Strategy and Time management while giving CEED exam

 What is covered in this post

1. Time management during CEED Part A and B
2. Strategy to give your best
3. Tips to avoid nervousness and stay proactive during your exam 

Negative marking for Part A as of 2021

• NAT - No negative marking
• MSQ - 0.2 negative marking (tentative) for the wrong answers. Even if one of the selection goes wrong, then the whole question will be evaluated as wrong.
• MCQ - 0.5 negative marking (tentative) for the wrong answer

Topics covered (mostly) under the sections

• NAT - Numerical, some mathematical, non verbal
• MSQ - Mostly ability, reasoning, image based aptitude,  
• MCQ - Mostly simple and basic image based aptitude that are simple, including design and basic math aptitude, design GA 

Strategy for Part A 

1. First step - I recommend you to start with MCQ. If a particular question is taking too much time then skip that question and move to the next one. Make sure that you are touching all the questions. Mark the option only when you are at least 80% sure of your answer.
2. Second step - Take up NAT part. Again, if any question is appearing difficult then just skip that and move to the next question
3. Third step - Finally come to MSQ part. This part is where most of you might make mistakes - by missing something, or choosing one or more wrong choices. Be careful and answer the question only if you have verified all the given options and are more than 90% sure of the answer. Otherwise you will be unnecessarily loosing the marks in negatives. This discussion is applicable for MCQ as well.

Time management for Part A

1. On an average spend at the max 1.5 to 2 minutes for each question in the beginning, regardless of marks. 
2. Spare at least 10 minutes at the end to recheck your attempted questions and to answer the missed questions.
3. If a questions seem to take more than that then keep skip that for the time being. Note the Q numbers in the rough paper given to you so that while you recheck at the end it will be easy to identify those questions 
4. Make sure that at the end of the exam you have gone through all the questions. This is because there might be some easy and instant answerable questions and you might just miss marking that just because you couldn't get time to even read the questions. So, go through all the questions. 
5. Answer all NAT questions even if you are not confident. Coz NAT part doesn't have negative marking. If you are not sure of the answer, then use some common sense, or your intuition or even some logic to roughly estimate the answer. Make sure you are not missing any NAT.
6. Remember, no need to answer all the questions! No need to give 100% attendance :P In that process you might end up with large negative marking. Answer only those few that you are pretty confident. Save yourself from negative marking by being smart!
7. You better assume attempting MCQ and NAT as top priorities. Be very cautious while attempting MSQ 

Strategy and time management for Part B

1. For all the five (less or more) questions, spend at least 2-5 minutes, at least, to read the question. Read the question very carefully and understand the requirement. Understand what is that they need and what you are supposed to do. Mind the evaluation criteria and plan to attempt only that much as asked. 
2. For sketching question, plan on what to sketch, the view, the objects to be shown etc. 
3. For problem identification, form, visual synthesis and creativity questions, spare time for ideation and imagine and give thought on what to do. Stay cool and relaxed and give initial thinking. If needed list down the keywords or key points (for example the problems, or creative ideas given shapes like a pen etc.) in the rough paper so that you won't miss the idea after some time. 
4. You will have to cover 5 questions in 2 hours. But, for the first sketching question you may spend up to 25-30 minutes. You can plan the remaining time for covering the other four questions. However, don't spend the complete 25-30 minutes initially. Follow step 5 and 6 for sketching. 
5. Keep a time limit of say 15-20 minutes to complete all the important elements of the sketch. By elements I mean the important parts of your sketching - Proportion or relative sizes, perspective, size, shape, clarity, line quality etc. Try to keep these features in mind while you sketch
6. I always recommend you to start with line sketching. Quickly complete the initial basic line sketching by covering all the parts of the given situation requirements. 
7. After sketching take up next questions (whichever you feel is easy, start with that). Again, just like you did for sketching - attempting the outline to give a shape to the answer, quickly answer the question as per the ideation you do at that time (step 3).  
8. After attempting all the question and based on the left over time, start completing the questions in full form by giving details. Do this first for the four questions and after that you can spend the left over time on the sketching.  
9. If completing the sketch (initial line drawing) took whole time, then you may have to skip the detailing step. That's absolutely fine. But make sure that you are at least completing the sketch in terms of line sketching and form. 

