CUET Physical Education Syllabus 2026: Topics & PDF

Unit I: Health Status and Programmes in India

National health policies; National Rural Health Mission; hypo-nutrition and hyper-nutrition; school health services and midday meal programme; adolescence education.
Inclusive physical education: benefits of physical activities for children with special needs and strategies for accessibility.
Communicable diseases: typhoid, influenza, malaria, dengue and HIV infection. Non-communicable diseases: diabetes, hypertension, obesity and arthritis.

Role of psychology in games and sports; motivation, types and techniques; personality theories of C. G. Jung, Sheldon and the Big Five; managing emotion, anxiety and aggression.
Leadership through games and sports; physical education and national integration.

Basics of athletics, badminton, basketball, cricket, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kabaddi, kho-kho, volleyball, swimming, table tennis and wrestling.
Specifications of playing fields and arenas, general rules and fundamental skills.

Suryanamaskar / Sun Salutation.
Standing asanas: Vrikshasana, Trikonasana, Padhatasana, Utkatsana and Ardhchakrasana. Sitting: Pravatasana, Ustrasana, Yogmudrasana, Simhasana, Dhanurasana and Sukhasana. Prone: Makarasana, Shalbhasana and Bhujangasana. Supine: Viparita Karani and Sarvangasana. Advanced: Kukutasana and Mayurasana. Names follow the supplied PDF; consult it for the original spellings.
Kriya: Kapalbhati, Tratak, Neti and Dhauti; Uddiyana and Jalandhar Bandha; pranayama: Bhramari, Sheetli, Ujjayi and Nadi shodhana; Yognidra and the do’s and don’ts of yogic practice.

Macro- and micronutrients, balanced diet; pre-, during- and post-competition diet; food adulteration awareness; postural deformities and corrective measures.
Causes and management of sprain, strain, contusion, abrasion and dislocation; oblique, impacted, comminuted, transverse and greenstick fractures.

National sports policies; Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dronacharya awards; career opportunities and courses in physical education, sports and yoga in India.

Strength: isometric, isotonic and isokinetic exercise. Endurance: continuous, interval and Fartlek training.
Speed: acceleration runs and pace runs. Flexibility: ballistic method and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF).

Strength: standing broad jump and backward medicine-ball throw. Speed: 50-metre sprint. Agility: 4 × 10-metre shuttle run and SEMO agility test.
Balance: Flamingo static balance test and modified Bass dynamic balance test. Rikli and Jones senior citizen fitness test.

Physiological factors determining fitness; effects of exercise on muscular and cardiorespiratory systems; Newton’s laws of motion and their sporting applications; types of levers and applications in sport.