Most Asked Questions in UCEED Entrance Exam
Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design 2026 ( UCEED )
Result - 6 Mar '26
UCEED Exams are approaching. The pressure to complete the syllabus and revise everything is too much. So make this process a bit simpler, we have collected some questions that are repeated in UCEED most of the time. Read on to find more.
UCEED Repeated Questions
UCEED Entrance Exam will be conducted by IIT Bombay on January 18, 2026 from 9 AM to 12 PM. The exam will be conducted at the UCEED Test centres. The reporting time of UCEED Entrance Test is 7 AM. It is mandatory to bring UCEED Hall ticket to the centre. Admit card is available on the website. Candidates can download it till January 18, 2026.
UCEED 2026 exam Part A will have 57 questions, and Part B will have 2 questions - one question will be drawing-based, while the other question will be aptitude-based. The test duration for Part A will be of 200 marks and 2 hours, and Part B will be of 100 marks and 1 hour.
- What is the Pattern for UCEED Entrance Test?
- What is included in the UCEED Syllabus 2026?
- Most Asked Question Type for UCEED 2026
- Answers for Questions
What is the Pattern for UCEED Entrance Test?
The exam pattern for UCEED 2026 is given below.
| UCEED Exam Parts |
Sections |
No. of Questions |
Marks for every correct answer |
Marks for every wrong answer |
Total Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part A |
NAT |
14 |
4 |
0 |
56 |
| MSQ |
15 |
Partial marking |
- 1 |
60 |
|
| MCQ |
28 |
3 |
- 0.71 |
84 |
|
|
|
Total |
57 |
|
|
200 |
| Part B
|
Sketching |
1 |
- |
- |
50 |
| Design Aptitude |
1 |
- |
- |
50 |
|
| Total |
2 |
|
|
100 |
|
The UCEED question paper will be of 3 hours and include two parts - The computer-based Part A and the offline-based Part B. It is mandatory for candidates to appear in both the paper.
Also, Part B paper answer booklets will only be evaluated if the candidate qualifies Part A. IIT Bombay will release the cut-off marks for Part A before the declaration of results.
Part A will include the following types of questions: Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Multiple Select Question (MSQ) Multiple Choice Question (MCQ). Part A will now include 57 questions.
Meanwhile, Part B will include 2 questions; this includes a sketching-based and an aptitide-based question.
The UCEED 2026 question paper for Part A will include three sections.
It will include 28 Multiple Select Questions (MSQs). Each MSQ may have one or more than one correct choice (s) out of the four given.
The following marking scheme will be followed for MSQ-type questions:
- Full Marks: + 4 If only (all) the correct option (s) is (are) chosen and None of the incorrect options is chosen.
- Partial Marks: + 3 If all four options are correct but ONLY three options are chosen, and None of the incorrect options is chosen.
- Partial Marks: + 2 If three or more options are correct but ONLY two options are chosen, both of which are correct and None of the incorrect options is chosen.
- Partial Marks: + 1 If two or more options are correct but ONLY one option is chosen and it is a correct option and None of the incorrect options is chosen.
- Zero Marks: 0 If None of the options is chosen (i.e., the question is unanswered). Negative Marks: -1 In all other cases.
What is included in the UCEED Syllabus 2026?
The syllabus for UCEED Part A and Part B is as follows:
- Visualization and spatial reasoning
- Environment and society
Practical and scientific knowledge - Analytical and logical reasoning
- Language
- Observation and design sensitivity
- Creativity
UCEED Part-B Syllabus
Check out the syllabus for Part B
- Drawing
- Design Aptitude
IIT Bombay which is the exam conducting body of UCEED 2025 will prepare the question paper for the entrance exam. The question paper of UCEED 2025 will include two parts - Part A and Part B. It is mandatory for candidates to appear in both the parts and also qualify Part A. Note that Part B answer booklet will only be evaluated if the candidate qualifies Part A.
Note that IIT Bombay has revised the syllabus for the UCEED 2025 exam. Now Part B of the question paper will include two questions - one question will be aptitude-based, while the second question will be sketching-based. The test duration for Paper B has also been increased to 60 minutes (from 30 minutes).
Candidate needs to remember following points about Part B question paper of UCEED 2026.
- Part B will include TWO questions. Question for section will be shown on the computer monitor.
- Candidate, after reading the question, has to write/ draw the answer option in the answer booklet provided by the invigilator.
- Part B test will evaluate the drawing ability and Design Aptitude of the candidate.
- Part B is mandatory and will only be evaluated if the candidate qualifies for Part A.
- The cut-off marks for Part A will be declared by IIT Bombay before the declaration of results.
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Most Asked Question Type for UCEED 2026
The following type of questions are mostly asked in UCEED Exam.