 

Tips to stay calm, cool, and free from nervousness

• Whether you are prepared or not, your positive mindset and your attitude matters. This is going to help you stay cool, smart, and active so that with these mindset you will be able to answer even the difficult and the answerable questions! 
• Attitude matters - Be with the attitude: 'It's ok even if I don't clear the exam. I will have alternate options.' Having this mindset will help you stay calm, and avoid the fear for missing the high ranks. Whether you are prepared or not, your positive mindset is what helps you a lot. So stay with this attitude and give the exam assuming that it's just your job to give it. 
• While you are waiting to enter the exam hall in the morning of the exam day, listen to some good and motivating music using headphones.
• Or, While you are waiting to enter the exam hall, see if you can play some mind games. Your mind should be kept busy and free.....far from the thought and fear of the exam. With free mind you will be able to give your best!
• Or, make new friends at the hall before the exam (or even spend time with your own friends who are present there) so that you can discuss with them on general stuff like where they prepared, what's their future plans, any new colleges they have identified for design, what are their college recommendations etc. 

Further tips

• Though you answer Part B in the answer book given to you, you need to tick appropriate box on the computer screen to indicate that you have answered the same. If you don't your answer might not get evaluated! So be very careful in this.
• Be confident. That is the only tool/armor you have. Even if you prepared in full form but if you are not confident and positive, you might not be doing your best. It is absolutely ok to be half prepared or even unprepared but confident fully!
• Sleep well before the day of exam. Don't end up sleeping early in the morning during the exam :P 
• Don't rush to revise before exam, at least relax yourselves before two hours, by compromising yourself that you have covered everything. Remember the pattern has diverse topics, so it's never complete! Likewise you are never unprepared! you might have observed that on the spot solving questions are well asked in CEED. So, you are already well prepared :)
• Mind the time during exam. Time management is very important. Questions like reading comprehension, aptitude etc. are time consuming but the good part is we can be more sure about the answers. GA questions are time savers - only if you are aware or heard about that; otherwise be careful in answering them!
• Don't get fooled by complex looking image questions. They look difficult to solve but in actual they are quite similar like we solve normal geometric questions. Just try them!

Finally

1. Carry all those things that are listed to be carried to exam hall - including 
2. admit card, 
3. ID proofs, 
4. pencil, 
5. pen etc. 
6. Art media like colors, pads, papers etc. 
7. Papers will be provided to you for rough works.

That's it, I hope we both (me and SYL) helped you in some form :P

Remember, The Attitude!

All the best,

Your bro,
Bhanu. 

Part B Design Practice Questions 3 (2021 update)

At the end of this post, after the below set of questions, I’ve given my tips that can help you improve in a very short time and also help you fetch you good marks from exam point of time. Make use of the tips.

Practice Questions:

• Draw the view of an examiner invigilating the hall during CEED exam. Some students are attempting on desktop while some are sketching on papers. No need to draw the students with details

• Draw the scene of untidy room, half moped, with wet and water on floor, mop and brrom then on floor, dustbin wide open and flies flying around it and TV on with some program running and it's music on in the room. The room has a diwan, two wooden chairs and a hanger in which means cloth was seen hanging

• You are seated with folded legs in your home bed room on top or the bed. You mom had just placed a hot coffee on the table adjacent to the bed. Ou has just removed the over the ear headphones on you and placed next to the laptop along with your mobile phone. Draw the view (as seen by tour eyes) representing this situation.

• It is Diwali and you have just prepared your favourite sweet. Draw a utensil with your favourite sweet served hot. Next to the sweet utensil, a tray full of dry fruits is seen. Show as much details as possible including the shadows.

• Draw a simple human face (you can draw yours too) depicting the following emotions

1. Happy and excited
2. Disgusted or embarrassed
3. Angry
4. Fearful
5. Sad
6. Simply at peace
7. Additional (if you have time) - horrified, tensed/worried, determined, emotionless,

• Draw the scene of a kid playing with clay - making some creative prototype. Show the kid’s sate of determination.

• A cat entered into you kitchen in a stealth mode from the side windows and started licking the milk available in the milk vessel after it removed the top plate. You heard the metal noises and so came to inspect the kitchen only to see the cat enjoying the milk. The cat created a mess by throwing away the plate and also by spilling milk while it was busy licking the milk. Draw the scene as viewed by you when you had just entered the kitchen and near he door. Who other elements of the kitchen including the window, exhaust, stoves and other appliances like micro oven, mixer along with utensils etc

• You are a bone specialist and you are inspecting a freshly received skull (of a human) with your hands (with gloves). A few other skeleton was seen on the table. Draw the scene as viewed by your eyes while you were holding the skull and inspecting it.

