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15 September 2016

Strategy (weekly time table) for UCEED preparation


Hello all, 

Glad to write for you again. In this post I will be covering two strategic ways of setting weekly time table for your smooth preparation to UCEED exam. Please note that there is no universal strategy applicable for everyone. Strategy and preparation level varies form person to person based on their existing abilities (proficiency in a field), how much time to spend everyday, their status (completely dedicated or partially preparing and also aiming for other exams), their ease of understanding/grasping topics, their ability skills and so on. Some students need plenty of time, while others needs hardly few days to prepare. There are cases where student go unprepared and got top AIRs! So, it all depends on personal capabilities, but this timetable will be helping those whom need guidance or a systematic approach of preparation.

Having a reference time table might give you some idea of what topics to be studied, how much time to be spent for the topics, how length they are, your status/level for that topic and most importantly it will help as a check list to ensure that you don't miss any topic being unprepared. 

The first strategy/time-table is for those whom are already good at observation/ ability skills/ mathematics etc but not that proficient in GK. The second strategy is for those whom also need practice on mathematics/image-based observation questions, visualization question etc, and also slightly lacking in GK (I believe only very very few are gifted with GA/GK on designers etc - So, I include GA topics for both category students).

Kind note: You might be the best judge to know your abilities, shortfalls and the need for topic improvements, so adjust the given time table accordingly and go on your phase, that best suits you. Below timetable might only act as a reference :)


Since most of you can have access to aptitude and reasoning books, cost of which is comparatively less than any NID/UCEED/CEED books, I, therefore, list out the topics from those books.  I will list out the topics with their ranking in brackets. A very high rank (high being 5) means you are advised to prepare to the full for that topics, and a very low rating (low being 1), means you are advised not to spend much time on that and any rating in between means you are advised to give importance accordingly (time).

Verbal Reasoning topics
  • Syllogism (3)
  • Logical Sequence of Words (2)
  • Blood Relation Test (1)
  • Series Completion (1)
  • Cause and Effect (3)
  • Dice, Venn Diagrams (3)
  • Cube and Cuboid (2)
  • Analogy (2)
  • Seating Arrangement (3)
  • Character Puzzles (3)
  • Direction Sense Test (5) 
  • Arithmetic Reasoning (3)
  • calendar (1)
  • Data sufficiency (3)

Non-Verbal Reasoning topics
  • Series (4)
  • Analogy (5)
  • Classification (4)
  • Analytical Reasoning (5)
  • Mirror Images & Water Images (2)
  • Embedded Images (2)
  • Pattern Completion  (5)
  • Figure Matrix (3)
  • Paper Folding (5)
  • Paper Cutting (5)
  • Rule Detection (5)
  • Grouping of Images (4)
  • Shape Construction (4)
  • Image Analysis (5)
  • Cubes and Dice (5)
Quantitative Aptitude topics - Pipes and Cisterns, Area, Volume & Surface areas, Boats & Streams, Time & Work, profits and losses, pie chart and data interpretation etc.

Note: As of 2017, and based on previous papers, quantitative aptitude questions are very very less. UCEED is more of reasoning and design aptitude kind. Anyway, I've given the above topics list, which you may consider brushing them (going quickly) rather than going deep.


STRATEGY - 1

Level : above average at Mathematics/Image-based visualization, observation Ques. 

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Month : September

  • 1st week - Paragraph comprehension, verbal reasoning,
  • 2nd week -  Mathematical aptitude, image based aptitude ques that improves observation/visualization and imagination skills
  • 3rd week - Perspective study, vanishing point concepts, GK on latest products, non- verbal reasoning 
  • 4th week - GK on authors, print/color media study, mechanism and everyday usage things working, basic concept behind that, non-verbal reasoning
  • 5th week - Paragraph and reading comprehension, English (sentance corrections, fillups etc), ability tests, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test

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Month : October

  • 1st week - practice/test on ability tests, IQ ques, reading and paragraph comprehension, GA on art history, renaissance, India culture, non-verbal practice
  • 2nd week - India culture, logical arrangement of words, illusions, mechanism and everyday usage things working, basic concept behind that, pattern analysis, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test
  • 3rd week - comprehension revision, Architecture (some part), mechanism and everyday usage things working, basic concept behind that, pattern analysis, 
  • 4th week - GK on painters/paintings, designers, famous persons, facial expressions, Mathematical aptitude, image based aptitude ques that improve observation/visualization and imagination skills, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test

