The National Testing Agency (NTA) will administer the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2025 between May 8 and June 1, 2025.
Saloni | Mar 22, 2025 |
CUET 2025 Passing Criteria for Admissions to Central, State, Other Participating Institutions
CUET 2025 Exam: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will administer the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2025 between May 8 and June 1, 2025. Candidates who this year desire to appear for the test must meet the minimum CUET 2025 Passing Criteria set by the NTA to get admitted to their desired institution. The test will be held in computer-based test (CBT) mode for 37 subjects including 13 languages, 23 domain-specific subjects, and one general aptitude test. This exam is conducted to provide students admission into various undergraduate courses in central, state, and other participating universities.
As per the previous year’s syllabus, this year a total of 8 topics have been dropped from the CUET 2025 syllabus. The syllabus for the domain-specific subjects will be based on the NCERT curriculum. The CUET entrance examination will be held for 13 Indian languages, Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
Candidates who want to appear for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2025 this year, must meet the minimum CUET 2025 passing marks. These are the minimum marks candidates must achieve if they want to clear the examination. The minimum CUET 2025 passing marks depend on the category and university admission criteria. NTA itself does not set any particular passing marks for the exam instead participating universities set the CUET cut-off for different courses.
Last year, the minimum CUET qualifying marks to get admitted to the participating universities was between 400-500, this year is also expected the same. For higher institutions, such as Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Banaras Hindu University, the cut-off is expected to be a little higher as compared to the others.
The actual CUET 2025 minimum qualifying marks will be announced after the declaration of results. The minimum passing marks will rely on factors such as the number of applicants, exam difficulty level, reservation, programme and seat availability.
Candidates can be grouped into various performance categories based on their CUET scores and percentile ranges, as shown in the table below.
| Grades | Approximate CUET score | Percentile range |
| Excellent | 700 and above | 98-99 percentile |
| Good | 500-650 | 90+ percentile |
| Average | 400-600 | 80+ percentile |
| Low | 200-400 | Less than 80 percentile |
The NTA defines the CUET marking scheme. According to the CUET exam pattern, candidates will earn 5 marks for each correct answer, while 1 mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer. The NTA also specifies the maximum marks for each CUET section. Please refer to the table below for details on the number of questions in each section and the corresponding maximum marks.
| CUET Maximum Marks | ||
| Section | Number of Questions (All Compulsory) | CUET Total Marks |
| Section IA (Language) | 50 Questions | 250 |
| Section II (Domain Subject) | 50 Questions | 250 |
| Section III (General Test) | 50 Questions | 250 |
To know the CUET statistics for the subject-wise number of the top percentile, refer to the table. The below table shares statistics from the previous year.
| Subject | 100 Percentile | 95 Above Percentile | Total Students in Subject |
| English | 5685 | 43248 | 719878 |
| General Test | 36 | 34405 | 671574 |
| Chemistry | 233 | 25821 | 504496 |
| Physics | 83 | 24631 | 482239 |
| Mathematics / Applied Mathematics | 251 | 19439 | 379027 |
| Biology/ Biological Studies/ Biotechnology | 4850 | 18405 | 294206 |
| Hindi | 102 | 11788 | 201439 |
| Economics / Business Economics | 2836 | 11390 | 186855 |
| Business Studies | 2357 | 9908 | 168052 |
| Accountancy / Bookkeeping | 1074 | 9205 | 155347 |
| Political Science | 1796 | 8684 | 154638 |
| History | 1361 | 8289 | 147438 |
| Physical Education | 36 | 4715 | 87018 |
| Geography / Geology | 389 | 4674 | 84385 |
| Computer Science / Informatics Practices | 51 | 4469 | 83126 |
Here are some frequently asked questions relating to the CUET 2025 Exam:
Q.1: What will be the mode of conducting the CUET 2025 Exam?
Q.2: What is the marking scheme for the CUET 2025 Exam?
Q.3: The CUET 2025 Exam will be conducted for how many subjects?
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