24 August 2019

Collection of UCEED exam study materials

  1. Collection of SYL blog pages to practice exercise for sketching.  (To help you practice and test your sketch line quality, imagination skill, perspective, proportion and size of your drawing.). 
  2. Object practice questions.
  3. Human, scenario, room, persepctive practice questions. 
  4. Downloadable books to help with basics of sketching, perception and shading techniques
  5. Beginner guide to sketching
  6. Youtube videos on how to improve human sketching, drawing objects and humans with proper size and proportion





This link contains:
  1. Mathematical Geometry ( Types of views, how to visualize solids in all the sides) - orthographic drawings, exercises, transformation of solids, 
  2. Basics of solid shapes
  3. Observation and visualization skills (tangram puzzles. animation movement, geometric objects and how to work with them, hidden words and images, tesselllations, illusions, objects evolution)
  4. General guide on - photography, animation, typography, video/colors, illustration, artistic tools, drawing terms and sculpture, Logos etc.)  
  5. Answers to previous papers of CEED (that will help you prepare for UCEED by solving image based and other design aptitude questions)
  6. Sample reasoning practice. How to solve reasoning question
  7. English comprehension
  8. GK on indian culture - State painting and painters, musical instruments etc.) 
  9. Something about materials and manufacturing related topics



This link contains:
  1. Free books for mechanical and ability questions
  2. Verbal, non-verbal and psychometric practice online links
  3. Odd man out series exercises
  4. Direction sense tests 
  5. Spatial and verbal ability practice exercises
  6.  Inference from paragraph
  7. Paragraph summary exercises
  8. Deductive, Inductive and verbal reasoning, conclusive drawing 
  9. Data interpretation
  10. Abstract tests, IQ and word/pictogram puzzles


Link 4: Resource update for new syllabus for UCEED 


Refer the topics listed below for UCEED:
  1. Guide on font with several online links
  2. Typography, visual infography
  3. Intro. to mathematical solid shapes
  4. Famous paintings, painters, artistic media, art movements etc.
  5. Cultural tour of India.
  6. Colors 
  7. General topics (paper sizes, dances, image formats, drawing terminology, perspective and non perspective works)  


Refer only to the topics listed below for CEED:
  1. Non-verbal and Image reasoning 
  2. Go through the bullet points under the heading "Some facts"
  3. List of some famous epics of India
  4. List of Indian animators, famous photographers, women designers, renaissance poets
  5. List of Indian noble prize and oscar winners
  6. Plutchik-wheel of emotions


Study only the topics listed below:
  1. UCEED previous papers (from 2015 to this year)
  2. UCEED sample practice papers
  3. CEED sample practice papers 
  4. CEED previous papers solutions (from CEED 2012 to latest) - CEED solutions will help you for CEED Part A preparation as most of the syllabus is same (UCEED is tougher than CEED.


This link contains
  1. Mock tests, samples and previous model papers for UCEED.
  2. Mock tests, samples and previous model papers for CEED (to be practiced for CEED too).


This link contains: (Topics to be prepared after completing the above topics)
  1. Collection of famous logo designers, Indian fashion/textile designers, 
  2. Indian famous photographers
  3. Some logos
  4. Famous painters/paintings
  5. Olympic medal winners
  6. Prehistoric paintings and more

Complimentary: Discussion on UCEED new pattern from 2020 part B and part A



General guide 



Check this if your exam is only two or one week ahead - List of priority topics to be covered for sure as available in resource page in the last week of your exam


Videos to help you


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

PART 1


PART 16


Maths Basics for non-math background design aspirants





How to count no. of faces on solids

UCEED exam - what section to attempt during exam


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Study materials for UCEED main topics

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Mathematical Geometry


Image-based reasoning is very important for UCEED. This requires good imagination and visualization skills. To get this skill, as a first step, you are advised to learn on how to visualize a given solid from all directions. This will help you build your aptitude skill. 

