Weekly time table (strategy) for NID MDes preparation

Hello, 

There is no universal strategy applicable to everyone. Strategy and preparation level varies from person to person based on several factors. This timetable will be of some help to assist you in preparing your own schedule.

Downloadable PDF - A complete list of SYL links for NID-DAT exam (sitemap) 

NID MDes faculty wise syllabus list

NID MDes CDAT new pattern - what is it and how to deal with it?

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In the below weekly timetable, I will just refer as either verbal or non-verbal because of space limitations. You can assume any of the topics (based on the priority list given at the end of this page) and cover them. If you're not starting in August but from another month (say October), you may want to modify your schedule and include the topics accordingly. 

Month: August

1st week - object sketching (every day things like products kitchen and appliances etc.), Image aptitude (solids, views, surface counting, solid manipulations etc), drawing images in front/top/side views (helpful to improve your imagination although in NID exam this might not come)

2nd week - Previous papers, non verbal reasoning - image patterns, image manipulations, syllogism 

3rd week - Tangram puzzles, non verbal reasoning - paper cutting etc, odd man out series

4th week - solve previous papers, verbal reasoning, story writing, sketching practice (line sketching by copying). Attempt subjective questions too to evaluate your current status. 

5th week - Ability tests, basic math formula revision, sketching practice (line sketching giving emphasis to shape, size/proportion), Faculty wise topic (chose any two)

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Month : September

1st week - English comprehension, plain sketching (objects, everyday things),  Faculty wise topics,

2nd week - Ability tests - inductive/deductive reasoning, mensurations, plain sketching (objects, everday things) 

3rd week - verbal reasoning, folding and unfolding of solids, image manipulations, paragraph comprehension, sketching (with concern for detailing like shadings, shadows, details, texture etc)

4th week - non verbal reasoning revision, draw a scene (given in written form) by visualizing - minding details, proportion, and all other elements of sketching, imaginative drawing, revision of your understanding on learnt non verbal reasoning topics, facts on basic science, science quiz questions

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Month : October

1st week  - Faculty wise topics, subjective practice, story and creative writing, NID previous paper subjective attempts, sketch of creative ideas (ex - like creative uses of umbrella, water bottles etc), practice of - logo making, animation frames, posters etc, 

2nd week - paragraph comprehension, deductive reasoning from para's, Principals and Fundamentals of Prototyping (modeling), Observation on every day products - their functions/behaviour and the science/reason behind their use (like why gas pipe is cylindrical and not square ?, what is the shape of the fan blade ? etc), sketch practice of - logo making, animation frames, posters etc (continuation) 

3rd week -  Rebus puzzles, aptitude start, font, revision on math basics, Faculty wise topics (GK on Terms and techniques related to weaving, art, stitching, pottery, architecture, fashion, animation, printmaking, media etc), sketching of creative ideas.

4th week - direction sense tests, IQ questions, color schemes, Basic science and facts, odd man out series, Knowledge on convex, concave mirroring, sketch practice of humans/animals in different positions like sitting, standing, postures, in action, different genders, age groups, portraits etc

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Month : November

(keep your sketch practice in between)

1st week - Faculty wise topic - Basic idea about materials used for daily products, GK fact on sciene, earth, findings, completing sentences, deducing meaningful statements from paragraphs, working on design and creative ideas, Faculty wise subjective - practising sketching of creative ideas, 

2nd week - Knowledge on print/packaging standard, logos/symbols, series (aptitude and image kind), GK on natural disasters occurred in history, General facts (famous, science, logos, constitution and human rights), mechanical and spatial ability overview, situation test practice (paragraph/sceanrio type)

3rd week - Indian indexes, Background on civilization, revolutions, archaeology, paragraph comprehension revision,Color schemes, Epics, Renaissance, Terms and techniques related to sculpturing, webpage design, sketch practice on object forms, shapes, texture etc)

4th week - Terms and techniques related to construction, pottery, building, archi etc, Prototyping (modeling), related terms, techniques, media and tools used, basic knowledge on materials for prototype making steps followed (very quickly), Faculty wise topics - GK on movies, animators, Architectural importance in India (locations, places etc)

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Month : December

(keep your sketch practice in between)

1st week - Logos of Indian brands and government department, institutes, science and solar system, facts, inventors/discoveries, general facts about earth, design and even about humans, indian history, GK on World famous days (events, attacks, revolutions etc), Gk on India's famous political personalities, Animation movements, texture identifications (on animals, surfaces etc), start covering leftover Faculty wise topics 

