NID DAT 2020 Exam Analysis for BDes Admissions

4 mins readUpdated on Dec 30, 2019 12:12 IST

By Shaun D’Sa

NID DAT Prelims for Bachelor of Design (BDes) admissions was held from 10 am to 1 pm on December 29, 2019. Experts share difficulty level and exam pattern of NID entrance exam 2020 below.

NID DAT 2020 Exam Analysis for BDes Admissions

The NID DAT 2020 prelims had no surprises unlike the previous year the pattern. The ratio of Aptitude (Part 1 - 30 marks) to drawing/ creative aptitude questions (Part 2 - 70 marks) remained the same. In NID Entrance Exam 2020, the Creative aptitude section tested the students for aptitude, perspective, creative thinking, storyboarding, and 2D graphic besides their basic drawing skills and sense of detailing,  

NID Exam Analysis 2020: Part 1- Aptitude Test (30 Marks) 

In this section of the exam, there were a total of 21 questions. The marking scheme was as follows:

  • 12 Questions x 1 marks each = 12 marks
  • 9 Questions x 2 marks each = 18 marks

Thus, the maximum marks that candidates could secure for these 21 questions was 30 marks. 

NID Entrance Exam Answer Key NID Entrance Exam Cut Off NID Entrance Exam Student Reaction

NID aptitude test had General knowledge / aptitude questions. Some of them are listed below:  

  • The Kyoto Protocol
  • What is Jaipur foot
  • The link between Hampi and the Vijayanagar empire
  • Kalighat style of paintings
  • A question on embroidery styles 
  • Nobel Prize winner -  Abhijit Banerjee
  • Match the companies to their country of origin Samsung, Panasonic, Godrej, Siemens 
  • Logos on 4 companies - Shell, Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil, ONGC etc were shown, and the non petroleum company had to be identified, 
  • A question on the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur corridor was asked
  • Also a question on an Indian musician who recently passed away - which form of Hindustani music was he proficient in? 

With standard reading of the newspaper / current affairs / good basic knowledge on Indian artists, performing artists and styles one would not find these questions difficult. Questions were also asked on verbal/ non verbal reasoning and spatial ability like:

  • Circular Seating Arrangement
  • Blood relations
  • Distance and direction sense
  • Series and sequences
  • 2D Visual puzzles
  • How to divide the given figure(L Shaped cake) into 4 equal parts  
  • A visual question on percentage (for the given cubes, what is the percentage that is shaded) 

NID Exam Analysis 2020: Creative Aptitude Test (70 Marks) 

There were 6 questions that were asked in the drawing part of the exam. The first question was interesting, it tested both the students' aptitude and drawing skills, in which a 2D surface development of a cube had to be drawn in 3D with the correct graphic in the correct orientation. The rest of the questions were quite standard as asked in the previous years' question papers of NID, however, they were quite lengthy so a student really had to focus on time while answering these questions. The questions are listed below: 

NID DAT Prelims 2020 Questions Weightage
A figure representing a surface development of a cube was given and each face had an organic graphic pattern on it, the cube had to be drawn in 3D with the corresponding graphic on each face of the cube and the graphic had to be in the correct orientation as given in the figure. 5 Marks
A scene of a kitchen was given and the vanishing point was defined and was mentioned as that of a small child, the view of the kitchen had to be redrawn with respect to the vanishing point defined.  12 Marks
A scene was described as follows -  A person was looking at a jamun tree and it made him wonder, why don’t pumpkins grow on trees and jamuns on the ground ? at that moment some jamun fruit fell on his head and then he thought that if it was pumpkin, he could have been seriously injured - this had to be illustrated in 3 scenes.  12 Marks
Draw 5 different humours uses for a light bulb.  15 Marks
If trees evolved a self defence mechanism to prevent themselves from being cut, Imagine and Illustrate 3 such defense mechanisms by these trees.  15 Marks
A part of a quote by Rabindranath Tagore was given “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, where knowledge is free” - A poster had to be created with the above quote in mind.  10 Marks

However, overall there was a very good ratio of theory to drawing questions asked in the NID DAT which was the same as last year’s paper, so there was no changes with respect to that. Some students finished their aptitude part within the first 30 minutes so they had 2.5 hours to finish the drawing paper. So, in general students who practiced drawing fast, were able to finish their paper just in time and overall there were no surprises. 

