CUET PG 2024 Geology Question Paper And Analysis: Students Reactions and Expected Cutoff

Central University Entrance Test Postgraduate 2027 ( CUET-PG )

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Applicants who appeared in the CUET PG 2024 exam with Geology subject can check the CUET PG Geology Question Paper Analysis and the applicants' good attempts. Along with this candidates can also check memory-based questions of CUET PG Geology and expected cut off below on this page.

CUET PG 2024 Geology subject exam was conducted in the first shift from 9:00 to 10:45. Applicants who appeared in the CUET PG 2024 exam for Geology subject can check the topics from which maximum questions will be asked, question paper analysis, good attempts in the subjects, and well difficulty level of the exam.

Applicants who appeared with Geology subject as their major subject can check the CUET PG 2024 Geology Question Paper analysis here. The CUET PG 2024 exam will be conducted in multiple shifts between March 11 to 28, 2024 in India. 

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Along with this CUET PG Geology memory-based questions and answers, difficulty level of the exam, students reaction and expected cutoff will also be updated on this page after the conclusion of the exam. 

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Q:   When will the CUET PG 2027 students' response sheet be released?
A: 

The National Testing Agency will release the CUET PG 2027 response sheet on its official website, tentatively in April 2027. NTA will also release the CUET UG provisional answer key along with the response sheet for students to calculate their estimated NTA CUET PG scores.

Q:   How many questions are asked in section A of CUET PG examination?
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As per the previous exam pattern of the CUET PG exam, there were 25 questions in Section A. As per the latest or the revised CUET PG pattern, there is only one section, carrying 75 questions. The Section A or the General section has been removed since CUET PG 2025. 

Q:   How many questions are asked in Section B of the CUET PG exam?
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As per the CUET PG exam pattern, there is only one section, carrying 75 questions in total. Hence, the Section B will not be there. 

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NTA will release the provisional answer key of Geology subject for the CUET PG exam in the first week of April 2024. While CUET PG Result along with the final answer key will be released in the last week of July 2024.  

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According to the students who appeared in the CUET PG exam on the first day it can be said that questions that were asked from Geology subjects were Moderately Difficult. Some questions were tricky and some were lengthy in comparison to last year's exam. Most all the questions were from the syllabus only, no question was asked from out of the syllabus. 

Most of the students attempted between 55 to 65 questions of Geology subjects in the CUET PG exam. 

Also Read: CUET PG 2024 Physics Question Paper Analysis; Memory Based Question, Difficulty Level & Expected Cut Off 

Table of contents
  • CUET PG Geology Question Paper Structure
  • CUET PG Geology Syllabus
  • CUET PG Geology Expected Cutoff 2024

CUET PG Geology Question Paper Structure

Applicants who will appear in the exam need to check the updated exam pattern of CUET PG from the below mentioned table: 

Parameters

Details

Total No of Questions

75

Marking Scheme

+4 for 1 correct answer

-1 for 1 incorrect answer

Total Marks

300

CUET PG First Day Shift 1 Student Reactions

 CUET PG Geology Syllabus

 

The questions of Geology subject will be prepared from the Geology syllabus. A detailed description of topics is mentioned below:  

Unit

Description of Topics

Physical Geology

Introduction to Geology and its scope, Earth and solar system: origin, size, shape, mass, density and its atmosphere. A brief account of various theories regarding the origin and age of the Earth. Brief idea of interior of earth and its composition. Weathering and erosion: factors, types and their effects. Earthquakes: nature of seismic waves, their intensity and magnitude scale; Origin of earthquake. Volcanoes: types, products and causes of volcanism.

Geodynamics

Earth as a dynamic system. Elementary idea of continental drift, sea-floor spreading and mid-oceanic ridges. Paleomagnetism and its application.

Plate Tectonics: the concept, plate margins, orogeny, deep sea trenches, island arcs and volcanic arcs.

Stratigraphy

Definition, Principle of stratigraphy; Geological Time Scale and stratigraphic classification; Physiographic division of India. Study of following Precambrian succession: Dharwar, Cuddapha, Vindhyan and Delhi Supergroups; Brief idea of Palaeozoic succession of northwestern Himalaya; Triassic of Spiti; Mesozoic type secession of Kutch and Rajasthan; Cretaceous of Tiruchirapalli. Study of following type localities: Gondwana and Deccan Trap. Paleogene- Neogene sequences of northwest Himalaya and Assam.

Economic Geology

Concept of ore and ore deposits, ore minerals and gangue minerals; Tenor of ores; Metallic and nonmetallic ore minerals; Strategic, Critical and essential minerals.

Processes of formation of ore deposits; Magmatic, contact metasomatic, hydrothermal, sedimentation. Study of important metallic (Cu, Pb, Zn Mn, Fe, Au, Al) and non-metallic (industrial) minerals (gypsum, magnesite, mica). Distribution of coal and petroleum in India.

 

Mineralogy

Introduction to Mineralogy, Definition and characters of mineral. Physical properties of minerals. Chemical composition and diagnostic physical properties of minerals such as: Quartz, Orthoclase, Microcline, Hypersthene, Hornblende, Garnet, Muscovite, Biotite, Chlorite, Olivine, Epidote, Calcite. Polarizing microscope, its parts and functioning; Ordinary and polarized lights; Common optical properties observed under ordinary, polarized lights and crossed nicols. Optical properties of some common rock forming minerals (Quartz, Orthoclase, Microcline, Olivine, Augite, Hornblende, Muscovite, Biotite, Garnet, Calcite).

Geomorphology

Basic principles of Geomorphology, geomorphological cycles, weathering and erosion; geomorphic mapping- tools and techniques. Epigene/ exogenic processes: degradation and aggradation.

Hypogene/endogenic processes; Diastrophism and volcanism, Extraterrestrial processes; Geological work of wind, glacier, river, underground water and ocean.

Crystallography



Crystals and their characters, form, face, edge, solid angle; Interfacial angle and their measurements; Crystallographic axes and angles. Crystal parameters, Weiss and Miller system of notations. Symmetry elements and description of normal class of Isometric, Tetragonal, Hexagonal, Trigonal, Orthorhombic, Monoclinic and Triclinic systems.

Resource Management

Energy resources (Conventional and non-conventional), watershed management, land use planning, management of water resources, land reclamation.

Paleontology

Definition, Fossils: definition, characters, binomial nomenclature in taxonomy, mode of preservation, condition of fossilization and significance of fossils. Morphology and geological distribution of brachiopods, pelecypods, cephalopods. Morphology and geological distribution of trilobite, echinoidea. Evolutionary history of horse. Morphology, distribution and significance of Gondwana flora.

Environmental Geology


Earth and its spheres: atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere and Man; Earth Material. Energy budget: Solar radiation. Global environments: coastal, riverine, desertic, tropical, cold, polar. Concept of global warming and climate change. Geological hazards: Earthquakes, volcanism, landslides, avalanches, floods, droughts; Hazard mitigation.

CUET PG Geology Expected Cutoff 2024

The CUET PG cut off for Geology subject will be updated in the below-mentioned table after it is out officially. By taking input from the applicants who appeared in the exam, the CUET PG Geology expected cutoff is mentioned below:    

Subject

Expected Cut off Marks 2024

Geology

160-170

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