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Month : November

  • 1st week - ability tests (identifying pattern in a given set), verbal reasoning, math aptitude, solid geometry/projections, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test, GK on India culture, 
  • 2nd week - Solid/image manipulation, geometry etc, GK on materials, typography, font, 
  • 3rd week - latest products, authors, architecture, video/media, animation, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test
  • 4th week - Solid/image manipulation, geometry etc, non verbal revision, GK on colors, Architecture, famous personalities, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test

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Month : December

  • 1st week - GK on art media, colors, designers, data interpretation, environmental awareness, Aptitude, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test
  • 2nd week - English verbals, meanings, synonyms and antonyms, math and image aptitude revision and practice, ability practice, (non verbal) - pictogram puzzles, color schemes practice, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test
  • 3rd week - Paragraph comprehension revision, GK on photography, animation, signs/symbols,  Mathematical aptitude, image based aptitude ques that improve observation/visualization and imagination skills, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test
  • 4th week - Reasoning revision, GK on font, typography, logos, famous persons, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test 

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Month : January

  • 1st week - revision on painters/paintings, designers, famous persons, India culture, art history, revision on Perspective study, environment study (just an overview), English vocabulary, solving some questions on image-based ability/aptitude/analysis problems, Mock tests or previous year papers (as many as possible)
  • 2nd week - revision on animation terms, colors, solid geometry, design aptitude, painters/paintings, designers, famous persons, India culture, art history, renaissance, Mock test or previous year paper practice (as many as possible) 
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STRATEGY - 2

Level : Below average at Mathematics/Image-based visualization, observation Ques. 


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Month : September

  • 1st week - Basics/introduction to solids, types of solids, basic formulas/concepts related to geometry and mensuration.
  • 2nd week -   Basics of solids, projections, types of projections, types of views (front view, top view and side views). Understanding manipulations, review of mensuration problems, geometry formulas etc
  • 3rd week - Perspective study, vanishing point concepts, GK on latest products, Mathematical aptitude, exercise problems on geometry views (front, top .....) projections, CEED/UCEED previous paper practice/test (to get an idea of pattern and type of questions) , non-verbal reasoning 
  • 4th week - GK on authors, print/color media study, mechanism and everyday usage things working, basic concept behind that, exercise problems on geometry views (front, top .....) projections,
  • 5th week - Paragraph and reading comprehension, ability tests, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test, non verbal reasoning

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Month : October

  • 1st week - practice/test on ability tests, IQ ques, reading and paragraph comprehension, GA on art history, renaissance, India culture, exercise problems on counting no. of faces, patterns, color pattern analysis etc, mensuration/quantitative-aptitude problems exercise, verbal reasoning
  • 2nd week - India culture, logical arrangement of words, illusions, mechanism and everyday usage things working, basic concept behind that, pattern analysis, paragraph comprehension, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test, image based aptitude ques that improves observation/visualization and imagination skills
  • 3rd week - comprehension revision, Architecture (some part), mechanism and everyday usage things working, basic concept behind that, pattern analysis, few hours practice on aptitude revision, tessellations, folding/unfolding of solids, (non-verbal raesoning)
  • 4th week - GK on painters/paintings, designers, famous persons, facial expressions, Mathematical aptitude, image based aptitude ques that improves observation/visualization and imagination skills, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test

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Month : November

  • 1st week - ability tests (identifying pattern in a given set), verbal reasoning, math aptitude, solid geometry/projections, shape manipulations, tessellations, syllogism, analogy etc (non verbal), CEED/UCEED/NID Mock-test/previous paper test, GK on India culture, 
  • 2nd week - Solid/image manipulation, geometry etc, mechanical and spatial ability GK on materials, typography, font, paragraph comprehension, every day products and their mechanism
  • 3rd week - latest products, authors, architecture, video/media, animation, CEED/UCEED/NID Mock-test/previous paper test, mechanical and spatial ability revision
  • 4th week - Solid/image manipulation, geometry etc, GK on colors, Architecture, CEED/UCEED/NID Mock-test/previous paper test

