CUET UG 2026 May 19 LIVE: Shift 1 & 2 Subject-Wise Paper Analysis (OUT) & Memory-Based Questions

Students appearing for CUET General Test tomorrow can practice below Direction Test questions for revision:

Question 1: If a person faces north and turns 45 degree clockwise, then turn 35 degree anticlockwise. In which direction is he facing now?

Question 2: P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W are sitting around a round table in the same order at equal distances. Their positions are clockwise. If V sits in the north, then what will be the position of S?

Question 3: A is the west of B, C is to the south of A, E is to the north of B and D is to the east of E. The nC is in which direction with respect to D?

Question 4: A person faces east, turns left, then right, then left again. Which direction is he facing now?

Check below for CUET UG 2026 May 12, Shift 1 question paper analysis for Accounts:

• Which is not the characteristic of partnership
• Issue of shares- 2 questions (PYQ)
• Changes in profit sharing ratio (3 questions)
• Goodwill (2 questions- capitalisation)
• Death of partner (series of partnership)
• Meaning of settlement (1 question)
• Share capital (re-issue of forfeited shared, which share capital is not considered in company?)
• Purchase consideration (2 question)
• Analysis of financial statements (definition-based questions)
• Cash Flow Statement (1 question)

Check below for CUET Sociology question paper analysis for today:

Difficulty Level: easy

Matching- 4-5 questions

Case study- 2 questions (Linguistic reorganization, from globalisation chapter)

Chronology- 2 questions

• Demographic dividend
• Definition of Jajmani system
• Definition of caste
• Social stratisfaction
• Adam smith
• Nation state
• Urbanization
• Glocalisation
• Commercialization of media
• Land ceiling
• Imagined community definition
• Women social reformer and books- match the following
• Decline of birth rate

Difficulty level: Moderate to difficult

• Relation and function- Match the following, Statement based question
• Inverse trigonometry- 1 question
• Matrices and Determinants- from PYQ, |adj A|
• CnD- 1 question on graph
• AOD- Increasing, decreasing intervals, application based, absolute maxima and mini.
• Integrals- 1 question basic substitution
• AOI
• D.E- Match – order/degree
• D.E- Variable separable method- 4-5 questions
• Vector Algebra- angle based question
• 3-D- value of m if two lines intersect
• LPP (Easy)- statement based question, 2 corner points have same optimal value
• Probability- match the following

Check below for yesterday's CUET English analysis:

• RC – 2 passages (10 questions)
  • Bikaner School (indirect questions)
  • Indian Art History
• Rearrangement (4-5 questions)
• Figure of Speech (2-5 questions) (Enjambment, Anecdote, Epigram, Polyptoton, Caesura, Asyndeton)
  • Fill in the Blanks
  • Match the Column
  • Single Question
  • Paragraph (To shut those dark glowing eyes)
• Grammar (Not Tough)
  • Tenses
  • Preposition
  • Verb
  • Article
  • Conjunction
  • Pronoun
  • Adjective
  • Active/Passive
  • Narration
• Vocabulary
• Phrasal Verb (lay about, lay into, lay off, break out, break through)
• Synonyms
  • Monologue
• Antonyms
• One-word Substitution
• Idioms & Phrases (Match the Column) (1-2 questions) (contextual application)
  • Hobson’s Choice
  • Sixes and Sevens
  • White Elephant
  • Fabian Policy
  • Eke Out
  • Cut the Gordian Knot
  • Pyrrhic Victory
• Homonyms & Homophones

NTA will tentatively release the CUET UG 2026 result in first week of July 2026. Candidates will be able to download their scorecard at cuet.nta.nic.in.

National Testing Agency has successfully concluded CUET 2026 exam for May 19, Shift 1. Candidates will soon get the subject-wise analysis on this page.

Candidates can check the table below to know the expected CUET UG cutoff 2026 for BHU admissions:

The CUET UG 2027 subject-wise question paper analysis for today's second shift will soon be updated here.

Question: Select the correct meaning of the following Idioms.

• Cut the mustard - To succeed or meet expectations
• Can't cut the mustard - To fail to meet expectations
• Cut corners - To do something quickly or cheaply at the cost of quality
• At loggerheads - In strong disagreement or conflict
• Ruffle feathers - To upset or annoy people
• Cut no ice - To have no effect or make no impression
• Get the wrong end of the stick - To misunderstand something

Question: Replace the following phrases with one word.

