Hey!

National Institute of Design (NID) conducts its exam NID DAT for admission into various courses in the institute. It has a Vast syllabus related to designing and innovation.

Please find the syllabus on the link mentioned below:

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

Hope this answer helps!

Hello Jeet,

The percentile score required to qualify NID DAT 2020 is 45 for SC category. According   to last year qualifying cut off the percentile required for clearing the test was 40 for SC students.

Percentile is calculated as follows :

Let your rank be 60 and the total number of candidates were 2000 then your percentile will be,

(2000- 60)/2000 *100  = 97

The cut off marks will depend on the number of candidates appearing for the exam.

Hello,

NID DAT prelims will consist of objective and subjective questions.The recommended books for NID DAT preparation are given below :

NID Mock Test Series 2020-2021 (As per new B.Design Pattern)

NID - NIFT - UCEED - CEED Workbook

NIFT& NID (B.Des) Entrance Books

NID DAT book by R.S Aggarwal

Hello

NID DAT 2020 cutoff has not been released by the authorities yet. You can go through the link below and check the previous year cutoff for reference:

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

Good Luck!

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.