CUET Geography Important Topics & Chapter Wise Weightage
Common University Entrance Test 2026 ( CUET )
Exam On - 11 May '26 - 31 May '26
The National Testing Agency conducted the CUET 2025 exam from May 13 to June 3, 2025. Candidates preparing for the CUET Geography exam can check the detailed Geography syllabus and topic-wise weightage here and get prepared for the exam accordingly.
CUET Geography Important Topics & Chapter Wise Weightage
CUET Geography Important Topics & Chapter Wise Weightage: The National Testing Agency conducted the CUET exam 2025 between May 13 and June 3, 2025. Through CUET, the students are granted admission to undergraduate courses offered by Colleges and Universities in India. Candidates who are seeking admission to Geography-related UG courses through the CUET exam must prepare well for the CUET exam 2025 exam. To appear for the CUET Geography exam, the students need to select Geography when filling out the CUET application form. On this page, candidates can find CUET Geography Important Topics and Chapter Wise Weightage.
NTA has already announced the CUET 2025 exam date. CUET 2025 exam is around the corner, hence, the students must leave no stone unturned when it comes to exam preparation. For comprehensive preparation tips, read this article on CUET Geography's important topics & chapter-wise weightage.
- CUET Geography Exam Pattern 2025
- CUET Geography Syllabus 2025
- CUET Geography 2025 Weightage
CUET Geography Exam Pattern 2025
CUET exam pattern remains the same for most of the CUET exam papers, irrespective of the domain subjects. Candidates can check the exam pattern for the Geography paper in the table below.
| Features |
Details |
|---|---|
| Medium of Exam |
13 languages - English, Hindi, Urdu, Assamese, Bengali, Odia, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam |
| Number of questions |
50 |
| Number of questions to be attempted |
40 |
| Type of questions |
Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) |
| CUET Physics exam duration |
60 minutes |
| CUET marking scheme |
+5 for each correct answer -1 for each incorrect answer |
CUET UG question paper for each subject will consist of 50 questions. Candidates will be required to attempt all questions and no optional questions will be provided. In CUET UG 2026 there are 37 subjects- 13 languages, 23 domain subjects and general tests. While filling the CUET application form, candidates can select upto five CUET subjects aligning with the subjects studied in class 12th and course requirement.
Candidates must attempt all the questions of the subjects selected. However, candidates must keep in mind the negative marking and select the options carefully.
As per the CUET UG 2026 exam pattern -
The question paper will include 50 multiple-choice questions (MCQs). The CUET UG 2026 exam will be conducted for 13 languages, 23 domain subjects, and general test. Each subject will consist of 50 MCQs and there will no optional questions. All questions are mandatory to attempt. For every wrong answer negative marking of one mark will be attracted.
CUET Geography Syllabus 2025
CUET Geography Syllabus is divided into two sections which we have provided in two separate tables below:
CUET Geography Syllabus 2025 for Fundamentals of Human Geography
| Unit |
Topic |
Sub-Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 |
Human Geography Nature and Scope |
– |
| Unit II |
People |
Population of the world – distribution, density and growth Population change -spatial patterns and structure; determinants of population change Age-sex ratio; rural-urban composition Human development – concept; selected indicators, international comparisons. |
| Unit III |
Human Activities |
Primary activities – concept and changing trends; gathering, pastoral, mining, subsistence agriculture, modern agriculture; people engaged in agriculture and allied activities – some examples from selected countries; Secondary activities – concept; manufacturing: agro-processing, household, small scale, large scale; people engaged in secondary activities – some examples from selected countries Tertiary activities – concept; trade, transport and communication; services; people engaged in tertiary activities -some examples from selected countries; Quaternary activities – concept; knowledge-based industries; people engaged in quaternary activities– some examples from selected countries. |
| Unit IV |
Transport, Communication and Trade |
Land transport – roads, railways – rail network; trans-continental railways Water transport- inland waterways; major ocean routes; Air transport – Intercontinental air routes Oil and gas pipelines Satellite communication and cyberspace International trade – Basis and changing patterns; ports as gateways of international trade, role of WTO in International trade. |
| Unit V |
Human Settlements |
Settlement types – rural and urban; morphology of cities (case study); distribution of megacities; problems of human settlements in developing countries. |
CUET Geography for Syllabus: People and Economy
| Unit |
Topic |
Sub-Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Unit I |
People |
Population: distribution, density and growth; composition of the population – linguistic, religious; sex, rural-urban and occupational – regional variations in the growth of population Migration: international, national – causes and consequences Human development – selected indicators and regional patterns Population, environment and development |
| Unit II |
Human Settlements |
Rural settlements – types and distribution; Urban settlements – types, distribution and functional classification. |
| Unit III |
Resources and Development |
Land resources – general land use; agricultural land use – major crops; agricultural development and problems, common property resources; Water resources – availability and utilization – irrigation, domestic, industrial and other uses; scarcity of water and conservation methods – rainwater harvesting and watershed management (one case study related to participatory watershed management to be introduced) Mineral and energy resources – metallic and non-metallic minerals and their distribution; conventional and non-conventional energy sources Industries – types and distribution; industrial location and clustering; changing pattern of selected industries – iron and steel, cotton textiles, sugar, petrochemicals, and knowledge-based industries; the impact of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation on industrial location Planning in India – target area planning (case study); idea of sustainable development (case study) |
| Unit IV |
Transport, Communication and International Trade |
Transport and communication — roads, railways, waterways and airways; oil and gas pipelines; national electric grids; communication networkings – radio, television, satellite and internet International trade — changing pattern of India’s foreign trade; seaports and their hinterland and airports |
| Unit V |
Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems |
Environmental pollution; urban waste disposal Urbanisation-rural-urban migration; problem of slums Land Degradation |
CUET Geography Syllabus 2025 PDF Download
Candidates can download the CUET Geography PDF in English and Hindi from the table below:
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CUET Geography 2025 Weightage
Students can check the topic-wise weightage of the CUET Geography paper below:
| Topics |
Expected number of questions |
|---|---|
| People: One case study |
7-8 |
| Human Activities |
7-8 |
| Transport, Communication & Trade |
4-5 |
| Human settlements |
2-3 |
| Resources and Development |
2-3 |
| Transport, Communication and International Trade |
2-3 |
| Geographical Perspective on selected issues & problems |
3-4 |
| Map work |
5 |
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The language section will check candidate's reading comprehension based on different types of passages. This section will also include questions from grammar. To prepare for the CUET UG language section, candidates must solve previous year question papers and mock tests to become familiar with the type of questions asked in the exam.