2nd week - Gk on sports, politics, film, animation, recent implements or constitution changes, Indian culture, dance, wear etc, GA on Art/Media, painters, music, dance, designers, Font, linguistic, English - completing sentence, NID/UCEED Mock test (or previous paper) practice, Crafting media, tools, related terms etc, Paint/art/works of renowned designers, cover Faculty wise topics

3rd week - Knowledge about books, great personalities including sports, politicians, designers, revolution activist etc, Symmetry in biology, NID/UCEED Mock test (or previous paper) practice, quick revision on solid views, syllogisms, basic mensuration concepts, Knowledge on people (and their works) related to innovators, changes, revolutions, art movements etc, sketching, knowledge on aesthetics, symmetry etc, revise Faculty wise topics

4th week - Revision on ability tests samples, NID/UCEED/CEED Mock test (or previous paper) practice, quick non verbal revision, Color scheme revision, GK on generally (day-to-day) used products/objects/things, gadgets, appliances, vegetables, GK on break through revolutions, GK on famous personalities (designers, activist, painters, logo makers, sports, political, science in indian context, ), cover as well as revise Faculty wise topics

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Month : January

1st week - current affairs (recent break throughs) related to india, introductions like monetization, CST, personals involved in that etc, Terms and techniques related to design, art, print, printmaking, crafting, media, theory on black box, GK on famous personalities (continuation), revision of any other GA topics

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As a reference, I'm listing down the topics with their rankings in brackets. A very high rank (high being 5) means you are suggested to prioritize that topics and a very low rating (low being 1) mean you are advised not to spend much time on that. If you find some topics important that has been skipped, you may go according to that as well as let me know. Please note that I'm keeping in mind that you're also giving UCEED/NATA/JEE/NIFT or any design based exams. So, preparing for these topics would help you give other exams too with ease!

Verbal Reasoning

Syllogism (5)

Logical Sequence of Words (1)

Blood Relation Test (2)

Series Completion (2)

Cause and Effect (3)

Dice, Venn Diagrams (1)

Cube and Cuboid (3)

Analogy (2)

Seating Arrangement (3)

Character Puzzles (4)

Direction Sense Test (5) 

Arithmetic Reasoning (2)

calendar (2)

Non Verbal Reasoning

Series (4)

Analogy (4)

Classification (5)

Analytical Reasoning (5)

Mirror Images & Water Images (4)

Embedded Images (2)

Pattern Completion  (5)

Figure Matrix (3)

Paper Folding (5)

Paper Cutting (5)

Rule Detection (4)

Grouping of Images (3)

Shape Construction (2)

Image Analysis (4)

Cubes and Dice (4)

Aptitude topics  - Average, Area, mensruations, odd man out series, height, and distance, speed, trains, 

All the best with your start :)

Weekly time table (strategy) for NID preparation

Hello, 

Please note that there is no universal strategy applicable to everyone. Strategy and preparation level varies from person to person based on their existing abilities (proficiency in a field), how much time to spend every day, 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. So, it all depends on personal capabilities, but this timetable will be helping those who need guidance or a systematic approach to preparation.

Downloadable PDF - A complete list of SYL links for NID-DAT exam (sitemap) 

How to start and what to practice for NID (quick tips)

NID MDes CDAT new pattern - what is it and how to deal with it?

Thanks to a friend, interaction with whom I learned that the regular Verbal and Non-Verbal competitive exam books could be used, very much, for NID (as well as for UCEED/CEED) preparation as well. 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.  Here, before giving the schedule, 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). You can safely skip the rest of the topics which are not listed below and if you find some topics important that has been skipped, you may let me know. Please note that I'm keeping in mind that you're also giving UCEED/NATA/JEE/NIFT or any design based exams. So, preparing for these topics might help you give other exams too with ease!

