CUET UG 2025 NTA Score, National Testing Agency role, Marking Scheme, Unfair means practices and breach of examination rules, Latest Update, Benefits!

CUET UG 2025 NTA Score, Definition

Unfair Means practice is an activity that allows a candidate to gain an unfair advantage over other Candidates. It includes, but is not limited to:

  1. a) Being in possession of any item or article which has been prohibited or can be used for unfair practices including any stationery item, communication device, accessories, eatable items, ornaments, or any other material or information relevant or not relevant to the examination in the paper concerned;
    b) Using someone to write examination (impersonation) or preparing material for copying;
  2. c) Breaching examination rules or any direction issued by NTA in connection with CUET (UG) – 2025 examination from time to time;
    d) Assisting other candidates to engage in malpractices, giving or receiving assistance of any kind directly or indirectly or attempting to do so;
    e) Contacting or communicating or trying to do so with any person, other than the Examination Staff, during the examination time in the Examination Centre;
  3. f) Threatening any of the officials connected with the conduct of the examination or threatening any of the candidates;
    g) Using or attempting to use any other undesirable method or means in connection with the examination;
    h) Manipulation and fabrication of online documents viz. Admit Card, Rank Letter, SelfDeclaration, etc.;
    i) Forceful entry in /exit from Examination Centre/Hall;
    j) Use or attempting to use an electronic device after entering the Examination Centre;
    k) Affixing/uploading of wrong/morphed photographs/signatures on the Application Form/Admit Card/Proforma;
    l) Creating obstacles in smooth and fair conduct of the examination.
    m) Any other malpractices declared as Unfair Means by the NTA.

CUET UG 2025 NTA Score, Punishment for using unfair means practices

If a candidate indulges in any of the above or similar practices during the course of, before, or after the examination, he/she shall be deemed to have used unfair practices and thus shall be booked under UNFAIR MEANS (UFM) case. The candidate would be debarred for 3 years in the future and shall also be liable for criminal action and /or any other action as deemed fit.

CUET UG 2025 NTA Score, Cancellation of Result

The result of CUET (UG) – 2025 of the candidate(s) who indulges in Unfair means Practices will be cancelled and will not be declared. Similarly, the result of those candidates who appear from the Centre other than the one allotted to them or allow another candidate/person to write the exam on his behalf will be cancelled. No plea will be entertained in this regard.

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Display of Answer Key for Challenge

Display of answer key for challenge

  1. The NTA will display Provisional Answer Key of the questions on the NTA website: https://cuet.samarth.ac.in/, with a Public Notice, issued to this effect on the said website, to provide an opportunity to the candidates to challenge the Provisional Answer Keys with a non-refundable online payment of ₹ 200/- per question challenged as processing charges. The provisional Answer Keys are likely to be displayed for two to three days.
  2. Only paid challenges made during stipulated time through key challenge link will be considered. Challenges without justification/evidence and those filed on any other medium other than the prescribed link will not be considered.
  3. The NTA decision on the challenges shall be final and no further communication will be entertained. NTA will not inform the Candidates individually about the outcome of the challenges made.
  4. The subject experts will examine all the challenges received and then a final answer key will be displayed and declared.
  5. The result will be compiled based on the final answer key declared. No grievance with regard to answer key(s) after the declaration of result/NTA Score of CUET (UG) – 2025 will be entertained.

Display of Recorded Responses

The NTA will display the recorded responses and Question Paper attempted by the candidates on the NTA website https://cuet.samarth.ac.in/ prior to the declaration of the result/NTA Score. The recorded responses are likely to be displayed for two to three days.

Marking Scheme of Examination

For Multiple Choice Questions: To answer a question, the candidates need to choose one option corresponding to the correct answer or the most appropriate answer. However, if any anomaly or discrepancy is found after the process of challenges of the key verification, it shall be addressed in the following manner:

  1. Correct answer or the most appropriate answer: Five marks (+5)
    ii. Any incorrect option marked will be given minus one mark (-1).
    iii. Unanswered/Marked for Review will be given no mark (0).
    iv. If more than one option is found to be correct then Five marks (+5) will be awarded to only
    v. those who have marked any of the correct options.
    vi. If all options are found to be correct then Five marks (+5) will be awarded to all those who have attempted the question.

vii. If none of the options is found correct or a question is found to be wrong or a question is dropped, then all candidates who have attempted the dropped question will be given five marks (+5) marks.

Use of Scores of CUET (UG) – 20224 by Other Organizations

The scores/result of CUET (UG) – 2025 may be utilized by other organisations as per their eligibility criteria/norms/applicable regulations/guidlines/rules.

The University / Institution / Organization may admit any candidate who has appeared for CUET (UG) – 2025 irrespective of the fact that the candidate has chosen that University / Institution / Organization in the online Application Form of CUET (UG) – 2025. Moreover, the candidate must fulfil the eligibility criteria for that Course where the admission is being taken.

CUET (UG) – 2025 NTA Score for Admission in Central and other Participating Universities / Institutions / Organizations

CUET (UG) – 2025 NTA Score

  1. a) For multi-shift papers, raw (actual) marks obtained by the candidates in different shifts/sessions will be converted to NTA Score.
    b) The detailed procedure for the compilation of the NTA Score is available on NTA Website and also in the Appendix-VII of the Information Bulletin.
    c) The NTA Score of CUET (UG) – 2025 is valid for admission to the academic year 2025-25 only.

Re-Evaluation / Re-Checking of Result

  1. a) The result for CUET (UG) – 2023 will be processed based on Final Answer Keys. No grievance with regard to Answer Key(s) after the Declaration of Result of CUET (UG) – 2023 will be entertained.
    b) The marks obtained by a candidate will be considered further for computation of the result of CUET (UG) – 2023.
    c) There shall be no re-evaluation/re-checking of the result. No correspondence in this regard shall be entertained.
    d) No Score Card will be dispatched to the candidates and the candidates are advised to download their Score Cards for CUET (UG) – 2023 from the website: https://cuet.samarth.ac.in.

Admissions

  1. a) Merely appearing in CUET (UG) – 2023 does not confer any right to the candidate for admission to the desirous University.
    b) The selection and admission are subject to fulfilling the admission criteria, eligibility, rank in the merit list, medical fitness, verification of original documents, and such other criteria as may be prescribed by the University.
    c) Admissions are handled at the level of each of the Central Universities (CUs) for their respective programs. After the declaration of the CUET (UG) – 2023 result by NTA, the respective CUs will declare the counselling/ admission schedule and merit list based on the CUET (UG) – 2023 score and the other criteria of the respective University.

For all admission related procedures/queries, the candidates are advised to refer to the website of the applied University.
d) NTA does not have any role in preparation of Merit List.

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Common Service Centres

Common Service centres/facilitation centres

Candidates who are not well conversant and face difficulties in submitting the online application due to various constraints can use the services of Common Services Centre, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India under the Digital India initiatives of Hon’ble Prime Minister.

The Common Services Centre (CSC) scheme is a part of the ambitious National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of the Government of India and is managed at each village panchayat level by a Village Level Entrepreneur (VLE). There are more than 1.5 lakhs Common Services Centres (CSC) across the country which will provide the desired support to candidates from urban as well as rural areas in online submission of Application Form and payment of fee through e-wallet.

The list of the Common Services Centre is available on the website: www.csc.gov.in. To know the nearest Common Services Centre, please open the link – Find My Csc (https://findmycsc.nic.in/csc/).