Section B2: Applied Mathematics
NTA's own syllabus heading, quoted from the CUET (UG) 2026 syllabus. Where this comes from
NTA's heading: Section B2: Applied Mathematics
NTA's Mathematics / Applied Mathematics syllabus has three sections: Section A1, which every candidate answers, then Section B1 (Mathematics) or Section B2 (Applied Mathematics), of which a candidate answers one. Each section lists units and topics but no chapters, so the chapters here are ours. Where both B sections list a topic that Section A also lists, its questions sit once, in Section A.
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Chapters
Modulo Arithmetic & Congruence
Remainders, modular arithmetic, congruence and residue classes
Alligation & Mixtures
Mean price, the rule of alligation, solutions and replacement
Boats & Streams, Pipes & Cisterns
Upstream and downstream, round trips, filling and emptying pipes
Races & Games
Beating by distance and time, starts, dead heats, games and tracks
Numerical Inequalities
The laws, comparing numbers, solving inequations, word problems
Rate of Change, Marginal Cost & Revenue
Rates of change, cost and revenue, marginal analysis, maximum profit
Consumer & Producer Surplus
Cost from marginal cost, revenue, equilibrium and the two surpluses
Random Variables, Expectation & Variance
Random variables, distributions, expectation and variance
Binomial & Poisson Distributions
Bernoulli trials, binomial probabilities, mean and variance, Poisson
Normal Distribution
The normal curve, z-scores and areas under the curve
Time Series & Trend
Components, the secular trend, moving averages and least squares
Sampling, Inference & the t-Test
Samples, parameters and statistics, the CLT, hypotheses and the t-test
Perpetuity, Sinking Funds & Bonds
Perpetuities, sinking funds, bond terms and bond valuation
EMI, CAGR & Depreciation
EMI, rates of return, CAGR and linear depreciation