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Verbal Reasoning

• Syllogism (5)
• Logical Sequence of Words (1)
• Blood Relation Test (2)
• Series Completion (2)
• Cause and Effect (3)
• Dice, Venn Diagrams (1)
• Cube and Cuboid (3)
• Analogy (2)
• Seating Arrangement (3)
• Character Puzzles (4)
• Direction Sense Test (5) 
• Arithmetic Reasoning (2)
• calendar (2)

Non Verbal Reasoning

• Series (4)
• Analogy (4)
• Classification (5)
• Analytical Reasoning (5)
• Mirror Images & Water Images (4)
• Embedded Images (2)
• Pattern Completion  (5)
• Figure Matrix (3)
• Paper Folding (5)
• Paper Cutting (5)
• Rule Detection (4)
• Grouping of Images (3)
• Shape Construction (2)
• Image Analysis (4)
• Cubes and Dice (4)

Aptitude topics  - Average, Area, mensruations, odd man out series, height, and distance, speed, trains, 

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In the below weekly timetable, I will just refer as either verbal and non verbal because of space limit, but, you can assume any of the above topics (based on the priority) and cover them.

Month : August

• 1st week - object sketching, Image aptitude (solids, views, surface counting, solid manipulations etc), drawing images in front/top/side views (helpful to improve your imagination although in exam this might not come)
• 2nd week - Previous paper, non verbal reasoning - image patterns, image manipulations, syllogism 
• 3rd week - Tangram puzzles, non verbal reasoning - paper cutting etc, odd man out series
• 4th week - previous paper, verbal reasoning, story writing, sketching practice (line sketching by copying)
• 5th week - Ability tests, basic math formulae revision, sketching practice (line sketching giving emphasis to shape, size/proportion)

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Month : September

• 1st week - non verbal reasoning, english comprehension, plain sketching (objects, everday things)
• 2nd week - Ability tests - inductive/deductive reasoning, mensurations, plain sketching (objects, everday things) 
• 3rd week - verbal reasoning, folding and unfolding of solids, image manipulations, paragraph comprehension, sketching (with concern for detailing like shadings, shadows, details, texture etc)
• 4th week - draw a scene (given in written form) by visualizing minding details, proportion and all other elements of sketching, imaginative drawing, revision of your understanding on learnt non verbal reasoning topics, facts on basic science, science quiz questions,

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Month : October

• 1st week - UCEED Previous paper, story and creative writing, Number puzzles, NID previous paper subjective attempts, sketch of creative ideas (ex - like creative uses of umbrellas, water bottles etc), sketch practice of - logo making, animation frames, posters etc
• 2nd week - CEED previous paper, paragraph comprehension, deductive reasoning from para's, Principals and Fundamentals of Prototyping (modeling), Observation on every day products - their functions/behaviour and the science/reason behind their use (like why gas pipe is cylindrical and not square ?, what is the shape of the fan blade ? etc), sketch practice of - logo making, animation frames, posters etc (continuation) 
• 3rd week - rebus puzzles, aptitude start, font, revision on math basics, GK on Terms and techniques related to weaving, art, stitching, pottery, architecture, fashion, animation, printmaking, media etc, sketching of creative ideas.
• 4th week - direction sense tests, IQ questions, color schemes, Basic science and facts, odd man out series, Knowledge on convex, concave mirroring, sketch practice of humans/animals in different positions like sitting, standing, postures, in action, different genders, age groups, portraits etc

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Month : November

(keep your sketch practice in between)

• 1st week - Basic idea about materials used for daily products, non verbal revision, GK fact on sciene, earth, findings, completing sentences, deducing meaningful statements from paragraphs, working on design and creative ideas, practising sketching of creative ideas, 
• 2nd week - Knowledge on print/packaging standard, logos/symbols, series (aptitude and image kind), GK on natural disasters occurred in history, General facts (famous, science, logos, constitution and human rights), mechanical and spatial ability study, 
• 3rd week - Indian indexes, Background on civilization, revolutions, archaeology, paragraph comprehension revision, Non-verbal revision, Color schemes, Epics, Renaissance, Terms and techniques related to sculpturing, webpage design, sketch practice on object forms, shapes, texture etc)
• 4th week - Terms and techniques related to construction, pottery, building, archi etc, Prototyping (modeling), related terms, techniques, media and tools used, basic knowledge on materials for prototype making steps followed (very quickly), GK on movies, animators, Architectural importance in India (locations, places etc)

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Month : December

(keep your sketch practice in between)

