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CEED MOCK TEST PAPER 3

Paper Specific Instructions

1. The total duration of the examination is 3 hours. The question paper contains two parts - Part A and
Part B. The duration of Part A is one hour. The duration of Part B is two hours. Part B will start only
after Part A ends. Part A cannot be attempted after Part B commences.

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2. Questions of Part A and Part B will appear on the computer. Answers to Part A have to be entered in

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the computer. Answers to Part B have to be given in the answer book provided by the invigilator.

3. Part A carries a total of 100 marks. It contains 3 sections: Section I, Section II and Section III.

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4. Blank paper sheets will be provided for rough work for Part A. These have to be returned to the
invigilator at the end of the exam.
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5. Part B carries a total of 100 marks.

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6. Charts, graph sheets, tables, calculators, cellular phones and other electronic gadgets are not
allowed in the examination hall.

7. In Part B, color pencils, crayons; sketch pens etc. may be used unless otherwise specified in the
questions.
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1. Find the number of faces in the below given picture.
A. 14
B. 13
C. 15
D. 16

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2. A child went 90 m in the East to look for his father, then he turned right and went 20 m.
After this he turned right and after going 30 m he reached to his uncle's house. His father
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was not there. From there he went 100 m to his north and met his father. How far did he
meet his father from the starting point?
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3. Count the different types of caps worn by the group of people in the picture below.
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4. How many circles contain a black dot?

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5. How many cases do you need if you have to pack 148 pairs of shoes into cases that each
holds 37 shoes?

6. Count the number of cubes in the given figure.

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7. Shown here are letters of an alphabet, from A to Z. How many of these letters, if flipped
along the vertical and horizontal axis (both axis), can still be read as capital letters?
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8. Ravi has a briefcase with dimensions of two by 1 ½ by 1-½ feet. He wishes to place several
notebooks, each eight by nine by one inch, into the briefcase. What is the largest number of
notebooks the briefcase will hold?
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9. Select all statements about Indian Indus valley civilization that are true:
A. The Indus valley civilization also known as harappan civilization built around the banks of
river indus. It is one of the modern civilizations besides mesopotamia and egypt civilization.
B. This civilization belonged to the Bronze Age. It existed for about 1000 years from 2500 BC to
1500 BC.
C. It was spread to a large area covering about 1,260,000 km². This civilization extended from

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Makran coast of Balochistan in the west to Ghaggar-Hakra River valley in the east, From

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Afghanistan in the northeastern to Daimabad in Maharashtra in the south.
D. The people of that time had great engineering skills. They discovered tin, lead, copper etc.

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Their town planning was also exceptional. They used bricks to build their buildings and they
had a very efficient drainage system.

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10. Which of the following statements is/are true?
A. Kumar Bhattacharyya is an Indian British engineer who founded the Warwick Manufacturing
Group (WMG), an academic department at the University of Warwick, which provides

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research, education and knowledge transfer in engineering, manufacturing and technology.
B. Aruna Roy is an Indian social activist who co-founded the MazdoorKisan Shakti Sangathana
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(MKSS), a social and grassroots organization for the empowerment of workers and peasants.
C. Manmohan Singh is an eminent Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime
Minister of India for three consecutive terms.
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D. Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astro-biologist

and author.

11. From the options below, select the Indian author/s writing in English whose works are
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represented below:
1. English, August
2. The algebra of infinite justice
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3. Hullabaloo in the guava orchard

4. Fairy tales at fifty
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5. The God of small things

6. Inheritance of loss
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A. Amitav Ghosh
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B. Upamanyu Chatterjee
C. Arundhati Roy
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D. Kiran Desai

12. Question given below consists of a statement, followed by three arguments numbered I, II
and III You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument.
Statement: Should there be a complete ban on manufacture and use of firecrackers?
Arguments:
I. No. This will render thousands of workers jobless.
II. Yes. The firecracker manufacturers use child labour to a large extent.
III. Yes. This will be a concrete step to reduce noise and air pollution.
IV. No. Use of firecrackers makes certain special occasions more lively and joyful.
A. Only I and II are strong
B. Only I and III are strong
C. Only III and IV are strong
D. Only I, II and III are strong

13. Which of the following paintings is from the renaissance painter Botticelli?

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14. Identify the paintings by the south Indian artist Elayaraja from the following.
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A B C D
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15. In this question identify the new shape that could be constructed if the two example shapes
were combined. No other change should be made to the two shapes other than combining
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16. Identify the 3D shape’s net.

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17. A square is cut into 7 pieces as shown on the extreme left of the image. Identify which of
the options can be made using all 7 pieces.

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A B C D
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18. Which of the following terms are related to textile design?

A. Batik
B. Leading
C. Block
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D. Alpaca
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Section C: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ).

19. Identify the correct art techniques with which the following paintings have been made.
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A. Watercolor, Pastel, Oil, Crayons
B. Crayons, Acrylic, Pastel, Oil
C. Watercolor, Oil, Acrylic, Crayon
D. Crayons, Watercolor, Pastel, Acrylic

20. Shown are the symbols for different functions. Identify the correct description sequence
from the given choices.

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A. Phone network, General warning, Rotating parts, Radiation

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B. Non ionizing radiation, Rotating parts, General warning, Radiation
C. Phone network, Rotating parts, Radiation, General Warning
D. None of the above

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Identify the function of the above product

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A. Sculpture
B. Fruit juicer
C. NASA Probe
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D. Scale model of a Rocket

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22. Identify the quality in common.

