New Delhi: Two female candidates have been included in the top three in the Common University Entrance Test for undergraduate programs (CUET-OG 2025), for which the results were declared by the National Testing Agency on Friday. But the declaration of results has not stopped candidates including syllabus deviations, errors in question papers and the normalization process, including high scorer, along with the generalization process.Ananya Jain from Punjab, with the aggregation of 1225.93, emerged as a topper and was the only candidate to secure 100 out of four out of four. Arjav Jain from Delhi achieved the second highest score, followed by Purva Singh from Haryana. Even cuet is upset over high scorer discrepancies Aneesh Jain of Rajasthan was in fourth place, followed by Raghav Saraf from Haryana.This year, about 13.54 lakh students registered for the examination, more than 13.47 lakhs in 2024, but the number of candidates falling from 11.13 lakh to 10.71 lakhs last year declined.Among the top 20 candidates, five are from Haryana, three from Delhi, two from Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka, and one from Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Odisha, West Bengal and Maharashtra.This year, candidates scored a full marks (250) in just five subjects as compared to full marks (200) in 45 subjects in 2024. The test covered 37 subjects and 13 languages, and was held in 300 cities including 15 international places over 19 days. The number of universities participating in 2024 ranged from 283 to 239 in 2024, indicating that some institutions chose amid concerns about the developed structure and operational challenges.In subjects, Psychology, Political Science, Vocational Studies, Punjabi and Urdu saw the candidates achieving the highest possible score of 250, while the top score in physical education was less than 219, which highlighted the differences in subjects. Seventeen candidates scored 100 percent in three subjects, 150 managed it in two subjects, and 2,679 candidates scored 100 percent in one subject.Candidates continued to express disappointment on social media and many have written to the Ministry of Education demanding remedial action. Even high scorer expressed dismissal on discrepancies. Matangsih Zula of Ahmedabad, who wrote the local MP and the ministry, said that he had expressed concern about errors in the response sheet with the NTA and responded to the keys a month ago, but no response was received. Zula, who scored 99 percent in GAT, 97 in English, 94.5 in mathematics and 93 runs in economics, challenged six questions in the provisional key, three of which were later corrected.Candidates especially highlighted issues with physical education letters, alleging that the agency failed to revise the major answers, despite the formal challenges. Candidates reported that Unit 3 in the official course allowed him to choose “a game of his choice”, but the test raised compulsory questions from several sports. The NTA had earlier said: “The panel of subject experts decided not to provide an option in Unit 3, as it was considered impractical. The questions involved in the paper were fundamental in nature “. The response failed to remove concerns.
