Design Aptitude Test Sample Questions with Solutions

Hello Students, here are some sample questions for Design Aptitude Tests that will help you understand the patterns of the exams and question paper format with type of questions that are generally asked, whether you are preparing for NID, NIFT, UCEED or any other design entrance exam. These sample questions focus on important sections from which questions are generally asked in the exams and help you understand the format and prepare better.

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1. Important Topics for Design Aptitude Tests
2. Sample Questions (NID)
3. Sample Questions (UCEED)
4. Sample Questions (NIFT)

Important Topics for Design Aptitude Tests

Here are some important topics that are most likely to be covered in different Design Aptitude tests:

• Numerical Aptitude

• 3D and Spatial Visualisation

• Logical and Reasoning Aptitude

• Observation and Logical Aptitude

• Mechanical and Functional Aptitude

• General Awareness (in context to Design)

Sample Questions (NID)

Given below are the sample questions for NID exam for students to prep.

Ques: Identify the correct set of Primary Colors from the given options referring to the below given color wheel.

1. Primary: Red, Yellow, Blue

2. Primary: Green, Orange, Violet

3. Primary: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

4. Primary: Red, Green, Blue

Answer : (A) This is a straightforward question from Colour theory. The primary are those that cannot be made by mixing other colors and exist as it is. They may be further mixed to create secondary or tertiary colours.

Ques: If all squares are rectangles, and no rectangles are circles, which of the following conclusions is valid?

1. All circles are squares

2. No squares are circles

3. Some rectangles are squares

4. All rectangles are circles

Answer: C

Explanation:

• From the first statement "All squares are rectangles", we know that every square is a type of rectangle.

• So, squares are a subset of rectangles.

• From the second statement "No rectangles are circles", we know that rectangles and circles have no overlap.

Ques: A design student arranged colored blocks in a certain order. The sequence is Red, Blue, Green, Red, Blue, Green… What color will be at the 17th position?

1. Red

2. Blue

3. Green

4. None of the Above

Answer: B

Explanation:

This is a cyclical pattern that repeats every 3 colors: 1 → Red
2 → Blue
3 → Green
4 → Red
5 → Blue
6 → Green
... and so on.

To find the 17th color, divide 17 by 3 and look at the remainder:

17÷3 = 5 remainder 2

So, the 17th color corresponds to position 2 in the cycle, which is:

Red → Blue → Green
Position 2 = Blue

Ques: Which of the following designers is known for the Indian National Flag design?

1. R.K. Laxman

2. Rabindranath Tagore

3. Pingali Venkayya

4. M.F. Husain

Answer: (C) Pingali Venkayya

Ques: Who is the Indian product designer behind the Godrej Chotukool refrigerator?

1. Ratan Tata

2. Anil Gupta

3. Harish Hande

4. Devita Saraf

Answer: (B) Anil Gupta

Ques: Which of the following is a logo of the detergent company?

Answer: Option (A)

The logo featuring the girl in a frock is the trademark of Nirma, one of the most popular detergent brands in India. Nirma's branding is well-known for featuring this iconic image, symbolizing cleanliness and affordability, making it recognizable across the country.

Q2. For a given market scene where an “A crow is eyeing a juice shop”.

Now imagine yourself to be the crow; draw the view of the street from the crow’s perspective.

Answer:

Ques: Observe the object placed in front of you (like a cup, pen, or chair). Now draw it from a worm's eye view (as if viewed from below).

Answer:

Sample Questions (UCEED)

Given below are the sample questions for UCEED exam for students to prep.

Ques: A shopkeeper has a faulty weighing scale that is always 10% overweight. If a customer buys 10 kg of rice according to this scale, how much rice does the customer actually get?

1. 9 kg

2. 9.1 kg

3. 9.09 kg

4. 9.5 kg

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

If the scale shows 10% more weight, that is always 10% overweight than actual weight

If real weight is x kg than it would show (x=0.1x) = 1.1x kg

Now, if the actual weight is 10, the scale shows 1.1x, or 1.1x = 10kg

Actual rice weight = (10/1.10 = 9.09 kg

Ques: Below 4 pieces are given. Choose the answer that represents a figure composed of all pieces. Pieces may be rotated or/and reflected.

Answer: (D)

The final shape is symmetrical, and if you rotate and reflect the pieces appropriately, you can see that:

• The top two shapes make up the pointed roof-like structure.

• The bottom left and right pieces fit perfectly into the base.

Ques: Unfolded dice and four answer choices are given in the form of complete dice. You are required to select the correct answer choice which can be formed by folding the unfolded dice.

Answer (B): Two dice with opposing faces cannot be adjacent to one another. From the given option of dices

Ques: Which of the given options could be most appropriate for “lifting the cars”, to replace the puncture tyre.

