Time Management Tips for CEED and UCEED 2025

The next edition of the CEED and UCEED exams will be conducted in January 2025. Candidates appearing in these exams need to hone their time-management skills as it will help them complete the paper on time. In contrast, failing to manage time properly could lead to stress, silly mistakes, and missing out on easy-scoring opportunities. So, go through the time-management tips mentioned here to do well in the exams.

The UCEED 2025 or CEED 2025 exams will be conducted tentatively in the 3rd week of January 2025. If you plan to appear in any of these exams, you need to be well prepared. This is because both of these exams are quite popular thereby attracting a large number of applicants. This makes the exams very competitive. Add to that the factor that the question papers set for the exams can range from moderate to difficult. So, you need to be at the top of your game to score well. Mastering time management is an essential trick, along with the ability to solve problems, to crack the CEED 2025 and UCEED 2025 exams. Note that scores of CEED 2025 will be considered for admission to M.Des and Ph.D. courses, whereas UCEED 2025 scores will be considered for BDes admission. 

Time-Manamgement Tips for UCEED 2025 and CEED 2025

Here are some time-management tips that the candidate may incorporate in their preparation to get a good score in the UCEED and CEED 2025 exams.

1. Be conscious of the time you are taking to solve a problem. For instance, if you are solving a problem, take note of how quickly you are able to do it.
2. In the early phases of your preparation, you might take more time. 
3. But as the preparation progresses, you must be able to solve a problem in less. If it is not the case, you need to take a relook at your preparation strategy.
4. Again when solving sample papers, use a timer. That way you will be able to create an exam-like deadline for solving the problems.
5. You must try to solve as many sample papers as you can, not only to improve your problem-solving ability, but also to improve your time-management skills.
6. In the last few days leading up to the exam, take mock tests.
7. Meanwhile, on exam day, Candidates of CEED and UCEED 2024 are advised to make up their minds in advance about how much time they should give to solve particular questions. Aspirants are advised to allot 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.

Know the exam pattern

Both UCEED and CEED 2025 will be in two parts (A & B). Part A of UCEED 2025 will have questions related to the following topics: Visualization and spatial reasoning, Practical and scientific knowledge, Practical and scientific knowledge, Environment and Society, Analytical and logical reasoning, Language, and Creativity.

Part A of CEED 2025 will have questions from the following topics - Visualization and spatial reasoning, Practical and scientific knowledge, Environment and society, Analytical and logical reasoning, Language, Creativity, Art and Design knowledge, and Design methods and practices.

Part B of UCEED 2025 will have questions related to the following topics: Drawing and Design aptitude. Meanwhile, Part B of CEED 2024 will have questions from the following topics - Drawing, Creativity, Communication, and Problem identification. 

Candidates must prepare these topics well to solve the CEED question paper in the given time frame.

Practice sample papers and mock tests

 IIT Bombay will provide mock tests and previous year's question papers both for UCEED and CEED. The mock tests will be hosted online at the official website. To take the test, you need to click on the mock test link and simply click on the sign-in button (the login credentials will be filled in by default).  This exercise will help the candidate get well-versed in the format of the question paper of both design exams. This is also the best way to do a quick revision of important points.

Question Paper Structure

Go through the UCEED question paper and pattern in the table below.

Particulars	Part A	Part B
Maximum Time	2 hours	1 hour
Mode of Exam	Online as a Computer Based Test (CBT)	Offline
Medium of Instruction	English	English
Sections and number of questions	Numerical Answer Type (NAT) - 14 Multiple Select Question (MSQ) - 15 Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) - 28	Sketching-based - 1 Design Aptitude-based - 1
Number of Questions	57	2
Total Marks	200	100

CEED 2024 Exam Pattern - Part A 

CEED Part-A Sections	No. of Questions	Question Number	Total Marks
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions	8	1 - 8	24
Multiple Select Questions (MSQ)	10	9 - 18	30
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)	23	19 - 41	46
Total No. of Questions	41		100

CEED Exam Pattern 2024 - Part B    

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

Also Read:

• CEED exam pattern 2024
• CEED 2024 syllabus
• 10 Tips to Crack UCEED
• 10 Do’s and Don’ts for UCEED Prep
• Colleges Accepting UCEED Scores for Admission