1. Create a morning view with shadows, cat, news.
Hint: Show light, shadows, newspaper, tea pot, cat, etc.
2. Count the circles given in the figures.
3. Shown here are letters of an alphabet, from A to Z. How many of these letters, if flipped along the horizontal axis, can still be read as capital letters?
Alphabets
4. Prof. Xxyxyx was checking the maths papers and she got a call from her husband complaining that she forgot her diet lunchbox and not taking care of herself and diet and eating pakoras. He even said that she didn't read the diet book which he gave and used as paper weight. She convinced that she didn't have time for lunch as she was busy in checking the maths papers and have to complete her research work by 5 pm. But her husband was not convinced & disconnected the call. She ordered tea for the 5th time and pakoras for the 2nd time.
Draw the view how she would see her desk. Do not draw prof. Хухухух.
5. You are sitting in a well ventilated drawing room. It is 9in the morning and sun light is streaming through the window on the East casting shadows on the floor. A cat is resting on one of sunlit patches.
A newspaper is placed beside a cup of hot tea on a small side table. There freshly watered potted plants in the room; one on the floor and two on the window sill with the watering jug next to it. From the above description, sketch the scene from your point of view.
8. Count the number of parallelograms in this figure.
Parallelogram
9. Two trains of unequal length have speeds of 60 and 50 km/hr. When they travel in opposite directions in straight line tracks, they take 9 seconds to completely cross each other. When they travel in the same direction, a person in the faster train sees the slower train for 18 seconds. For how much time (in seconds) would a person in the slower train see the faster train when the trains travel in the same direction?
10. In photography, f-numbers represent lens aperture. Write the missing f-number in the sequence below.
f/2.8, f/3.2, f/3.5, f/_, f/4.5, f/5.0, f/5.6
Answers for Questions
1. NA
2. 22
3. 14
4. NA
5. NA
6. abd
7. 09
8. 15
9. 50
10. 04
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 6 hours ago
UCEED 2026 counselling will be conducted by IIT Bombay. The counselling process will have five rounds.
UCEED 2026 Joint Admission Process will not have any spot rounds. If there are any spot counselling rounds, it will be notified.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 6 hours ago
The allotment of seats for UCEED admission to the B.Des programme offered by participating colleges is based on the following parameters:
- UCEED 2026 merit rank of the candidate
- College option selected during registration.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 6 hours ago
The counselling process for UCEED 2026 will be conducted by IIT Bombay as a Joint Seat Allocation process.
To participate in UCEED 2026 counselling, the candidate must have qualified in the UCEED 2026 entrance exam and been allocated a merit rank.
This means that if the candidate has failed to qualify
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 6 hours ago
The counselling for UCEED 2026 will be conducted online as a Joint Seat Allocation process. The counseling will be conducted in a centralized manner.
IIT Bombay will conduct counseling registration from March 14, 2026. All candidates who qualify in the UCEED 2026 exam will be eligible to register fo
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UCEED Round 2 Counselling will begin on May 19, 2026. The last day to accept the seat and pay the seat acceptance fee is May 27, 2026,6:00 PM.
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Contributor-Level 10
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UCEED 2026 seat-acceptance fee for GEN/EWS/OBC-NCL candidates is INR 60,000. SC, ST, and PwD candidates only need to pay INR 15,000. The fee will have to be paid within the schedule notified by IIT Bombay. If the candidate fails to make the payment within the given deadline, then the allotment will
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Contributor-Level 10
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The candidate needs the following documents to participate in UCEED 2026 counseling.
Signed copy of the first page of the completed application form
UCEED 2026 scorecard
Qualifying exam (Class 12 or equivalent) mark sheet
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Signature
OBC-NCL/ SC/ ST/ PwD certificate (if applicable)
OCI/ PIO card (if ap
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Contributor-Level 10
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UCEED Counselling Round 1 will begin on April 21, 2026. The seat acceptance fee must be paid by April 29, 2026, 6 PM.
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No, you cannot participate if you have not been given a merit rank in the UCEED 2026.
Counseling process for UCEED 2026 will be conducted as a Joint Seat Allotment process. To participate in the counseling, the candidate must have qualified for the UCEED 2026 and assigned a merit rank in the UCEED ex
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- The 1st step of UCEED 2026 counseling is online registration. The counseling registration process for UCEED will be conducted starting the 2nd week of March 2026. Candidates who have qualified in the entrance exam and have been assigned a merit rank in UCEED were eligible to participate in the couns
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UCEED 2026 question paper will have questions from Numerical Answer Type (NAT) in Section 1. There will be 18 questions of 4 marks each. There will be no negative marking for incorrect answers. Exam was on January 18, 2026.