22 May 2015

how to prepare and what to practice for UCEED

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From 2020, UCEED started asking sketching questions too as part of Part B. So the below strategy on how to prepare will consider the sketching part too.

Quick video guide on what topics to start




Step 1:

I always recommend students to start attempting the latest previous paper - to understand the question paper pattern, which will help in understanding the type of questions being asked, the difficulty level, the ratio of analytical to Gk kind questions, and of course the sketching question type being asked. Assuming that you have considered giving UCEED or NID (After you've understood what exactly is design about, what will be career prospects for a designer and what will be career or job type after becoming a designer. If you are still not sure about this, I would suggest you check through the course content of B.Des as well as MDes. After you understand the course content, understand what exactly will be the role of a designer (general or specialized in some particular stream like say UI) as part of job. For this you can refer to youtube videos or read through the designers' role online.)

Assuming that you are damn sure that design is your thing and you are not taking this just to get away from engineering or to do something different from what others are doing, the first step, like I already mentioned above, would be in attempting the UCEED previous paper (at least one recommended, the more the better). Also, make sure that you attempt the sketching question. 


Step 2:

Based on your previous paper attempts, you want to list the following
  • What exactly are the topics that you should focus on - as part of the preparation?
  • What type of questions you feel comfortable and what questions you feel you need preparation?
  • What is your current drawing/sketching level? Which part you are good and which part you are lacking?
  • Do you actually need coaching for this or can you do self-study? If coaching needed, then is that only to improve sketching or also for part A?
  • How fast you can pick up? how much time you should be spending weekly or monthly and what should be your preparation plan?
The list goes on. Since every individual capability varies, it is up to you to decide how you should strategize your preparation though people like me can give only a generalized suggestion. You need to modify by including or deleting topics or setting a timetable as the one shared by me or someone form whom you get help. I've already shared a timetable for Part A of UCEED. I will add a sketching part as well to that weekly strategy post but it's up to you to modify that and take up based on the phase at which you are picking up and based on your current commitments. 

Here is  - Weekly strategy and schedule/time-table for UCEED practice

I would say, with my experience, the following topics are what most of you need to start with:
  1. folding and unfolding
  2. imagination and visualization
  3. mensuration basics and mensuration related aptitude
  4. mechanical ability
  5. more practice on non-verbal image-based reasoning
  6. Observation and patterns finding
  7. shadows and lighting 
  8. paper folding, unfolding and cutting
  9. perspective imaging/drawing and viewing
As part of starting with the above topics, I would suggest you start with the below links and go through them in order. Understanding the below will help you directly and indirectly with the above-listed topics: (below is the first set of links are just refreshers to help you start and check your state of imagination). 

What to start for design aptitude? 
How to solve design aptitude, non-verbal, and Ability questions with examples








After you referred the above starters, maybe you can start practicing the listed topics above by finding sample questions and exercises in the below links


(especially go through the guide and study material on geometry and solids related topics in the link above)



Step 3:

Regardless of your sketching level, it's best to start with sketching practice. Now that you have understood the sketching question type being asked in the exam, you can take up similar questions and keep attempting them (I'm leaving a link to a set of several practice questions and free guide for Part B subjective of UCEED). In parallel, if you are a beginner (or average) in sketching, you need to start practicing the sketching as a starter. For this, you can follow the below steps 
  1.  First few weeks - do copy sketching preferably with pencil. Take up some existing sketches from the internet like perspective sketches of buildings, indoors etc., objects like baskets, gadgets, appliances, including humans, etc. 
  2. Apart from the above set of practice, you may also plan to sketch scenarios like that of an indoor activity, street activity, animals etc. This part can be done by copying the available sketches in the internet. You can find plenty of pencil sketches from google image searches. 
  3. Also, you need to learn about the proportionate drawing of sketches - like the proportionate drawing of say a cat in comparison to a human or to say a laptop, etc. You need to learn on how to draw objects and express them incorrect sizes and proportions. You need lot of practice on this. Size and proportion are going to be very important.  For this, there are several online help available, including youtube. Most importantly, you should learn by observing and understanding the way of drawing in proportion. Practice is what you need. We cannot master overnight, right? be patient and keep practicing. 
  4. Once you are confident enough that you are able to maintain proportion, perspective, ratios, and basics on line strokes, line quality etc., you can start sketching scenarios or objects (including humans and animals in a scene) out of your imagination. Assume some scenarios and try to sketch for that. I've also listed several questions as part B help. You can take them up weekly and try to attempt that. 
  5. As you keep practicing the above, you will understand how fast/slow you are progressing and whether you are really picking up or not. If not satisfied and if you feel like you are not able to do without guidance, you might want to join a sketching tutorial classes. Even after the tutorials, if you are not able to pick up, maybe it's time to think whether design suits you or not! A good designer is one who needs to quickly express his imagined thoughts and communicate well to others, which needs sketching knowledge to an extent. So, you should make sure that you are taking this up out of passion and not for any other reason!