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Month : December

  • 1st week - revision on ability tests, analogy, surface counting type ques, GK on art media, designers, data interpretation, environmental awareness, Aptitude, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test, 
  • 2nd week - English verbals, meanings, synonyms and antonyms, math and image aptitude revision and practice, ability practice, pictogram puzzles, color schemes practice, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test
  • 3rd week - Paragraph comprehension revision, GK on photography, animation, signs/symbols,  Mathematical aptitude, image based aptitude ques that improves observation/visualization and imagination skills, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test
  • 4th week - Reasoning revision, GK on font, typography, logos, famous persons, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test 

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Month : January

  • 1st week - revision on painters/paintings, designers, famous persons, India culture, art history, revision on Perspective study, vanishing point concepts, environment study (just an overview), English vocabulary, solving some questions on image-based ability/aptitude/analysis problems, Mock tests or previous year papers (as many as possible)
  • 2nd week - revision on animation terms, solid geometry, design aptitude, painters/paintings, designers, eevryday product and their mechanism, famous persons, India culture, art history, renaissance, Mock test or previous year paper practice (as many as possible) 


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Fastness is very imp in UCEED because most UCEED questions are usually lengthier and also tougher than CEED. So, intense practice is required to attain fastness and hence good score by avoiding negative marking (due to mistakes by hurrying due to time constraint). Practicing previous papers or sample tests will help you in monitoring the phase as well as help you with fast practice.

If you feel like some topics are uncovered in the above weekly plan, please do comment here so that others would also know. 


All the best for your start :)


60 comments:

  1. Unknown15 September 2016 at 21:29

    Can you suggest similar strategy regarding NID preparation. As for the part A and B both!

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    1. Bhanu Chander V15 September 2016 at 21:46

      Waiting for the notifications to be out. Once the brochure is available and once we confirm the pattern being similar to previous years, then I will consider giving some time table for NID too.

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    2. Unknown6 November 2020 at 13:20

      Hello sir which book we study for uceed

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  2. Vaibhav Dhama18 September 2016 at 20:54

    Hello Bhanu Chander CEED 2017 notification is coming on http://www.gate.iitb.ac.in/ .But it is indicating to check JEE Websitefor more details and i m getting which one. Can you please help me out??

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  3. Unknown21 September 2016 at 17:10

    Can you suggest some books on tesselations and isometric drawings ?

    Also, where can I get more practice questions on visual communication drawing questions for ceed part B ?

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  4. Unknown24 September 2016 at 23:28

    Is the above said stuffs(on time table)available in this blog itself ?

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    1. Unknown11 October 2016 at 11:40

      please reply bhanu sir

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    2. Bhanu Chander V11 October 2016 at 12:07

      yes, it's pretty easy to find them if u navigate to UCEED page of this blog! Check menu bar on the top of this page.

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    3. Unknown6 November 2020 at 13:22

      Which book study for uceed

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  5. Jacob28 October 2016 at 23:14

    i already know some stuff but is it late to start now? will I be able to complete before nid/uceed?

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  6. Neelu7 November 2016 at 01:04

    hello sir!
    Sir I'll be starting my preparations thid month and am planning to give both nid-dat and uceed. Any suggestions on how I should go about it?
    I know the time left is really less but I believe I can work hard and follow up on the time wasted.
    Thank you!

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    1. Bhanu Chander V7 November 2016 at 13:45

      UCEED prep can also be done in a week if u have prior GA on design. What matters is how u utilize the available time left. You really need to concern on NID subjective part too. Actually u have almost two months time which is more than sufficient. Re-plan the above schedule according to ur convenience n just start preparing.

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  7. Neelu8 November 2016 at 18:05

    Thank you sir!!

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  8. Unknown10 November 2016 at 22:48

    hello sir
    i am starting my preparation from now ..
    can u give me some suggestions like .. reference books for uceed,so that i can prepare well and crack the exam

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    1. Bhanu Chander V11 November 2016 at 11:24

      My above conversation is for the same topic, u can chk that, regarding materials, I've shard online materials in uceed page, u can chk this and practice - https://stuffyoulook.blogspot.in/p/uceed.html

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  9. Unknown24 December 2016 at 16:11

    Is the test online or offline?

