Design entrance exams can be challenging, but focusing on the right areas can make preparation smarter and more effective. You should concentrate on visualisation skills, creative thinking, sketching, design awareness, and basic maths and reasoning. Practicing previous years’ question papers, sample tests, and mock exams helps in understanding patterns and time management. For exam centres near Pune, Nashik, and Mumbai, most national-level design exams conduct tests in these major cities, so you can choose the nearest one during registration.