Most Asked Questions in UCEED Entrance Exam
Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design 2026 ( UCEED )
Result - 10 Mar '26 - 31 Jul '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 |
|
Commonly asked questions
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.
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.
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).
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
Commonly asked questions
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.
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).
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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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