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  10. Unknown3 January 2017 at 15:54

    Sir, Am a student preparing for jee in Kota but I am interested in designing too.
    I have not started preparing for the exam yet although I have gone through the paper of the last few years. Just 3more weeks to go. Any study tips for this exam so that I can focus on jee too and this as well?

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    1. Bhanu Chander V3 January 2017 at 17:26

      Fortunately some topics of JEE and UCEED are same, so preparing for two simultaneously is gud, u can refer to below two posts

      https://stuffyoulook.blogspot.in/2016/12/uceed-quick-practice-list-with-syllabus.html

      http://stuffyoulook.blogspot.in/2016/02/materials-and-books-for-jee-mains-paper-2.html

      Practice more on image based aptitude ques for sure!

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  11. Unknown14 January 2017 at 10:27

    Sir I am practicing different mock tests and papers of uceed but still if I goes for a new paper,I lacks in performation..
    It have came to end now, so sir please give me last tips so I can at least got clearing marks and also tell me that what would be the possible cutoff for obc candidate this year.

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    1. Bhanu Chander V14 January 2017 at 12:02

      first thing is news paper Reading is not that imp for uceed, so spend time for other topics, u need to go thru theory of GA as well as design aptitude as much as u can at this time. Pl. don't ask me cutoff's!!! Will urestrict urself to cutoff instead of giving ur full attempt ?

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  12. Unknown18 January 2017 at 13:29

    Hello there. Could you please post a strategic plan on how to ATTEMPT the exam? Like time management mantras etc.

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    1. Bhanu Chander V18 January 2017 at 17:41

      Planning to release a video guide before tomorrow.

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  13. Bhanu Chander V14 March 2017 at 20:35

    Usually, I didn't come across any single book that worked well for uceed (other than uceed study books sold by private coaching centers, reviews of which I don't know as I haven't gone through them) But as far as I know Arihant NATA books are good for math and image aptitude part (not completely but for practice of some topics). Most UCEED topics are from wide syllabus, so you need to rely on several sources for preparation.

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  14. Unknown24 July 2017 at 18:26

    hey..can you put up a weekly timetable for nid preparation as well? Its my humble request, help me out by providing a timetable covering all the necessary topics.
    Thank you.

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    1. Bhanu Chander V24 July 2017 at 18:31

      Already many people have asked this. I think it's time for me to work on it. Will do that soon and no need to be so humble friend :)

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  15. Unknown27 July 2017 at 11:06

    Hello Sir I am going to start preparing for UCEED from August and will be working hard to get into Top AIRs and give my everything to the exam .Other than the material you provided what should i consider doing especially for english? I read a comment related to solving Arihant NATA books. What else should be considered?

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    1. Bhanu Chander V27 July 2017 at 12:06

      Yaa NATA books are fine, go for verbal and non-verbal books for more practice

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  16. Unknown2 August 2017 at 20:15

    Time table for NID please and more tips how to cover the syllabus. And what exactly one should focus in maths and reasoning?

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  17. Unknown23 September 2017 at 11:59

    Sir which topic should we give more importance in quantitative aptitude in uceed exam can u please list it .

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  18. Reader113 October 2017 at 16:37

    Sir, what should i refer for GA on art history and to study about india culture

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  19. Unknown18 November 2017 at 21:18

    Hy bahnu bro
    I need some material to prepare for uceed plz send me the resources which are helpful to crack uceed and solution answer key prepared by u

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  20. Unknown21 November 2017 at 13:21

    hello sir,am a 11th grade average student, I have a year's time for UCEED 2019, since its more than enough time,I want to have a in depth knowledge on the topics to achieve higher AIRs. where should i start? and apart from arihant's NATA, any other books?

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    1. Bhanu Chander V21 November 2017 at 21:40

      appreciate ur interest in uceed from this early stage. Best wishes.