• Draw the scene of the fish selling women (as given in CEED 2020 Q1 of Part B) while she was in her dressing room, observing her face in a big mirror, getting ready with makeup and feeling so proud of her looks. Draw the view in such a way that her face be visible in the mirror while she was also shown seated in front of the mirror.

• Due to covid situation your mom got bored and so she converted the sit out (balcony) of you apartment home into a mini garden with all the pots, big artificial plant growing stuff and all, some on the floor, some on top of a specially manufactured iron stands and some hanging to the grills of the balcony wall. Draw the view as seen by you while you were standing near the entry of the balcony with whatever visible to your eyes. Depict as if your flat is in second floor and show some backdrops in the scene

• You are fish and you are kept inside a big aquarium of my home :D

• Draw the new scene as viewed by your fish eyes inside the water aquarium, observing me, being seated in a sofa and watching tv. While, your other fish friends were moving around and coming in between your sight.

• Draw a half filled coke bottle with straw placed on top of a table. Give as much details (texture, reflection, shading, shadow, lighting, brand na,e etc.)

• Draw the view of a living room with tables, cupboards, antique items, phone dated back to 1950s

Best tips to quickly improve and that can fetch you more marks:

1. For any situation based question, always try to highlight the subject by making the subject focused when you draw the sketch. By focus or highlight I mean, not drawing thick or dark lines or not showing shines or flashes around the subject :P it mean the main subject under consideration shall be near to the view/sight as seen in the sketch. For example if I ask you to draw a basket full of fruits placed on top of a table, and if you end up drawing the basket with fruits, along with other stuff like say a mixer, utensils, back wall, windows, room door etc, then because the scene abs several elements, the examiner or the viewers focus shall not fall on the main subject immediately but instead moves from one object (unnecessary and point of un interest) to the other and so the viewers or the examiner might not get impressed!
2. Draw mostly the parts asked (the requirements)......I’ve been reviewing many of tour works and I’ve been seeing you draw unnecessary stuff like the background, doors, windows, objects etc. this will not only eat your time, but also make u spend less time on the actual requirement. Apart from this, like I mentioned above, the fo us will not fall on the main subject. So try to be smart.
3. My best strategy for sketching (and of course for all Part B) shall be - first understand the given question requirements, mentally imagine and plan the scene to be drawn and what needs to be included and excluded, quickly draw the outline of the scene with subject under focus by minding line quality, proportion of objects, perspective (if needed), form, and jumps to next question and start attempting them. Once you are done with all the questions, came back and gave little more details (especially to the sketching question) to make the, complete. In this way you will be in a safer side......that at least you had attempted all in a fairly acceptable way. Remember attempting only one sketch.....in a very artistic and hifi manner, by ignoring other questions is not good as compared to attempting all (or most of the) questions in a fairly acceptable manner.
4. Like I almost always mention - understand the question and try to meet the requirements 

All the best,

Bhanu.

Subjective (Part B) exercises and free guide books collection as per new pattern from 2020

Part B practice questions - 2 (for CEED and UCEED)

Part B Design Practice Questions 2 (2021 update)

In continuation to the practice questions that I had released recently Design Practice Questions part 1 as per the new syllabus, I'm sharing a few more practice questions. Again, as mentioned in the first post, I will try to make you understand how possible it is to come up with your own questions so that you can start depending on self instead of pouring money for the practice questions. Also, I've shown how we can use the already available questions (for ex. I've taken CEED question) and can use them to come up with variants of questions. Hopefully you will start making your own questions.

