CUET Exam Analysis 2022 (Phase 1 & 2): Get Detailed CUET (CUCET) Exam Analysis & Review

The CUCET 2022 exam is being conducted between July 15 and August 20 in a window of 10 days. The second phase of the exam has started on August 4. Although the difficulty level was easy, the first day of the second phase was marred with technical glitches. Due to server error, the questions did not load on-screen and test-takers had to sit for extra hours. Several candidates had to wait for hours for the questions to appear. Some candidates did not attempt the General Test owing to delay in question appearance. NTA would notify them about the status of the pending sections or tests.

As per the CUET 2022 analysis for the first day, the difficulty level of the test was easy to moderate with a few tough sections. Some of the questions are of the opinion that CUET 2022 (CUCET) was easier or of the same level as that of the Board exam. The questions were within the CUET 2022 syllabus and were NCERT-based. 

According to NTA, candidates have applied for 54,555 unique combinations of subjects across 90 Universities. The duration of the exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes. CUCET, formerly known as CUET, is conducted in a computer-based mode (CBT) in 13 languages, which are English, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu.

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CUET UG 2022 Slot Timings

The following table brings the CUET 2022 exam timings for both slots.

CUET 2022 Exam Pattern

The following table brings the exam pattern and structure for the CUET UG 2022.

Marking scheme: Candidates will be awarded one mark for each correct answer. There will be a negative marking of 0.25 mark for each incorrect answer.

CUET UG 2022 Phase 2 Student Reactions

CUET 2022 Exam Analysis

Aspirants who had appeared for the CUET 2022 felt that the exam was of easy to moderate level and the questions were on expected lines. The difficulty level of the exam also varied according to the domain subjects. Those who appeared for the Humanities subject found the questions to be lengthy and time-consuming. On the other hand, some candidates, who had appeared for the Mathematics shared that it was difficult to manage time since there were 40 questions to be solved within 45 minutes. It took more than a minute to solve a question, which posed a challenge. 

CUET 2022 Analysis for Language Section

The Language section was mandatory for all candidates. According to the students, this section was very easy. The question types were simple such as identifying the spelling error, match the questions, jumbled sentences, and Reading Comprehension among others. This section did not pose a challenge to the students. 

CUET 2022 Analysis for General Test

This section was of easy to moderate difficulty level. While the majority of the candidates found the questions to be easy and doable, some of them found this section to be slightly difficult. The GK and Current Affairs questions may have posed a challenge to students who have not prepared well for these areas or do not have the habit of reading newspapers regularly. The other questions on Numerical Ability and Reasoning were not compulsory to attempt unless it is mandated based on the papers opted for. 

CUET 2022 Analysis for Domain Subjects

As stated before, the difficulty level of the domain-wise section varied from subject to subject. The overall level of difficulty can be rated as moderate. Some of the questions were time consuming and required conceptual clarity and knowledge to understand the questions. The types of questions were MCQs, Case Study Based and Fact Based.

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CUET 2022 Student Reactions and Analysis

Several candidates complained of technical glitches or server errors while taking the exam. For some, the exam started late and some other candidates mentioned that their system or mouse hanged mid-way. This caused a delay in the exam. However, test-takers got the actual exam duration as once the system was restored, the timing or duration of the exam was same as when it had stopped. This disruption caused inconvenience to a lot of candidates.