      U can start with the following post n learn which topic to start from beginning - How to start and what to practice for UCEED

      N u can find complete uceed posts here -

      Downloadable PDF with complete links related to UCEED


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  21. Unknown21 November 2017 at 23:34

    thanks sir. Any recommendation on books to read at leisure ?

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  22. Unknown21 December 2017 at 23:12

    Can u give me a suitable timetable for UCEED prep in one month.

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    1. Bhanu Chander V22 December 2017 at 21:38

      It's already available, chk these links
      https://stuffyoulook.blogspot.in/2016/12/uceed-quick-practice-list-with-syllabus.html

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mt8s8He8vP7Ans4b2HEgp0eVz2v8OO_4/view

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  23. Rama22 December 2017 at 12:41

    Hello sir, can you please give a suitable timetable for UCEED preparation in one month?

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    1. Bhanu Chander V22 December 2017 at 21:38

      It's already available, chk these links
      https://stuffyoulook.blogspot.in/2016/12/uceed-quick-practice-list-with-syllabus.html

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mt8s8He8vP7Ans4b2HEgp0eVz2v8OO_4/view

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  24. Mehul Srivastava9 March 2018 at 23:33

    Hello sir,I am starting my preparation for 2019 from now(march 2018), should I follow this time table or I can expand it by distributing topics,like should I half the weekly topics?

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    1. Bhanu Chander V10 March 2018 at 09:44

      Yes. You’re supposed to follow the schedule as per your timings. You’re free to modify topics.

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  25. Dev14 March 2018 at 09:24

    HI sir,
    I am a Civil Engineer and want to take up Design as my career ahead. I got to know about CEED and am planning to take it up in 2019. I would request you to kindly provide me some valuable suggestions regarding the preparation.
    Thank you.

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    1. Bhanu Chander V14 March 2018 at 10:19

      YOu may check this for a better start - http://stuffyoulook.blogspot.com/2014/05/how-to-start-and-what-to-practice-for-CEED-exam.html

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  26. Dev14 March 2018 at 09:27

    HI sir,
    I am a civil engineer and recently past few months I have developed a knack towards designing and I want to get a Mdes degree showcasing my knowledge in this field. I would like to appear in 2019 Ceed. Kindly guide me with some details please.
    thanks.

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  27. Nihal chakrawarti7 May 2018 at 14:32

    SIR CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT TOPICS OF MATHS SHOULD I PREPARE FOR UCEED ..I M NOT GETTING ABOUT IT CLEARLY

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    1. Bhanu Chander V7 May 2018 at 15:39

      CHeck the topics listed in resource page - http://stuffyoulook.blogspot.com/2015/05/books-and-study-materials-for-uceed.html

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  28. blogcreation28 June 2018 at 11:08

    SIR,
    If student has taken science(Bio group) and good in art, can he/she apply for B-design course ?

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  29. Unknown25 July 2018 at 06:40

    Hello sir,
    I scored a 165 in aptitude section in jee mains paper 2 in 2018 and that was the first time i had ever seen those questions (so i am going to follow the second schedule) that lead me to find out about UCEED and I am going to start the syllabus from now (August) can you plplea give tips and tricks of solving the questions .

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  30. anidiot.27 June 2019 at 23:47

    whats the difference between uceed and ceed
    ?

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    1. Bhanu Chander V29 June 2019 at 11:40

      uceed is for bachelors in design (B.Des) - an undergrad course while CEED is a masters course (for M.Des) - a grad program.
      It's like this - uceed is equivalent to the level of btech or BE and MDes is equiavelent to the level of MTech or MS. I hope this clears.

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  31. Entertainment,movies,series,etc.10 September 2019 at 16:18

    Sir which book is good for uceed

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  32. Unknown7 January 2020 at 13:09

    Sir I'm starting my preperation now sir can you help me by giving some suggestions the how to cover up all the topics in such a small time

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  33. Unknown27 September 2021 at 14:36

    Is the same topics coming for 2022 uceed

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  34. Unknown4 January 2022 at 18:59

    Hello sir, I am preparing for the uceed exam ..actually there are only 20 days left for the uceed exam 2022 ..could you please tell me which topics are very important on which i can mainly focus?please help me regarding the same..I am really worried about it very much

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