NID DAT 2025 Lengthy & Moderately Difficult, Weightage, Memory Based Questions

NID DAT 2025 Lengthy & Moderately Difficult, Weightage, Memory Based Questions

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NID DAT Application Date:11 Sep' 25 - 01 Dec' 25

Rajyalaxmi VenkatapuramUpdated on 05 Jan 2025, 03:15 PM IST

The National Institute of Design (NID) Design Aptitude Test 2025 has conducted the NID entrance exam 2025 Prelims today, January 5. As per majority of students who appeared for NID DAT 2025 exam, the paper was lengthy. Moreover the NID entrance exam difficulty level was moderate. Part-A was easy and Part-B was moderate and lengthy. NID total marks 2025 was 100.

NID DAT 2025 Lengthy & Moderately Difficult, Weightage, Memory Based Questions
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The NID DAT paper 2025 included questions that assess the creative, problem solving, innovative thinking and visual perceptions of the students. Some candidates find the exam timings difficult as they have to make themselves manage to think and answer the questions. Some of them felt tough in terms of general knowledge questions for which they have to be updated as per the current trends. Check NID 2025 students' reaction below.

NID DAT 2025 Exam Analysis

  • Overall, the difficulty level of the NID entrance exam was moderate and lengthy.

  • Time management was difficult for Part-B.

  • This year, there was a change in the NID aptitude paper. 3 questions were asked from the logo.

  • Verbal reasoning and quantitative aptitude missing.

  • The Aptitude section was of 25 marks.

  • The drawing part was of 75 marks.

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NID DAT Memory-Based Questions

Q1. Make a poster which has a juice corner promoting Orange juice according to the Crow's point of view.

Q2. The branch of a Neem tree extends between two neighbours. The leaves are falling from this Neem tree and creating problems for both. Please create a sketch finding possible solutions on how to deal with this problem.

Now the candidates have to await their results, where they feel much more anxiety. Many students felt tense and started calculating the marks for the questions they answered. Aspirants have also started estimating the marks of the prelims exam using the NID DAT predictor. The NID DAT result 2025 for BDes prelims will be released on April 1 and the MDes prelims on February 17, 2025.

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Have a question related to NID DAT ?

You can get the NIT DAT SYLLABUS, updated version from careers 360 in detail from careers 360 article. Follow the link given from The link of the syllabus article is given below from careers 360

https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-syllabus-2026

Yes you are eligible to appear for NID DAT for the M.Des programme. Since you are in final make sure you will have completed your BA by the required deadline. Also go through the specific specializations you want to apply for, some may require certain specific backgrounds to be eligible to apply for them. You can find more details here design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-eligibility-criteria

Hello,

To prepare for M.des exams like CEED or NID DAT, here are some points which you can follow:

Understand the pattern – focus on creativity, design aptitude, and problem-solving.

Practice sketching daily and improve visualization.

Study basics of color, form, and design concepts.

Solve previous papers and build a strong portfolio.

Stay consistent and observe everyday designs for new ideas.

THANKU.

Hi daksh

As 563 rank in nid dat exam cannot guarantee admission in designing college but it could be a good chance to explore some campus as if you are not from general category as category role plays an important role . But now you can do one thing focus on your strengthening your protofile or preparing for the studio test (bdes) or interview (mdes).

Thanks.

No, IPU (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University) does not accept NID DAT Prelims score for admission to the B.Des (Bachelor of Design) program.

Instead, IPU conducts its own entrance test or may consider CUET (UG) scores for B.Des admissions, depending on the latest admission guidelines. Always refer to the university's official prospectus for the year you're applying to for the final admission criteria.

NIT DAT (https://www.shiksha.com/design/articles/nid-admissions-2025-colleges-accepting-nid-entrance-exam-scores-for-bdes-mdes-courses-blogId-13097)