Here are set of my video tutorials that will help with non-verbal, design aptitude and geometry kind of questions

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


PART 16


Maths Basics for non-math background design aspirants



How to count no. of surfaces in given solids




Here is my latest post - Improve imagination, work with 3D solids and unfolding of solid shapes





Some good video tutorials from youtube that help you with Solid transformations



source : Maths Online



source : Study pug


Other downloadable materials
Basic Geometry study (for reference) -
More - Sectioning of solids from NPTEL
    A very Good guide about - Using Perspective and Vanishing Points

    Observation and Visualisation skills


    1. Puzzles to improve observation

    Tangram Puzzles -     Downloadable PDF's
    PDF book on Non-verbal and Pictorial puzzles to improve observation

    Practice questions for Non-verbal (abstract test) questions

     2. Animation movement

    This topic covers the notion of frame making as used in animation. This basically involves the consecutive steps/positions of the image.

    Check the detail in downloadable (Pdf) form Tips for analyzing the pattern and graphic movements >>

    3. Working with Geometric Objects

     Some solved geomtry related questions (Pdf) with explanation -  working with geometry objects >>

    Learn a way of Solving number of faces on complex objects >>

    4. Hidden words and images

    Check the details in downloadable (Pdf) from here>>

    5. Tessellations

    Generally called as unfolded views, Tessellation is all about unwrapping a solid on a flat surface and drawing the unfolded view on a paper. I also gave easy way of solving tetrahedron tessellation problem in one of my pages. check below links

    My solution for tetrahedron tessellation problem - Tetrahedron Tessellation problem solving here>>

    Geometry representations by Malati - here>>

    Leisure time works

    • A detailed instructions on how to draw a tessellation by David B Sullivan -  here
    • Best tessellations work by Escher from teacherweb - here

    6. Illusions

    Improve Observation skills with Illusions -  here >>
    Second list of illusions - here >>

    7. Evolution of objects (less important)

    Evolution generally means product cycle from past to present. So, you are generally required to observe and identify the everyday use items (say TV) from old to new generation.
    check the details in downloadable (Pdf) from Some examples of evolution here >>

    General Design Awareness study topics


    I have covered a lot of topics related to CEED Part - A exam in my earlier posts for CEED students.  The topics are basically related to several design field awareness, their past, present and future. Fortunately, most of those topics can be directly helpful for UCEED aspirants also. Thankfully; that reduced my burden :)

    I therefore have included those selected topics and skipped some topics that might not be useful. Hope this will be helpful for your preparation. 
    Free time reference study

     Extra 1 - Mirroring
    • Uses of convex and concave mirror - here
    • Uses of convex mirrors - here
    • Uses of concave mirrors - here

    Answer/solutions to Previous CEED papers


    Solving previous years CEED Part - A questions would  help you with UCEED preparation as both the syllabus are mostly same. Spare some time to solve CEED questions too !


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    Self-Evaluation test

    Before going through further materials as part of UCEED preparation. Let's see this. Assuming that you have over-viewed the above resources (topics related to geometry and pictorial questions), I would like you to check your understanding of the concept by solving one simple question.

    Sample Practice question for self evaluation 

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     Sample numerical and aptitude questions for UCEED

    English comprehension


    Comprehension material 1

    Very good exercise with answer key


    leisure time study - TOEFL material

    Indian cultural GA

    I strongly believe that - it's not that important to study topics like Indian Architecture, buildings, Indian past and present culture; but because I received requirement from a blog friend (through FB) to share these topics, I therefore include those topics here (that I have prepared for CEED).  I once again remind you that these topics are of least importance to your preparation !

    Indian state paintings and painters

    Indian musical instruments

    Something about India and time

    Cultural and complete Architectural collection of India  (Not Imp)

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    Materials and manufacturing related


    I had detailed and categorized materials as well as manufacturing process with examples of day-to-day products. Don't spend much time on this topic ! Just give a brief overview.

    1. Every day materials - here >>
    2. Plastic materials and manufacturing process - A very good guide for household plastic materials and their manufacturing process. You may not go through manufacturing process, just note for what material, what particular manufacturing process is employed - here >>
    3. Tips for selecting plastic materials - here >>
    4. Top Indian stone and rock carvings - here >>
    A very good website for practising unfolded views of solids - Practice unfolded views of solids >>




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    21 August 2019

    UCEED resource for General topics

    General Knowledge

    Environmental GA and Sustainability study


    A very good article on Environmental issues in Design and Technology

    D'Source - Design for sustainability  

    Effect of human activities on environment

    Envi GA slide - 1

    Envi GA slide - 2

    Learn the basics and terms of 'Design for the environment' - with general practices, products, regulations, best practices etc by goinng through this wiki page