Sketching Practice Questions

1. Sketch the view of a fridge wide open and filled with vegetables and other stuff as viewed by a 3 years old kid standing two feet away from it. No need to draw the kid and the surroundings.
2. Draw the view as seen by a teacher while teaching in a class room with only two students being present in the big class.
3. Draw separate baskets of fruits and vegetables placed on top of a dinning table with as many vegetables and fruits as possible.
4. Hot food is served on top of a dinning table suitable to accommodate four people with all the necessary utensils arranged. There are four chairs that is around the dinning table. Food is already served in plates and hot soups and filled water glasses are all ready. Assuming that you are standing three feet far from a corner (one of the diagonal) of the dinning table, sketch the view without any people. No need to draw background but represent the smoke from the food (because of being hot).
5. Sketch a cooker placed on top of a stove with flame turned on, and is whistling. Give proper details to this.
6. Given the standing view of a spider man image/sketch, draw a sketch showing him fly using his web.
7. Naughty Kiran, a 2 years kid, took the opportunity of his mom talking to her neighbour, and created a mess in the play room. He crawled to the dinning table and tried a lot but couldn’t reach to his favourite item available in a medium size glass jar, sugar, placed on top of the table. Outraged he hit his head onto the table making it topple to one side, thereby shattering water from the drinking water jar made of steel. Cooked rice got scattered from the thermal utensil. The sugar jar broke on the floor and thus he finally got what he want. Hearing the footsteps of his mom, he crawled fast to the other room to hide there making his crawl tracks (sugar, water and rice). Draw the view as seen by Kiran’s mother as she just opened the door only to witness the mess and the crawling tracks left behind by our hero, Kiran.
8. Srikant is a cycle mechanic and he is attending to the puncture of a bicycle in front of his shop in the street. Draw a scene showing him working on puncture.
9. Draw a comb double the regular size placed next to a tooth brush of the same size.
10. Draw a computer mouse double it’s regular size placed next to a keyboard of regular size.

Given the image, do the following as stated in the question

1. Given a mixer grinder jar, draw the jar separately with the jar cap in open position

2. Given the image of a Gouri with fish basket, draw two scenes of her (without fish basket), one sweeping the floor with a broom, second emptying a bucket of water onto the floor.

3. Given the image of a cooker, redraw the cooker in open with its lid placed on the floor upside down.

4. Given the half pictures of the below animals, compete the sketch by drawing the other half base don your imagination. After you make an attempt you can check the full images in the PDF at the end of this page.

5. Given the image of Sony truly wireless headphones in two views, draw the same in 3D as much as you understood.

6. Given the image of Mr. Peterson, sketch him while he was in a happy and partying mood and was dancing with one leg in air and one hand raised, or any position you have in mind.

    

7. Given the sketch of Jackson with his skateboards, draw him in action - jumping in air with two legs on top of skate board with  

8. Shown is Crolina sketch, draw her in a bad/frustrated mode as her mom made her go to vegetable shopping. Sketch the view of her walking in street holding a bag of vegetables, showing her mood.

9. Shown is the sketch of Adventure Anthony, sketch him while he was climbing a ladder

Sketch the following with as much details as possible. No need to show the background.

1. Mosquito liquid vaporiser machine
2. Cooking gas lighter
3. AC and TV remote
4. Ray ban aviator style cooling glass with the case next to it.

PDF of full animal sketches

Practice questions 3 (for both CEED and UCEED)

Free Part A Mock tests

NID Industrial Design - MDes Domain Specific Practice Questions

The following questions are meant to assist you with your NID preparation (MDes domain-specific subjective part), especially fro the domain-specific test 'Industrial Design' as per the new pattern from NID 2020. I've made the following question to make you realize how easy it is to come up with your own questions using the situations around you, including the use of the internet. 

I - Question Type 1 (Creative and alternative thinking ability)

Draw 5 different uses (other than their intended use) for the following objects listed below. Each idea carries 2 marks.

1. Writing pad (plastic )
2. Earrings
3. Cloth clip
4. Safety pin
5. Pen cap
6. Umbrella
7. Phone cover (rubber made)
8. Beverage (fruit juice) tetra pack
9. Toothbrush
10. Tounge cleaner
11. Shoe cardboard box
12. Geometry box
13. Mop
14. Mosquito bat
15. A computer mouse with cable
16. CDs
17. Fork
18. Hat
19. Pen refill
20. Pen stand
21. Bulb
22. Tennis ball 
23. Face mask
24. Used coke bottle
25. Plastic water pipe (any length) of dia up to 1 inch
26. Disposable spoon

II - Question Type 2 (Problem identification ability)

Marking - (Each problem carries 10 marks- each sketch and the associated writeup carries 2 marks. So, don't prefer giving details to the sketches. Convey the ideas in a simpler way.)

