NTA is conducting the CUET 2025 exam from 13th May to 3rd June. CUET English Question Paper 2025 with Answer Key and Solution PDF is available here for paper held on 15th May. Based on the previous analysis, CUET English was comparatively easy.

As per the exam pattern, the CUET English exam consists of 50 questions for 250 marks to be attempted in 60 minutes. 5 marks are awarded for each correct answer, and 1 mark is deducted for incorrect answer.

CUET English May 15 Question Paper 2025 with Answer Key

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Question 1:

Choose the antonym for ‘Expand’:

  1. Enlarge
  2. Increase
  3. Contract
  4. Extend
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Question 2:

What does the idiom ‘At the drop of a hat’ mean?

  1. To do something immediately
  2. To delay a task
  3. To wear a fancy dress
  4. To take revenge
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Question 3:

Interpret the phrase ‘Spill the beans’:

  1. To waste food
  2. To clean up a mess
  3. To reveal a secret
  4. To start cooking
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Question 4:

Arrange the following sentences logically:

  1. He was terrified by the noise.
  2. Suddenly, a loud sound was heard.
  3. Everyone looked towards the door.
  4. The children ran out of the room.
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Question 5:

Reorder the following sentences into a meaningful paragraph:

  1. The sun was setting behind the hills.
  2. Birds were returning to their nests.
  3. The sky was painted in shades of orange.
  4. A cool breeze started blowing.
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Question 6:

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word:
She quickly finished her homework.

  1. Verb
  2. Adjective
  3. Adverb
  4. Conjunction
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Question 7:

Select the correct indirect speech conversion:
He said, "I will go to the market."

  1. He said he would go to the market.
  2. He says he will go to the market.
  3. He told he would go to the market.
  4. He had said he would go to the market.
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Question 8:

Choose the correct synonym of the word ‘Abandon’:

  1. Protect
  2. Desert
  3. Encourage
  4. Create
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Question 9:

What does the idiom ‘Burn the midnight oil’ mean?

  1. To waste fuel
  2. To work late into the night
  3. To cook food at night
  4. To light candles
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Question 10:

Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph:

  1. The streets were wet.
  2. We decided to cancel the picnic.
  3. Dark clouds covered the sky.
  4. Soon, it began to rain heavily.
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CUET English Exam Analysis

As per the revised CUET exam pattern, students have to attempt all 50 questions within a duration of 60 minutes; all the questions are compulsory to attempt.

In CUET 2025, the expected difficulty level of the CUET English will be easy. Here are some topics with higher weightage:

Year Difficulty Level Duration Total Questions Attempted Questions Key Topics Covered
2025 (Expected) Easy 60 mins 50 50 Reading Comprehension, Grammar (Error Detection, Tenses, Figures of Speech), Vocabulary (Synonyms, Antonyms, Idioms, Phrases), Verbal Ability (Para Jumbles, Sentence Rearrangement)
2024 Moderate 60 mins 50 40 RC (abstract & factual), Grammar (Error Spotting, Sentence Correction), Synonyms, Antonyms, Idioms, Literary Terms
2023 Easy to Moderate 45 mins 50 40 Reading Comprehension (literary & factual), Grammar (Tenses, Voice, Speech), Vocabulary, Figures of Speech
2022 Easy to Moderate 60 mins 50 40 Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary, Verbal Ability

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