NID College Predictor prepared by Shiksha.com helps students to predict the college in which they can get admission on the basis of their expected exam score. Click on the link below and enter your NID exam score to predict your college for admission.

NID Entrance Exam College Predictor

About the Author:

Shaun D’Sa has a Master’s degree in Industrial Design from IIT Delhi. He is Director at Design Quotient Labs (DQ Labs), a coaching platform for Architecture and Design entrance exams.

He began his career with General Motors Advanced Design Center at Bangalore, where he had the opportunity to work with design teams for car brands like Hummer, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Holden, Buick to name a few. Shaun has also been a part of many teams of International and Indian designers for design centric ethnographic studies across India and abroad. Due to his passion for Design and Architecture, he has travelled extensively abroad and has been a part of many design workshops in many countries across Europe.

About the Author

This account contains a repository of informative articles by external authors with domain expertise in various aspects of guiding students on how to go about pursuing their undergraduate and postgraduate studies in... Read Full Bio

Get Admission and Placement Updates about NID Ahmedabad

News & Updates

Latest NewsPopular News

Contact Details

Address

Opposite Tagore Hall, Rajnagar Society
Paldi, Ahmedabad ( Gujarat)

Email

info@nid.edu

qna

Student Forum

chatAnything you would want to ask experts?
Write here...

Answered 7 hours ago

Yes, the correction window will open in the NID application form where you can edit your SOP questions. The correction window for the NID DAT 2025 application form will be available from December 6 to December 11, 2024. In this time, you can login to your registered account on the official website

...more

A

Addula Yaswanth

Contributor-Level 9

Answered 4 days ago

The following are the eligibility criteria for admission into the NID M.Des program:
1. Age Criteria: 
- Admission applicants under the general category should have been born on or after July 1, 1993. 
 - OBC, SC, ST, and PwD candidates should be born on or after July 1, 1990 and have also been born

...more

S

Shejal agrawal

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 2 weeks ago

NID does not consider CUET scores for its design courses. If you're aiming for a design programme at NID, you will need to appear for the NID DAT  (Design Aptitude Test). Make sure to stay updated with the official NID website for any changes or updates to their admission process.

  1. NID Design Aptitude

...more

V

Veerraj Sen

Contributor-Level 7

Answered a week ago

The entry requirements for MDes in Ceramic & Glass Design at NID are:

  • A bachelor's degree in any discipline (from any stream) completed within a 4 years,
  • From a recgonized university with a minimum of 50% aggregate.

A

Akansha Bisht

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 3 weeks ago

Valid OBC NCL Certificate
General Validity The general validity of an OBC NCL certificate will depend on the Central or State Government from which it has been issued. Traditionally, certificates issued by the Central Government are valid for a period of one year, whereas State Government-issued cert

...more

72360129
Vikash Kumar Gupta

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a month ago

Eligibility criteria and tuition fees for the National Institute of Design (NID) vary by course and college: 

 

Eligibility criteria

B.Des: Candidates must have passed Class 12 from a recognised board and be under 24 years of age as of August 1, 2025. They must also pass the Design Aptitude Test (DAT)

...more

A

Anurag tiwari

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a month ago

There is no official detail available related to the alumni. As per the data sourced from unofficial sites, the list of recruiters where the NID Ahmedabad alumni are placed is presented below:

NID Ahmedabad Alumni Placements: Top Companies
FlipkartAmazon
ZomatoWinzo
IBMTCS
Reliance RetailMicrosoft

A

Aarushi Kalra

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a month ago

Design Course in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Bengaluru there are a total 347 seats in all 19 M. Design courses; including all reserved categories.On an average about 15,000 students take the NID exam each year. Of these roughly 1200 (8% - 10%) students qualify for NID Mains.

S

Suraj Kumar karn

Contributor-Level 9