Step 4:

The discussions in step 3 are wholly about Part B's improvement. Apart from part B, there are certain things that you should take up parallelly to get ready for Part A as well.  

UCEED will probably be structured to test candidates' abilities. The ability could be any/all of mathematical, design, mechanical, observative, and imaginative nature. But, do remember that it is your 'common sense' that helps you the most! Common sense and practicality are what is needed even for every designer. So, while facing questions, do apply your common sense initially without going for theory or crude way of solving. If that doesn't turn out, and if the questions (other than GA) are like, they need some formula or something, then only look/try with the theory you know.

You might have observed that I stressed the importance of geometry and image-involved questions by including more questions/links related to solid manipulations in this blog's resource page. The reason is obvious, if you have a good grip on geometry manipulation, then you will definitely have good imaginative power. Observation, visualization, and imagination are mutually inter-related. These topics could be considered as a set. So, if you wish to improve your imagination (which included V and O) badly, then do try your hands on geometry and image type questions. If you have time, then take as many exercises as possible, (I have included many of them in the resource page or try from the internet or any books that you come across) and make yourself comfortable with these areas.

So, start your preparation by getting used to solving non-verbal and verbal kind of questions that are related to image, sequence, patterns, etc. that can enhance your observation skills.

Verbal Reasoning - Syllogism, Logical Sequence of WordsSeries Completion, Cause and Effect, Dice, Venn Diagrams, Cube and Cuboid, AnalogySeating Arrangement, Character Puzzles, Direction Sense Test, Arithmetic Reasoning

Non-Verbal Reasoning - Series, Analogy, Classification, Analytical Reasoning, Mirror Images & Water Images, Embedded Images, Pattern Completion, Figure Matrix, Paper Folding, Paper Cutting, Rule Detection, Grouping of ImagesShape Construction, Image Analysis, Cubes and Dice

English comprehension, language

By now, you must be aware that reading comprehension, synonymous, sentence completion, are some of the topics that have to be covered for UCEED. Practicing this from the very beginning is recommended for those who are average in English (like me).   You need to be fast in attempting language and comprehensive questions, which might consume much of your time during exam. There is no other option other than going through practice exercises. It's a fact that humans learn from experience and through practice!

General Awareness

Don't indulge yourself much into current affairs and GK studies. It's not worth spending much time on these topics that could consume much of your time for just some questions (unless you already have a good grip). Questions that cover general knowledge, current affairs, commonly used materials, designers, artists, animation (movies, technology, directors), etc require you to memorize and so it's better to focus on such topics at the end of the practice. I mean, plan these topics before a week (or so; based on your capability. I prefer two to three days before the day of the exam).

Let me tell you my case - why I did like that? even if I prepare and cover GA topics before a month (say), then also I will have to revise/recap the same topics sometimes near to the exam day, kind of double work! agreed? So that's why I planned and chose to study two days before the exam, (since I had ready-made materials, I didn't invest time for resource gathering, that's why felt confident of my two-day plan). Alas, it worked for me!

Let's discuss your case. If you have quite a good number of GA resources with you, and if you are like me - need recap even after going through those topics once or twice, then better stick with the plan of covering these topics before a week or so. Just make sure that you get hold of those materials, else you need to start gathering those topics (since no collections or books are available for UCEED). 