1. Imagine a person standing and ironing his/her cloth using an electric iron box. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches. 
2. Imagine a person peeling off the skin/surface-layer of carrots. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches. 
3. A physically disabled person has a problem with the spine that the person cannot raise his/her head up. The person can lower his/her head to a little from the horizontal position. Depict through sketches 5 (five) problems faced by the person while drinking water from a one liter bottle. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches. 
4. Imagine a person using a desktop mouse while working. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
5. Imagine a person using a desktop mouse while working. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
6. Imagine a person wearing mocassins/loafers (shoes - slip-on kind) with hands. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
7. Imagine a person chopping vegetables in the kitchen. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches. 
8. Imagine a person wearing mocassins/loafers (shoes - slip-on kind) with hands. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
9. Imagine a person emptying their household domestic dustbin into a large public dustbin, both with closed lids. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
10. Imagine a person wearing a face mask for prolonged hours, as part of Virus prevention, while working at office. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person in wearing the mask. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
11. Imagine a person using an electric trimmer to shave their beard. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
12. Imagine a person using a gas stove lighter in kitchen. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.

Check similar questions released for CEED practice here

III - Question Type 3 (Problem-solving ability)

Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you carry your locker keys with you while going to college/office without the possibility of you forgetting to secure the keys with you. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal. 

(Marks - 16 marks, each solution carry 8 marks) 

1. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you switch off the electrical appliances, including light and fans, before you step out of your room, without the possibility of you forgetting to switch off. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal. 
2. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you get far from book reading or working in front of desktop/laptop (a break from the continuous task) once in every hour without the possibility of you ignoring and continuing the task. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.
3. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you maintain a healthy sitting posture (for the back) whenever you sit for reading, working, or even driving, without the possibility of you leaning back in wrong posture as if relaxing. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.
4. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help your children optimize/limit their presence in social networking sites like Instagram, Facebook etc. without the possibility of you being indulged into that constantly. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.
5. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help your grandmother take prescribed medicines every day, without the possibility of she ignoring or forgetting to take. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.

(similar questions for practice)

1. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you drink at least one glass of water every hour without the possibility of you ignoring and continuing your long hours' work/study. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.
2. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help your father take deep breaths (mindfulness) for at least one minute at regular intervals, every day, to relieve stress and maintain healthy heart function without he getting ignoring the mindfulness. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.

IV - Question Type 4 (Design thinking ability)

For the questions listed below

• Make a realistic drawing of the product designed, showing the relevant details.
• Indicate the product's main features with labels in the sketch you made.

Problem statements:

1. It's rainy season and you need to carry the following items to your college/office: laptop, files, mobile phone, chargers, swimsuit, Tiffin box, juice and water bottles. Design a product to enable you to accommodate and carry all these items in it together exclusively to be used during rainy days.
2. Design a multipurpose pocket survival knife to be used by Indian Army soldiers when on an expedition. Identify the different needs and purposes of tools that can be included in a single product.
3. Design a mosquito hunter robot (a tiny drone) the purpose of which was to hunt down any flying mosquitos that can bite humans in the room. Ignore the technical aspects and assume appropriate sensors, including mosquito detection and tracker. Showcase the features and the form of the robot to deal with the mosquito catching. The robot should also store the captured and killed mosquitos and should be able to dispose of them out after a few hours of operation. 
4. You are a nurse and you need a product to carry the following items: antibiotics, stethoscope, scissors, medical tape, cotton, some liquids like tincture, lotion, sanitizers, sterilized mask, gloves, cotton ball, thermometer, tongue depressor etc. Design a product to enable you to accommodate and carry all these items in it together. The product should be easy to carry, portable, lightweight, and should preferably protect the components inside from fall or environment.
5. Design a product to carry the following products safely: wired headphones, charger and charging cables, bluetooth headphones and/or over-the-ear headsets etc. The product was meant to carry the cables and items, tangle-free, and also to keep all the usable items in one place. 
6. Design a cleaning and carrying product meant to be used in a multiplex that can help the housekeeping staff with mobilizing and doing the following tasks: has separate collection units for trays, dry and wet wastes and to collect bottles (both plastic and glass), a portable vacuum cleaner without cables, a mopping unit, facility for towels/clothes etc. The mobile product should facilitate the housekeeping person to take it around comfortably. 
7. You want to stock all your gadgets as well as small jewelry at one common place so that you can access them at ease the next morning. Design a product that can safely accommodate the following: mobile phone (a stand type), smartwatch, truly wireless earphones, jewels like finger rings, chain, bracelets/bangles etc. The product should be such that when you try to access them in the morning right after you wake up from bed - in a half-sleep state - none of the items should go damage.  