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24. Complete the sequence.

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25. What comes next?

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When the above is folded to form a cube, which is the only one of the following that can be
produced?

Bhanwar Rathore Design Studio, www.rathoredesign.com

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Which is the missing tile?

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28. Choose the correct water image of the given figure (X) from amongst the four alternatives.
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C. 3
D. 4
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29. Find out from amongst the four alternatives as to how the pattern would appear when the
transparent sheet is folded at the dotted line.
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(X) (1) (2) (3) (4)

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A. 1 B. 2
C. 3 D. 4
30. Choose a figure, which would most closely resemble the unfolded form of Figure (Z).

A. 1 B. 2

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31. Shown below are images that have different visual features. Identify the correct sequence
of visual features associated with these images from the given choices.

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A. Dominance, cropping, figure-ground, pattern
B. Pattern, figure-ground, cropping, dominance
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C. Pattern, dominance, cropping, figure-ground

D. Pattern, cropping, dominance, figure-ground

32. What will be the most probable pose at position 5 to complete the sequence below?
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1 2 3 4 5
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A B C D E

33. Rearrange the following five sentences in proper sequence so as to for a meaningful
paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
A. After Examining him, the doctor smiled at him mischievously and took out a syringe.
B. Thinking that he was really sick, his father summoned the family doctor.
C. That day, Mintu wanted to take a day off from school
D. Immediately, Mintu jumped up from his bed and swore that he was fine
E. Therefore he pretended to be sick and remained in bed.

A. ABCDE
B. CEABD

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C. CEBAD

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D. CEADB

34. In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicized and

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underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of
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The detective left no stone unturned to trace the culprit.
A. took no pains
B. did very irrelevant things
C. resorted to illegitimate practices
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35. Spot the difference.
Below are two apparently identical pictures. In fact, there are differences between the
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two—Spot them.
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A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
 36. Beads are strung onto a necklace in this order: red, white, green. A design that begins on
red and ends on white could be composed of the following number of beads:
I. 17
II. 29
III. 35

A. I only
B. III only

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D. I and III only
E. I, II, and III

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37. Rearrange the following five sentences in proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph,
and then answer the questions given below.

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a) Indeed, the mutations that the family has undergone in this century have been more
challenging than at any time of its evolution.
b) Thus, we have nuclear families, single parent families, surrogate families and global families
to name just a few.
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c) How these changes have reduced our worldview is an interesting field of study in
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d) What we often forget is that the family as it exists today has expanded its orthodox
definition to include several variations.
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e) Each of these has brought it own attitudes and priorities.

A. a, b, c, d,e
B. a, c, d, b, e
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C. a, c, b,d, e
D. c, d, b, e, a
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In which country did Bauhaus -- the first formal design school -- was established?
A. Germany
B. Hungary
C. Italy
D. UK
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Identify the material of the above chair.
A. Plastic with wood finish

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B. Wood
C. Bent plywood
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Above is a concept car made out of tensile fabric by which German motor company?
A. Mercedes
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B. Porsche
C. Volkswagen
D. BMW
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41. Identify the process used for making of the given product.
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A. Water jet cutting

B. Laser cutting
C. Jig saw cutting
D. Layer cutting
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All questions are mandatory

Question 1
Marks 20

Sketching
• Can you visualize objects of everyday use in the below doodles?

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• Draw only within the boundaries of the boxes.

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Evaluation criteria: Originality and diversity of ideas, clarity and neatness of sketches
Question 2
Marks 20

Creativity and imagination

Certain packaging materials have no value once they are empty. Below are 3 such
packaging. Suggest 2 humorous uses of each of them
a. A Juice tetra pack

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b. A mosquito repellent refill

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c. Egg trays

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Additional instruction
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• Do not use any form of colour

• Use only black pencils / pen.

Evaluation criteria

• Originality and diversity of ideas

• Clarity and neatness of the sketches
• Quality of lines
• Finish of the drawing
Question 3
Marks 20

Visual sensitivity

Cloth brand Blackberry is launching a new collection. Design a poster for the same it should
contain the logo and the tag line “go sharp”.

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A. Generate three concepts through pencil sketches

B. Synthesize your final concept and present this through drawing.
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Additional instruction

• You may use colors, if necessary.

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• Consistency
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• Clarity
• Quality of lines
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• Composition
• Proportion
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Question 4
Marks 20

Form sensitivity

In case of day-to-day activity, one tedious activity is cleaning vessels.

Identify at least five distinct factors essential for designing the product that can be used for
domestic purpose.
 • Generate three distinct concepts through pencil sketches based on the factors
identified above. Present these pencil sketches along with brief notes (not more
than 15 words).

Evaluation criteria

• Surface shading

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• Quality of lines/strokes

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• Consistency with the form and proportions
• Detailing

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• Indicate material to be used for various parts

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Question 5
Marks 20

Problem identification
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You must have traveled in a train. Below is a given image of a general compartment. Identify
five problems in this scenario. Briefly describe the problems (in less than 20 words each).
Illustrate and annotate these problems. Do not suggest solutions.
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Evaluation criteria
• Communication
• Analytical skills
• Quality of your observation.
• Diversity of your observation.

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