CUET PG syllabus

Computer-based postgraduate entrance test: each question paper has 75 questions in 90 minutes, +4 for a right answer and −1 for a wrong one.

General (COQP11)

75 questions, 300 marks · 90 minutes, a separate clock

4 marks for a right answer. 1 mark is deducted for a wrong answer. An unanswered question scores 0. The COQP11 syllabus note says all 75 questions are compulsory and bilingual, and it does not split them into separately timed parts.

  • English grammar, usage, vocabulary, jumbled sentences and a short reading
  • Hindi comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and usage
  • General knowledge: history, polity, geography, economy, science, culture and sport as stable facts
  • Computer fundamentals, hardware, software, networks and common applications
  • Arithmetic, including percentage, ratio, interest, time and work, and a small data table
  • Logical reasoning: series, coding, ranking, direction, blood relation and analogy

Political Science (HUQP18)

75 questions, 300 marks · 90 minutes, a separate clock

4 marks for a right answer. 1 mark is deducted for a wrong answer. An unanswered question scores 0. The HUQP18 syllabus note says all 75 questions are compulsory and bilingual.

  • Western political philosophy from Plato to Rawls
  • Indian political thought, including Kautilya, Ram Mohan Roy, Gandhi, Ambedkar and Savarkar
  • Liberty, equality, justice, sovereignty, citizenship, democracy and rights
  • International relations and India's relations with China, Pakistan and the United States as settled history
  • The Constitution, Parliament, the executive, federalism, parties, elections, local government and the courts
  • Comparative politics, public policy and a few stable contemporary themes such as nationalism and climate

History (HUQP09)

75 questions, 300 marks · 90 minutes, a separate clock

4 marks for a right answer. 1 mark is deducted for a wrong answer. An unanswered question scores 0. The HUQP09 syllabus note says all 75 questions are compulsory and bilingual, and it does not give a separate timer to ancient, medieval or modern India.

  • Ancient India from the stone ages and the Indus valley through the Guptas and the early regional states
  • Early medieval polities, including the Palas, Rashtrakutas and Cholas
  • The Delhi Sultanate, Vijayanagara, the Bahmanis and the Mughals to 1707
  • Colonial rule, the social reform movements and the national movement to 1947
  • The French, American and Russian revolutions and the two world wars, as the syllabus lists them