CUET Mathematics Syllabus 2026: Important Chapters, Questions & Books; PDF Download

CUET Mathematics exam 2026 will likely be conducted in the second week of May 2026 in CBT Mode. Candidates preparing for the Mathematics/ Applied Mathematics exam must check this article to learn about the CUET 2026 Mathematics Syllabus, exam pattern, important chapters, previous years' question papers, and preparation books.

CUET 2026 Mathematics Syllabus: NTA releases the CUET Mathematics Syllabus on its official website - cuet.nta.nic.in. Candidates preparing for the CUET for UG admissions for the academic cycle 2026-2027 must thoroughly familiarize themselves with the CUET UG 2026 syllabus. Mathematics/Applied Mathematics is one top three CUET domain subjects, and according to the National Testing Agency, the CUET Mathematics question paper includes 50 questions. The candidates are required to attempt all questions within 60 minutes. Read this article to get the direct link to download the CUET Mathematics Syllabus PDF.

National Testing Agency is expected to conduct CUET 2026 exam for mathematics in the second week of May 2026 in Computer Based Test mode. Candidates who will fill CUET application form 2026 on or before the last date will be eligible to appear for the exam. Check out the article for detailed information on the CUET mathematics exam.

CUET 2026 Mathematics Syllabus: Highlights

Refer to the table below to know the key details related to CUET Mathematics Syllabus:

Particulars	Details
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
Maximum Marks	250 per subject
Negative marking	Yes
Marking Scheme	+5 for each correct answer -1 for each incorrect answer
CUET Mathematics Mapping for Courses	B.Sc. Mathematics B.Sc. Computer Science Bachelor of Business Administration

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CUET UG Mathematics/ Applied Mathematics Syllabus 2026

Candidates preparing for the CUET 2026 can check the detailed CUET Syllabus for Mathematics/Applied Mathematics 2026 from the table given below:

Section A1

Units
Unit I: Algebra Matrices and types of Matrices Equality of Matrices, transpose of a Matrix, Symmetric and Skew Symmetric Matrix Algebra of Matrices Determinants Inverse of a Matrix Solving of simultaneous equations using Matrix Method	Unit IV: Differential Equations Order and Degree of Differential Equations Solving of Differential Equations with Variable Separable
Unit II: Calculus Higher Order Derivatives Increasing and Decreasing Functions Maxima and Minima	Unit V: Probability Distributions Random Variable
Unit III: Integration and its Applications Indefinite Integrals of Simple Functions Evaluation of Indefinite Integrals Definite Integrals Application of Integration as area under the curve (simple curve)	Unit VI: Linear Programming  Graphical Method of Solution for Problems in Two Variables Feasible and Infeasible Regions . Optimal Feasible Solution

Section B1: Mathematics

Unit I: Relations And Functions

• Relations and Functions: Types of relations: Reflexive,symmetric, transitive and equivalence relations. One to one and onto functions.
• Inverse Trigonometric Functions: Definition, range, domain, principal value branches. Graphs of inverse trigonometric functions. 

Unit II: Algebra

Matrices: 

• Concept, notation, order, equality, types of matrices, zero matrix, transpose of a matrix, symmetric and skew symmetric matrices.
• Operations on matrices: Addition, multiplication and multiplication with a scalar. Simple properties of addition, multiplication and scalar multiplication.
• Non-commutativity of multiplication of matrices and existence of non-zero matrices whose product isthe zero matrix (restrict to square matrices of order 2).
• Invertible matrices and proof of the uniqueness of inverse,if it exists; (Here all matrices will have real entries).

Determinants:

• Determinant of a square matrix (upto 3×3 matrices), minors, co-factors and applications of determinants in finding the area of a triangle.
• Adjoint and inverse of a square matrix.
• Consistency, inconsistency and number of solutions of system of linear equations by examples
• Solving system of linear equations in two or three variables (having unique solution) using inverse of a matrix.

Unit III: Calculus

Continuity and Differentiability:

• Continuity and differentiability, chain rule, derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions, like sin^-1x, cos^-1x, and tan^-1x, derivative of implicit functions.
• Concepts of exponential, logarithmic functions.
• Derivatives of logarithmic and exponential functions.
• Logarithmic differentiation, derivative of functions expressed in parametric forms.
• Second-order derivatives.

Applications of Derivatives:

• Rate of change of quantities, increasing/decreasing functions, maxima and minima (first derivative test motivated geometrically and second derivative test given as provable tool).
• Simple problems (that illustrate basic principles and understanding of the subject as well asreal-life situations).

Integrals:

• Integration as inverse process of differentiation.
• Integration of a variety of functions by substitution, by partial fractions and by parts,
• Evaluation of simple integrals of the following types and problems based on them:

• Fundamental Theorem of Calculus(without proof).
• Basic properties of definite integrals and evaluation of definite integrals.

