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CUET 2023 Overview

CUET is a Common entrance exam. The full form of CUET is Common University Entrance Test. It
is organized by National Testing Agency at a National level. It is organized by National Testing
Agency as a National level exam in India for admission in All Central Universities, and State, Deemed,
Private Universities accepting CUET scores.

Highlights of the examination are as follows.

Aspects Details

Name of Exam CUET 2023

Full Form of CUET Common University Entrance Test

Organizing Body NTA

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Type of Exam Common Entrance Exam

Level of Exam National

Region India

Official Website cuet.samarth.ac.in

Courses Where BA, BCA, B.Sc, B.Com, BJMC, B.Pharm, D.Pharm, B.Tech, B.Voc, BVA,
Admission is Through BFA, BPA, BSW, Integrated MA Integrated B.Ed, Integrated M.Sc,
CUET Integrated B.Tech-M.Tech, Integrated MPA, BA LLB, BBA LLB, Diploma,
Shastri,

Colleges Where All Central Universities, and State, Deemed, Private Universities acepting
Admission is Through CUET scores
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Minimum Educational Class 12th
Qualification

Mode of Exam Computer Based Test-CBT

Type of Questions Objective type with Multiple Choice Questions

Marking Scheme +5, -1

CUET 2023 Exam Pattern

The exam pattern is as follows

▪ Mode of Exam – The exam is a Computer Based Test-CBT.
▪ Question type – The questions are Objective type with Multiple Choice Questions.
▪ Number of Subjects – A candidate can choose upto 10 Subjects for giving the Exam.
▪ Language of Question Paper – The question paper is in 13 languages (Assamese, Bengali,
English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, and
Urdu).

Marking Scheme –
▪ Candidates get +5 marks for correct answer.
▪ And negative marks is -1 for incorrect answers

List of Languages/ Domain Specific Subjects /General Test offered under CUET (UG)-2023

Sample Paper
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Geography

Q.No. 1

Read the case study given below and answer the question that follow:

The National Youth Policy (NYP–2014) launched in February 2014 proposes a holistic ‘vision’ for the youth
of India, which is“ To empower the youth of the country to achieve their full potential, and through the men
able India to find its rightful place in the community of nations”. The NYP–2014 has defined ‘youth’ as
persons in the age group of 15– 29years.The Government of India all so formulated the National Policy for
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in 2015 to provide an umbrella framework to all skilling activities
being carried outwithin the country, and to align these to common standards and link skilling with demand
centers.

What was the main thrustof NYP?

(A)

Tostopchildtrafficking

(B)

To encourage child labor

(C)

Empower they out h in terms of their effective participation in decision making

(D)

NoneoftheAbove

Q.No. 2

Who created HDI?

(A) Amartya Sen

(B) Mahboob-ul-Haq

(C) Adam Smith

(D) Both 1 & 2

Q.No. 3

Read the Case Study given below and answer the question that follow:

Winters in the town of Trondheim mean fierce winds and heavy snow. The skies are dark for months. Kari
drives to work in the dark at 8 am. She has special tyres for the winter and keeps the headlights of her
powerful car switched on. Her office is artificially heated at a comfortable 23 degrees Celsius. The campus of
the university she works in is built under a huge glass dome. This dome keeps the snow out in winter and lets
in the sunshine in the summer. The temperature is controlled carefully and there is adequate lighting. Even
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though fresh vegetables and plants don’t grow in such harsh weather, Kari keeps an orchid on her desk and
enjoys eating tropical fruits like banana and kiwi. These are flown in from warmer areas regularly. With a
click of the mouse, Kari can network with colleagues in New Delhi. She frequently takes a morning flight to
London and returns in the evening in time to watch her favourite television serial. Though Kari is fifty-eight
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years old, she is fitter and looks younger than many thirty-year-olds in other parts of the world.

What do mean by humanisation of Nature?

