UCEED Exam Analysis 2026 (OUT): Question Paper Analysis, Sectional & Overall Difficulty, Student Review

UCEED 2026 entrance exam analysis will be shared here soon.

• Reaction 1: The cutoff will go higher. Attempted 47 questions. Part A was easy. Had 4 GK questions only. 
• Reaction 2: The overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate. The question was there on the logo of ChatGPT. According to the students, questions paper had GenZ terms, like ghosting, skibidi, etc.
• Reaction 3: Part A had more maths questions. UCEED part A had a question on NAT on concentric semicircles. Many students found it difficult to understand. 
• Reaction 4: UCEED Exam 2026 was a bit lengthy. Time management skills were required to complete all the answers.
• Reaction 5: GK Questions were from Google, Acer, and nestle ke typography.

Check out exam analysis of UCEED 2025.

• Reaction 1: Ujjal, appearing in the UCEED 2025 exam, said that none of the parts were difficult; all were easy. The drawing section was also easy, but the paper was a bit lengthy. There was a question where a circle was divided into parts, and the candidate had to find the missing number. There were no technical issues during the exam. I expect the cut-off to be around 30 for the drawing exam. The cutoff for Part A could be around 90.
• Reaction 2: According to Avni, the overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate. I found the drawing part difficult. There were no technical glitches during the exam. A question related to the logo of India Post was asked. Expect the same cut-off as in the previous edition.
• Reaction 3: Anuket Singh Chauhan, appearing for the UCEED 2025 exam, rated the difficulty level of the exam 7/10. According to him, the Math section was difficult. Other than that, the paper was easy.

UCEED Exam Analysis 2024

The student reaction and exam analysis for UCEED 2024 are given below.

• Ridhi Khera, who appeared for UCEED, said that her overall experience was nice and decent. NAT sections were difficult and there were a lot of area-based questions. She expects the cut-off to go high as people around her were making good drawings and were very quick in answering the questions.
• Vachin Gupta, who appeared in UCEED exam, said that his overall experience was good and nice. Aptitude section was easy for him. Drawing section was a bit difficult as this is not his forte.
• Abhishek found the paper lengthy. He was also of the opinion that the question paper was easy. Among the various sections, numerical was a bit on the difficult side.

UCEED Student's Reaction 2025

UCEED Student's Reaction 2024

UCEED Student's Reaction 2023

The candidate can go through the previous year's admission cutoff of UCEED. This will provide insights into the category-wise minimum marks the candidate needs to secure in their category to be admitted to the B.Des program.

UCEED 2022 Exam Analysis

The UCEED exam has two parts - Part A and Part B. The analysis of both parts is explained below.

Part A exam analysis

The difficulty level of the UCEED 2022 (Part A) question paper is as below.

1. Numerical answer type (NAT) - Moderate but lengthy.
2. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) - Easy
3. Multiple Select Questions (MSQs) - Easy

Overall the Part A paper was lengthy, meaning better time-management skill was a key trait to doing well in the exam.

Types of questions asked

The question paper didn't include any GK-related questions. A few questions on the alphabet were asked. There were also a couple of questions on speed and distance.

Part B exam analysis

The Part B question paper includes a solitary drawing-based question. The question asked in the UCEED 2022 was labeled easy by most test takers.

The following sketching question was asked:

"There was a mouse in the school canteen and a boy who was scared to look at it climbed into a chair. A brave woman chases that rat. On the table, there were 2 bags and 2 bottles. One of the tiffin boxes was falling down from the table. There were some broken plates. The canteen owner was shocked to see all this. Draw this scene in the view of the canteen owner."

UCEED 2021 Exam Analysis

UCEED 2021 was conducted on January 17. Shiksha spoke to students who took UCEED 2021 exam center located at Rohtak Road. The majority of students who appeared for the exam shared that the paper was of moderate difficulty level.

The questions asked in UCEED 2021 exam were not that difficult, however, time management played a critical role in this national-level design entrance exam. Many students found themselves struggling with completing the paper on time.

UCEED 2020 Exam Analysis

Shiksha covered the exam live from a test centre in New Delhi. The majority of the students who took the exam shared that the difficulty level of the design exam was less as compared to last year's paper even though the exam pattern had been changed for UCEED 2020.

Overall, the students said they were able to finish the paper on time, and other than the lack of general knowledge questions the rest of the questions were pretty straight forward and anyone well-practiced in past year UCEED question papers would have done well in Part A section of the exam. Apart from this, questions in the paper were asked from:

• Series and sequences
• Visual puzzles
• Visualisation questions
• Shadows
• Mensuration
• Area and volume

Read the detailed exam analysis for UCEED 2020 by clicking the links below:

UCEED 2019 Exam Analysis

UCEED 2019 was conducted on January 19, 2019 from 10 am to 1 pm. UCEED saw a noticeable rise in its applicants in 2019. The fact that it is a gateway to enter IITs without PCM in 10+2 is also a big draw among students. Among all the colleges that take part in the UCEED admission process only IIT Guwahati offers admission to those candidates who have studied PCM in their 10+2.

The uniqueness of UCEED being the only Design Aptitude exam which is computer-based, is making it all the more popular as students not having any formal training in drawing can also find their calling in UCEED exam pattern if they are gifted enough with the X factor of creative visualisation. Candidates can go through the detailed UCEED 2019 exam analysis by clicking the links below:

UCEED 2018 Exam Analysis

UCEED 2018 was conducted on January 20, 2018 across 20 test cities in the country. UCEED exam was conducted by IIT Bombay from 10 am to 1 pm. Candidates need to clear UCEED exam in order to secure admission at colleges accepting UCEED scores.

The UCEED 2018 paper had 85 questions in total. These were divided into three sections, A, B & C, each carrying 20, 25 and 40 questions respectively. The marks corresponding to each section were 80, 100 and 120, respectively. There were no surprises in the exam since the pattern was the same as the simulated online mock test which was released on the UCEED website.

The mock test given on the official UCEED website would have been tremendously helpful to students who did go through it prior to the exam. It would make them familiar with the interface of the exam in advance because it would have helped them to understand how to flag questions which they could refer later for cross verification.

UCEED 2017 Exam Analysis

UCEED 2017 was conducted on January 22 as a computer-based test. The UCEED question paper was easy and almost similar to the 2016 paper except that negative marking was not there for all sections. Rather only one section carried a negative marking.

Section A, NAT (Numerical Aptitude Test) was a little lengthy and time-consuming while the remaining sections were as usual. Some questions in the MSQ (Multiple Selection Questions) section were tricky. 

UCEED 2016 Exam Analysis

UCEED 2016 was conducted on January 17. UCEED exam was conducted for the first time in 2015 and everybody expected the pattern of the exam to be similar to last year. But this was not the case. Just like CEED 2016, there was a change in the type and number of questions that were asked in UCEED 2016 from each topic. Although the syllabus for the exam was the same but UCEED paper didn't cover all the topics and high importance as well as the emphasis was laid on having tricky questions. 

Every year, Shiksha speaks to UCEED aspirants to find out the difficulty level and exam pattern of the design entrance exam. Candidates can click the links mentioned in the table below to find out what students had to say about past years' exam papers of the UCEED exam.

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