• The study or practice of making and solving secret codes - Cryptography
• The study or mapping of mountains - Orography
• A person who studies religion and the idea of God - Theologian
• A person who studies elections and voting behaviour - Psephologist
• The study of the universe - Cosmology
• A doctor who treats heart and blood vessel problems - Cardiologist

Students who have their CUET 2026 General Aptitude Test on later dates can practice blood relation questions from here:

Question 1: If the father of Swati is the maternal grandfather of Divya, who is the daughter of Manya, then how is Manya's husband's father related to Divya?

Question 2: Pointing to a man, Riya said, "He is the only son of my grandfather." How is the man related to Riya?

Question 3: A is the brother of B. B is the mother of C. How is A related to C?

Question 4: There are seven members B, C, D, E, F, G and H in a family. H is the only daughter-in-law of D. E is the sister of C. C is the only son of F, who is the wife of D. B and G are the songs of H. How is G related to F?

Answers:

1. Paternal Grandfather
2. Father
3. Maternal Uncle
4. Grandson

Below is the CUET English Paper Analysis for May 14, 2026:

• RC- in last of question paper and lengthy (Indirect questions, statement based questions)
  • Writers opinions
  • Tea in Assam
• Rearrangement- easy- 4 questions
• Grammar- narration, active/passive voice
• Verbs- fill the correct form
• Vocabulary maximum
  • 1 idiom question (sentence given and identify idiom- Catch 22, hand in glove, hit the sack, bite more than  can chew)
  • Figure of speech- 1 question (Litoles, hyperbole, antithesis, oxymoron)
  • Important words
    • Pelvish
    • Incarnation
    • Palpable
    • Exonerate
    • Exuberant
• Conjunction- No sooner, hardly
• Adjective- degree
• Spelling error (fill in the blank)- sagacious
• Homophones (accept, except) (fill in the blanks)
• Synonym/ antonym (indirect sentences)
• Flow of sentence 

NTA CUET UG 2026 May 19, Shift 2 is being conducted across multiple exam centres. The exam duration for second shift is 3 PM to 6 PM. Candidates will get subject-wise analysis once the exam is over.

The difficulty level of today's CUET UG English Exam 2026 was Easy to Moderate. Get exam analysis below:

• Reading comprehension- 2 passages
• Figure of speech- 1 question on match the following (simile, hyperbole, pun and personification)
• Sentence re-arrangement- 4-5 questions (easy)
• Grammar- preposition (match the following), article (matching), tenses, voice (2 questions), Idioms (difficult)
• Synonyms/Antonyms- tumultuous, Incorrigible, truculent, pugnacious, bellignant, taciturn, laconic, scrawny

Difficulty Level: Lengthy

• Quant- 15 questions approx.
  • AP
  • Height and distance
  • Algebra
  • Mean, median (table form) and mode
  • Profit and loss- asked only profit
  • Percentage
  • Mensuration- 2 questions
  • Triangle- area
  • Circle area
  • Ratio- 1 question
  • Number system
  • Probability- ball

The memory-based questions for CUET 2026 General Aptitude Test May 19, Shift 1 exam are:

• GK dominated (approx 20 questions)
  • Boond pariyojna
  • Book and author
  • Science- 3 question- photosynthesis, scientific discovery
  • 2024 GK
• Static GK (8 questions)
  • Which writer accompanied Mahmud of Ghazni to India
  • Launch Year of Chandrayaan 1
  • Lucknow Pact of 1916
  • Pitamah of Carnatic Music
  • Which king authored Sanskrit play 'Ratnavali'
  • Polavaram Project
• Current Affairs (2 questions)
• Polity & Geography (2 questions)
• Quantitative Aptitude (7 questions)
  • Median
  • Speed & Distance
  • Area of a Triangle
  • Arithmetic Progression
  • Angular Distance
  • Calender based question
  • Probability
• Reasoning
  • Coding/decoding- 2 questions
  • Clock- angle between two hands of clock
  • Water image- 1 question
  • Mirror image- 1 question
  • Direction- 1 question
  • Blood relation- 1 question
  • Calendar- Which day was on 1 January 2005
  • Embedded figure
  • Picture Series- alphabetical and number series
  • Non-verbal reasoning- 3 questions
  • Ranking
  • Sitting arrangement
  • Classification- 1 question