Answer: (A) The given combination of the Nut-Bolt in the option replicates the simple machines (Lever), utilising the screw-mechanism to convert the Rotational Force into Linear Motion for Lifting as shown below in the reference image.

Ques: A man walks south for 3 kms, then turns left and walks 3 kms, then turns left again and walks 3 kms. He now finds himself facing north. Where is he now compared to his starting position?

1. Back at the starting point

2. 3 km east of the starting point.

3. 3 km west of the starting point.

4. 6 km away from the starting point

Answer : (A)

Since the person is travelling a fixed distance of 3 km, by referring to the image we can clearly see that the person is 3 km East to the starting point.

Ques: A square with a side of 10 cm. Was cut along the lines as shown in the figure. This created a circular piece of a 3 cm radius. The centres of both squares and circles are the same. What is the area in cubic cm of the shaded portion ?

Answer: To understand the shaded part we need to reconstruct the shape, as shown below and generate the solution as shown in the explanation below. The trick lies in reimagining the shaded portion.

The area of the shaded portion is = 17.93 cm square.

Ques: Identify the Painting style depicted in the given image.

1. Block Printing

2. Ajrak painting

3. Pattachitra Painting

4. Kalamkari Painting

Answer : (C)

Pattachitra is a traditional cloth-based scroll painting style based in eastern Indian states of Odisha, West Bengal and parts of Bangladesh. Patachitra art form is known for its intricate details as well as mythological narratives and folktales inscribed in it.

Ques: Count the number of differences in the given set of images.

Answer : 9 Differences are there in the given images.

Ques: Who is the architect of this building as shown below in the given image.

1. B. V. Doshi

2. Brinda Somaya

3. Bimal Patel

4. Raj Rewal

Answer : (C)

This is the newly formed Parliament building, designed by architect Bimal Patel, executed by the TataProjects Limited for which construction started in 2019.

Ques: Which of the following positions of the load in the trucks would be the most appropriate position for stable driving conditions from the given figure.

Answer : (A)

The load placed most close to the driver cabin provides the most stable conditions for driving the vehicle on the road, in all other options the body will wobble with instability.

Ques: Aanya is a young artist who loves to paint in her small, sunlit studio. Her workspace is a mix of creativity and chaos. She has just finished working on a vibrant landscape painting, and her studio reflects her artistic process. The room is filled with art supplies, half-finished sketches, and personal touches that inspire her.

Evaluation Criteria:

• Observation

• Imagination

• Selection & composition of objects

• Quality of line

• Presentation

• Attention to detail

Answer : Below is the solution to the sketching based question where the following things have to be taken care of while sketching, understanding the question requirements as follows:

• Ratio and Proportional Correlation of Objects

• Shadows and Reflections of light as clearly mentioned

• Depiction of Creativity and Chaos

• Overall composition of the Scene

Artist’s Room Interiors

Sample Questions (NIFT)

Ques: Identify the given logo below.

1. Adobe XD

2. Figma

3. Sketch

4. InVision

Answer: (B)

It is a popular browser based collaborative platform for creating the user-interface(UI), User-Experience(UX),and prototypes for websites and mobile apps, known for its real-time collaboration features and ease of use.

Ques: Which font is often associated with formal and classic designs of newsprints as provided in the given solutions.

1. Times New Roman

2. Comic Sans

3. Roboto

4. Roboto Serif

Answer : (A)

Times New Roman, a serif font, was originally designed for the British newspaper "The Times" in 1932 and is known for its legibility and suitability for newspaper printing, allowing for tight line spacing and a condensed appearance.

Ques: Identify the image of the given options where the given object is made up of “Aluminium Metal”.

Answer : (D)

Out of the given options most are for plastic as material, where the option D, depicts the Aluminium Body based Pencil sharpener, which is a non-ferrous material.

Ques: Count the number of tree trunks in the given figure.

1. 19 Trunks

2. 20 Trunks

3. 21 Trunks

4. 22 Trunks

Answer : (B)

This is purely an observation based question, where on careful counting the number of trunks is 20.

Ques:

Solution:

English numbers 3, 5, and 7 integrated in a unique and creative way for conceptual sketch of a public park.

Approach:

1. Understand the question first. Sit with the question and understand what is required from the solution. Hasty work often lets you make mistakes.

2. Choose three numbers and decide the format (e.g., Roman numerals, English digits, etc.).

3. Think of creative ways to incorporate the numbers into your drawing.

4. Sketch lightly at first to adjust and fit the design.

5. Enhance the drawing with simple details to represent the theme more clearly.

6. Double-check that the selected numbers are prominent and integrated into the design.