CUET UG ECONOMICS EXAM, SYLLABUS PDF, DATE & PYQ's:
The CUET UG Economics / Business Economics exam is a Computer-Based Test (CBT) conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) as part of the Common University Entrance Test for undergraduate admissions.
Exam Details:
Format: MCQ
Questions: 50
Marks: 200 (Correct answer gets 5 marks and 1 marks deducted for incorrect answer)
Duration: 60 minutes.
Mode: Online/ Computer-Based Test (CBT).
Exam Medium: 13 languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu
Exam date:
Expected to be in MAY 2026...
Registration Date | TBA [ to be announced ] |
Last date of registration | TBA |
Last date for Correction Window | TBA |
Release of Admit Card | TBA |
Exam Date | TBA ( most probably in the MAY 2026 ) |
Release of Answer Key | TBA |
Results | TB |
Syllabus:
Syllabus from official website ( cuet.nta.nic.in & nta.ac.in ) Download here.
Course I: Introductory Microeconomics |
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| This course introduces the learner to economics as a science of abstraction and reasoning. It introduces some basic concepts and tools to understand economic issues of an individual or a firm and how decisions are taken in a variety of markets. It also intends to provide exposure to the learners on how choices are made and how a variety of statistical tools are used to optimally allocate the resources. |
| Unit & Title | Subtopics |
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| Unit I: Introduction | - What is microeconomics? - Central problems of an economy - Production possibility curve - Opportunity cost |
| Unit II: Consumer Behaviour and Demand | - Consumer’s Equilibrium: meaning - Attainment of equilibrium through Utility Approach (One and two commodity cases) - Demand: market demand and its determinants - Demand schedule and curve - Movement along and shifts in demand curve - Price elasticity of demand - Measurement of price elasticity: percentage, total expenditure, geometric methods |
| Unit III: Producer Behaviour and Supply | - Production function: returns to factor, returns to scale - Supply: market supply, its determinants - Supply schedule and curve - Movement along and shifts in supply curve - Price elasticity of supply - Measurement of elasticity: percentage, geometric methods - Cost concepts: short-run costs (fixed, variable, total, average, marginal) - Revenue concepts: total, average, marginal revenue and their relationship - Producer’s equilibrium using MC and MR |
| Unit IV: Forms of Market and Price Determination | - Forms of market: perfect competition - Price determination under perfect competition - Equilibrium price - Effects of shifts in demand and supply |
| Unit V: Simple Applications of Demand and Supply Tools | - Practical issues like: • Rationing • Price floors and ceilings • Food Availability Decline (FAD) Theory (Teachers may use alternative simple examples as well) |
Course II: Introductory Macroeconomics |
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| The overall working of an economy and some of its economic theorization are introduced in this course. The learners will get some basic idea of how the government regulates the functioning of economic aspects of a country through accounting of the production activities, running financial institutions, budgeting and the accounting of its economic interaction with other countries. The impact it will have on citizens is also briefly introduced. |
| Unit & Title | Subtopics |
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| Unit I: National Income and Related Aggregates – Basic Concepts and Measurement | - Macroeconomics: meaning - Circular flow of income - Concepts: GDP, GNP, NDP, NNP (market price & factor cost) - National Disposable Income (gross and net) - Private Income, Personal Income, Personal Disposable Income - Measurement methods: Value Added, Income, Expenditure |
| Unit II: Determination of Income and Employment | - Aggregate demand and supply with components - Propensity to consume/save (average and marginal) - Involuntary unemployment and full employment - Two-sector income and employment model - Investment multiplier: concept and working - Excess and deficient demand: problems - Measures: credit availability and govt spending |
| Unit III: Money and Banking | - Money: meaning, evolution, functions - Central bank: meaning and functions - Commercial banks: meaning and functions - Indian banking reforms: privatisation and modernisation |
| Unit IV: Government Budget and the Economy | - Government budget: meaning and components - Objectives of government budget - Classification of receipts: revenue and capital - Classification of expenditure: revenue/capital, plan/non-plan, developmental/non-developmental - Budget types: balanced, surplus, deficit (meaning & implications) - Deficits: revenue, fiscal, primary (meaning, implications, control measures) - Downsizing government: meaning & implications |
| Unit V: Balance of Payments | - Foreign exchange rate: meaning (fixed & flexible), merits/demerits, demand & supply determination - Balance of payments: meaning and components - Recent exchange rate issues (brief analysis) |
PYQ's :
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