Applications of the Integrals:

• Applications in finding the area under simple curves, especially lines, circles/parabolas/ellipses(in standard form only).

Differential Equations:

• Definition, order and degree, general and particular solutions of a differential equation.
• Solution of differential equations by method of separation of variables, solutions of homogeneous differential equations of first order and first degree.
• Solutions of linear differential equation of the type:

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Unit IV: Vectors And Three Dimensional Geometry

Vectors:

• Vectors and scalars, magnitude and direction of a vector.
• Direction cosines and direction ratios of a vector.
• Types of vectors (equal, unit, zero, parallel and collinear vectors), position vector of a point, negative of a vector, components of a vector, addition of vectors, multiplication of a vector by a scalar, position vector of a point dividing a line segment in a given ratio.
• Definition, Geometrical interpretation, properties and application of scalar (dot) product of vectors, vector(cross) product ofvectors

Three-dimensional Geometry:

• Direction cosines and direction ratios of a line joining two points.
• Cartesian equation and vector equation of a line, skew lines, shortest distance between two lines.
• Angle between two lines.

Unit V: Linear Programming

Introduction, related terminology such as constraints, objective function, optimization, graphical method of solution for problems in two variables, feasible and infeasible regions (bounded or unbounded), feasible and infeasible solutions, optimal feasible solutions (up to three non-trivial constraints).

Unit VI: Probability

• Conditional probability, Multiplications theorem on probability, independent events, total probability, Baye’s theorem.
• Random variable

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Section B2: Applied Mathematics

Unit I: Numbers, Quantification and Numerical Applications

Modulo Arithmetic

• Define Modulus of an Integer
• Apply Arithmetic Operations using Modular Arithmetic Rules

Congruence Modulo

• Define Congruence Modulo
• Apply the definition in various problems

C. Allegation and Mixture

• Understand the rule of allegation to produce a mixture at a given price
• Determine the mean price of a mixture
• Apply rule of allegation

D. Numerical Problems

• Solve real life problems mathematically

Boats and Streams

• Distinguish between upstream and downstream
• Express the problem in the form of an equation

Pipes and Cisterns

• Determine the time taken by two or more pipes to fill or empty the tank

Races and Games

• Compare the performance of two players w.r.t. time

Numerical Inequalities

• Describe the basic concepts of numerical inequalities
• Understand and write numerical inequalities

UNIT II: Algebra

Matrices and types of matrices

• Define matrix
• Identify different kinds of matrices

Equality of matrices, Transpose of a matrix, Symmetric and Skew symmetric matrix

• Determine equality of two matrices
• Write transpose of given matrix
• Define symmetric and skew symmetric matrix 

Algebra of Matrices

•  Perform operations like addition & subtraction on matrices of same order
• Perform multiplication of two matrices of appropriate order
• Perform multiplication of a scalar with matrix

Determinant of Matrices

• Find determinant of a square matrix
• Use elementary properties of determinants
• Singular matrix, Non-singular matrix
• |AB|=|A||B|
• Simple problems to find determinant value

Inverse of a Matrix

• Define the inverse of a square matrix
• Apply properties of inverse of matrices
• Inverse of a matrix using: a) cofactors
  If A and B are invertible square matrices of same size
  • (AB)^-1 = B^-1A^-1
  • (A^-1)^-1 = A
  • (A^T)^-1 =  (A^-1)^T

Solving system of simultaneous equations (upto three variables only (non-homogeneous equations))

UNIT III: Calculus

Higher Order Derivatives

• Determine second and higher-order derivatives
• Understand the differentiation of parametric functions and implicit functions

Application of Derivatives

• Determine the rate of change of various quantities
• Understand the gradient of tangent and normal to a curve at a given point
• Write the equations of tangents and normal to a curve at a given point

Marginal Cost and Marginal Revenue using derivatives

• Define marginal cost and marginal revenue
• Find marginal cost and marginal revenue

Increasing/Decreasing Functions

• Determine whether a function is increasing or decreasing
• Determine the conditions for a function to be increasing or decreasing

Maxima and Minima

• Determine critical points of the function
• Find the point(s) of local maxima and local minima and corresponding local maximum and local minimum values
• Find the absolute maximum and absolute minimum value of a function
• Solve applied problems

Integration

• Understand and determine indefinite integrals of simple functions as anti-derivative

Indefinite integrals as family of curves

Evaluate indefinite integrals of simple algebraic functions by methods of

• Substitution
• Partial Fraction
• By Parts

Definite Integral as area under the curve

• Define definite integral as area under the curve
• Understand fundamental theorem of integral calculus and apply it to evaluate the definite integral
• Apply properties of definite integrals to solve problems