    Leisure time study - Design for social impact

    Environmental awareness presentation

    Additional Materials

    • A list of famous Indian authors - here
    • All about Prime ministers of India - here
    • A very good list of Indian Bank Logo's - here
    • Past to present logo evolution for some famous brands - here

    Facial Expression of emotions
    Source: darkspeeds work on devianart

    Plutchik-Wheel of emotions

    UCEED forum/discussion page with FAQ's

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    20 August 2019

    Design Aptitude and reasoning study materials for UCEED



    A book of very good Mechanical ability questions PDF

    Here is a very good online website, where several free PDF files for practicing verbal, non verbal and psychometric tests are available in each page  that you can download and use for your practice - Free PDF's from assessmentday.com


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

    PART 1


    PART 16


    Maths Basics for non-math background design aspirants



    How to count no. of surfaces in given solids



    Odd-man out series exercises




    Leisure time exercises


    Direction sense test





    Leisure time practice



    Spatial and Visual Ability test samples




    Leisure practice



    Most of the sample test papers (PDF files) that I've included here (below) has been taken from Job Test Prep website. Big thanks to the web owner for including free PDF files!

    Inference from Paragraph and pictures

    Paragraph summary


    Para summary material - 1

    Para summary material - 2

    Leisure time study - material 3

    Deductive and Verbal Reasoning


    Inductive Reasoning and Conclusion drawing


    Signs, symbols and their interpretations


    A very lengthy but useful pdf file about signs in design context. Just have a quick glance for now. Later, if you are interest you may go deeply into this book - Signs and symbols with design

    Data Interpretation

    Abstract Tests

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    Sample Numerical and Aptitude questions for UCEED


    Word/Pictogram puzzles (Rebus puzzles)


    Leisure time study - material 1

    Other IQ tests and exercises


    Analogy online exercise

    A very good guide for Mental ability and picture type questions -

    Mental Ability Test samples

    Logical arrangement of words sample practice



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    18 August 2019

    Collection of CEED exam study materials


    Someone was asking me to help in finding and easy navigation to a specific topic. Since the topics are wide and many, I've tried my best to segregate them in order - for easy navigation, along with a brief note of the content of the links. Hope this helps.
    Complete CEED related SYL blog links download PDF (2020 update)

    Before we see the materials, below is a brief list of syllabus for CEED Part A, just for your quick reference
    1. Visual Communication - Logo's, signage, advertising, packaging, fonts etc.
    2. Animation Design - Movement observation, comic strips, visuals etc.
    3. Product Design - Latest and newest products and trends, current products etc.
    4. Automobile Design - Aesthetics, manufacturers and plants etc.
    5. Digital (applied to almost all the fields) - Photography, color coding, displays, printing etc.
    6. Observation (Basic designer skill) - Mirroring, textures, evolution (past to present), isometrics and geometry, tessellations, shadows and more.
    7. Architecture - Sculpture, monuments, materials etc.
    8. General awareness - Engineering ability, materials, culture of the country, famous personalities and their works, instruments, animals etc.

    1. Photography terms, methods and general guide
    2. Guide to Color and video technology
    3. Artistic tools, drawing terms, sculpture
    4. Architecture guide (complete set of architecture/monuments/stupas etc. collections of SYL).
    5. State Painting and Painters
    6. Typography
    7. Illustrations
    8. Musical Instruments 
    9. Guide to solving animation type questions, step-by-step animation movement type questions and how to solve them
    10. Logo's of reputed institutes, automobiles, and signage (signs, symbols and their interpretations)
    11. About India
    12. Materials and manufacturing process (common materials used and the manufacturing process for them)
    13. Evolution of products
    14. Folding and unfolding of solids (Tessellations)
    15. Solving 'number of faces' type questions
    16. Questions on images and geometric objects
    17. Odd man out series 
    18. Direction sense test
    19. Illusions
    20. Numerical and aptitude questions
    21. Tips for solving inductive and logical reasoning questions
    22. Some Deductive, Inductive and verbal reasoning
    23. Convex and concave mirroring
    24. GK on famous authors, PMs, architectural styles bank logos, famous monuments, wonders and finalists etc.