• 1st week - Logos of Indian brands and government department, institutes, science and solar system, facts, inventors/discoveries, general facts about earth, design and even humans, india, history, GK on World famous days (events, attacks, revolutions etc), Gk on India's famous political personalities, Animation movements, texture identifications (on animals, surfaces etc) 
• 2nd week - Gk on sports, politics, film, animation, recent implements or constitution changes, Indian culture, dance, wear etc, GA on Art/Media, painters, music, dance, designers, Font, linguistic, English - completing sentence, NID/UCEED Mock test (or previous paper) practice, Crafting media, tools, related terms etc, Paint/art/works of renowned designers, 
• 3rd week - Knowledge about books, great personalities including sports, politicians, designers, revolution activist etc, Symmetry in biology, NID/UCEED Mock test (or previous paper) practice, quick revision on solid views, syllogisms, basic mensuration concepts, Knowledge on people (and their works) related to innovators, changes, revolutions, art movements etc, sketching, knowledge on aesthetics, symmetry etc
• 4th week - Revise of ability tests samples, NID/UCEED/CEED Mock test (or previous paper) practice, quick non verbal revision, Color scheme revision, GK on generally (day-to-day) used products/objects/things, gadgets, appliances, vegetables, GK on break through revolutions, GK on famous personalities (designers, activist, painters, logo makers, sports, political, science in indian context, )

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Month : January

• 1st week - current affairs (recent break thoughs) related to india, introductions like monetization, CST, personall involved in that etc, Terms and techniques related to design, art, print, printmaking, crafting, media, theory on black box, GK on famous personalities (continuation), revision of any other GA topics

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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. 

And here is the link where you can get the syllabus for NID

Resources for NID-DAT (for both UG and PG)

NID-DAT Resource update (according to new syllabus)

NID-DAT Resource (previous update)

Resource from UCEED page

Useful webpages for NID/UCEED

Famous designers list and other GA

All the best for your start :)

Weekly time table (strategy) for CEED preparation

Hello all, 

Please note that there is no universal strategy applicable for everyone. Strategy and preparation level varies from 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. So, it all depends on personal capabilities, but this timetable will be helping those who 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 who are average or below average at sketching/ drawing etc

The second strategy is for those whom are above average or very good at sketching

Kind note:

1. I've included numbered labels for the Design part of CEED (Part - B), so that I don't have to repeat them every time in the schedule. I've given two Strategies for relevant people related to Part B (design part), but GA time table will be common for both the strategies
2. 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 :)

The following topics and their respective Labeled numbers will be used in the schedule given below.

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(Label - Topic)

0 - product Design/Industrial Design
1 - Visual Communication, Poster, Logo
2 - Animation, Story board making, comic strips/frames
3 - Story writing, Story write-up given some characters, picture composition - story writing by looking at a scene/image
4 - Creative use of items - waste/reusable
5 - Problem identification given a scenario, finding Factors, design idea proposal for the prob.
6 -  Sketching, Line drawing, Exploded view/shape, composition, part view
7 - Shading/rendering
8 - Human/animal sketching line/object sketching
9 -  Ideas of using products and applications (like use of invisible fluids etc)
10 - Fault finding in existing products/designs/sketches
11 - Visualization and Imagination ques.
12 - Draw things/products/designs/human/animal from imagination
13 - Draw by copying/ replicating/ seeing existing images/ products/ scenarios/ scenes/ designs etc
14 - Study on latest technology, products, design ideas etc
15 - Ideas from others in social/print media say in blogs, FB, Pinterest, behance etc
16 - Sketch practice
17 - Previous years part B practice; going through questions to understand the nature
18 - Geometric/solid manipulations, transformations, views
19 - Perspective/Vanishing point drawings/study

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Important Note (for CEED Design; Part-B):

1. Going through existing products/design/frame/others ideas is very important, likewise finding faults and coming up with your solutions is always a good designer practice (at least in my view)
2. Carefully understand the requirement of the design questions - What they asked or looking for
3. Mind the evaluation criteria before attempting/solving any design question
4. You need to have a fair idea on existing products and their technology. So, I've included a topic/section with this heading in the timetable
5. Sketching is imp. but design idea is the first important criteria to be considered, that's why I've given greater emphasis on how you can culminate the process of idea generation by way of various practices listed in the Labels/topics 

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STRATEGY - 1 (Only Design Part)

Level : Below average in Sketching

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Month : September

• 3rd week - 6 (line drawing), 13, 5, 19 (line drawing)   
• 4th week - 4 ,8 , 10, 15, 13, 17, 6, 11 (Line drawing), 14, 18