I've tried to cover as many topics as I can, in this blog, you may use that if you feel like you need more topics or more materials for the same topics hat is included in this blog, then better start gathering them by searching the web or in reference books.

Reasoning tests

Reasoning questions are just like brain teasers or it's kind of geometry type questions (we just saw (above) - how to deal with these topics). As far as possible, try practicing these questions every day, right from the day you started your practice. You cannot/should not expect to develop Reasoning and Imagination skills overnight! That is not recommended and of course not possible! 

 Design GA

Design GA in the sense - photography terms, logos, art and design-related terms, famous personalities, can be considered as a one-time study topics. So, these topics could be included in your regular time table. Like I mentioned earlier, since these topics are available, so there's little need for you to worry about the material collection. You may go for additional topics once you cover those that I have included as well as some other materials that you got somehow.

Environmental study 

I won't recommend stressing on these topics. Considering past years' paper pattern, it is evident that environmental study as listed in the syllabus is never asked or asked at the least. So, maybe you can target the other mandatory asked topics like the non-verbal and all.

UCEED video guide and discussion on the new pattern from 2020 




--------------------Skip reading the below discussion if your exam is nowhere near, especially if you are just starting your preparation------------------------




Time management during UCEED exam


I received a query from our blog friend, who wants to get a strategy for writing (during) UCEED exam, in the sense, which type of questions to attempt, how and in what system/order? In this regard, I just thought of sharing this with everyone, so that others would also benefit from this.

Timing and strategy in exams vary from person to person, It depends on how fast your solving skills are, which subjects you are good at, etc. Anyway, If you want to devise a plan by yourself during an exam, then you may check the following facts, considering them according to your own convenience --

Numerical questions (esp. puzzles and aptitude ques) are time-consuming while picture type questions are time savers (if you are able to solve them!). You may judge yourself whether your solution went correct or not (in most cases). That's why I insisted everyone to practice more on picture/geometry type questions so that you would save your time as well as help solve other similar questions, rather going on tail and error basis for others (like English, GA, etc) - which happens in most cases. Remember the negative marking feature in UCEED! (another reason being picture (image/geo) type questions opens your imagination skills). So, if you are really good at common sense type questions, then start working on them during the exam.

UCEED and CEED exams are conducted on-line. So, there is a provision to check
  1. Which questions are answered
  2. Which questions are marked for checking
  3. Which questions are not answered
This helps you to navigate to the desired question as and when needed; within the time limit (within 3 hrs). So, I think it's not a problem if you leave behind some questions for later review. But make sure that you dedicate some time (at the end) to review the left behind questions or go through those questions that you haven't tried yet. I usually do like this - fortunately, most of the other exams have section-wise topics. So, I try the sections that demand trial and error features; as the last part. Most of the time I end up with just 15-10 mins, which of course is not a good practice though.

By practicing previous CEED papers as well as UCEED model papers, you should have understood your level. This should have given you an idea about which areas you are good at and which area you need development. Hoping that you tried your hands on the topics which you felt like needed development, you now know more about the subject and you can judge whether you are still lacking behind (need improvement) or you are able to pick up in course of time. If in case you are still stuck with some topics even after practice, then better leave those questions without attempting during the exam, but be sure that you are sufficiently prepared for other topics!

Negative marking is the biggest bothering feature in CEED as well as in UCEED. So unless you are not sure (probability is less than 50%), don't jump to answer those questions.

This is weird! I should have written on how to solve questions with tricks, but instead, I'm giving how to manage time and deal with negative markings. As the topics are diverse, it's difficult (and almost impossible) for anyone to cover each and every topic through blogs. So that's why you have to cover those topics (like different types of aptitude questions, etc) by yourself. I know this is not proper (giving time tricks), but since I had experienced the pain of over marking negatives in exams, I thought it would be better if you mind the questions properly.

My Final Tips for UCEED students (before the day of the exam)



Hope this is of some use to you!



