List of top Design Aptitude Questions asked in CEED

Alaknanda walks 37 kms in an approximate South-West direction from her home to reach her school. She walks around 13 kms in an approximate South-East direction from her home to reach the post office. The market is 35 kms exactly East of her school. If she walks straight North from the market she reaches her home. If she walks east from the market, she reaches the post office. How much distance would she travel if she had to go from her school to the post office?

In the given number series: 12, 24, 21, 42, 39, 78 ...
Which number would come next?

A solid cube, 8 inches x 8 inches x 8 inches is painted red on all the faces. The cube is then sliced into smaller equal sized cubes of 1 inch x 1 inch x 1 inch. How many of these small cubes will have exactly two red faces?

How many surfaces are present in the given regular solid?

Present road side waste containers are normally dirty, stinking and spilling over. Design waste container bin(s) to be used in public places for segregation of the following categories of waste:
(a) Different types of packaging
(b) Wet and Dry organic waste
(c) Organic food waste
(d) All other kinds of leftover.

A woman is walking on a crowded railway platform. A train pulls in and people alight. A man suddenly comes up behind the woman, snatches her bag and runs away. The woman shouts for help.
A policeman standing near a vendor’s cart looks up and immediately gives chase.
Two women standing by, try to console the shocked woman. The thief runs towards the stairs to the overhead bridge. The policeman smartly throws his baton at the thief’s legs. The thief stumbles and comes crashing down on the platform. A group of men pounce on the thief and catch him. They retrieve the bag as the cop reaches and pins the thief down.
A loud cheer goes up amongst the watching public.
Assumption: You are one of the characters in this story. Visually illustrate the story as you see it unfolding in front of you through a sequence of minimum 20 frames.
Tell this story from the point of view of any one of the following characters:
The woman or
The thief or
The policeman or
A bystander standing on the platform
Evaluation criteria:
Visual narrative structure
Quality of illustrations
Character and Environment development

Design a graphical user interface (GUI) for a website of a movie theatre complex named ‘Navrang Chitrapat’ for booking movie tickets online. The complex has 3 theatres with each theatre screening a different film, three shows per day.
Present your design solutions in the form of screen shots. Draw a minimum of six screen shots explaining the booking procedure in a sequence.
Support your design solution with a brief note on the design decisions.
The web interface should present the following information to the user:
Basic Information about the theatre complex
Name of film
Date
Time
Availability of ticket
Price of tickets
Payment Options
Confirmation of Booking
Evaluation Criteria:
Usability of the Interface
Structure and clarity of Information
Visual quality of icons and overall screens
Logic of design decisions

The illustration above is an artist’s impression of an incident in a club house. Narrate the incident in your own words, based on your creative imagination.
Limit your description to less than 250 words.

Draw a freehand perspective drawing of a person opening the refrigerator door in the kitchen.
OR
Draw a freehand perspective drawing of a person standing next to a scooter parked on the street. Note:
DO NOT USE ANY DRAWING INSTRUMENTS LIKE RULER, COMPASS, SET-SQUARE etc.
DO NOT USE ANY FORM OF COLOUR.
USE ONLY PENCILS.
Evaluation Criteria:
Abilities in perspective drawing.
Light and shade and shadow.
Quality of lines.
Sense of scale and proportions.
Sense of composition.

Identify the correct cut and fold drawing to create the shown image.

The visual shown here represents the golden proportion. Identify the correct ratio.

Identify the musical instrument shown in this picture.

The symbol shown is associated with:

Identify the odd one out from the list:

The symbol shown is associated with:

Maximum acceptable slope (a:b) for wheelchair ramp is in the ratio of:

A girl in a boat is riding a wave. Identify the correct drawing.

Choose the correct mid-point image to complete the walk cycle.

In the image shown, identify the direction of the swinging pendulum around pivot point A.

You are shown two animation sequences (A and B) of a ball falling off a surface. Assuming that they were pushed with the same force, identify which animation sequence depicts the heavier ball.

A pentagon is mirrored four times. What will the final image seen in the last pentagon be?

Identify the car brand from the visual shown.