(A)

Change in climate

(B)

Making full control over climate

(C)

Modifying nature as per requirements

(D)

None of the above

Q.No. 4

Which of the following is an educational Town

(A)

Varanasi

(B)

Aligarh

(C)

Pilani

(D)

All the above

Q.No. 5

DATA BASED QUESTION:
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Which decades are referred to as the period of steady population growth?

(A)

1901-1941

(B)

1921-1951

(C)

1951-2001

(D)

1971-1991

Q.No. 6

Assertion.The sex rate of Kerala is highest in India.

Reason; In countries like India the Population is Increased at a rapid rate

(A)

Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion

(B)

Both Assertion and reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.

(C)

Assertion is correct but reason is incorrect.

(D)
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Both Assertion and reason are incorrect.

Q.No. 7

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Which of the following pair is not matched correctly?

(A)

Kerala - Lowest population growth

(B)

Migration - Induced population growth

(C)

Andaman & Nicobar - Highest population density among all the union territories

(D)

Phase IV of population growth - Improvement in women’s education

Q.No. 8

Which one the following is India’s rank in terms of Human Development Index among the countries of the
world in 2016?

(A) 126

(B) 134

(C) 128

(D) 131

Q.No. 9

CASE BASED QUESTION:

Read the paragraph and choose the correct answer:

Census of India classifies urban centres into six classes. Urban Centre with a population of more than one
lakh is called a city or class I town. Cities Accommodating population size between one to five million are
called metropolitan cities and more than five million are mega cities. Majority Of metropolitan and mega
cities are urban agglomerations. An urban agglomeration may consist of any one of the following three
combinations: (i) A town and its adjoining urban outgrowths, (ii) Two or more contiguous towns with or
without their outgrowths. (iii) A city and one or more adjoining towns with their outgrowths together forming
a contiguous spread. Examples of urban outgrowth are railway colonies, university campus, port area,
military cantonment, etc. located within the revenue limits of a village or villages Contiguous to the town or

city. More than60 percent of urban population in India lives in Class I towns. Out of 423 cities, 35
cities/urban agglomerations are metropolitan cities. Six of them are mega cities with a population over five
million each. More than one-fifth (21.0%) of urban population lives in these mega cities. Among them,
Greater Mumbai is the largest agglomeration with 16.4 million people. Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore
and Hyderabad are other mega cities in the country.

Which of the following is Mega city?

(A)

Delhi
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(B)

Mumbai

(C) CUET 2023
Bengaluru

(D)

All of the above

Q.No. 10

Read the passage below and answer the question that follow:

International comparisons of human development are interesting. Size of the territory and per capita income
are not directly related to human development. Often smaller countries have done better than larger ones in
human development. Similarly, relatively poorer nation have been ranked higher than richer neighbours in
terms of human development.

For example, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago have a higher rank than India in the human development index
despite having smaller economies. Similarly, within India. Kerala performs much better than Punjab and
Gujarat in human development despite having lower per capita income.

Countries can be classified into four groups on the basis of the human development scores earned by them.

4 In which of the following indicators Punjab and Gujarat are better than Kerala ?

(A)

Life expectancy

(B)

Per capita income

(C)

Literacy rate

(D)
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All of the above

Q.No. 11

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Assertion (A) People engaged in primary activities are called red collar workers.

Reason: (R) This is due to outdoor nature of the work.

(A)

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(B)

Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A A is true but R is false (D A is false but R is true.

(C)

A is true but R is false

(D)

A is false but R is true.

Q.No. 12

Pastoralism is declining because ___________________

(A)

Imposition of political boundaries.

(B)

Settlement plans.

(C)

A&B both

(D)

None

Q.No. 13

Read the passage given below and answer the question that follow:

“The human development index measures attainments in human development. It reflects what has been

achieved in the key areas of human development. Yet it is not the most reliable measure. This is because it
does not say anything about the distribution. The human poverty index is related to the human development
index. This index measures the shortfall in human development. Since 1990, the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) has been publishing the Human Development Report every year. This
report provides a rank-wise list of all member countries according to the level of human development. The
Human Development index and the Human Poverty index are two important indices to measure human
development used by the UNDP.”