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68 comments:

  1. Sir do you have any knowledge about the cutoff for the UCEED exam?

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    1. Cut off varies depending on certain factors, it's not fixed every year; even for CEED! so, I'm not sure

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    2. if ur open category student ots 100... check in information brochure

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  2. Thank you bro (bhanu) as iam from hyderabad we dont have any good institute if have one wher iam is commercial. they r seriously making people fool and iam one of them. when i had seen ur blog first my thoughts was is that imp to spend time here rather learn what my institute gave.but nw seriously i need to thank you what ur doing is assume nw al iam preparing is only frm u (stuff you look.com)

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    1. Thank you very much bro for the writings, and sad to hear that you didn't get help as expected from institute. Anyway, I'm just saying, since you've paid for the course, check with them if they can provide you any additional materials or plans for your preparation.

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  3. thank you so much.. all these question papers are really good thanks for uploading them.. i have attempted all the papers that u have uploaded related to uceed.. i hope that it helps me!

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  4. Hello, I am currently pursuing my masters in Civil engineering, IISc. I am very passionate about product design and I want to pursue a full time M.Des. course in IISc. I am planning to take CEED exam this year. Please guide me with the topics that I should focus on.

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    1. You probably have to explore this blog's CEED page which will help you with self study. This page is specifically for UCEED. You can check this page for better start - CEED Exam - how to start and what to practice

      Complete CEED page

      But ...wait....... u said u r a prospect masters student, then why u want to take one more masters course ? don't u think u will be spending 2-3 more additional years for the course. If you are so passionate, then why don't u go for P.hD ?
      These are just my thoughts, it's ur decision, think for urself n if u feel comfortable n satisfied taking MDes, go for it, else u can have the option of for PhD if i'm not wrong. Again course structure for mdes and phd might be different. MDes will be more fun as fas as I know. So, look through the options. Gud luk

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  5. How can i practice daily for uceed xam.
    Which topic i study regularly?

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    1. design aptitude part is the one that you should be focused much as your daily practice. It's obvious, you could have noticed the number of aptitude ques (image based) in prev papers. So, sharpen your visualization skills by going thru very good no. of examples. Also, GA part CANNOT be neglected, coz that's where people r loosing marks. So, at least once in three days try to cover some portion of GA. Although full-fledge study on GA during the last three weeks of UCEED exam is highly recommended. That's when you remember better than studying very early.

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  6. I'm reading your blog from my college library. "Engineering college" library. I guess I don't need to say why I'm looking at UCEED stuff when I recently got admission here...I just don't belong here! I was feeling so down and suffocated till I came across your blog. It instantly brightened my day.I always had a keen sense of design, I was always inclined towards it. but I chose BE, just because...idk why. Now I'm thinking of appearing for UCEED 2017 and hopefully make it to IITB or IITDJM. You're blog is a godsend. Thank you so much!

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    1. Sometimes, we need to move on in the sense that may be a better future is awaiting you. If not BDes you have MDEs option after your BE. So, Instead of leaving and wasting one year, may be you can look for this option of MDes. Or of you don't have issues, then you may try for BDes by appearing in UCEED'17. But again, don't leave BE immediately, try to give exam by being in ur BE and once you get good rank suitable enough to take you to your desired institute, you can drop your BE course. Anyway, you don't have to regret for ur current state. Things happen for good only! Be positive. Good luck.

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    2. @RidwanShafi
      Bro, same was the case with me. And I gave UCEED in '16. Didn't get a rank. Also I practiced from this very same blog. This blog is really godsend.
      But now I am in engg. And am really enjoying it, although the first two months were the most depressing! So try to cheer up. Once you've taken engg. Don't leave it immediately. Try for CEED.
      And as Sir said "things do happen for the good". All the best.

