Dear candidate,

NID DAT MAINS will include drawing as well as sculpture or model making. It will be a three hour paper and the maximum marks that cam be obtained is 100. Unlike the prelims, it will not be in different parts of contain any objective type of aptitude based questions. It will purely be skill based. Hope that answers your query.

Good luck!

Mayank, topics covered in the prelims of NID DAT are:

• Innovation in design
• Principles of composition
• Inspiration & design development
• Theme development
• Design theory
• Natural & geometrical form
• Exercises on imagination
• Optical illusion
• Colour, pattern & texture
• Lateral thinking
• Design awareness
• Creative thinking & writing
• Graphics & pictograms
• Form & function
• Drawing fundamentals
• Ornaments & motifs
• Imagination & doodling
• Understanding light & shade
• Elements & principles of design
• Colour psychology & optical illusions
• 3D visualization
• Lettering
• Developing observation
• Good design vs. bad design
• Optical illusion
• Mood, theme & color inter-relationship
• Visual logic
• Outline for beginners
• Colour terminology
• Presentation techniques
• Memory drawing
• Picture analysis
• Usage of color in compositions
• Innovation & creation
• Natural & geometrical form
• Use of measurements, scale & proportions
• Expression & emotion
• Developing themes & colour associations
• Foreshortening & perspective
• Inspiration & creativity

In the Mains exam, practical based tests are taken. They may consist of one or more of the below activities:

• Model making
• Material manipulation
• Audio-visual exercises
• Mock interview
• Evolving ideas
• Body language based evaluation
• Doodling
• Creative thinking
• Portfolio making

In AIEED, there are two tests- GAT (General Ability Test) and CAT (Creative Ability Test). GAT consists of topics like Design sensibility, Logical reasoning, Design related awareness and Awareness on global issues and concepts comprehension. CAT will assess you on Written and visual skills, Design thinking, Lateral thinking and creative problem solving and Awareness of design principles.

Thanks Harish, However, what you are saying is true for MDes only (which is 150 minutes paper). My query was related to BDes which is 180 minutes paper. As far as I know there is no such notification for BDes exam. It seems unfair to all the students who were not allowed the full 3 hours for both sections.

Hey,you can question paper of niddat examination on below link .So go through link and dowanload papers"NID DAT Sample Papers 2020 – Download Previous Year Question Paper here!" https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-sample-papers thank you.

Hi Akshita

Careers 360 will provide detailed information as to the cutoff of NID DAT 2020 as soon as it is released by the National Institute of Design. Aspiring candidates, however, can check the minimum qualifying percentile score required for admission to get an idea. Candidates will be shortlisted based on the cutoff marks for each category.

https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-cutoff

Click on this link to find out

All the best !

Hello Leak Originals,

By preparing the previous paper ,you can know about the question in what way they used to give the paper and also you can know from which topic the question are used to giving and what way the question to be in exam. And the all the previous question paper are in the below link.,

https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-sample-papers

Hope this helps you..

Hey,Nid Dat exam is important exam.It is the 100 marks question paper with 30 marks mcq and 70 marks subjective questions.you can get more information about pattern and syllabus of exam from below link https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-syllabus/amp