CEED Answer key is out now for all candidates who have given the exam on Sunday. IIT Bombay released Draft Answer Key for CEED Part A. Read on to find when and where to download the answer key.
CEED Answer Key 2026
CEED Draft Answer Key is out now. It is out for the M.Des programme. The draft answer Key is out only for Part A. CEED 2026 Question Paper and Draft Answer Keys of Part-A is released on the CEED website: ceed.iitb.ac.in. The last date to add comments is January 22, 2026 till 5 PM.
How to download CEED Draft Answer Key 2026?
- Go to the website of the CEED 2026 exam
- If the answer key is live, the download link will be activated
- Click on the 'CEED Answer key' download link
- The answer key will open in downloadable PDF format
- Download the answer key and check your answers.
What's included in CEED 2026 Answer Key for Part A?
CEED 2026 answer key for Part A will contain the following information.
- Section-wise answer keys
- CEED Part A has three sections: Section I (NAT), Section II (MSQ) and Section III (MCQ)
- Question number and corresponding key range
LIVE UPDATE
CEED Draft Answer Key Live for M.Des, Check answers, add comments
- 11:01 AM IST• 20 Jan 2026
CEED Merit Ranks 2026
The merit rank secured by the candidate in the CEED 2026 exam will be mentioned in the CEED 2026 scorecard. All candidates who qualify Part-B of the exam only make it to the merit list.
- 10:36 AM IST• 20 Jan 2026
CEED Draft Model Answer Key 2026
The candidates are advised to go through the UCEED 2026 question paper along with the draft answer key and submit queries in the Candidate portal (If any).
- 10:13 AM IST• 20 Jan 2026
CEED 2026 Candidate portal for Comments
Candidates should add comments only through the Candidates portal if there is any objection to the UCEED 2026 Answer Key.
- 9:41 AM IST• 20 Jan 2026
CEED Asnwer Key 2026: Link
Check out the answer key for CEED 2026: ceed.iitb.ac.in/2026/downloads/CEED2026_draftAnswerkey.pdf
- 9:39 AM IST• 20 Jan 2026
CEED Question paper 2026: Out
CEED Question paper is out for the Entrance Exam 2026. Candidates can download the paper now along with the answer key.
- Design Concepts
- Product Designing
- Logical Reasoning
- Colour Theory, Color Schemes and color Compositions
- Scale and Proportion
- Poster, Logo, Character designing
- Basics of Drawing - Lines and Shapes
- Anatomy, Proportions and Divisions
- Sketching
- How to Develop Characters
- Basic and advanced Human Drawings
- Story Illustrations
- 8:34 AM IST• 20 Jan 2026
CEED 2026 Part A marks
CEED Part-A marks will be displayed for ALL the candidates who have successfully appeared in the exam, while Part-B marks will be displayed ONLY for the shortlisted candidates. All shortlisted candidates will get a rank.
- 7:15 AM IST• 20 Jan 2026
CEED final Score formula 2026
CEED 2026 final score is calculated as follows.
Final score = 0.25 × Marks scored in Part-A + 0.75 × Marks scored in Part-B - 6:33 AM IST• 20 Jan 2026
CEED Discrepancies 2026
Candidates can report the discrepancies in the draft answer keys through the candidate’s portal on the CEED website by January 22, 2026 (5:00 pm).
- 4:51 AM IST• 20 Jan 2026
CEED Result Declaration Date 2026
CEED 2026 Score Card will be available for download from March 10, 2026, on the CEED website, ceed.iitb.ac.in, through the candidate’s login.
- 3:46 AM IST• 20 Jan 2026
CEED 2026 Cut off When?
IIT Bombay will release the cut-off marks of CEED 2026 Part A on February 05 2026. The mean and standard deviation for Part-A (CEED 2025) are 45.48 and 16.98, respectively. The mean and standard deviation for Part A (CEED 2024) were 41.90 and 16.72, respectively.
- 2:40 AM IST• 20 Jan 2026
CEED Exam Pattern 2026 for Part B
The following table shows the Exam Pattern of CEED 2026:
Sections No. of Questions Question Number Total Marks Sketching 1 1 20 Creativity 1 2 20 Form Sensitivity 1 3 20 Visual Sensitivity 1 4 20 Problem Identification 1 5 20 Total 5 1-5 100 - 1:41 AM IST• 20 Jan 2026
CEED Part A Pattern
Check out the pattern for CEED Part A.