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  7. HEY,
    i am akhilesh from bangalore currently doing my 12th(science group).
    i have a lot of interest in the field of design and exams like UCEED and DAT are coming up.
    as a science student should i focus on (CET) or (uceed,dat)

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    1. CET is for engineering/medical and I think it doesn't cater design. So, if u r totally interested into design, then for for uceed, nid, nata, dat etc

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  8. Sir I am in 12th class with science stream and it’s high time for studies to fetch good marks in boards and I also filled the form for UCEED 2017 and I am little bit confuse that how much time I have to give for UCEED preparation and which topics should be covered first so that i will be fully prepared for UCEED exam on 22 january 2017

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    1. Given the time limit of, u can spend 2 hours a day (or even less) based on your level, since you have to cover board exams as well. My suggestions is spend rest of the time left after your regular board exam preparation, for uceed, everyday. Design aptitude is what u shld be concerned first coz u get several such ques as wel las u can answer them with confidence unlike GA which if u r not sure, then u will be in 50-50 chance, danger of even getting negative markings, so try to develop ur aptitude, keeping regular touch with GA.

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  9. Sir , which is the best way to approach the Mental Ability and numerical based questions?
    Is there any reference guides or books to sharpen up?

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    1. It's mostly based on observation and application of your mathematical ability for the questions. It can be attained by practice. If you're not that good, then start by going thru the answers for such ques n try to understand how it was solved. Going thru answers for diff such ques would help u implement for similar ques. Only thing needed is your effort n time in that.

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  10. Sir , which is the best way to approach the Mental Ability and numerical based questions?
    Is there any reference guides or books to sharpen up?

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    1. well, they come by practice, there might be shortcuts, I haven't covered them n I haven't seen any book on shortcuts, may be u can chk resource page for Q & A

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  11. Sir i went in class 12th this year......and till now i haven't studied anything regarding design stream..........bt now i have decided to give UCEED , NID , NIFT and ceed exam......I am left mearly with 8 months..............and as I stay in Akola there is no proper support from the institue i recently joined............can uh guide me how can i prepare........coz being a designer is my dream job.......and one more thing.....how can i prepare gk for these exams..........sir will i be able to prepare myself 100% in so less time for these exams

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    1. u have sufficent time for ur prep, uceed practice doesn't take much time if u plan/schedule properly as well as go through selected and necessary topics. The above whole post is to answer ur ques 'how to prepare for exam'. Like I mentioned, give more emphasis to aptitude, by aptitude i mean more of deign aptitude that included image kind of question, ques on images testing ur observation, different views, identifying patterns (mechanical, spatial, visual ability including picture reasoning). The tough level of uceed is more than ceed exam for mdes. So, u shld be quick in solving questions for which practice is needed. Start with the topics (listed above as well as some of ur own) and also as a start attempt the previous papers to get an idea of which kind of questions are asked frequently and with what %.

      There isn't any shortcut for preparing to GK as u must be knowing, but focusing more on design related GA would shorten ur prep time. U can get the list in the resource page of this blog. Some students also found that solving NATA related questions (and preparing for that) helped them for uceed too. So, apart for just uceed, try giving more exams too like nid, nata, nift, jee mains 2 etc for safer side.

      http://stuffyoulook.blogspot.in/2016/09/weekly-time-table-for-uceed-preparation.html

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    2. thank uh sir.......i also wanted to ask......since i hv only 7-8 months in my hand.......how much time should i alot to UCCED & NIFT as well as NID seperately so as to crack the exam easily.........coz i m a average student............

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    3. Good news is some of the topics in all these design exams are same and so u don't have to put separate effort for each exam in full fledge. Also, ur preparation should be proper, it's not good if u say start with uceed for the next couple of months, complete it, then switch to say nift, prepare only that neglecting other exams and like so. It might not be helpful to u. U will forget the topics or the flow with which u answered the ques, so ur prep shld be parallel for all the exams.

      I can suggest u one way, solve at least one previous paper of all the exams u r aiming for, see which topics u felt difficulty in all the exams (forgot about the marks u scored), then u will get to know which exam gfelt easy or difficult like say nid is mostly awareness kind with less of math apti, while uceed needs very good funda on observation and prob solving. Knowing ur key shortfals u can schedule ur weekly or monthly timetable. Like say if u found uceed to be tough for u, then it should be like if u spend the whole week for topics prep, u may consider spending oncee in a week the topics which is not covered in ur regular prep but is asked in other exams like say NID. Hope u got it.