V - Question Type 5 (Imagination and drawing ability)

Do the following for each of the listed scenarios 

• Visualize and draw the 3D views of the scenarios mentioned below. (each scenario carry 5 marks. Details may not be needed).
• Also try to draw shadows for all the situations, assuming a light source to the right of your view. Objects in actual size. 
• Imagine that the first object shrinks to half its size and the second object enlarges to twice its size. (each scenario carry 5 marks. Details may not be needed). 

 Problem statements:

1. A bucket (first object) and a Jug (second object), both resting on flat ground next to each other 
2. A Laptop and a coffee mug (with coffee) both on top of a flat table
3. A two-liter coke bottle and mobile phone both on the same flat surface
4. A basket full of vegetables and a bowl of soup

You may find similar questions for practice, which are already listed in - NID subjective practice questions

NID Communication Design - MDes Domain Specific Practice Questions

The following questions are meant to assist you with your NID preparation (MDes domain-specific subjective part), especially fro the domain-specific test 'Communication Design' as per the new pattern from NID 2020. I've made the following question to make you realize how easy it is to come up with your own questions using the situations around you, including the use of the internet. 

I. Question Type 1

Prepare a campaign for the below-given design problems. Tasks to be done

• Write about 5 situations in the locations mentioned in the problem statements, where the given problems can be improved, each situation not more than 2 sentences. 
• Design posters to communicate the situations you have identified for each of the problems.

Problems:

1. Prepare a campaign to spread awareness of handwashing, sanitizing and social distancing in your community or society where you reside 
2. Prepare a campaign to demonstrate the need of avoiding plastic waste as an environmental concern towards the diversity of birds. This campaign is for online sharing.
3. Prepare a campaign, to be displayed at villages, about the importance of open defecation.
4. Prepare a government-initiated ad campaign to highlight the importance of saving water at homes. 
5. Prepare a campaign - in an attempt to prevent the issues of ragging in your college.   
6. Prepare a government ad campaign to bring awareness of having a maximum of only two children - as part of the population and economy control.
7. Prepare a campaign to demonstrate the ill effects of drug addictions happenings in your college and write 5 situations in your college where the issue can be prevented. 
8. Prepare a campaign in an attempt to reduce the open splitting of pan everywhere. Write 5 situations in your city where this issue can be mitigated with some proposals. 
9. (optional) Prepare a campaign to bring awareness of the effects of forest encroachment on the ecosystem of wildlife. 
10. Prepare a campaign to bring awareness and stop the thought of abortion and killing of newly born girl babies in a nearby village. Write 5 situations where the parents thought process can be modified. 
11. Prepare a campaign to highlight the importance of education to children in a nearby local community staying inside a city. Write 5 situations showing how an educated children's life would bring a change and positively impact their next generation and hence the country.

II Question Type -2

Write a story that includes the sensory attributes or the images shown in below set of problems using all the given objects for the problem. 

• Your story should be within 12 lines.
• The objects may appear in any order in the story

Problems:

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

Q6

Q7

Q8

Q9

Q10

Q11

Q12

III. Question Type 3

For the following set of scenarios stated below, visualize the situation and communicate that in 4 frames. 

1. Assume that you are an examiner and have found a student cheating by using slips. You will catch the student and ask them to leave the hall. 
2. Suppose you are walking along the roadside footpath and you saw a blind girl crossing the road and looking on the other side while a bike was about to dash her. How will you save her? Visualize it in 3 frames. 
3. Illustrate the situation in 3 frames where you were standing on the terrace of your home enjoying fresh air when you saw a sparrow escape from an attacking eagle. The frames should depict you as well. 
4. Suppose you are inside a bank, waiting at the counter when a robber tried to threaten the cashier to give the money from his cash box by showing a pistol, you act immediately by punching him and locking him on your hold, making his pistol fall down and helpless in escaping. Visualize the situation in four frames
5. Suppose you are traveling in a plane and a terrorist aims his gun towards an air hoster to control the plane when you and a girl sitting on the opposite of your seat act and take control over him - you stopping the terrorist and freeing his gun while the fellow traveler girl frees and save the air hosters as she tries to make the terrorist fall down. Visualize the situation and illustrate in four frames on how you and the fellow traveler girl act and help with the situation. 
6. Suppose you are having a conversation with your mom in the kitchen. Your mom is cooking food when you noticed a plastic container/box with wheat in it, improperly stacked at the top cupboards, which was about to fall on top of your mother. Visualize in 3 frames how you prevened that to happen. You could've alarmed and pulled her or could have prevented the fall or even both.  Also, include the frame that illustrates you observing the box improperly placed and was ready to fall down. 
7. Visualize in three frames a dance sequence that you remember, no need to draw the backgrounds but the frames should make the viewer understand the step.
8. Visualize in three frames a self defense sequence. No need to draw the backgrounds but the frames should make the viewer understand the action step. 
9. Visualize the scene of your pet dog chasing away a cunning cat, that is trying to drink the milk in your kitchen.
10. Visualize the several scenes of a hospital where social distancing, precautious etc. were taken care in every frame as part fo COVID preventive measure. 
11. Suppose you saw an adult suddenly falling down in the road due to COVID affection, how will you try to give him the vaccine that you had been carrying for your safety to him ensuring your own safety? Visualize the situation in 3 frames.
12. Suppose you are enjoying the freshness of nature near a river and you saw a small kid of around 7 years old, who somehow got into the water and is now struggling to swim to the shore. How will you help the kid? given that you don't know swimming. Use some situations like availability of say a rope, a net, a tire, or even a small boat or a combination of a couple of them. Visualize and draw the situation.

