IICD Entrance Exam Previous Years Question Papers: Download PDF here

IICD Entrance Exam Previous Years Question Papers: Download PDF here

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IICD Entrance Test Application Date:31 Mar' 26 - 31 Mar' 26

Achyuth NambiarUpdated on 11 Nov 2025, 11:43 AM IST

The Indian Institute of Craft and Design will give candidates the opportunity to seek admission to their 4 year BDes and 2 year MDes programmes via IICD 2026. To be successful in the IICD entrance examination 2026 candidates need to prepare and score well in the three sections of the entrance test. Candidates can receive their IICD Admit Card 2026 cum Question paper at the end of May 2026, tentatively with a Personal Interview expected in June 2026. A workable exam plan and a lot of practice are necessary to get a good IICD 2026 result. It is recommended that candidates review the previous years' IICD question papers in order to comprehend the IICD exam pattern and grading system of the test.

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  1. IICD - Overview
  2. IICD Previous Years’ Question Papers
  3. IICD Exam Pattern 2026
  4. IICD Entrance Exam Syllabus 2026
IICD Entrance Exam Previous Years Question Papers: Download PDF here
IICD Entrance Exam Previous Years Question Papers

It is essential for candidates to improve their time management skills and response speed by completing the IICD question papers from prior years. To learn more about the previous year's IICD entrance exam paper, scroll down and read all about it.

IICD - Overview

Particulars

Details

Name of Exam

Indian Institute of Craft and Design Entrance Test

Commonly known as

IICD Entrance Test

Conducting body

Indian Institute of Craft and Design (IICD)

Courses offered

B.Des and M.Des

Mode of Exam

Online

Type of Questions

MCQ, Creative Writing and Practical Creation Based

Available Seats

BDes: 180
MDes: 60

IICD Previous Years’ Question Papers

Indian Institute of Craft and Design conducts IICD entrance exam 2026 for admitting students into B.Des and M.Des programs in their institution. Students can understand the difficulty level of the exam and the topic which they need to focus on by solving the previous years’ question papers of IICD. Students can download the IICD entrance exam previous year paper from the table below.

IICD Previous Years’ Question Papers

IICD Sample Papers

Topics

Link

General Awareness test

Click here

Material, Color & Conceptual Ability Test

Click here

Material test

Click here

IICD Exam Pattern 2026

It is important for the candidates to understand the exam pattern of IICD before starting the preparation for the exam. With the help of IICD 2026 exam pattern, candidates can check various aspects, such as marking scheme, mode of exam. According to the exam pattern, the IICD entrance exam consists of three parts A, B and C. The detailed exam pattern of each part is given below.

Part A - This test is designed to evaluate the abilities and interests in students, such as estimation of sizes and proportion, observation, synthesis and visual interpretation and general awareness.

Part B - This test will assess the following abilities:

  • Intelligent use of materials, conceptualize and realize a 3 dimensional form, skill of handling material.
  • To observe, think and expand ideas, create solution based on a plan and strategy.
  • Ability to provide multiple solutions to the given problem with written description.

Material required for Material, Color & Conceptual Test:

  • Candidates must bring pens, pencils (HB, 2B, 4B & 6B), scissor, scale, cello tape, paper cutter, fevistick, eraser, compass, color pencils/dry pastels/water color, brushes etc.
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Part C - The last part is a personal interview round. The examination cell conducts the interview in online mode through video conferencing. It is advisable to bring a few samples of your creative work for display during the interview. Sketching, painting, embroidery, photography, worked with material, or have written anything creative, narrative etc.

IICD 2026 Exam Pattern - Weightage

Section of the IICD 2026 Entrance Test

Evaluation Criteria

Weightage

Part A

General awareness, creativity and perception test

35%

Part B

Material colour and conceptual test

45%

Part C Interview

Evaluate the individual personality (Interview)

20%

IICD Entrance Exam Syllabus 2026

IICD Syllabus 2026 specifies in detail the sections and the topics from which the questions will be asked in the entrance exam.

Syllabus of IICD

Topics

Sub-topics

General awareness, creativity and perception test

Assess candidates’ observation abilities, organisation and visual interpretation and general awareness

Material colour and conceptual test

Test intelligent use of materials, conceptualize and realize a 3-dimensional form, skill of handling material, create a solution based on a plan and strategy.

Students ability to provide multiple solutions to the given problem with a written description.

Interview

  • Aptitude to crafts

  • Intelligence quotient (IQ)

  • Communication Ability

  • General Awareness about Crafts & Design

  • Overall Personal Achievements in academics and co-curricular activities


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: What are the types of questions asked in the IICD entrance test?
A:

The type of questions asked in the IICD entrance test are as follows

  • MCQ

  •  Creative Writing and

  •  Practical Creation 

Q: What should I add to my portfolio for IICD 2026?
A:

Candidates are advised to add their creative work to show their skills as this will help the panel to get an idea of candidates’ capabilities. The sample of your design could be anything, such as sketching, painting, embroidery, photography, working with the material, or writing anything creatively.

Q: What are the benefits of solving the IICD previous years’ question papers?
A:

The benefits of solving the previous years’ question papers of IICD are as follows. 

  • Solving the previous years’ question papers can help you to understand the question format and difficulty level of the exam. 

  • Practising the IICD previous years’ question papers will help you to identify your strong and weak points.

  • You will know the actual time consumption in answering each question and section by practicing the IICD previous years’ questions papers 

Q: What are the criteria which candidates will be evaluated in the personal interview round?
A:

Following are the  criteria which candidates are evaluated in the personal interview round.

  • Aptitude to crafts

  • Intelligence Quotient(IQ) 

  • Communication Ability 

  • General Awareness about Crafts & Design 

  • Overall Personal Achievements in academics and co-curricular activities.

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Hello,

Here is the link to find the sample papers for Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD) entrance exam

https://design.careers360.com/articles/iicd#IICD-2020-Sample-Paper

In the above link you can find an article on IICD exam pattern, syllabus, eligibility criteria, sample paper, application process, exam centers, weightage etc. To download the sample papers you need to click on 'click here'.

Hello,

You can get previous year papers for M.Des from official website of IICD by visiting the following link;

https://www.iicd.ac.in/language/en/downloadable-items/