Month : October

• 1st week - 3, 12, 17, 8, 10, 6 (sketch/Line-drawing), 0, (1 or 2 or both), 18, 19 
• 2nd week - 10, 16, 15, 9, 6 (sketch, exploded view), 5, 0, 11, 12, 19
• 3rd week - 3, 10, 9, 5, 0,  (1 or 2 or both), 4, 15, 18
• 4th week - 17, 8 (little), 6 (sketch/exploded view), 0, (1 or 2 or both), 4, 10, 12, 14, 15

Month : November

• 1st week - 17, 16, 8, 9, 7, 5, 11, 12 (little), 14, 19
• 2nd week - 10, 16, 7, 0, (1 or 2 or both), 14, 15
• 3rd week - 3, 10, 9, 7, 11, 12, 5, 15, 18
• 4th week - 16, 12, 18, 19

Month : December

• 1st week - 16, 12, 17 (just overview, mild practice)

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STRATEGY - 2 (Only Design Part)

Level : Above average (good) at Sketching

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Month : September

• 3rd week - 5, 10, 11,, 14, 15, 18
• 4th week - 0,  (1 or 2 or both), 4 , 5, 17, 18, 19

Month : October

• 1st week - 0,  (1 or 2 or both), 3, 4, 5, 9, 18, 19
• 2nd week - 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18
• 3rd week -  0,  (1 or 2 or both), 5, 6, 11, 19
• 4th week - 0,  (1 or 2 or both), 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18

Month : November

• 1st week - 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 14, 15, 19
• 2nd week - 0, (1 or 2 or both), 6, 7, 11, 10, 15, 17, 18
• 3rd week - 0, (1 or 2 or both),, 3, 4, 12, 17
• 4th week - 18, 12, 10, 15, 4

Month : December

• 1st week - NIL

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GA Study Strategy (applicable for all)

GA study includes verbal and verbal topics. 

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

• Syllogism (2)
• Logical Sequence of Words (2)
• Blood Relation Test (1)
• Series Completion (2)
• Cause and Effect (2)
• Dice, Venn Diagrams (3)
• Cube and Cuboid (2)
• Analogy (2)
• Seating Arrangement (3)
• Character Puzzles (4)
• Direction Sense Test (5) 
• Arithmetic Reasoning (3)
• calendar (1)

Non Verbal Reasoning

• Series (4)
• Analogy (4)
• 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 (3)
• Shape Construction (2)
• Image Analysis (5)
• Cubes and Dice (5)

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Month : September

• 3rd week - CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test (to get hold of pattern)
• 4th week - GK on  art history, renaissance, designers, famous paintings/works, aptitude on images/math, mensuration, non-verbal reasoning 

Month : October

• 1st week - Perspective study, vanishing point concepts, practice/test on ability tests, IQ ques, reading and paragraph comprehension, GA on authors, art history, renaissance, mechanism and everyday usage things working, basic concept behind that, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test, non-verbal reasoning
• 2nd week - print/color media study, India culture, animation study, logical arrangement of words, illusions, pattern analysis, pictograph puzzles, aptitude on images/math, mensuration, odd-man-out type ques, verbal reasoning  
• 3rd week - paragraph comprehension, Architectural concepts, mechanism and everyday usage things working, basic concept behind that, pattern analysis, aptitude on images/math, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test, verbal and non verbal reasoning
• 4th week - GK on painters/paintings, designers, famous persons, facial expressions, Mathematical aptitude, image based aptitude ques that improve observation/visualization and imagination skills, pictograph puzzles, mensuration/math aptitude, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test

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, Architecture, mensuration, odd-man-out type ques,  non verbal reasoning revision
• 3rd week - latest products, authors, architecture, video/media, animation,  math and image aptitude revision and practice, ability practice, pictogram puzzles, color schemes practice, CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test,  environmental awareness, Paragraph comprehension revision
• 4th week - English verbals, meanings, synonyms and antonyms,, revision on painters/paintings, designers, famous persons, India culture, art history,   animation terms, Mock tests or previous year papers (as many as possible), CEED/UCEED Mock-test/previous paper test

Month : December

• 1st week - revision on GK: art media, colors, designers, font, typography, photography, logos, authors, architecture, video,  renaissance,  CEED/ UCEED Mock-test/ previous paper test

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Here's my old post on - time-table analysis for CEED exam preparation

Hope this comprehensive time-table helps you prepare well!

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 :)

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 :)