(I hope the above sample exercise will make you confident enough to come up with your own practice questions) 

IV. Question Type 4

Given pictographs (graphic icons), draw one scenario using the given pictographs. Include the pictographs in your designs, at the appropriate locations/color/scale. Use color if needed. 

Evaluation criteria:

• Creative utilization of the given icons
• Scenario generation and communication

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

Q6

V. Question Type 5

Use each of the following incomplete objects and create at least five identifiable objects using any no. of lines or shapes. Provide a title for each object. 

(Taken from CEED 2020 updated practice exercises found here) 

(solution for similar questions available here for CEED 2020) 

Using each of the visual elements given below box, create at least three recognizable objects/elements (for all the seven images below) and give a title to each. Use only BLACK pencil/pen. Draw only within the boundaries of the boxes.

I hope the above questions helped you.....

Further - NID Subjective Practice questionsGet complete Stuff You Look blog's NID links in this pdf

CEED Part B Design Practice Questions - as per new pattern

As part of the new Part B pattern from 2020, I've listed some practice questions below so that you can make use of this as your practice to design exams. I'm trying to make you self dependent for your preparation. This I do by giving you a hint on how we can come up with exercise or practice questions on our own - by considering the everyday observed or the ones known to us - like the characters, products etc. considered in the below sample questions. I hope you will be able to start developing your own questions. All the best....

Before going through the practice questions here is a video on 

Sketching Level required/sufficient for CEED and UCEED exams

Part B practice questions - 2 (for CEED and UCEED)

Practice questions 3 (for both CEED and UCEED)

1. Sketching of Characters (Similar to Q1 in CEED 2020)

Given the characters below. Draw the described situations by maintaining the same character. No need to draw the background.

1. Popeye character - he is swallowing spinach from a tin and is feeling energized with his biceps boosted. Show him in standing posture with one leg on top of a stone of height equal to a feet

2. Character 2 - The cat is seated on an elevated platform with a sad face as it was hungry. 

3. Character 3 - The treacherous cat is now crying with pain as a big stone fell on his left leg. Show the cat holding his leg up with his two hands and also show the painful emotion of the cat.

4. Character 4 - Donald duck is lying on his bed and is yawing as if just waken up from his sleep. 

5. Character 5 - The bear is happy as his mouth is filled with fish, held with his two hands while being seated on top of a small chair

6. Character 6 - Draw the boy walking on the road carrying a school bag, holding the bag's two arms while he was about to kick a tin/can (say coke can) lying on the ground. He was not happy as his teacher had scolded him for not doing the homework. Show his expression. 

7. Character 7 - Draw Mickey mouse playing guitar in a standing position while he was deeply immersed (as if in a different world) in singing a song

8. Character 8 - Draw the character as if he was in love mode while he was seated on top of a wooden box     

2. Making Patterns out of visual elements (Similar to Q2 in CEED 2020)

Using the visual elements given below, create at least three recognizable objects/elements (for all the seven images below) and give a title to each. Use only BLACK pencil/pen. Draw only within the boundaries of the boxes.

