NIFT Exam Analysis 2019 & Cutoffs for BDes Admissions

NIFT Exam Analysis 2019 & Cutoffs for BDes Admissions

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Updated on Jan 21, 2019 15:09 IST

Take a look at paper analysis of NIFT 2019 for BDes course admissions 2019. Also, go through the questions asked in NIFT CAT and GAT paper for NIFT BDes admissions 2019. By Shaun D’Sa

NIFT Exam Analysis 2019 - NIFT Entrance Exam 2019 was conducted on January 20. Candidates who had applied for BDes course admissions at NIFT campuses had to appear for two tests which were NIFT CAT and NIFT GAT. Authorities conducted NIFT CAT from 10 am to 1 pm and NIFT GAT was held from 2:30 pm to 4:20 pm.

The NIFT 2019 GAT paper was pretty standard, both in terms of NIFT exam pattern as well as the type of questions asked as compared to the previous years’ question papers.

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NIFT Exam Analysis 2019 for GAT

The maximum weightage of NIFT GAT 2019 for BDes admissions was 100 marks. The questions asked in NIFT Entrance Exam 2019 General Ability Test (GAT) were in the following ratio:

 

Subject

No of Questions

Quantitative Ability

20

English Comprehension

25

Communication Ability

25

Analytical Ability

15

General Knowledge and Current Affairs

15

NIFT Exam Analysis 2019: Questions asked in General Knowledge and Current Affairs

Some of the questions asked in NIFT Entrance Exam 2019 from GK and current affairs are listed below:

  • Who owns FBB brand?
  • Nebula 18K gold watch was released by which watch company?
  • Who is the brand ambassador for Aurelia?
  • Start something new - is the tagline for which brand?
  • Live fit - from which brand?
  • What is the date and month for the Quit India movement?
  • In whose name is India’s national education day (11th September) celebrated?
  • Who is the author of Malgudi days?
  • Thomas cup and Uber cup are for which sport?
  • Which city was the largest dome in the world inaugurated by the vice president of India?
    • Who was captain of the Indian women's cricket team in the Caribbean tour?

NIFT Exam Analysis 2019: Questions asked in Quantitative Ability

For Quantitative ability questions were asked on topics such as:

  • Work and time
  • Time and speed (questions no trains)
  • LCM HCF
  • Profit and loss
  • Ratio and proportion
  • Simple interest and compound interest
  • Age questions
  • Find the factors of 72
  • Simple arithmetic equations etc

NIFT Exam Analysis 2019: Questions asked in English Comprehension

Questions in the English comprehension section were mostly based on interference type of questions.

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NIFT Exam Analysis 2019: Questions asked in Communication Ability

Questions for communication ability were pretty regular and from topics like antonyms and synonyms.

NIFT Exam Analysis 2019: Questions asked in Analytical ability

Questions were asked on coding and decoding, ratio and proportions for Analytical ability.

NIFT Exam Analysis 2019 for CAT

The maximum weightage of NIFT CAT 2019 for BDes admissions was 100 marks. Questions asked in this part of NIFT Entrance Exam 2019 was as mentioned below:

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S No

Question

Marks

1

From the following choices design any one product for the year 2050.

  • Umbrella
  • Lunch box
  • Door lock

30 Marks

2

Given the basic geometric shapes - rectangle, circle, hexagon, right angled triangle, triangle over a circle (teardrop), you can rotate, repeat but not slice create any one product given below and explain in 100 words.

  • Letter box
  • Personal computer
  • Wind chime

30 Marks

3

In the 4 boxes given illustrate any one of the following

  • Bird flying taking flight
  • Rose bud to bloom
  • Steps of a wet shirt being dried

40 Marks

 

Overall, the NIFT exam was pretty standard and time was comfortable for the CAT part. If one had practiced past papers well, they would have performed well in NIFT Entrance Exam 2019.

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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.

 

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Bharti Singh

5 years ago

what is the difference between b.des &b.tech???

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Bharti Singh

5 years ago

what is the fees for b.des???

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sushma bhandari

5 years ago

Which SAT should foreign stude nt take for B.Des admission?

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