NID Design Aptitude Test
Hi Venugopal,
National Institute of Design (NID) conducts Design Aptitude Test (DAT) for admissions to 4-year Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) programmes offered at NID, Ahmedabad. A total of 100 seats are allocated across eight undergraduate design programmes. Admission to all of the programmes is granted on the basis of a two-stage competitive exam- Prelims and Mains. The objective of NID DAT is to assess the knowledge, skills and behavioral abilities of candidates. Aspirants, who have passed or will appear for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations, can apply to appear for the entrance exam.
For complete details about NID DAT, check out this link- https://design.careers360.com/exams/nid-dat
Hi Mukesh,
Have you estimated your score based on the provisional answer key?
The result of NID DAT 2018 (Prelims) will be announced on March 13, 2018 (4 PM). Eligible candidates will have to appear for Mains based on the merit list of prelims exam. NID DAT (Mains) 2018 is scheduled to be held on May 15 to 22, and the merit list will be released on May 31, 2018 (2 PM).
Weightage of DAT Prelims and DAT Mains for final result
Programme
DAT Prelims
DAT Mains
B.Des
30%
70%
The final common merit lists of NID B.Des programmes will be generated category wise, based on the sum total of the weighted scores secured by the candidate at each stage of the admission process.
To know about NID DAT cutoff, check out this link- https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-cutoff
You can check the answer key from the given below link
NID DAT Answer Key
Good Luck!!
You can download the sample papers from the given below link
NID DAT Sample Papers
Hi Tejaswini,
We will upload the answer keys of NID DAT M.Des. sample papers as soon as we get them officially from the National Institute of Design. Therefore, this depends completely on the availability.
For other sample papers, check out our store from where you can download the sample papers of various entrance exams- https://design.careers360.com/download/sample-papers?sort_filter=ebook_date_asc
You will be allocated NID DAT exam centre as per your preference marked by you at the time of filling the application form. The test centre detail you need to search yourself in Kolkata because it is not mentioned any where.
I would suggest you to go through the below link to check the complete list of test centers for 2018 session -
https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-exam-centres
Good Luck!!!!
Hi,
Part 1 of DAT Prelims will consist of multiple-choice questions that will be marked out of 70 points. This will have questions with one or more than one correct answer. The responses of this part will be recorded on an OMR sheet and evaluated digitally.
Go through this article for complete details about NID DAT 2018 exam pattern- https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-exam-pattern
Hi Saurabh,
The sample papers have been provided officially by National Institute of Design (NID). But the institute has yet not provided answers for the questions. We will be providing the solutions as soon as NID releases the answer key.
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