UCEED one month practice topics - Quick List

(Updated with new strategy from 2021)

A very quick list of topics useful for one month UCEED preparation.  

Before that I will answer the question that might be troubling you - 'Is one month sufficient?'. 

The straight answer is 'YES'

Just use the available time properly and stop deliberating on the questions

'what marks should I get?', 

'How may questions should I attempt?'

and more....

 

Download PDF - complete UCEED links in SYL blog (updated)

Priority list of topics for UCEED one month preparation

1) 

Sketching - If you have been practicing from a while then continue with the flow. If you are just starting then start by solving 2020 previous paper (or the most recent one)....Coz first you should understand the sketch questions type being asked. Once you understood, start practicing more such questions. I've already listed many practice questions and you can use them or you can use use any the questions from any other sources that you have. 

Part B Practice questions 

Check the below video on sketching Level required (sufficient) for UCEED

(This will clarify, guide as well as prevent you from doing wrong practices since time is precious!) 

 

2) 

Next comes Part A practice, Following topics (that deals with visualization/imagination) are recommended first

Geometrical views, 

Projections, 

Solid manipulations, 

Visualization of solids (practice these very quickly)

Basically any type of questions dealing with images, solids etc., including the puzzles kind are recommended

How to Solve Design Aptitude, non verbal, and ability questions with clear explanation

3)

Mensuration (medium level) - topics that need the basic maths (trust me, no need to go for detailed mathematics, very very basics formulaes are sufficient. I've already covered them in this video. It will hardly take a few hours to memorize them.) Keep practicing this on daily basis by spending say 15-20 mins every day until u feel u are able to solve problems related to mensuration. 

This includes problems on (mostly the below are sufficient) 

Pythagoras theorem

Basic level - Area, volume,

Triangles,

Circles.

Check the video on Basic Mathematics formulas sufficient for Design exams

A snap from the video showing the basic formulas sufficient from mathematics

4)

Mechanical Ability, Spatial ability,

5)

Image Aptitude, 

Pictogram puzzles, 

Inference from pictures

Animation movement

6)

Pattern recognition from images

7)

Image observation (like identifying similar patterns in a set of patterns)

8)

Paper cuts

9) Reading/Paragraph comprehension (Very little - don't spend much time on this if you have already done some practice or if this is handy to you, but remember this topic is important for UCEED exam!)

And finally

10) GK/GA on 

Color theory

Authors

Art and print media

Designers

Painters/Artists

Culture

Photography

Animation study

Famous personalities

Top award-winners/leaders etc

The first nine in the list above......you can start immediately, and skip the design GA initially. In the last week before the exam (or if you can cover up the above topics quickly, then....two weeks before the exam) 

Or, if you feel that you need more time for sketching and the aptitude part of Part A then it is safe to skip some topics of GA. That's because not many questions are seen in UCCED papers related to GK and/or design GA. 

Also, don't forget to attempt previous papers (including CEED, NID papers) so as to keep a track of the time that you consume for answering the papers as well as keep yourself in pace with the time-bound answering.

If you complete the above list, you can check - Weekly timetable/strategy for UCEED preparation, for more topics, that I shared two months ago. 

And finally

List of priority topics to be covered for sure as available in resource page in the last week of your exam

I hope you will be utilizing your available time effectively.

All the best,

Bhanu.