CUET UG 2025 begins today with ‘extensive, mandatory’ frisking at centres; full list of barred items

CUET UG 2025: Day 1 of the national-level Common University Entrance Test - undergraduate (CUET UG) begins. Candidates will be subjected to extensive and compulsory frisking before entering the exam hall, the National Testing Agency (NTA) said. Students carrying any barred items and those without the CUET UG admit card 2025 will not be allowed entry. CUET UG 2025 May 13 LIVE

The NTA has issued CUET UG admit card 2025 for students who have been allotted May 13 to May 16 exam dates. Candidates will have to download the CUET admit card from the official website, cuet.nta.nic.in, using their application number, password, and security pin.

The CUET hall ticket for the remaining candidates will be uploaded in due course, the NTA clarified. This year, the CUET UG exam 2025, which was scheduled to begin on May 8, was postponed to May 13 due to the tensions between India and Pakistan.

CUET UG 2025: Six items allowed

Before reaching the CUET exam centre, candidates are required to enter details in the CUET self-declaration (Undertaking) in legible handwriting, paste the photograph, and put a thumb impression at the appropriate place on the admit card. “They should ensure that their Left-Hand Thumb Impression is clear and not smudged,” it said. Candidates will have to carry these following items to be allowed entry.

• Personal transparent water bottle.
• CUET admit card downloaded from NTA website and self-declaration duly filled in a printout on A4 size paper.
• Additional two passport-size photograph for pasting on the attendance Sheet
• Original valid ID proof.
• Sugar tablets, fruits like banana, apple, orange, in case the candidate is diabetic.
• PwD certificate, if a candidate is claiming relaxation under the category.

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CUET UG 2025: Things prohibited inside exam hall

“The candidates will be subjected to extensive and compulsory frisking before entering the Examination Centre with the help of highly sensitive metal detectors. The candidates are not allowed to carry the following items inside the Examination Centre under any circumstances,” the NTA said.

• Candidates should not carry any textual material, printed or written, bits of paper, geometry, pencil box, plastic pouch, calculator, pen, scale, writing pad, pen drives, Log table, electronic pen or scanner.
• Any communication device like mobile phone, bluetooth, earphones, microphone, pager, health band, etc.
• Other items like wallet, goggles, handbags, belt, cap, etc.
• Any watch, wristwatch, bracelet, camera.
• Any ornaments and metallic items.
• Any food items opened or packed, water bottles.
• Any other item that could be used for unfair means, communication devices like a microchip, camera, Bluetooth device.

Students who are wearing customary, cultural or religious dress have been advised to reach the CUET UG exam centre at least 2 hours before for proper frisking. “If upon screening, it is discovered that any candidate is actually carrying a suspected device within such an item of faith, he/ she may be asked not to take it into the examination hall,” it clarified.

Those not following the guidelines or found to have indulged in unfair means will be barred from the exam for 3 years.