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The NAT, MSQ, and MCQ question formats for every part of the UCEED exam paper 2022 have been altered for the UCEED entrance exam. Overall, the UCEED 2022 paper received a rating of "reasonably difficult." This UCEED exam is designed to accurately assess a student's aptitude for practical analysis and visualization. For UCEED 2027 preparation, students must attentively review the UCEED 2022 question paper. Before we go on to the sections, let's have a look at the exam's format and scoring system. The upcoming UCEED 2027 exam will be conducted on January 17, 2027, for admission into 6 IITs and IIITDM Jabalpur. Candidates appearing for the exam can go through the UCEED previous year's question paper here.
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The marking scheme for the UCEED 2022 paper is tabulated below. The marking scheme is divided into 3 sections of UCEED part A.

Students can go through and download these free preparation PDFs in their effective preparation for UCEED 2026:
| UCEED Preparation Guide | |
| UCEED Previous Year's Question Papers with Solutions PDF | |
UCEED High Weightage Topics + Practice Questions |
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According to the UCEED exam pattern 2026, the UCEED exam question paper Part A consisted of three sections with detailed analysis below.
Difficulty Level | The difficulty level was Moderate to Difficult |
Ideal Time | 30-45 minutes |
Good Attempt | 18 questions (No Negative Marking) |
Focus Areas | Patterns and Sequences, Surface counting, Relations and Sets, Area and Geometry, Pattern completion, Linear inequalities, Counting Shapes, Simple rotation, |


Approach: Question 9 is based on school mathematics and deals with Sets and Relations. Students must be thorough in answering scholastic mathematics- and science-related questions for this section. Geometry is quite an important topic as well. Since there is no negative marking in this section, students must take advantage of it to score well and attempt all questions.
People who read x+ people who read y-(Total surveyed)= people who read x and y
100+120-200= people who read x and y
220-200= people who read x and y
20=people who read x and y
Now people who don’t read either x or y but not both = 200-20
=180
Total people who read newspapers = Total surveyed – people who do not read any newspaper
=200-50
=150
People who read both x and y = people who read x +people who read y-people who read the newspaper
=100+120-150
=220-150
=70
People who read either publication x or y but not both = People who read the newspaper - People who read both x and y
People who read either publication x or y but not both =150-70 =80
Another example is question number 11
Q.11 A square of side 10 units, shaded in yellow, is cut using a square of side 5 units as shown in the figure. What is the perimeter of the resulting shape, shaded in yellow?

Approach: This question required simple mathematics and mensuration. Scholastic subjects hence play an important role for UCEED.
Solution:


Perimeter= 10+10+10+a+b+5+5+c+d
=40+a+b+c+d
a+ b +c+ d = side of square=10
So, perimeter=40+10=50 units
Difficulty Level | The difficulty level was Moderate |
Ideal Time | 30-40 minutes |
Good Attempt | 18 Questions (Negative Marking) |
Focus Areas | Seamless Patterns and Nets, Patterns, Knots, Equations, Three-dimensional side views, shadows, Pattern Completion. |

Approach: Question 36 deals with pattern recreation and net making. In the MSQ section, one can expect tricky questions that need to be answered spontaneously. Students must solve multiple UCEED Previous Year Question papers to get the hang of this speed. The question can be solved using color coding.
Solution: To make it easy, color-code them.

If we fold the above figure, we can find that yellow is adjacent to white, green is adjacent to gray, and blue is adjacent to pink, so according to the rules, only one color among adjacent colors can appear in a folded cube. Now check each option one by one.
Option A:

We know yellow, green, and pink are not adjacent, so this is the correct Option B:
Option B is incorrect.
Option C is correct, as no two adjacent sides are coming together.
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Option D: It is incorrect, as green and gray are adjacent, so they can’t come together.

Hence, options A and C are correct.
Difficulty Level | Easy |
Ideal Time | 30-35 minutes |
Good Attempt | 32 Questions |
Focus Areas | Views, Patterns, Statements, Mirror images, GK, Shadows, Probability, Rotation and simple gears |

Approach: Question 68 is related to the concept of rotation and simple gears. Students must hence be familiar with simple mechanisms, gears, etc. This is the trickiest section of the 2022 UCEED paper. Questions have negative marking, and hence special attention must be paid to them while solving.
Solution: When P is moving clockwise, then the red pin will make Q move, so it will bring it down, so Q will move anticlockwise, but when this pin comes here,

In this position, it will come out of this, and it will stop, and again when it comes to this position, it will move in a clockwise direction. Hence, Q will move in an anticlockwise.
Let us look at the Part B drawing question, which tests different abilities each year. Let us look at some criteria that the question judges the students on:


Focus of the question: A variety of figures to be drawn; this question mainly aims to check a student’s ability to draw in proportion relatively. The focus is also on drawing facial features and expressions as well as possible. This can be drawn either as a one- or two-point perspective from the canteen owner’s point of view.
Overall, the UCEED question paper 2022 was moderately difficult and time-consuming. Students preparing for this exam can look into strategies and important topics for UCEED preparation in a year to get a better hang of preparation and ace the exam.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
While UCEED grants students admission to IITs it also offers admission to a variety of other colleges. Students can apply for the same.
A candidate can attempt UCEED max two times in two continuous years.
The UCEED entrance exam consists of three main sections, Numerical Answer Type (NAT), Multiple Select Questions (MSQs), and Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs).
The MSQ section is the toughest as it includes negative markings as well as multiple right answers for the same question.
Students are tested based on their logical thinking capabilities, based on topics like Non-verbal reasoning, surface counting, geometry and mensuration, pattern manipulation, etc.
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Hello Dear Student,
With UCEED AIR 130 (Open category) and currently allotted IIITDM Jabalpur under the FLOAT option, your chances after Rounds 4 and 5 depend on how many higher-ranked candidates withdraw or move to their preferred institutes.
Based on recent Round 5 Open-category closing ranks:
Hello Anvi, as you have to apply for design programs other than NIFT, NID and UCEED. There are various institutions which provides fashion design courses such as, Pearl University , MIT institute of Design , Symbiosis Institute of Design , FDDI , BITS Design School and many more. These colleges
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With an SC category rank of 92 in UCEED, you may be eligible for admission to some IITs, depending on the cutoff and seat availability during the counselling process. The cutoff varies each year, so you can check the details for the previous year's cutoff here: UCEED Previous Years
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