Kerela: The National Testing Agency has postponed the Common University Entrance Test (CUET UG 2022) in Kerala due to heavy rains. The CUET UG 2022 exam was scheduled to be held on August 4, 5, and 6 and has been postponed for the candidates appearing in the cities of Kerala. The NTA notification states, "Fresh dates for the concerned candidates will be announced later on the NTA website." 

The National Testing Agency in its statement mentioned, "Due to heavy rain in many districts of Kerala in past few days, it has been brought to the notice of NTA that it may not be possible for a large number of candidates to reach the Examination Centre for CUET (UG) – 2022 within stipulated time as the movement will be very difficult and there may be disruption of power."

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CUET UG 2022 phase two exam started today, August 4, the exam will be held in two shits; the morning shift from 9 am to 12:15 pm, while the afternoon shift from 3 pm to 6 pm. Around 6.8 lakh candidates have enrolled to appear for the July session exam.

CUET UG 2022 exam is offered in 13 languages including Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odiya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. There is a negative marking in the CUET UG 2022 exam, for each wrong answer, there will be a deduction of 0.25 marks.