Overview: Is Agriculture one of your domain subjects in CUET 2025? Knowing the comprehensive yet concise CUET Agriculture Syllabus 2025 is essential if you are eyeing top universities like BHU, LPU, TMU, etc.

Agriculture is one of the 29 domain subjects offered in the CUET exam. Many top Central, State, Deemed-to-be, & Private universities offer UG programs in Agriculture.

• The question paper on this domain subject will be worth 200 marks with 40 questions to attempt out of 50.
• The topics you studied in Class 12th are included in the CUET Agriculture Syllabus 2025.

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CUET Agriculture Syllabus 2025: Exam Structure

You can select up to a maximum of 6 subjects for the CUET exam. An ideal choice would be to select a combination like:

• 1/ 2 language+ 3 / 4 domain subjects + 1 general test leading to 6 subjects.
• This will help you maximize your total score for your desired course of study in prestigious universities.

The exam pattern for Agriculture is:

Particulars	Details
Mode	Online
Type of Questions	MCQs
Questions to be attempted	40 out of 50 (mandatory) (Choice of 10 questions)
Total Marks	40 x 5= 200
Time Duration	45 minutes
Marking Scheme	+5 for each correct answer, -1 for each wrong answer, 0 for unanswered questions

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Major Topics in CUET Agriculture Syllabus 2025

First, thoroughly review the syllabus to secure admission to agriculture courses at the best college on the CUET University List.

There are four significant units in the CUET syllabus for Agriculture. It includes:

• Agrometeorology, Biochemistry, Microbiology & Genetics & Plant Breeding
• Livestock Production
• Crop Production
• Horticulture

Now, let's know what topics each unit covers:

Unit 1- AGROMETEOROLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, MICROBIOLOGY & GENETICS & PLANT BREEDING

This unit covers essential fundamental concepts of Agriculture and their application. This unit holds the highest scoring potential in this paper, encompassing around 30-40% of the exam. You should dedicate around 0.5- 1 hour to this unit daily.

• Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
• Scoring Potential: High
• It involves memorizing more terms, basic concepts and processes.
• Solve more practice questions from CUET preparation books for gene manipulation from this unit. 

Agrometeorology	Elements of temperature: weather-rainfall, wind velocity, humidity
	Climate change concepts about crop production
	Sunshine weather forecasting
Biochemistry	pH & buffers
	Vitamins & Enzymes
	Classification & nomenclature of carbohydrates, lipids & proteins
Microbiology	Microbial cell structure
	Role of micro-organisms in fermentation, respiration & organic matter decomposition
	Micro-organisms- Algae, Fungi, Bacteria, Actinomycetes, Protozoa & Viruses.
Genetics & Plant Breeding	Cell & its structure, cell division-mitosis & meiosis with their significance
	Organization of genetic materials in DNA, chromosomes & RNA
	Mendel's laws of inheritance, reasons for success & absence of linkages in Mendel's experiments
	Quantitative inheritance, continuous & discontinuous variation in plants
	Monogenic & polygenic inheritance
	Role of Genetics in Plant Breeding, Self & Cross-pollinated Crops
	Methods of breeding in field crops
	Introduction, hybridization, selection, mutation & polyploidy, tissue & cell culture
	Plant Biotechnology: Its definition & scope in crop production

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Unit 2- LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

This unit from the CUET agriculture syllabus involves more complex concepts, such as animal breeds and management practices.

In the CUET previous year's question papers for agriculture, more questions focused on specific animal care requirements and disease control steps.

• Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
• Scoring Potential: Moderate

Basis	Details
Scope & Importance	Importance of livestock in agriculture & industry
	Important Indian & exotic breeds, distribution of cows, buffaloes, & poultry in India
	White Revolution in India
Artificial Insemination	Reproductive organs, collection & dilution
	Preservation of semen & artificial insemination
	Role of artificial insemination in cattle improvement
	Livestock Products: Processing & marketing of milk & milk products
Care & Management	Systems of cattle & poultry housing
	Principles of feeding & its practices
	Balanced ration definition & ingredients
	Management of calves, bullocks, pregnant, milch animals, chicks, poultry and cockerels & layers
	Signs of sick animals, symptoms of common diseases in cattle, poultry, Rinderpest, black quarter, foot and mouth, mastitis and hemorrhagic septicemia coccidiosis
	Fowl pox & Ranikhet disease, prevention and control

Unit 3: CROP PRODUCTION

This is one of the high-scoring units in the CUET Agriculture syllabus. The questions are asked directly, so you should focus more on understanding specific techniques and problem-solving related to weed control and diseases. 

• Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
• Scoring Potential: High
• Use the full-length and topic-wise CUET mock tests to solve different questions from this unit. 

Introduction	Targets & achievements in India's foodgrain production since independence & its future projections
	Commercialization of agriculture & its scope in India, sustainable crop production
	Classification of field crops based on utility, such as cereals, oil seeds, pulses, fibre, sugar, and forage crops.
Soil, Fertility of Soil, Fertilisers & Manures	Soil and its pH, texture, structure, organisms, tilth, fertility, and soil health
	Essential plant nutrients, their functions, & deficiency symptoms
	Types of Soil in India, Their Characteristics
	Organic manure, essential fertilizers, including straight and complex fertilizer mixtures
	Biofertilizers and system of integrated nutrient management
Irrigation & Drainage	Sources of irrigation (rain, tanks, canals, wells, rivers,tubewells)
	Scheduling of irrigation based on essential stages of growth, soil moisture content, time interval & weather parameters
	Water requirement of crops & Watershed management
	Methods of irrigation and drainage
Weed Control	Weed control & methods of weed control (cultural, chemical, mechanical, biological principles & Integrated weed management)
Crops	Seedbed preparation, seed treatment, time & method of sowing/planting
	Seed rate; dose, method, & time of fertilizer application, and irrigation
	Intercultural & weed control; common pests & diseases caused by bacteria, fungi viruses, and nematode, their control, integrated pest management, harvesting, threshing
	Post-harvest technology: storage, processing, & marketing of major field crops-rice, wheat, sorghum, maize, pearl millet, groundnut, pigeon-pea, gram, mustard, sugarcane, cotton & berseem

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Unit 4: HORTICULTURE

This unit in the agriculture syllabus for CUET deals with cultivation practices specifically for fruits and vegetables. 

• Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
• Scoring Potential: Moderate
• You should focus on understanding specific crop types, techniques like Grafting, and various planting systems.

Introduction	Importance of fruits & vegetables in human diet, Crop diversification & processing industry, Orchard- location, layout, ornamental gardening & kitchen garden
Planting System & Training	Intercropping, pruning & protection from frost & sunburn Trees, climbers, shrubs, annuals, perennials-definition with examples
	Propagation by seed, cutting, budding, layering & grafting
Cultivation practices, processing &marketing	Fruits - mango, banana, papaya, guava, citrus fruits, grapes
	Vegetables - Radish, tomato, potato, carrot, onion, cauliflower, brinjal, spinach, and cabbage
	Flowers – Roses, Gladiolus, canna, chrysanthemums, and marigold
	Principles and methods of fruit and vegetable preservation
	Preparation of jellies, jams, ketchup, chips & their packing

This detailed Agriculture CUET Syllabus will help you prepare for relevant topics. Design a proper study plan to understand each unit and subtopics better. Click on the button below to score high marks in the exam:  

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Recommended Books for CUET Agriculture Syllabus 2025

Multiple books on this subject are available on the market. However, we advise you to prepare books from renowned publishers covering the latest CUET Agriculture Syllabus.

The recommended books for preparing this subject are:

Books	Publisher
Class 11th & 12th Textbooks	NCERT
ICAR AIEEA UG Entrance Exam (Agriculture)	Arihant Express/ R. Gupta
Fundamentals of Agriculture	Arun Katyayan

Key Takeaways 

It is crucial to know that when preparing for this exam, you should stay calm and not feel overwhelmed by the CUET Agriculture Syllabus 2025.

• Firstly, know the question paper format to decide on the study plan.
• Keep 25-30 minutes each day to solve the previous year's papers and other units separately.
• Select the updated books with 30-40 chapter-wise practice questions.
• Attempt 2-3 mock tests for this paper in a month to analyze your preparation regularly. 
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