    Link 2: CEED Subjective help (Part B help)

     This link contains:
    1. Links to sketching/drawing, perspective drawing, tips to exploded views, shading/detailing works etc. 
    2. Guide to User Interface design (UI/UX)
    3. Guide to comic strip making
    4. Storyboard and poster making
    5. Picture Composition (writing a story given an image)
    6. Theory on Design thinking and Creative studies

    Link 3: Non Verbal (Image-based questions for CEED) 

    This link contains:
    1. Mathematical Geometry ( Types of views, how to visualize solids in all the sides)
    2. Basics of solid shapes
    3. Observation and visualization skills (tangram puzzles. mechanical and spatial ability, tessellations)
    4. Abstract tests, spatial and visual ability test 
    5. Rebus puzzles (pictogram puzzles) 

    This link contains:
    1. Collection of famous logo designers, Indian fashion/textile designers, 
    2. Indian famous photographers
    3. Some logos
    4. Famous painters/paintings
    5. Olympic medal winners
    6. Prehistoric paintings and more


    Link 5: Resource collections from UCEED page for CEED

    Refer only the topics listed below for CEED:
    1. Guide on font with several online links
    2. Typography, visual iconography
    3. Intro. to mathematical solid shapes
    4. Famous paintings, painters, artistic media, art movements etc.
    5. Colors 
    6. General topics (paper sizes, dances, image formats, drawing terminology, perspective and non perspective works)  

    Refer only the topics listed below for CEED:
    1. Non-verbal and Image reasoning 
    2. Go through the bullet points under the heading "Some facts"
    3. List of some famous epics of India
    4. List of Indian animators, famous photographers, women designers, renaissance poets
    5. List of Indian noble prize and oscar winners
    6. Plutchik-wheel of emotions


     Link 7 - Some CEED Part - A materials

    This link contains:
    1. Evolution of objects
    2. Something about materials
    3. A few GK 
    4. Color selection
    5. A few IQ tests 
    6. Sustainable and eco products


    This link contains:
    1. CEED Part A previous papers (from 2012 to this years)
    2. Some solutions to CEED Part B (design, sketching, problem-solving etc.)
    3. UCEED previous papers solutions (from UCEED 2015 to latest) - UCEED solutions will help you for CEED Part A preparation as most of the syllabus is same (UCEED is tougher than CEED.
    4. UCEED sample practice papers
    5. CEED sample practice papers


    This link contains
    1. Mock tests, samples and previous model papers for CEED.
    2. Mock tests, samples and previous model papers for UCEED (to be practiced for CEED too).
    3. Subjective practice questions



    This link contains
    1. Collections of everyday design practice questions for CEED
    2. Solutions shared by me and some students for everyday practice questions
    3. Solutions to some CEED previous years design (Part B) questions
    4. Tips to solving some design questions.


     Videos to help you
    When to start making portfolio ? What to prepare for Part B

     

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



    PART 16


    Maths Basics for non-math background design aspirants


    Counting number of surfaces on solids

    How to start and what to practice for CEED


    Find all videos here
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    Some CEED Part A materials


    1. Evolution of objects

    Evolution generally mean product cycle from past to present. So, you are generally required to observe and identify the everyday use items (say TV) from old to new generation.
    check the details in downloadable (Pdf) from here>>

    2. Illusions and Perception: Improve Observation skills with Illusions -  here>>

    Second list of illusions - here>>

    leisure time reference

    A very good guide on Art Perception

    All about - Aesthetics

    3. Materials and Manufacturing process

    I had detailed and categorized materials as well as manufacturing processes with examples of day-to-day products. 

    1. Every day materials - here
    2. Plastic materials and manufacturing process - A very good guide for household plastic materials and their manufacturing process. You may not go through manufacturing process, just note for what material, what particular manufacturing process is employed - here
    3. Tips for selecting plastic materials - here
    4. Top sculptors - here
    5. Top Indian stone and rock carvings - here
    6. Famous bronze sculptures - here

    4. General Knowledge

     5. Color Selection

    Let us now see some pdf files, which may help you choose color at different occasions
    Something about - Prototype making from MIT, Cambridge

    Product Design Open course free PDF's - MIT Product Design open courseware


    6. Other IQ tests and exercises

    7. Perception and Aesthetics

    A very good guide on Art Perception
    All about - Aesthetics


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