According to data released by the National Testing Agency (NTA), the majority of students who received full marks on the Common University Entrance Test for Undergraduate (CUET UG 2024) registered for courses in commerce and the arts. Yesterday, July 29, the admission exam results were released.
Business Studies (8,024) had the largest percentage of students who received full marks (200), followed by Political Science (5,141), History (2,520), and English (1683).
Compared to the other two streams, there are substantially fewer top scores in the Science subjects. In the Science stream, the paper on biology, biological studies, biotechnology, and biochemistry had the most number of applicants who received full marks—835. The number is 398 for chemistry and 114 for physics.
There are 12 subjects in which 100 or more candidates have obtained full marks-
| Name of subject | Number of candidates registered | Number of candidates appeared | Highest marks | Number of students who secured highest marks |
| English | 1007645 | 822518 | 200 | 1683 |
| Accountancy/Book Keeping | 180864 | 156473 | 200 | 1135 |
| Agriculture | 48642 | 29316 | 200 | 180 |
| Biology/Biological Studies/Biotechnology/Biochemistry | 391605 | 313683 | 200 | 835 |
| Business Studies | 193300 | 166022 | 200 | 8024 |
| Chemistry | 702050 | 561719 | 200 | 398 |
| Economics/Business Economics | 214056 | 184136 | 200 | 430 |
| Geography/Geology | 83348 | 70551 | 200 | 373 |
| History | 137623 | 117807 | 200 | 2520 |
| Physics | 673038 | 530936 | 200 | 114 |
| Political Science | 161405 | 138566 | 200 | 5141 |
| Psychology | 31815 | 20547 | 200 | 1602 |
In total, 1347820 unique candidates registered for CUET UG 2024, of whom 1113610 appeared for the test.
When a candidate appearing for multiple papers is also taken into consideration, the total registrations for this year’s exam is 57,71,668, and the total number of candidates who appeared for the test is 46,21,670.
The first-ever hybrid CUET was held in May. For papers which had a high number of candidates, the exam was taken on OMR sheets and for subjects with a lower number of candidates, it was held as a Computer-Based Test (CBT). A re-examination was also conducted on July 19.
The NTA published final answer keys of all subjects before announcing the result.
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