3. Problem Identification Exercises (similar to Q5 in CEED 2020)

Identify the 5 important problems that you, as a user, face when using the products/items listed below. Do the following for each problem 

• Illustrate and annotate the identified problems separately
• Describe each problem in one sentence
• Propose your solutions (sketching the solutions are optional) with one or two lines of how the proposals solve the issues

Evaluation Criteria:

• Your problem identification and observation
• Ability to express the problems and the solutions through sketches 
• The practicality of identified problems and solutions

For your understanding, I've given the respective images for the listed situations below after the tips

1. Spectacles 
2. Sandals 
3. Over the ear headphones 
4. Marker pen
5. Water bottle
6. Computer mouse
7. Wooden chair
8. Hair comb
9. Stylus on tabs/ipads
10. Dustbin 
11. Scissors
12. Shaving Razor
13. Mobile phone
14. Water tap (faucet) 
15. Door lock knob 
16. Coffee mug
17. Shampoo bottle
18. Helmet
19. Lantern

Some tips to note:

(I've considered Q5 of CEED 2020 as the case study to explain the below points) 

• Given the product image, identify the problems, and speak only about the problems associated with that particular given product. Don't generalize or assume similar but slightly or highly different products. I strongly believe that it will be a mistake if you identify problems or propose solutions for a generalized product rather than for the given specific object.  
• Given the form of the object/product (for ex. the outer shape of the toothbrush) and also it is obvious that other things are not mentioned (like for example the hardness of the bristles, the material of the brush, or the material of the bristles) don't state problems related to these unmentioned features. Like if you say that the brush bristles bend after using for some time, I might not appreciate that if I were to be an examiner (I might be wrong but this is how I think). I would suggest not to go for longterm effects of the product components, as the specifics like material were not given. Try to utilize only the information available, like the form, shape/size, aesthetics, ergonomics, obvious looking material (like for ex. it is obvious to identify wood, plastic, etc.) and so on - to state the problems. It is better to get lesser marks stating obvious or common problems than trying to identify crucial problems by making some assumptions on the unavailable data.

(Remember: If there are no seemingly possible problems, then CREATE the opportunities by identifying the least probable (as it appears) happening problems by using the products/items. The problems that we never thought are problems, or, the ones most ignored (by taking them as granted) by the users, including you!)

Few more products to try (images not shown) 

1. Floor mop (single-piece design with non-replaceable mopping pads)
2. Mosquito bat
3. Vegetable cutting knife
4. Potato peeler
5. Gas stove lighter 
6. Mechanical watch
7. Wired In-ear headphones
8.  Induction stove

As you can see above that we can create our own practice questions out of everyday used things/appliances. Give it a try and come up with questions.....coz.....it's an art!

Additional exercises to improve your problem identification skills

 

Identify the problems of using the following products (no need to sketch) and list your alternate solutions 

1. TV remote
2. Immersion water heater
3. iPad
4. Desktop PC
5. Hairdryer
6. Broom
7. Writing plastic pad
8. Nail cutter

4. Visual Synthesis 

Create 2D graphic icon signs for all the situations listed below with either pencil or pen. The graphic icon was supposed to be installed as a signboard at appropriate locations.

(This exercise will help to attempt similar visual communications questions. Try to attempt these very quickly.)

Evaluation criteria

• Consistency of design language followed 
• Ability to convey the written item as a graphic
• The neatness of the icons drawn

Situations

1. Restricted area for trespassing
2. Restaurant
3. School zebra crossing
4. Cow farm
5. Men and Women washroom
6. Fire extinguisher 
7. No smoke zone
8. No parking zone 
9. Silence 
10. Hospital
11. No littering 
12. Dustbin 
13. Drinking water 
14. Medical store
15. Slopy/steep road
16. Watch your step
17. Slippery surface
18. Cleaning under progress
19. Hillstation
20. Bicycle parking
21. Bus stop
22. Coconut 
23. Radio explosive zone
24. Lions
25. Reserve area
26. No fire zone

5. Visual Branding (Visual communication)

Create visual brand logos for the following:

1. Eyewear shop, name 'mywear'
2. A Bar and Restaurant, name 'Melon'
3. A boutique shop, name 'botik'
4. A flower shop, name 'pugal'
5. A trade mark meat brand, name 'murug'
6. A new design for Reebok shoe brand
7. A camera accessory shop, name 'focus' 
8. A new mobile brand 'Caret'
9. A new supermarket brand 'Whole mart'
10. A currency exchange dealer, name 'Xchange'

As it must be clear to you how that it is quite easy to create practice questions out of our everyday activities or the ones that we have seen earlier. Try this by yourself. Let me know if the above practice questions are helpful or not.........so that I can either continue or stop sharing such questions.