CUET UG Geography Syllabus 2025: Syllabus, Pattern and Preparation Tips

CUET UG Geography Exam Overview 2025

The CUET UG Geography Exam is a part of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) UG, conducted for students seeking admission into undergraduate geography programs in various central, state, and private universities in India. The exam tests students' knowledge of geographical concepts, physical and human geography, maps, and contemporary environmental issues.

CUET UG Geography 2025 – Exam Pattern

• Mode of Exam: Computer-Based Test (CBT)
• Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Marking Scheme:
• +5 marks for each correct answer
• -1 mark for each incorrect answer

CUET UG Geography Syllabus 2025 (Key Topics)

The syllabus is based on the Class 12 curriculum and includes the following major topics:

A. Fundamentals of Human Geography.

Unit - I Human Geography – Nature and Scope

Unit - II People

• Population of the world- distribution, density and growth;
• Population change – spatial patterns and structure determinants of population change;
• Human development – concept; selected indicators, international comparisons.

Unit - III Human Activities

• Primary activities – concept and changing trends; gathering, pastoral, mining, subsistence Agriculture, modern agriculture; people engaged in agriculture and allied activities – some examples from selected countries;
• Secondary activities – concept; manufacturing; agro-processing, household, small scale, large scale Industries.
• Tertiary activities – some examples from selected countries;
• Quaternary activities – concept; knowledge based industries; people engaged in quaternary activities – some examples from selected countries.

Unit – IV Transport, Communication and Trade

• Land transport – roads, railways – rail network; trans – continental railways;
• Water transport – inland waterways; major ocean routes;
• Air transport – Intercontinental air routes;
• Oil and gas pipelines;
• Satellite communication and cyber space;
• International trade – basis and changing patterns; ports as gateways of international trade, role of WTO in International trade.

B. India: People and Economy

Unit - I People

• Population – distribution density and growth; composition of population; linguistic and religious; rural – urban population change through time-regional variations; occupation

Unit - II Human Settlements

• Rural settlements – types and distribution;
• Urban settlements – types, distribution and functional classification

Unit - III Resources and Development

• Land resources-general land use; agriculture land use – major crops; agricultural development and problems, common property resources;
• Water resources – availability and utilization – irrigation, domestic, industrial and other uses; scarcity of water and conservation methods – rain water harvesting and watershed management
• Mineral and energy resources – metallic and non-metallic minerals and their distributions; conventional and non-conventional energy sources;
• Planning in India – target area planning; idea of sustainable development.

Unit - IV Transport, Communication and International Trade

• Transport and communication – roads, railways, waterways and airways; oil and as gas pipelines; communication networkings – radio, television, satellite and internet;
• International trade – changing pattern of India’s foreign trade; sea ports and their hinterland and airports.

Unit – V Geographical Perspective on selected issues and problems

• Environmental pollution; urban – waste disposal;
• Urbanization-rural-urban migration; problems of slumps;
• Land degradation.