CUET PG 2025 Data Science exam (29 March, Shift-1) was held in online CBT mode, forming the central stage in the selection process which begins with online application and ends with counselling, seat allotment, and document verification. The paper comprised 75 MCQs to be answered in 90 minutes, with a marking scheme of +4 for each correct response and –1 for each wrong answer. Questions tested areas like data analysis, machine learning, statistics, algorithms, and data structures, integrating both conceptual and application-based problem solving. The exam was bilingual in instructions (English & Hindi) and was rated as moderate in difficulty, balancing straightforward and challenging questions.