CUET PG 2023 June 5 Exam Analysis, Subject-wise Difficulty Level & Question Papers
Central University Entrance Test Postgraduate 2026 ( CUET-PG )
Registration - 14 Dec '25 - 14 Jan '26
CUET 2023 exam has begun on June 5, 2023 in 245 cities across India and abroad for phase 1 of the CUET PG 2023 examination. As per the student reactions and analysis at some of the CUET PG 2023 exam centres, it was found that the difficulty level of the exam is termed as easy to moderate. The examination went smoothly without any technical glitches reported from the centres yet. This article of Shiksha brings CUET PG 2023 analysis and student reactions.
CUET PG 2023 Examination: Student Reactions
CUET PG 2023 Analysis: CUET 2023 PG exam began on June 05, 2023 and will conclude on June 17, 2023. The exam is being conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in three shifts daily in the time slot. The CUET PG 2023 examination is proposed to be held in 37 shifts in total. There are three shifts each day for a duration of two hours at each slot. The CUET 2023 exam centres are located in over 245 cities across India and abroad for phase 1 for CUET PG 2023 examination.
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There found to be no technical glitches reported as such. As per the candidates appearing in the exam in the first slot of Day 1, As per the CUET PG analysis of the first slot of June 5, 2023, the difficulty level of the various subject papers of CUET PG 2023 exam was found to be easy to moderate. The difficulty level will vary for each subject and topic. Students have termed the General Test to be of easy level of difficulty, whereas the Specific subject test was moderate to difficult.
Since there is a change in the exam pattern of the CUET PG exam. Now the total marks for which the exam will be conducted has 300 marks as the total number of questions will be 75.
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The CUET 2023 analysis is provided based on expert reviews and student reactions. Let us take a detailed look at the CUET PG 2023 Analysis.
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- CUET PG 2023 Exam Structure
- CUET PG 2023 Analysis
- CUET 2023 Student Reactions
CUET PG 2023 Exam Structure
The following table brings the structure of the expected CUET PG question paper.
| Part |
Sections/Subjects |
Number of Questions |
|---|---|---|
| A |
Language Comprehension/Verbal Ability, General Test (GK, QA, Analytical Skills) |
25 |
| B |
Domain knowledge |
75 |
Candidates must note that the Language Comprehension/Verbal Ability section is compulsory. The General Test also has to be taken by candidates opting for all test papers except Education (PGQP01).
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Now we will analyse the sections of CUET 2023.
CUET PG 2023 Analysis
The detailed section-wise and subject wise analysis of CUET PG 2023 and student reactions have been added here.
CUET PG 2023 Analysis - Section 1
CUET 2023 Section 1 or the General section has been found to be easy to moderate by maximum number of candidates in the examination centres. The questions were on Language Comprehension had questions from unseen passages.The questions were based on Reading Comprehension, omission, Narration, direct and indirect speeches, phrases, etc
In Verbal Ability, some basic and simple questions were asked from Spotting errors, blood relationships, sentence equivalence, and some basic numerical problems from algebra, trigonometry, profit - loss. Some other questions were asked from analytical skills and from GK section.
CUET 2023 Student Reactions
Take a look at some of the CUET 2023 student reactions for Slot 1.
CUET PG 2023 Analysis - Section 2
In terms of the subject-wise CUET 2023 analysis, the difficulty level was moderate to tough. The subject-wise topics and chapters along with the weightage are given below.
Medical Laboratory Technology- Shift 1
The section 1 of the examination was general paper which was sort of easy to solve. Candidates found the section 1 as easy one. Coming to the section 2 or section B, there were 75 questions which came from Domain knowledge og Medical laboratory Technology. Questions from this domain was found to be of analytical approach, but sort of direct questions were asked, which led the candidates easy to solve them.
Here is the list of Important topis from which the questions were asked in Medical Laboratory Technology:
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Clinical Pathology Hematology
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Medical Microbiology
- Serology, Histopathology
BEd Languages- Shift 1
The section 1 of the examination was general paper which was again sort of easy to solve. Candidates found the section 1 as easy one. Coming to the section 2 or section B, there were 75 questions which came from Domain knowledge of BEd Languages. Questions from this domain was found to be from different language subjects that the candidates have opted for in their application form. Questions from languages were asked from the following important topics:
Languages Equitable items from
1. Hindi
2. English
3. Sanskrit
Mathematics- Shift 1
The section A of the Mathematics subject course was easy to moderate and section B was found to be moderate to difficult. Candidates can find out the importat topics which were asked in the examintion from section B below:
- Algebra
- Real and Complex Analysis
- Integral Calculus
- Linear Programming
Commerce- Shift 2
The section 1 of the Commerce subject examination was general paper which was sort of easy- moderate to solve. In case section B, candidates found some part of the questions easy as they were sort of very direct in nature. Topics like Micro, Macro-economics, direct questions came. In Currency and banking simple repo rate, flutuations and normal fluctautions in the banking system questions were asked.
Some of the imporatnt topics were:
- Accounting
- Statistical Methods
- Finance
- Bussiness Managements
Zoology- Shift 3
Candidates found that the Section A of the examination was found to be easy to moderate level. 5-8 questions came from General Knowledege, Unseen passage came in the language comprehension and some basic mathematical numerical came in the Section A which were easy to solve.
Coming to the Section B of the question paper, many of the caniddates found the questions as moderate to difficult and others found it as easy to moderate. Candidates also mentioned that the the questions which came in the examination was almost from the CUET PG 2023 Syllabus which has been given by the NTA.
Some of the important topics were:
- Cell Biology
- Bio chemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Ecology
- Evolution
- Genetics
- Biotechnology
- Vertebrates and Invertebrates
- Biostatistics
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