Check below to get CUET UG 2026 Chemistry question paper analysis for May 19, Shift 1 exam:

• Organic Chemistry (Maximum Weightage)
• Inorganic and Physical Chemistry (Low Weightage)
• Solutions-
  • Molarity numerical (basic)
  • ideal/non-ideal matching
  • Boiling point order arrange
  • Reverse osmosis- why is semi-permeable membrane used?
• Kinetics
  • Paragraph
  • K unit
  • Ln Ao/At graph
  • Slowest step- RDS
• Electrochemistry
  • SRP given, set reducing power order
  • Find E cell
  • Delta G
• D & F Block
  • Lanthanide
  • Actinoids
• Coordinations
  • Hetroleptic/homoleptic
  • Unpaired electrons
• Organic
  • Sn1 and Sn2 order related question
  • AgCN
  • Cross aldal
  • Side chain oxidation
  • Phenetole
  • Acidic and basic strength
  • Reaction formation
  • Which sugar is present in RNA?
  • DNA hydrolysis- what will you not get?
  • Fructose structure
• No out-of-syllabus questions
• Reading Comprehension:
  • Organic Chemistry

If a candidate has completed NCERT syllabus they will be able to complete the exam and answer all questions. The overall difficulty level of CUET Chemistry exam for today's first shift was easy.

If you have found any discrepancy in CUET UG 2026 question paper, you can challenge or object the same after NTA releases CUET 2026 provisional answer key.

NTA may ask following types of questions in CUET UG 2026 Accounts exam in later shifts:

Question 1: The meaning of "Debentures" is covered under which section of Companies Act, 2013?

1. Section 2(30)
2. Section 2(68)
3. Section 2(71)
4. Section 2(62)

Questions 2: If a partner withdraws equal amount at end of each quarter, then _________ are to be considered for interest on total drawings.

1. 5.5 months
2. 6 months
3. 4.5 months
4. 7.5 months

Question 3: Issue of Debentures for Consideration other than Cash is shown as _______.

1. Inflow of Cash under Financing Activities
2. Outflow of Cash under Financing Activities
3. Neither Inflow nor Outlow of Cash
4. Inflow of Cash under Operating Activities

Question 4: Surplus, i.e., Balance in Statement of Profit & Loss is shown in the balance sheet under __________

1. Share Capital
2. Reserves and Surplus
3. Other Long-Term Liabilities
4. Current Liabilities

CUET exam centres have started entry for CUET UG 2026 May 19 Shift 2 exam. Students are now entering their allotted centre for entrance test.

Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate

Question Paper Analysis

• Integration Lengthy
• Solvable
• Function & Relation (Match the Column)
• Order & Degree (Match)
• Probability (2 questions)
  • Independent Events
• Matrix (More Weightage)
  • For which value of 'k', the matrix will be zero
  • Find Adjoint of Adjnoit (A)
• dy/dx Parametric
• Differential Equation (General Sol)
• Integrals
• Application of Integrals
  • Parabola
• Application of Derivatives
  • Absolute Maxima & Absolute Minima
  • Increasing & Decreasing
• CnD (limits) (simple question)
• Inverse Trigonometry (easy)
• LPP (constraints, maximize Z)
• Vectors/3D
  • Angle
  • Direction Cosines

Candidates will soon be able to check the CUET 2026 analysis for May 19 shift 1 exam.

The first shift for CUET UG 2026 May 19 exam is over. Students will soon step out of their examination hall. The next shift will start at 3 PM.

Based on previous year data, candidates can check the table below to know the subject-wise expected CUET UG 2026 highest score:

Students taking Common University Entrance Test must remember to take a hard copy of their CUET hall ticket and original photo ID proof, along with any self-declaration form (if required). Failure to do so will result in denial from entry to examination hall.

The first shift for CUET 2026 May 19 exam will end at 12 PM. Students are now appearing for their second subject of the day.

The CUET UG 2026 question paper analysis for Shift 1 will be available after the examination is over. The analysis will include difficulty level, important topics, and memory-based questions.

There are no optional questions in CUET UG 2026 question paper. Candidates are required to answer all 50 questions per subject within 60 minutes. However, while selecting an option for a question, they must keep negative marking in mind.

