Questions

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

CUET Marking Scheme

+5 for correct answer

-1 for wrong answer

CUET General Aptitude Test mapping for courses

B.A (All specialisations), BFA, Vocational subjects, B.Com., B.Des, etc

1. First woman chairperson of Railway Board (2023)  
2. India’s first 3D-printed Post Office location  
3. Ramon Magsaysay Award 2023 winner from India  

1. QUAD membership (which country is NOT a member)  
2. UGRAM Indigenous assault rifle launched by which agency (DRDO)

1. Objective of Mission Antyodaya (Gram Panchayat survey)  

1. Padma Awards 2024 matching questions (incorrectly matched)
2. First para-athlete to receive Padma Bhushan  

1. Pass connecting Jammu to Srinagar (Banihal Pass)  
2. Zemu Glacier location (Sikkim)  
3. Formation sequence of states (Nagaland, Haryana, Sikkim, Goa)  

1. Match List (Vishakhadatta, Charaka, Bose) with fields (Poet, Medicine, Mathematics)  

1. Election Commission powers derived from Article 324  
2. Chairman of 16th Finance Commission (Arvind Panagariya)  

1. NEGI : MVTR :: SING : ? (letter shifting analogy) 

1. A1X, B4P, E25J, J100F, ? (complex alphanumeric series)  
2. 3, 6, 10.5, 17, 26, ? (number pattern)  

1. ‘ki ru pi’: nobody like cruel (match the code for “was”)
2. MERCURY: NGUGZXF (letter shifting code)  

1. If A + B means A is son of B…” → Find A’s relation to G 
2. Circular seating (E, H, K, M, S, U) around a circle facing centre
3. Boy travelling south–west–south: find final direction/distance
4. Day on 16 March 2020 if 26 Jan 2020 was Sunday  
5. Angle at “quarter past 3”  

Percentages, number system, ratios, profit & loss, time & work, mensuration

1. Watch cost + 8% more selling price (profit %) in Paper 1  
2. Item sold at ₹504 after 20% discount, profit 5%: marked price difference  
3. Unit digit of 37¹⁷ (unit digit cycles)
4. Boys : girls = 3 : 2, averages given, overall average
5. P & Q complete work; P leaves; find remaining days
6. Arrange SI in decreasing order (several cases) in Paper 1

Algebra, geometry, data interpretation, and statistics

1. Area between four touching circles
2. Height of tower using angles of elevation (trigonometry)  
3. Volume of cylinder = 396 cm³ (curved surface area)

Simple application of basic mathematical concepts

• • Quantitative arithmetic
  • Algebra
  • Geometry
  • Mensuration
  • Statistics

1. Simplify 24 ÷ 4 × 2 + 8 – 4 = ? (BODMAS) 
2. LCM + HCF sum relation = 854, LCM = 60×HCF (find missing number)
3. Age problems (Harish & his sons) (linear equation logic)
4. Missing shape in figure-matrix (pattern geometry)  

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Syllogism

1. No keyboard is a mouse; all mouses are computers…” (which conclusions follow?)

Assumption and conclusion

1. How many sisters does Sunny have?” using two statements (logical sufficiency)  

Seating arrangement

1. Circular seating of E, H, K, M, S, U facing centre (find right-neighbour)

Critical reasoning

1. Figure completion/paper cutting (selecting logically correct outcome)
2. Mirror image of traffic symbol with right-side mirror placement (Paper 1)  

Numerical ability

20-25

Calendar and direction

-

General Awareness

12-15

History and science

2-3

Economics

1-2

Geography

1-2

Discovery and invention

1-2

Sports

1-2

Books and authors

4-5

Static GK

1-2

Logical reasoning

10-12