Application of Integration

• Identify the region representing C.S. and P.S. graphically
• Apply the definite integral to find consumer surplus-producer surplus

Differential Equations

• Recognize a differential equation
• Find the order and degree of a differential equation

Formulating and solving differential equations

• Formulate differential equations
• Verify the solution of differential equation
• Solve simple differential equation

Application of Differential Equations

• Define growth and decay model
• Apply the differential equations to solve growth and decay models

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UNIT IV: Probability Distributions

Probability Distribution

• Understand the concept of Random Variables and its Probability Distributions
• Find probability distribution of discrete random variable

Mathematical Expectation

• Apply arithmetic mean of frequency distribution to find the expected value of a random variable

Variance

Calculate the Variance and S.D. of a random variable 

Binomial Distribution

• Identify the Bernoulli Trials and apply Binomial Distribution
• Evaluate Mean, Variance and S.D. of a Binomial Distribution

Poisson Distribution

• Understand the conditions of Poisson Distribution
• Evaluate the Mean and Variance of Poisson distribution

Normal Distribution

• Understand normal distribution is a continuous distribution
• Evaluate value of Standard normal variate
• Area relationship between Mean and Standard Deviation

UNIT V: Index Numbers and Time Based Data

Time Series

• Identify time series as chronological data

Components of Time Series

• Distinguish between different components of time series

Time Series Analysis for Univariate Data

• Solve practical problems based on statistical data and Interpret

Secular Trend

• Understand the long term tendency

Methods of Measuring trend

• Demonstrate the techniques of finding trend by different methods

UNIT VI: Infrential Statistics

Population and Sample

• Define Population and Sample
• Differentiate between population and sample
• Define a representative sample from a population
• Differentiate between a representative and a non-representative sample
• Draw a representative sample using simple random sampling
• Draw a representative sample using a systematic random sampling

Parameter and Statistics and Statistical Interferences

• Define Parameter with reference to Population
• Define Statistics with reference to Sample
• Explain the relation between Parameter and Statistic
• Explain the limitation of Statistic to generalize the estimation for population
• Interpret the concept of Statistical Significance and Statistical Inferences
• State Central Limit Theorem
• Explain the relation between Population-Sampling Distribution-Sample

t-Test (one sample t-test and two independent groups t-test)

• Define a hypothesis
• Differentiate between Null and Alternate hypothesis
• Define and calculate degree of freedom
• Test Null hypothesis and make inferences using t-test statistic for one group/two independent groups

UNIT VII: Financial Mathematics

Perpetuity, Sinking Funds

• Explain the concept of perpetuity and sinking fund
• Calculate perpetuity
• Differentiate between sinking fund and saving account

Calculation of EMI

• Explain the concept of EMI
• Calculate EMI using various methods

Calculation of Returns, Nominal Rate of Return

• Explain the concept of rate of return and nominal rate of return
• Calculate rate of return and nominal rate of return

Compound Annual Growth Rate

• Understand the concept of Compound Annual Growth Rate
• Differentiate between Compound Annual Growth rate and Annual Growth Rate
• Calculate Compound Annual Growth Rate

Linear method of Depreciation

• Define the concept of linear method of Depreciation
• Interpret cost, residual value and useful life of an asset from the given information
• Calculate depreciation

UNIT VIII: Linear Programming

Introduction and Related Terminology

• Familiarize with terms related to Linear Programming Problem

Mathematical formulation of Linear Programming Problem

• Formulate Linear Programming Problem

Different types of Linear Programming Problems

• Identify and formulate different types of LPP

Graphical Method of Solution for problems in two Variables

• Draw the Graph for a system of linear inequalities involving two variables and find its solution graphically.

Feasible and Infeasible Regions

• Identify feasible, infeasible and bounded regions

Feasible and infeasible solutions, optimal feasible solution

• Understand feasible and infeasible solutions
• Find optimal feasible solutions

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English	CUET English Syllabus	CUET English Question Paper
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Biology	CUET Biology Syllabus	CUET Biology Question Paper
Accountancy/ Book Keeping	CUET Accountancy Syllabus	CUET Accountancy Question Paper
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Geography/Geology	CUET Geography Syllabus	CUET Geography Question Paper
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Knowledge Tradition and Practices of India	CUET Knowledge Tradition and Practices of India Syllabus	CUET Knowledge Tradition and Practices of India Question Paper
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Best Books for CUET Mathematics Preparation

Refer to the following books to attain a good CUET score in the CUET mathematics exam.

• NCERT Class 12 Mathematics Textbook (Majority of the exam is NCERT based)
• A Text Book of Mathematics Class 12 by Pradeep
• CUET Mathematics by Arihant Experts
• Mathematics for Competitive Exams by R.S. Aggarwal
• CUET Guide for Mathematics by Oswaal

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