CUET Geography Syllabus 2026: PDF Link Available; Important Chapters, Questions & Books

CUET Exam Conducting Body

National Testing Agency

Mode of the examination

Computer-Based Test Mode

Language of Exam

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

Type of questions

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Total number of Questions

50 questions (all compulsory)

Duration of Exam

60 minutes

CUET Total Marks

250 per subject

Negative marking

Yes

Marking Scheme

+5 for each correct answer

-1 for each incorrect answer

CUET Geography Mapping for Courses

B.A. (Hons) in Geography
B.A. in Environmental Studies
B.A. in Tourism and Travel Management
B.A. in Geopolitics

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Unit 1: Human Geography: Nature and Scope

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Unit 2: People

• Population of the World – distribution, density, and growth
• Population Change - spatial patterns and structure; Determinants of population change
• Human Development – Concept; Selected indicators, International comparisons

Unit 3: 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
• Tertiary Activities – some examples from selected countries;
• Quaternary Activities – Concept; Knowledge-based industries; People engaged in quaternary activities – some examples from selected countries.

Unit 4: 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 cyber space;
• International Trade – Basis and changing patterns; ports as gateways of international trade, role of WTO in International trade.

Uni 1: People

• Population – Distribution Density and Growth; Composition of population; Linguistic and religious; Rural – urban population occupational; change through time-regional variations

Unit 2: Human Settlements

• Rural Settlements – types and distribution;
• Urban Settlements – types, distribution and functional classification 

Unit 3: Resources and Development

• Land Resources- General land use; Agriculture 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 – rain water harvesting and watershed management
• Mineral and Energy Resources – metallic and non-metallic minerals and their distributions; conventional and non-conventional energy sources;
• Planning in India – Target area planning (case study); Idea of sustainable development (case study). 

Unit 4: Transport, Communication and International Trade

• Transport and Communication – roads, railways, waterways and airways; oil and gas pipelines; communication networkings – radio, television, satellite and internet;
• International Trade – changing pattern of India’s foreign trade; Sea ports and their hinterland and airports.

• Environmental Pollution; urban – waste disposal
• Urbanization-rural-urban migration; Problems of slumps;
• Land Degradation.