4 Time Management Tips for UCEED 2025
Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design 2025 ( UCEED )
Counselling - 15 Jun '25 - 19 Jun '25
UCEED 2025 question paper has two parts - Part A and B. Part A will include 57 objective questions that have to be attempted in 2 hours; Part B will include a sketching-based and aptitude-based question that has to be completed in 60 minutes. Here we bring you easy but effective tips to manage time better in the UCEED entrance exam.
UCEED is one of the most competitive entrance exams for B.Des admission in the country. So, if you intend to do well in the exam and get a good score, you must learn time management, among other things. It is because while many candidates do develop the skill to solve a problem, they find themselves high and dry on exam day because of their tortoise-esque speed. Many times they also lack time-management tricks. So, here we bring some useful UCEED 2025 time-management tips to help you ride the tide!
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There is a 90% more chance of getting best college recommendations by sharing preferences.Note that the UCEED 2025 question paper will have two Parts - A and B. Part A will be conducted in a computer-based mode and comprise 57 questions that candidates need to answer in two hours. Meanwhile, Part B will include a sketching-based and an aptitude-based question which have to be attempted in 60 minutes. The total mark for the UCEED exam is 300. Part A of the UCEED exam will further be divided into three sections. The first section would consist of Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions and the second and third sections would have Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) and Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), respectively.
If you have six months to prepare for UCEED and not an year, you need to be smart. Here are a few tips to prepare for the exam in six months: Make a study time table. Consult the exam pattern and get isights. Also, refer to the exam syllabus. Another point to note is the difficulty level of the exam. Start your preparation without any delay. Take notes during study. Solve sample papers and take mock tests.
If you consider the question paper of UCEED 2023, then the exam can be considered to be moderately difficult. For instance, of the 68 questions asked, around 18 questions fall in the moderate category, 18 in the moderate to difficult category, while the rest can be tagged easy to moderate.
In contrast, NIFT and NID DAT are considered to be tougher. This is because in NID DAT, more weightage is given to subjective and drawing-related questions. Consequently, the candidate needs to be very creative and have strong fundamentals to answer the questions. In NID DAT for the B. Des programme, DAT Prelims carries 40% weightage, while DAT Mains carries 60% weightage.
Updates on the UCEED 2025 exam
IIT Bombay will conduct the UCEED exam 2025 on January 19. The exam will be held in 27 cities across India.
The name and address of the UCEED 2025 exam center allocated to the candidate will be mentioned on the admit card. The UCEED 2025 admit card was released on January 3.
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On the day of the exam, the candidate needs to report to the exam center at 7 am. Also, make sure to follow UCEED 2025 exam-day guidelines.
4 Time Management Tips for UCEED 2025
Here are the tips that will help you complete the UCEED 2025 question paper on time. So, go through them carefully.
1) Allot time for each question
UCEED 2025 will comprise 59 questions that aspirants need to attempt in 180 minutes duration. There is a further bifurcation in the time allotted to solve each section of the exam. Candidates need to solve 57 questions in Part A in 120 minutes and one drawing and one aptitude-based question in Part B in 60 minutes.
There is no specific number as such that you need to solve. But that being said, you must try to solve as many sample papers as possible for UCEED 2025. Note that at the initial stage, when you are starting of you exam preparation, you will not be able to solve the complete sample paper. It is only in the last few months, or may be weeks, that you can solve all the questions given in the sample papers. So, if you are able to solve may be say 10 odd sample papers before the exam, you will be in a good place to do well. There are multiple benefits of solving sample papers. The prime being, it will help you develop problem-solving and time-management skills.
Given that UCEED is one of the most important and the toughest design entrance exams in the country, one should not wait till the last moments to prepare for the exam. Ideally, the candidate should have at least an year to prepare for the exam. That being said, if the candidate has above average understand of the basics, he or she can easily prepare for the exam in six months. When preparing for the exam, it is important to have a target in mind. For example, the merit rank the candidate wants to achieve. Note that the cut-off rank varies from one institute to another.