      U have sufficiently 7-8 months and I guess u also give 12th board which make sure that u will not neglect that. Based on that I can say in a day 1-2 hours for the first few months (say next three months) will be sufficient. But u shld know which topics is best to prepare in advance. Check my timetable to see the priority list, whichever topics are in the earlier months are priority in the sense they need pre practice which takes time.

      And the next thing, don't ever tell me that 'I'm average' I hate that sounding. There is no notion of avg student, it's just a matter of choice, probably u r skilled in sports, design, other skills like research, marketing etc but not much interested in theoretical study! so, u shld not feel that way. Thing is look into ur passions and if u move in that direction, u will make wonders and will stand out of the crowd. Do things which interest you, not that which interest ur parents or that interest in money nor that bring fame or recognition. Many studnets by mistake join engineering in IITs or other colleges just looking into the name tag and later regret for taking wrong decision. If you have passion for design, then u will perform well (top) in design field, but again don't get judged by the marks, I literally not agree with the exam pattern, as they r not upto the mark in evaluating the skills of students. So, the best thing u can do is keep urself motivated and be positive to take things and keep tying even if u feel u r not good but having interest. I hope u take my words positively. All the best chotu.

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    4. LOL,

      My fingers were just busy typing reply to your comment and only after I published the comment, I realized that I actually wrote an easy rather than a short reply :P
      I donno how much patience u have to read, sorry :D

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  12. sorry sir for disturbing you so much bt cn uh help me solve this no. series.........?
    - 2 , 3 , 10 , 39 , ? , 885 , 5346

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    1. It has to be a +2(not -2) to make a series.
      1x2+1^2=3
      2x3+2^2=10
      3x10+3^2=39
      So,
      4x39+4^2=172

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  13. sir how much marks i will have grab to get assurance that i m going to be selected in IITB

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    1. ur AIR (all india rank) shld be below 20 to get into iitb. chk the link below for more info
      http://stuffyoulook.blogspot.in/2016/01/uceed-general-discussion-FAQs.html

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    2. thank you for informing me.

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  14. Sir please explain colors and its theories in detail in your next post for uceed and nid!

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    1. You can find some useful links for color related study in this page -

      http://stuffyoulook.blogspot.in/2015/12/nid-dat-resources-and-study-materials.html

      http://stuffyoulook.blogspot.in/2015/12/useful-webpages-for-uceed-exam.html

      Also, explore, NID, CEED resource pages to get more related materials.

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  15. sir... i am totally interested in designing ..but i am worried about future is there any job opportunity and what will be the salaries.
    THANK YOU..

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  16. Sir! I hv started my preparations two weeks ago. After searching a lot,I founded ur blog n hope that it will help me a lot . Yaa, definitely it will if I work sincerely. The only prob. I face is that I get too nervous about the xams while studying that I can't give my best into any topic. Sir plz suggest me how shd I deal with this

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    1. If u put serious effort, spending time on topics, u can study them for sure. Only thing is u need commitment and confidence that u can cover m clear the exam. One suggestion instead of looking at lag he topics at a time, choose some selected priority topics for couple of months n cover them, at least that way u can avoid ur nervousness as it will build condfidence.

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  17. it is certainly a godsend gift that i managed to have a peek at your blog in the wake of preparing for uceed examinations! ceed solved papers are frankly awesome. iam attemption UCEED 2018 and definitely the backbbone of my preparation is this blog, THAK YOU <3

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  18. hello sir ! i just gave nid entrance yesterday . though the paper was easy i was not able to complete all mcqs though i knew that time is very less . it am feeling really very bad as i took arts 11 th 12 th to persue my career in design.
    i am also giving uceed . so how to manage time for the exam especially the mcq part . plz guide me sir .

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  20. can u suggest some books for uceed

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  21. Hello, sir I want to do design because it has more scope then btech. can you elaborate it ...???? Am i right or wrong????

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  22. sir, can i get better placement after b.des from iit???
    better placement means working in a good company.

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  23. sir im giving uceed in 2019 i am obc category ..how much should my category rank (approx) so that i get admission into iit bombay or iitg?
    and sir for all the painting and history based question and particular place to read before exam ..as i have hardly 3 -4 months left

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    1. If I say only 50 marks would you restrict yourself to 50 marks? Is that fair? There is no point of targeting or knowing the cutoff. Just give ur best and aim for first rank. After u get the rank, think further on which college to choose.

