CUET English: Most Expected Questions and Sample Paper

CUET 2022: All you should know

The CUET is finally expecting participation from more than 80 universities across India in 2022, including more than 40 central universities, several state universities, deemed universities, and private universities. This test will be the entrance examination for all of these universities for the academic year 2022-2023.

For the academic year 2022-2023, these universities will not be able to use any other method of admission. Therefore, if a student wants to be accepted into one of these prestigious institutions in the country, they must adequately prepare for this exam.

CUET 2022: English

The CUET 2022 exam's Section-III, the General Test, contains an English component test. Any student who plans to take the General Test should thoroughly prepare for the exam by studying English. The English section that is being tested in the CUET examination is expected to be dominated by reading comprehension and other forms of questions based on comprehension.

CUET 2022: English Most Expected Questions

There are several different question types that one must practice for in order to ace the CUET 2022 Most Expected Questions. Additionally, there are a number of subjects from which questions on the CUET 2022 exam can be safely predicted. 

(i) Questions on vocabulary i.e. synonyms, antonyms etc. This will also include questions based on one word substitution etc.

Example 1:

The food that was served was rather unpleasant, but her company made up for everything.

In the above sentence, the word(s) in bold can be replaced by which of these words.

1. A) Vexatious             
2. B) Torpor                      
3. C) Jolly                
4. D) Aberrant

Example 2:

“In a politically enlightened community, neither the Kings nor the gods have anything to say!”

The word in the bold is exactly opposite in meaning to?

1. A) Civilised                  
2. B) Stupid            
3. C) Uncivilised                 
4. D) Uneducated
   
   

(ii) Questions on sentence correction are another popular question type that are genuinely expected in the CUET 2022 General Test – English section.

Examples:

Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.

(iii) In the CUET 2022 General Test – English paper, one more question type which is highly expected in abundance is reading comprehension and/or paragraph comprehension.

Example:

Read the piece of text given below and answer the questions that follow:

Harold a professional man who had worked in an office for many years had a fearful dream. In it, he found himself in a land where small slug-like animals with slimy tentacles lived on people's bodies. The people tolerated the loathsome creatures because after many years they grew into elephants which then became the nation's system of transport, carrying everyone wherever he wanted to go. Harold suddenly realised that he himself was covered with these things, and he woke upscreaming. In a vivid sequence of pictures this dream dramatised for Harold what he had never been able to put in to words; he saw himself as letting society feed on his body in his early years so that it would carry him when he retired. He later threw off the "security bug" and took upfreelance work.

Q1. In his dream Harold found the loathsome creatures

1. in his village
2. in his own house
3. in a different land
4. in his office

Q2. Which one of the following phrases best helps to bring out the precise meaning of 'loathsome creatures'?

1. Security bug and slimy tentacles
2. Fearful dream and slug-like animals
3. Slimy tentacles and slug-like animals
4. slug-like animals and security bug

Q3. The statement that 'he later threw off the security bug' means that

1. Harold succeeded in overcoming the need for security
2. Harold stopped giving much importance to dreams
3. Harold started tolerating social victimisation
4. Harold killed all the bugs troubled him

Q4. Harold's dream was fearful because

1. it brought him face to face with reality
2. it was full of vivid pictures of snakes
3. he saw huge elephant in it
4. in it he saw slimy creatures feeding on people's bodies

CUET 2022: Sample Papers

In order to acclimate candidates to taking Computer Based Tests, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has developed an online platform where they can practice answering test questions in a CBT setting. The Practice Questions for every subject, language, and section of the CUET (UG)-2022 are now accessible online at http://203.122.47.147:8094/online/.

CUET 2022: English Preparation Tips

If you want to ace the CAT 2022 VARC section, you must adhere to the following guidelines:

• Every day, spend an hour or two reading.
  
  
• Read a variety of sources (newspapers, editorials, magazines, Aeon essays, etc).
  
  
• Develop the habit of understanding the main idea from the passage's context when resolving a comprehension question.
  
  
• You will be able to ace this section of the CAT 2022 with nothing but practice.

CUET 2022: English Accuracy Improvement Tips

When answering any question in the CAT exam, accuracy and speed in marking the right response go hand in hand. You must abide by the following advice if you want to increase accuracy on the CAT's VARC section:

• Practice as much as you can. Practice will only help you get the score you want on the VARC section because it will improve your ability to understand so that you can understand the passage after reading it just once.
  
  
• You can increase your accuracy when answering questions from the VARC section of the CAT 2022 by reading. Try to read as much as you can to improve your language skills, your understanding of sentence structure, and other skills that will help you answer questions quickly on the main exam.