UCEED 2023 question paper included a total of 68 questions. The section-wise questions asked in Part A was: NAT (18), MSQs (18), and MCQs (32). Part B included a solitary Drawing-based question. The section-wise difficulty level of UCEED 2023 is given below.
Part A | Number of questions | Question numbers | Total marks | Difficulty level |
NAT | 18 | 1-18 | 72 | Moderate |
MSQ | 18 | 19-36 | 72 | Moderate to difficult |
MCQ | 32 | 37-68 | 96 | Easy to moderate |
Part B of the question paper included a sketching-based question of moderate difficulty level. The question carried 60 marks.
The qualifying cut-off for UCEED 2025 will be prepared based on the following formulae: Marks obtained in Part-A will be used to shortlist candidates. The cutoffs (Delta) for Part-A marks to shortlist candidates in the OPEN category will be Mu+ (sigma/2) = Delta, where Mu and sigma are the average marks and standard deviation of distribution of marks obtained by ALL the candidates in Part-A of UCEED 2025. The Mu, sigma, and Delta will be rounded-off to two decimal places. The candidates belonging to the reserved categories shall have to fulfil a relaxed cut-off mark, which will be 0.9Delta for OBC-NCL/EWS, 0.5Delta for SC/ST/PwD, where Delta is the cut-off mark for OPEN category.
This means the candidate has very limited time to solve the paper.
However, aspirants are advised to keep two minutes for solving each question and save the remaining time for re-visiting the questions that they couldn't complete in the first attempt.
Since Part A of UCEED 2025 will be a computer-based test, the candidate can easily navigate to questions that they mark for re-checking or questions that they do not answer in the first go. So, it is quite easy for aspirants to go back and solve the questions that they did not attempt initially.
2) Concentrate on picture-type questions
There are many time-consuming questions in UCEED such as aptitude questions and puzzles. However, there are some picture-based questions as well which are quite easy and quick to solve. Also, as soon as you solve these questions you are confident of having solved them correctly. So, we advise that you practice as many picture-based questions as you possibly can (during UCEED preparation time) to score well in UCEED 2025.
3) Prioritise exam sections
Every candidate has some strong and weak points. Start attempting questions that reflect your strength first. This will not only improve your speed in solving the paper but also build up your confidence level in attempting the UCEED 2025 test paper.
As per the test pattern of UCEED, there is a negative marking in Part A; so every aspirant should refrain from making wild guesses and concentrate on minimizing the effect of negative marking as much as possible.
4) Time for revision
Candidates should manage their time in a way that they have at least 15-20 minutes in the end to revisit unsolved questions. This is extremely necessary because such an initiative can help improve the score of a candidate tremendously.
One of the best ways to perform well in the UCEED exam is to practice as many previous years' UCEED question papers along with UCEED sample questions. Such a task will not only help aspirants understand their speed in solving the UCEED test paper but also help them understand their strengths and weaknesses. Apart from this, aspirants should also go through some UCEED preparation tips in order to ensure that they have covered all the critical topics necessary to score well in the exam.
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The UCEED 2025 question paper will have two parts - 1) the computer-based Part A and 2) drawing and aptitude-based Part B. To prepare for Part A, the candidate needs to focus on the following topics: Visualization and spatial reasoning: Ability to visualise and transform 2D shapes and 3D objects and their spatial relationships. Practical and scientific knowledge: Know-how of scientific principles and everyday objects. Observation and design sensitivity: Capacity to detect concealed properties in day-to-day life and think critically about them. Attention to details, classification, analysis, inference and prediction. Environment and society: General awareness of environmental, social and cultural connections with design. Analytical and logical reasoning: Ability to analyse qualitative and quantitative information. Language: Proficiency in reading and comprehending Standard English . Creativity: Grasp of verbal and non-verbal analogies, metaphors, signs and symbols.