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Best books for CUET preperation

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Recommended books for CUET preparation

General Test (Section III)

  • NCERT + Arihant's General Test guide — covers Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, and General Awareness together

  • RS Aggarwal — for Quantitative Aptitude practice

  • A.K. Gupta — for Logical/General Mental Ability

  • Current Affairs — a good monthly GK digest or app-based tracker for the year leading up to the exam

English (Language section)

  • Arihant's CUET English guide — structured for the exam format

  • S.P. Bakshi's Objective General English — for grammar and vocabulary practice

  • Previous years' CUET English papers for comprehension practice

Physics

  • NCERT Class 12 Physics — primary source, most questions are directly NCERT-based

  • Oswaal or Arihant CUET Physics Question Bank — for chapter-wise MCQs and solved past papers

Chemistry

  • NCERT Class 12 Chemistry — core source

  • Arihant's Organic Chemistry (for that section specifically)

  • Oswaal/Arihant CUET Chemistry Question Bank — for MCQ practice

Mathemetics

  • NCERT Class 12 Maths — foundation

  • Oswaal or Arihant CUET Maths Question Bank — chapter-wise theory plus practice sets

Biology

  • NCERT Class 12 Biology — primary source

  • Oswaal/Arihant CUET Biology Question Bank — for structured MCQ practice

Economics

  • NCERT Class 11 & 12 Economics (Micro + Macro/Indian Economic Development)

  • A reference guide (Oswaal/Arihant) covering international economics and quantitative methods relevant to the CUET Economics paper

Accountancy / Business Studies (Commerce stream)

  • NCERT Class 12 Accountancy and Business Studies

  • A comprehensive Commerce-stream CUET guide (Oswaal/Arihant) for practice MCQs

Humanities (History, Political Science, Sociology, etc.)

  • Respective NCERT Class 11 & 12 textbooks — these form the bulk of the syllabus

  • Subject-specific Oswaal/Arihant CUET question banks for revision and practice MCQs