CEED Part-A Sections No. of Questions
Question Number
Total Marks
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions 8 1 - 8 32 Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) 10 9 - 18 40 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) 26 19 - 44 78 Total No. of Questions 44 150 - 12:38 AM IST• 20 Jan 2026
Draft answer key of CEED 2026
The draft answer key of CEED 2026- Part A is released today, January 19, 2026. The last date for uploading comments about the draft answer key for Part A will be January 22, 2026.
- 11:45 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
How to download CEED Draft Answer Key 2026?
The steps to download answer key are:
- Go to the website of the CEED 2026 exam
- If the answer key is live, the download link will be activated
- Click on the 'CEED Answer key' download link
- The answer key will open in downloadable PDF format
- Download the answer key and check your answers.
- 10:39 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
How many seats are there for M.Des 2026 at IITs?
The expected seat intake of CEED Participating Institutes is:
S.No
Participating Institute
Department
M.Des Seat Intake (expected)
1
IISc Bangalore
Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing
18
2
IIT Bombay
IDC School of Design (Industrial Design Centre)
78
3
IIT Delhi
Department of Design
20
4
IIT Guwahati
Department of Design
33
5
IIT Hyderabad
Department of Design
30
6
IIT Kanpur
Design Programme
78
7
IIT Roorkee
Department of Design
20
8
IIT Jodhpur
School of Liberal Arts
25
9
IIITDM Jabalpur
Design Discipline
-
10
IIITDM Kancheepuram
School of Interdisciplinary Design & Innovation
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- 10:37 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
CEED Answer Key is Out for 2026
CEED Answer Key is released now for 2026 Part A. Candidates can check the answer key now.
- 9:32 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
CEED final Score formula 2026
CEED 2026 final score is calculated as follows.
Final score = 0.25 × Marks scored in Part-A + 0.75 × Marks scored in Part-B - 9:07 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
CEED 2026 Candidates responses
CEED 2026 Candidates responses will be disabled once the CEED 2026 results are declared.
- 8:22 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
CEED 2026 Score card: Validity
The CEED 2026 Score Card is valid for a period of one year from the date of declaration of the result. The CEED 2026 Score Card cannot be treated as a proof of date of birth,
category or disability status. - 8:01 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
CEED 2026: Master Question paper
The order in which a question appears may differ for each candidate. Hence, the candidates are advised to use the Master Question Paper uploaded on the CEED website as a reference to upload their comments/queries.
- 7:34 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
CEED final answer key for Part-A: Date
CEED Final Answer Key will be out on January 28, 2026, 05:00 pm.
- 7:05 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
CEED 2026 Last date of uploading comments draft answer key for Part-A
The last date of CEED uploading comments about draft answer key for Part-A is January 22, 2026 5:00 pm.
- 6:29 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
How to download CEED Question paper?
To download the CEED 2026 question paper is given below.
- Go to the website of the CEED exam
- Click on the 'CEED question paper' download link
- The CEED 2026 question paper will open on the screen
- Download the CEED question paper 2026.
- 6:06 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
Steps to download CEED Answer Key 2026
- Go to the website of the CEED 2026 exam
- If the answer key is live, the download link will be activated
- Click on the 'CEED Answer key' download link
- The answer key will open in downloadable PDF format
- Download the answer key and check your answers.
- 5:44 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
Link to download the CEED Answer Key 2026
CEED Answer key can be downloaded from CEED website: ceed.iitb.ac.in
- 5:34 PM IST• 19 Jan 2026
CEED 2026 Answer Key to be out soon
CEED answer key will be out soon by IIT Bombay. It will be available on the website if CEED.
Commonly asked questions
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 weightage of CEED Part A is 25%. Candidates have to attempt 44 questions in CEED Part A. It includes MSQs, MCQs, and NAT questions. Total marks for CEED Part A is 150.
Some of the important topics to prepare for CEED 2026 include
These topics are important because they either carry more weighatge or have a greeter chance of being asked in the entrance exam.
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