It is a non-income measure. The probability of not surviving till the age of 40, the adult illiteracy rate, the
number of people who do not have access to clean water, and the number of small children who are
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underweight are all taken into account to show the shortfall in human development in any region. Often the
human poverty index is more revealing than the human development index.

Looking at both these measures of human development together gives an accurate picture of the human
development situation in a country.CUET 2023
The human development report is published by:

(A)

UNESCO

(B)

UNGA

(C)

UNDP

(D)

WHO

Q.No. 14

CASE STUDY BASED QUESTION:

Read the paragraph and chose the correct answer:

Different types of human settlements include Panna, Para, Villages, small town, big cities, all remote places,
towns and groups of towns. In some system human settlement are divided into rural and urban settlement on
the basis of vary in size and type, economic character and social structure of settlements changes. Settlement
could be small and sparsely spaced: they may also be large and closely spaced. In small settlements, such as
Padas and villages, access to low population and service is limited. Large settlements, such as cities, have
higher population, higher densities and greater access to service, for example, a village may have only one or
two general stores, while a large metropolis may have specialized store. These differences are known as low
order service settlement and high order service settlement. The functions of human habitation are also
different, specialising in agriculture, fishing, mining and other primary activities. On the other hand, urban
settlement is specialising in secondary and tertiary activities.

What type of activities are done in Rural areas?

(A)

Primary activity

(B)

Secondary activity

(C)

Tertiary and quaternary activity

(D)

All of the above

Q.No. 15
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Which one from the following plantation was not setup by British?

(A)

Tea garden in Sri Lanka and IndiaCUET 2023
(B)

Coffee plantation in West Africa

(C)

Rubber plantation in Malaysia

(D)

Sugarcane and Banana plantation in West Indies

Q.No. 16

Consider the following about later colonial period and choose the correct answer.

a) Regional analysis was used to study geography

b) Elaborate description of all aspects of region were undertaken

(A)

a)and b)

(B)

Only a

(C)

Only b

(D)

None of the above

Q.No. 17

Which one of the following is not a push factor?

(A)

Water shortage

(B)

Medical/educational facilities

(C)

Unemployment

(D)

Epidemics
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Q.No. 18

................................... is the term which means the spread of people a cross the world.

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Population disturbance

(B)

Population distribution

(C)

Population counting

(D)

None of the above

Q.No. 19

A statement of Assertion(A)is followed by a statement of Reason(R).Mark the correct choice as:

Assertion (A): The phase (1901 -21) is known as period of stagnant or stationary phase.

Reason (R): Both the birth rate and death rate were high keep in threat of increase low.

(A)

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(B)

Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

(C)

A is true but R is false.

(D)

A is false and R is true.

Q.No. 20

.The most important factor in the interaction between people and environment

(A)

Human intelligence

(B)

Technology

(C)

People ‘s perception

(D)
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Human brotherhood

Q.No. 21

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Which one of the following scholars introduced the concept of human development?

(A)

Professor Amartya Sen.

(B)

Dr. Mahmud ul haq

(C)

Ellen C sample

(D)

Ratzel

Q.No. 22

July 11 is celebrating as-----------------------

(A)

No tobacco day

(B)

The World Population day

(C)

The World environment day

(D)

The World health day

Q.No. 23

Which of the following is not a problem of migration to urban areas?

(A) Congestion

(B) Development of slums

(C) Development of inferior colonies

(D) Reduction in life expectancy

Q.No. 24

Consider the following points regarding the growing population in developing world and choose the correct
options from the given options;

1. Birth rate is extremely high as compared to death rate.
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2. Need for children to go out and work to bring in income for the family.

3. Lack of availability and knowledge of contraception and family planning.

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Only 1 and 2 are correct.

