CEED Draft Answer Key 2026 (OUT): Part A Answer Key PDF, Response Sheet & Objection Window (OPEN)

IIT Bombay will declare results of CEED 2026 on March 04, 2026. It will be declared online at ceed.iitb.ac.in. To check results, candidate needs to log in to the result portals using their login ID. 

CEED 2026 results will be released for all candidates who appear in the design entrance exam. However, the CEED 2026 merit rank will only be issued to candidates who qualify for Part A and are shortlisted.

The final answer key for CEED 2026 for Part A will be released on January 28, 2026.

CEED admission portal has many useful resources, including previous years’ question papers and answer keys. 

To download the question papers and keys

1. Go to CEED admission portal

2. Click on the Download .

3. Screen having question papers and answer keys will open

4. Click on question paper or answer key you want to download.

5. You can download the document in PDF format.

IIT Bombay will release the question paper for the CEED 2026 exam on January 20, 2026. The question paper will be released alongside the draft CEED answer key.

The candidate can download previous years’ question papers for the CEED exam from CEED 2026 - IIT Bombay admission portal - ceed.iitb.ac.in. Alternatively, the candidate can also download the question papers from this page.

Candidate can download question papers along with the answer keys.  Question paper and answer keys for the current academic session (or CEED 2026) will only be available after the exam has been conducted. 

Previous years’ question papers can be used by the candidate to improve their problem-solving ability and improve conceptual understanding.

IIT Bombay has released the detailed statistics of the CEED 2023 exam in the form of a press release. As per the stats, a total of 4910 candidates appeared for CEED 2023, which was held in a centre-based mode on January 22, 2023. 

A total of 1886 candidates managed to qualify CEED 2023. Of the qualified candidates, 755 were females. Ms. Khyati Rathor is the top-rank holder (AIR 1) in the Common Rank List (CRL), with 68.85 marks out of 100 marks. 

Also, note that among the 4910 candidates appeared for CEED 2023, 2401 were male, and remaining 2509 candidates were female.

No, mock tests are not the same as CEED question or sample papers. 

It is because the main purpose of the mock tests is to help the candidate get acquainted with the exam pattern and system, especially if the exam is conducted in an online mode. The mocks will allow the candidate get accustomed with the exam mode, navigation, scoring, and answering patterns. To some extent it also may help the candidate improve problem-solving and time-managment skills, which are typically the exclusive domain of CEED sample papers.

Additionally, mock tests are meant to be taken in the last few days of the exam. On the other hand, sample papers are typically solved even in the early stages of exam preparation.

Rohit Ravindra Waghmare topped the CEED topper list 2025 with 82.38 marks out of 100.

CEED 2023 exam was topped by Khyati Rathor, who secured the AIR 1. She secured 68.85 marks in the exam, out of 100 marks. Simon George Cherian got the second position and scored 66.63 marks.

The application form for CEED 2026 is open now. Applications will open in online mode at ceed.iitb.ac.in. It was out on October 01, 2025.

All the details about the CEED 2026 application form will be updated on the admission portals, including the information brochure. The candidate needs to carefully go through the brochure to check their eligibility. 

IIT Bombay will declare results of CEED 2026 on March 04, 2026. It will be declared online at ceed.iitb.ac.in. To check results, candidate needs to log in to the result portals using their login ID. 

CEED 2026 results will be released for all candidates who appear in the design entrance exam. However, the CEED 2026 merit rank will only be issued to candidates who qualify for Part A and are shortlisted.

There are multiple benefits of solving sample papers of CEED. Some of them are given below:

• The sample papers will contain questions similar to the ones that will be asked in the CEE exam. Or in other words, they will cover the same topics, weightage, and difficulty level.

• Sample papers are useful for improving one’s problem-solving and time-management skills.

• Question papers, meanwhile, will allow the candidate to check the types of questions asked in the previous edition of the exam, any specific trend followed, weightage given to various sections, etc.

• Concept building is another area that can be honed by solving sample papers.

CEED 2026 draft answers key for Part A will be released on January 20, 2026. 

The candidate will be given an option to challenge the draft key. The schedule will be notified on the official website. The objections have to be submitted through the candidate portal.

The link to upload comments is expected to be activated on the official CEED 2026 admission portals - ceed.iitb.ac.in. To upload a comment, you are required to log in to the portals using your candidate login details.

The candidate will have to follow the Master Question Paper for uploading comments. It is because question booklets with different paper codes had a different arrangement (or order) of the questions. Also, the comment should be supported by supporting documents.