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  24. Sir I am a science student and I'll be passing 12th class this year...I gave uceed exam this year with no practice as I was busy giving my boards and practice for jee. ..but i did practice few previous years ...and I wasn't qualified I merely got 54 marks ...I thinks I did lot of negatives...now as my exams are over ...I am interested in going in design field rather cracking jee. ..I won a national level talent hunt (brain hunt ) thrice..in 6th 8th and 10nth standard.now since I took science I have not been in touch with drawing designing....moreover we don't have study material for uceed ...I am afraid...what to do...how to prepare...am i be able to crack it ....and I read people complaining about institute fooling people...will my idea to drop be successfully. ..Sir I am really scared...plz reply

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    1. Hi,
      I’ve written something relevant to your query in this page.
      http://stuffyoulook.blogspot.in/2017/06/shall-I-drop-A-year-to-give-design-exams.html
      If you are not clear even after reading that, you can write back to me.

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  25. Sir i am repeating for writing UCEED 2020,how i can study for this 7 months..
    As the pattern of the exam is keep changing year after year"how can i prepare efficiently"...

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    1. Plan systematically and prepare the right topics from the very beginning such that you will gain maximum scores. Identify the topics that can fetch you more score by practicing previous years papers. Also, check the weekly timetable that I had shared in this blog and see if the topics listed there helps you.

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    2. Thanks for the reply;
      Brother,Is it necessary to follow some heavy books (Philip Carters brain game book or others) to study and practice mathematical aptitude or practicing from previous papers ? Which is better?

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    3. neither will do - preparing only previous papers are not sufficient and also going for heavy prep. might eat your time and might let you spend less time for other syllabus prep. Be optimal. However, creative aptitude is very necessary for UCEED.

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    4. I felt that solid,animation series are easy but have complication while solving Maths related questions...
      I know you are busy but please upload some more aptitude questions when you get time...
      any way you are really a superhero among the students.Thank you for guiding us in the right path

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    5. sure, will try. Thanks for the kind words :)

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  26. Hai sir
    I need to know about the part B.
    In the admit card it is written that we must bring our own pencils, sketch pens,poster colors...
    Will we be able to use poster colour for exam?? Or acrylic colors??

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    1. I would suggest to carry them with you. As per the instructions in the question paper or based on the paper quality given to you, use the color resources accordingly.

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    2. but my suggestion - unless not absolutely required, use pencils

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  27. Sir can you suggest important topics for part B uceed 2020

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  28. Sir I got 56 in UCEED 2020 without any preparation (not even one day) and now I'm thinking that I should prepare this year for UCEED again since I'm very much interested in designing.
    I just wanted to know if this decision is right or not...

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    1. regardless of how much u got, if u r really interested towards design, then just go ahead!

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  29. sir, i want to give uceed 2021 exams. can you tell me the books or materials from which should prepare

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    1. I haven't come across any specific book to recommend. You can check online, go through the reviews and decide if you are interested to buy one.

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  30. sir i will be taking UCEED 2022, and i dont know where to start from , i am taking coaching , but i dont know WHERE TO START FROM , could you please upload a strategy based timetable for the 2021 and 2022 students , i need to make it to the iits and that requires a lot of effort , it would mean a lot if u could help us with a scedule

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  31. sir please how to prepare for uceed 2021 only 1 month is left? can i get good rank in 1 month?? sir please step by step i will follow your steps.

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    1. Use the available time by preparing on the right topics
      1.sketching is what you should check, attempt 2020 paper and understand the ques pattern, also start attempting similar practice ques, ive uploaded some ques in this blog
      2. Design aptitude (non verbal image based ques) is what u want to focus more and practice a lot...which will be obvious if you go through UCEED 2020 paper.
      3. Use the last one week for General Awareness (if you plan to cover) and if you can allot more time, use the last two weeks for GA. Frankly, if you need more time for the sketching and the aptitude prep, then it is ok to skip the GA part

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