(B)

Only 2 and 3 are correct

(C)

All 1,2 and 3 are correct

(D)

All are incorrect

Q.No. 25

Assertion (A) Settlements can be of various types

Reason (R) Various physical factors affect the growth of settlements

(A)

Both A and R are true and A is the correct explanation of R

(B)

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(C)

A is true but R is false

(D)

A is false but R is true

Q.No. 26

HDI ranks countries on the basis of:

(A) Health

(B) Education

(C) Resource

(D) All of the above

Q.No. 27

In which one from the following countries Intensive subsistence agriculture dominated by crops other than
paddy is practised?

(A)
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North Korea and Japan

(B)

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(C)

India and Bangladesh

(D)

Sri Lanka and Myanmar

Q.No. 28

Which one from the following is not characteristic of Collective farming?

(A)

Introduced in European countries like Denmark and Netherland

(B)

It is also known as Kolkhoz

(C)

They are allowed to retain very small plots to grow crops in order to meet their daily requirements.

(D)

Government fixes target to the crop and purchase it on pre-defined price

Q.No. 29

Which of the following city is the largest agglomeration with over 18.4 million people?

(A)

Bengaluru

(B)

Chennai

(C)

Kolkata

(D)

Greater Mumbai

Q.No. 30

Which factors affect the mortality rate of a region?

(A)

Demographic Structure
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(B)

Social advancement

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Level of its economic development

(D)

All the above

Q.No. 31

Assertion (A) : According to the Human Development Report 2018, Norway is placed at the first position.

Reason (R) : The Norwegian Government gave more priority to health and education and lot of investments
were made in social sector.

(A)

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(B)

Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

(C)

A is false and R is true

(D)

Both A and R are false

Q.No. 32

Which one from the following is not correct for Shifting cultivation?

(A)

Shifting cultivation is also called Primitive subsistence agriculture

(B)

People use unsophisticated instruments and seeds

(C)

Gradually in the process of cultivation thefertility of the soil increases

(D)

Generally it is practiced by tribes

Q.No. 33

Change of population in particular area between two points of time is known as –

(A)
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Growth of Population

(B)

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(C)

Positive Growth of Population

(D)

Negative Growth of Population

Q.No. 34

Assertion (A): Mediterranean agriculture is that type found in the areas surrounding Mediterranean Sea.

Reason (R): These areas mild wet winters and hot dry summers which is suitable for Cultivating grapes,
olives and other cash crops which are exported to Other countries.

(A)

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(B)

Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

(C)

A is true but R is false

(D)

A is false but R is true

Q.No. 35

Make correct pairs from the following two columns and select the correct option.

Period Approach

1. Early colonial period (a) Exploration & Description

2. Late 1950’s to the late 1960’s (b) Regional Analysis

3. Later colonial period (c) Aerial Differentiation

4. 1930’s through the inter-war period (d) Spatial Organization

(A)

1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (c)

(B)

1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b)

(C)
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1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (a)

(D)

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Q.No. 36

Which types of settlements are found in alluvial plains?

(A)

Clustered

(B)

Semi-clustered

(C)

Hamleted

(D)

Dispersed

Q.No. 37

The actual development of mining began with the -------------

(A)

Industrial revolution.

(B)

Civil wars

(C)

World wars.

(D)

All the above.

Q.No. 38

Which one of the following is the main reason for male migration in India?

(A) Business

(B) Education

(C) Work and employment

(D) Marriage

Q.No. 39

The state of India which has the lowest percentage of population below poverty line:
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(A)

Punjab

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TamilNadu

(C)

Jammu&Kashmir

(D)

Goa

Q.No. 40

Primitive human being subsisted on ----------------

(A)

Hunting

(B)

Gathering.

(C)

Trade.

(D)

Both A&B.

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Q.No. 1 (C)
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Q.No. 29 (D)
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Q.No. 32 (C)
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