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Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay will release the UCEED 2027 exam pattern on the official website - uceed.iitb.ac.in. The UCEED exam pattern 2027 details can be obtained at the time of UCEED 2027 notification in the official brochure. The UCEED paper pattern 2027 includes details on UCEED total marks, number of questions, exam duration, and more. The UCEED question paper includes 2 parts - Part A and Part B. As per the previous year exam pattern, the total marks in UCEED 2027 will be 300, where 200 marks are for part A and 100 marks are for part B.
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The negative marking in the UCEED entrance exam varies as per the type of questions. There will be no negative marking for NAT questions. However, partial marks -1 and 0.71 marks will be deducted for MSQ and MCQ in Part A, respectively. Through the UCEED entrance exam, candidates will be admitted into the B.Des programme of participating IITs and IIITDM Jabalpur. Read the complete article to know more about the UCEED exam pattern 2027.
| Particulars | Details |
|---|---|
| Sections | 2 (Part A and Part B) |
| Type of questions | Numerical Answer Type Questions, Multiple Select Questions, Multiple Choice Questions, Subjective Questions |
| Total Marks | 300 |
| Negative Marks | Yes |
| Mode | Online (Part A) and Offline (Part B) |
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Part A of the UCEED entrance exam will consist of three sections and will be a computer-based test. The UCEED total marks for Part A section is 200, and the students will be allotted 2 hours to solve all the questions involved in it.
Numerical Answer Type: These are the first type of questions in which the answer is a number that must be entered using the virtual keyboard available on the computer screen. There will be a total 14 questions in this section with each carrying 4 marks, so that the total marks of this section is 56. There is no negative marking for the wrong answer in this section.
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Given below is a table that explains each section along with the number of questions for UCEED Part A.
Type of Question | Number of Questions |
NAT | 14 |
MSQ | 15 |
MCQ | 28 |
Total | 57 |
Given below is a table that explains each section along with the total number of UCEED marks for Part A.
Type of Question | Total Marks |
NAT | 56 |
MSQ | 60 |
MCQ | 84 |
Total | 200 |
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It must be noted that no marks will be deducted for any question that is left unattempted in any section. The marking scheme and negative marks have been elucidated below.
Type of Question | UCEED Marking if Correct | UCEED Negative Marking | UCEED Marking if Question Not Attempted |
NAT | 4 | -0 | 0 |
MSQ | Partial | -1 | 0 |
MCQ | 3 | -0.71 | 0 |
The Part B answers of UCEED are subjective and have to be drawn or written in the answer booklet provided by the invigilator. A total of 100 marks is allotted to this section, which has to be attempted within one hour. The students must know that there will be only two questions that will test their drawing skills and design aptitude. This will be a subjective evaluation, and the questions will be available on the computer screen for which the answers are to be drawn and written in the answer booklet. The submission of the answer booklet at the end of the examination to the invigilator is mandatory. Each of the two questions in part B of UCEED will carry 50 marks.
Type of UCEED Questions | Number of Questions | Marks |
Sketching | 1 | 50 |
Design Aptitude | 1 | 50 |
Part-A will be conducted as a computer-based test. Hence, there is no provision of reviewing, re-grading or re-totalling of the Part-A marks of the exam paper. The UCEED Part-B consists of 2 questions, which are evaluated manually by the examiners. As UCEED Part-B is a subjective section, there is no model solution that exists. As such, there is NO provision for RE-EVALUATION or RE-TOTALLING in UCEED, hence the request for re-evaluation/re-totalling will NOT be possible under any circumstances.
Given below is the download link for the UCEED exam pattern ebook, which contains all details in one place.
| Particulars | Details |
| Download Link | UCEED Exam Pattern PDF Download |
The UCEED 2027 exam pattern is yet to be released. However, the table below provides the UCEED question paper pattern for the previous two years. There were no changes in the UCEED exam pattern in the last two years.
Part A | No. of questions | Marks | ||
2025 | 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | |
NAT | 14 | 14 | 56 | 14 |
MSQ | 15 | 15 | 60 | 60 |
MCQ | 28 | 28 | 84 | 84 |
| Total | 57 | 57 | 200 | 200 |
Part B | 2 | 2 | 100 | 100 |
Before starting the preparation for the UCEED exam, the candidates must be aware of the UCEED exam pattern and syllabus. This will help in a structured preparation, and they will not miss out on any topic. The official UCEED syllabus will be released along with the brochure. Meanwhile these are the most important UCEED exam subjects to cover for preparation. The UCEED exam will be mostly based on a student’s skill of observation and design.
Subjective questions that evaluate candidate's drawing skills and design aptitude.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
UCEED full form stands for Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design.
UCEED exam is conducted once a year by IIT Bombay.
UCEED exam will have two parts. Part A consists of NAT, MSQ and MCQ type of questions. And Part B of UCEED question paper tests the candidate’s aptitude and drawing skills.
UCEED exam total marks are 300 (Part A -200 and Part B - 100).
UCEED will be conducted as follows. Part A through a computer-based test. And Part B through a pen and paper mode.
Yes certain types of questions in the UCEED Part A have negative marks. Here are the details.
Numerical Answer Type (NAT): These carry no negative marking nor do they have any choices.
Multiple Select Question (MSQ): One mark will be deducted under the UCEED negative marking rule.
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ): These questions have a negative marking of 0.71.
The mode of UCEED 2026 will be a computer-based test for Part-A.
Because it gives the students insights into the types of questions asked, sections covered, marking scheme, and exam mode.
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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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