CUET UG Section I Syllabus
Common University Entrance Test (CUET) Undergraduate
- 8
- Topics
- 60
- Sub-topics
- 50
- Questions
Section I is one of 4 sections in the CUET UG syllabus. It has 8 topics and 60 sub-topics, tested in Section I — Language, with about 50 questions (100 marks). Language Test (13 Indian + English).
Practise this section freeCUET UG Section I: topic-wise syllabus
- 1
Reading Comprehension
~14 marks- Factual Passages — Newspaper Articles, Science, Social Issues, Inferential & Factual Recall
- Literary Passages — Prose, Poetry, Drama — Factual, Inferential, Vocabulary, Tone, Style
- Narrative Passages — Stories, Biographies — Sequence, Inference, Vocabulary
- Case-based / Discursive Passages — Argument, Viewpoint, Tone, Inference
- 2
Grammar
~14 marks- Parts of Speech — Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections
- Tenses — Present, Past, Future (Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous)
- Active/Passive Voice, Direct/Indirect Speech
- Sentence Correction, Spotting Errors, Sentence Improvement, Sentence Reordering
- Modals, Conditionals, Subject-Verb Agreement, Articles, Determiners
- Sentence Transformation, Combining, Simplifying, Punctuation
- Clauses, Phrases, Conjunctions, Relative Pronouns
- 3
Vocabulary
~12 marks- Synonyms & Antonyms, Homophones, Homonyms, Heteronyms
- Idioms & Phrases, Proverbs, Sayings, One-word Substitution
- Word Usage, Confusables, Register, Collocations, Connotation, Denotation
- Analogies, Word Formation, Root Words, Foreign Words, Etymology
- Spelling, Pronunciation, Punctuation, Capitalization Rules
- 4
Verbal Ability
~10 marks- Para Jumbles, Sentence Rearrangement, Paragraph Completion
- Cloze Test, Fill in the Blanks, Sentence Completion
- Summary, Title, Central Idea, Inference, Drawing Conclusions
- Functional Grammar, Editing, Omission, Dialogue Completion
- 5
English Grammar
~2 marksTenses, Voice, Narration
- Tenses (12 Tenses)
- Active-Passive Voice
- Direct-Indirect Speech
- Articles
- Modals
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Common Errors
- Sentence Improvement
- Conditional Sentences
- Infinitive, Gerund, Participle
- 6
English Grammar
~2 marksPrepositions, Conjunctions
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions
- Tenses - Mixed
- Voice Change
- Narration Change
- Question Tags
- Sentence Transformation
- Degrees of Comparison
- Common Errors
- Sentence Improvement
- 7
English Vocabulary
~2 marks- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- One-Word Substitutions
- Idioms and Phrases
- Phrasal Verbs
- Foreign Words
- Root Words, Prefixes, Suffixes
- Confusables
- Spelling Correction
- Word Usage
- 8
English Comprehension Skills
~2 marks- Cloze Test
- Para Jumbles
- Sentence Rearrangement
- Paragraph Completion
- Fill in the Blanks
- Sentence Completion
- Word-Substitution
- Factual RC
- Inferential RC
- Vocabulary in Context
Frequently asked questions
What topics are in the CUET UG Section I syllabus?
Section I for CUET UG has 8 topics: Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary, Verbal Ability, English Grammar, English Grammar, English Vocabulary and English Comprehension Skills, with 60 sub-topics in all.
How many questions come from Section I in CUET UG?
About 50 questions (100 marks) in Section I — Language. Always check the latest notification, as numbers can change.
Which Section I topics matter most for CUET UG?
By weightage in the syllabus data: Reading Comprehension (~14 marks), Grammar (~14 marks), Vocabulary (~12 marks).
How do I practise CUET UG Section I on Topicly?
Pick a topic above and study it your way — step-by-step chat, a quiz, a formula sheet or a voice call with Sia. Topicly tracks each sub-topic so you know what's left. It's free to start.
Compiled from official notifications for study purposes. Always confirm with the conducting body's latest notification.