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Questions for Home Practice

The following are questions compiled by NID & IIT alumni for practice of Part B (Subjective
Section) of UCEED, CEED, NID (BDes / MDes) exams.

Instructions:
1. There are only 25 questions. Solve 1 question everyday.
2. Time yourself. Take only 30 minutes to solve each question.
3. Keep the quality of the solution high, as if it is the real exam.
4. Criteria for Evaluation: 50% on Idea & Concept. 50% on Presentation.

# Questions

1 What is your interpretation of the image given below? Caption the image. From your
imagination, draw 1 more visual which represents the opposite message.

2 See the scene given in the image below. Draw the scene from the point of view of a
person sitting on the back seat.

3 If birds were frogs and frogs were birds. Draw how the frog and bird would look. Use
dry colors.

4 Design a spoon and eating utensils for a toddler of 2-3 years to help them learn
eating meals on their own. Show the sketches of the spoon and utensils with notes.

5 You have fainted and fallen on the ground in the middle of the road. When your eyes
open, you are surrounded by many people who have come to help you. Sketch in
detail what you see.

6 You have been teleported to the Mughal Era from 2019. Imagine and explain through
sketches and notes:
- one product you would take from this year with you to the past and why.
- one product you would bring back from the Mughal era and why.
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7 Write and explain how speakers work. Design a new speaker using only
environmentally friendly speakers work. Show your design through sketches and
notes.

8 Using just squares, triangles circles, depict the following expressions:

- Fluid
- Rough
- Irritated
- Spicy
- Soft
- Trapped

9 Imagine that you are a wish granting genie, living inside a lamp for years. Identify at
least 4 problems associated with this and come up with creative solutions to address
them. Present it through sketches and notes.

10 Assume that a famous historic event or fact had never happened or happened
differently. For example, what if the British never ruled India or what if Hitler was
killed in his childhood. Imagine 4 ways in which the world around would have been
different. Show through sketches and notes.

11 Design a poster for social campaigns of the Government of India-

- Inclusion of LGBTQ
- Communal Harmony
Use dry colors.

12 The United Nation member states have agreed upon Sustainable Development Goals
2030. Take any one goal agreed by them and prepare a poster to promote that goal.
Use dry colors.

13 Write a short story using the principal characters of a Circle, Square and Triangle. The
story should have the following emotions- Anger, Love, Happiness, Frustration. Show
the story in the form of a comic strip in 6 boxes. Do not color.

14 Design a poster with a suitable caption to promote a Laughter club. Following objects
should be included in the poster:
- A bird
- A flower
Use dry colors.

15 Imagine yourself as a kite flying in the sky during a kite festival. The scene below is
that of a densely populated residential are of semi-urban town. Draw the scene. Do
not color.

16 Draw the scene at a children’s park at 12pm noon. Visualize that it is a local council
park with appropriate equipment. You have to imagine the type of people and the
state of the park while sketching. Do not color.

17 Draw the following in proportion to each other:

Set 1 - A plastic hair-dryer, a brass door handle, a soft toy.
Set 2 - A 200 ml Coffee mug, a 1litre glass bottle, a 40 litre plastic bucket.
Show your drawings in 3D and shade appropriately to depict the materials of
products.
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18 Write down and sketch 5 creative uses of any one of the following:
- Old clothes
- Delivery cartoon boxes
- Plastic soft drink bottles

19 If a story and a poem go on a walk, write a conversation between them that is

humorous. Show the conversation in the form of a comic strip with 6 boxes.

20 You are a pen of a bank employee for a day. Draw rough sketches of 5 activities you
will observe around you on a working day at the bank.

21 Depict the following sayings visually. Use only dry colors.

- Slow & Steady wins the Race
- Rolling Stone gathers no Moss

22 Select any 3 products given below and draw their earlier / ancient forms and future
forms. Write your explanation for each Eg: Past, Current and Future of the product.
Products:
- Comb - Mobile Phone - Deodorant

- Electric Switchboard - Refrigerator - Currency note

Format for Presentation:

Past Curent Future

Note: Note: Note:

23 One day, all the mobile phones suddenly vanish, how would you set an alarm? Give
at least 5 ways through which this can be done. Answers should be explained
info-graphically.

24 Draw, from your memory, an event in your life under the title “Disaster” or “Happy
Memory”. Explain your drawing in 2-3 sentences.

25 Imagine if you are lost in a forest and you found only one water reservoir on the way.
You have to walk one more day to reach the civilised zone but you don’t have any
container to store the water for the rest of your journey. Give three design solutions
by simple line illustrations and explanations to carry the water for survival.

All the Best!

SILICA Team