National Testing Agency has started CUET UG 2026 exam for May 19, Shift 1 in Computer Based Test mode. The examination for one subject will end at 10 AM.

Follow these steps to avoid lowering your score due to negative marking:

• Go through the question paper and identify questions you know the answer to.
• Solve only those questions at first in which you are confident.
• Leave questions where you feel under-confident for last.
• If you have even a slight doubt about the answer, do not mark anything.

The gate closing time for CUET UG 2026 Shift 1 exam is 8:30 AM. Candidates appearing for today's Shift 1 exam, have less than 30 minutes to enter the exam hall. Those who are still outside the exam centre must enter now.

Questions from following topics have been seen in CUET UG 2026 Physics exam:

• NCERT based
• Electrofield of fourth corner
• Waterdroplet (Ef)
• Capacitor (1 question)
• Efficiency
• Resistance
• Electromagnetic Wave (Increasing & Decreasing)
• Boher Model
• Compound Microscope
• Semiconductor (Sequence)

The exam centre gates have opened for CUET UG 2026 May 19, Shift 1 exam. Students have started entering their allotted CUET exam centre after completing the verification and frisking procedure.

Yes, there is a negative marking of 1 mark for every incorrect answer.

National Testing Agency is conducting CUET UG 2026 exams across 321 exam centres in India and abroad.

Check below to know good attempt for all three sections of CUET UG 2026 exam:

The CUET 2026 question paper for Humanities subjects have following difficulty level:

As per students' reactions, the difficulty level of CUET UG 2026 science subjects is as follows:

After considering CUET UG 2026 exams conducted for commerce subjects, the difficulty level is as follows:

NTA will begin CUET UG 2026 May 19, Shift 1 exam in 7 hours. The exam duration for shift 1 is 9 AM to 12 PM.

Following scores can be considered Good CUET UG 2026 scores:

• Very Good Score: 900 and above (98-99 percentile)
• Good Score: 700-850 (90+ percentile)
• Average Score: 600-700 (80+ percentile)
• Low Score: 400-650 (<80 percentile)

Below are some of the CUET English Vocabulary words that came in yesterday's exam:

• Fastidious
• Infallible
• Expedient
• Unsurly
• Sesquipedalion
• Cortege
• Corpulent
• Emaciated
• Adroil
• Brevity
• Itinerant
• Philately
• Grieving
• Cantakerous

Below are some of the D's and Don'ts, as informed by National Testing Agency:

As per the number of registrations received, following are the top CUET UG subjects for past three years:

Candidates have to carry below documents with them to their CUET exam centre:

• CUET Admit Card 2026
• Self-declaration form
• Two passport-size photographs
• Original valid photo ID proof
• PwD/PwBD certificate (if applicable)

Note: The ID proof must be the same as the one uploaded in CUET application form.

According to the question paper analysis of Common University Entrance Test from May 11 to May 18, it can be said that NCERT is enough. As of now, no shift has seen out of the syllabus topics or questions. So, for CUET UG domain subjects, if a student has thoroughly prepared NCERT books, they will be able to solve answers.

Once CUET UG 2026 exam for May 19 Shift 1 and Shift 2 is concluded, candidates will be able to check the following on this page:

• Overall exam difficulty level
• Shift-wise paper analysis
• Good attempts
• Frequently asked topics
• Important chapters
• Memory-based Questions

A candidate's exam will end at following times:

• For candidates with one exam only: 10 AM
• For candidates with two exams: 11 AM
• For candidates with three exams: 12 PM

NTA is following exam pattern in CUET UG exams 2026:

Candidates appearing for first shift must reach their allotted exam centre before 8:30 AM (gate closing time). No entry will be allowed once centre gate closes.

The CUET UG exam for 2026-27 admissions is being conducted in two shifts. The first shift is conducted between 9 AM and 12 PM; whereas, the second shift is between 3 PM and 6 PM.

Candidates must follow below dress code to sit in the exam:

• Wear white, light clothing
• Woollens are allowed (after frisking process)
• Normal shows, slipper and low heels footwer are preferred
• Articles or objects of faith such as Kalava are allowed (after frisking process)

National Testing Agency will conduct Common University Entrance Test (UG) 2026 for Shift 1 and 2 tomorrow in computer based test mode.