IIT Bombay issues UCEED, CEED 2026 draft answer key; invites comments by January 22
Anu Parthiban | January 20, 2026 | 08:17 AM IST | 1 min read
CEED results 2026 will be declared on the official portal on March 4, and the score cards will be available for download from March 10.
This eBook covers UCEED previous year's question papers with solutions (2019-2024) along with exam pattern, preparation tips and paper analysis to crack the exam with a good score.
Download EBookIndian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) has published the draft answer key and question paper for the Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED 2026) and Common Entrance Exam for Design (CEED 2026) for BDesign, MDesign, and PhD admissions.
UCEED 2025: Full Study Material
The CEED and UCEED draft answer keys and question paper PDFs have been hosted on the official website, ceed.iitb.ac.in/2026/ and uceed.iitb.ac.in/2026/, respectively. The exam was held in a test-centre based exam for three hours on January 18 from 9 am to 12 noon.
The institute will conduct the entrance exam in two parts - Part A consists of three types of objective questions, numerical answer type (NAT), multiple-choice questions (MCQs), and multiple selection questions (MSQ). Part B will assess drawing and design aptitude for UCEED and drawing and writing skills for CEED.
Applicants have been instructed to send grievances, queries, and comments on the UCEED, CEED question papers and draft answer key by January 22 through the candidate login portal. Comments submitted through email ID will not be accepted, it clarified.
As per the schedule, CEED results 2026 will be declared on the official portal on March 4. The score card will be available for download from March 10, and will be valid for a period of one year from the date of declaration.
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UCEED Part A marking scheme 2026
Candidates can check the section-wise marking scheme for UCEED Part A exam 2026.
|
Type of question |
Number of questions |
Marks for correct answer |
Marks for wrong answer |
Total marks for the section |
|
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) |
14 |
4 |
0 |
56 |
|
Multiple Select Question (MSQ) |
15 |
Partial Marking (as detailed in the section 2 above) |
-1 |
60 |
|
Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) |
28 |
3 |
-0.71 |
84 |
|
Total |
57 |
|
|
200 |
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