NID Entrance Exam 2017: Student Reaction

By Chhavi Sharma & Shikha Anand

NID DAT (Prelims) 2017 Student Feedback

NID DAT 2017 was conducted today, January 8 from 10 am to 1 pm. The first phase of National Institute of Design admissions 2017 – NID DAT (Prelims) was held across 23 test cities in India.

Admission process for NID admissions requires aspirants to appear for two rounds which are NID DAT (Prelims) and NID DAT (Mains). Thus, aspirants seeking admission in Bachelor of Design (BDes), Master of Design (MDes) and GDPD programmes need to appear for NID DAT (Prelims) which is basically a written entrance test followed by NID DAT (Mains) which comprises of a Studio Test and Interview round. Candidates who clear all these rounds are only shortlisted for admission at colleges that accept NID Entrance Exam scores.

NID Entrance Exam was of three hours duration. In NID DAT (Prelims) candidates were evaluated out of a total of 100 marks and the test paper was divided into two parts, that is, Section A and Section B.

Shiksha is reporting live from Lakshmi Public School, Karkardooma where 430 took NID Entrance Exam for MDes course admissions and another 85 appeared for NID DAT (Prelims) for admission in BDes courses.

Overall students shared that NID DAT (Prelims) for admissions 2017-2018 was easy and students who took the exam for both MDes as well as BDes course admissions shared that they were able to attempt all the questions in the time allotted.

NID DAT (Prelims) 2017 Student Feedback for MDes Admission

Most of the students we spoke to shared that NID Entrance Exam pattern for MDes course admissions was easier as compared to last year. The question paper was divided into two sections, Part A consisted of 67 objective type questions and Part B had subjective questions.

Norbo, a student of NIFT who has applied for admission in MDes Graphic Design course at NID shared that the exam “was pretty easy. Section A was the easiest and Section B required me to think a little bit more, so it was little difficult. I was able to complete my exam on time”. Confirming the same, Parvesh said that, “Overall the paper was easy but I found Part B to be difficult”.

MDes in Interior Design aspirant, Naina stated that her NID DAT exam was good “the creative part was more difficult this time. I felt that I needed more time to solve that section rather than the GAT part. My strategy to solve the question paper was that I should solve Part A first and in the remaining one and a half hour I would be able to solve Part B”, however she felt that one hour thirty minutes was not enough to solve the Creative part. As per Naina, Section A of NID Entrance Exam was quite easy.

“In my view the exam was easy as compared to last year exam”, Kunal, a student of Sunderdeep College of Architecture was quoted as saying. An MDes in Retail Design aspirant, Kunal said, “I was able to attempt all questions in Section A as there was no negative marking. There were only 67 questions.  The Aptitude section that they introduced this time was easy and the sketching part also I completed in the time limit”.

Anuj Kaushik who took NID DAT exam last year also shared that, “The difficulty level of the exam was the same as last year” but he found the exam to be less lengthy this time around. He further revealed that NID DAT (Prelims) Section A had 67 questions and overall his paper went well but “this year Section B was more about drawing unlike last year”.

Aspiring to secure admission in MDes Interaction Design at NID Bangalore, Jaswinder Singh shared, “The exam was very unpredictable this year. There was no general knowledge at all. The paper was nice, there was logical ability, analytical reasoning etc. I got flabbergasted by the Creative section”. Elaborating about NID exam 2017 test pattern he said that the, “question paper was a little different from last year. NID keeps changing its pattern they are very unpredictable”.  

NID DAT (Prelims) 2017 Questions asked in MDes Exam

Candidates shared that NID DAT exam for MDes course admissions had 3 questions wherein the last question had two parts of five marks each. As per students, questions asked in NID Entrance Exam 2017 for Master of Design (MDes) course admissions are as listed below:

1. Complete the scene wherein there was an ice cream cart and aspirants had to place two characters in the scene.  
2. Create emotions like anger, sadness and the likes (5 emotions were given) using facial expressions.
3. Some strokes were given and aspirants had to draw objects from them.

 NID DAT (Prelims) 2017 Student Feedback for BDes Admissions

NID Entrance Exam for BDes course admissions was divided into two sections, Part A comprised of 75 objective type questions and part B had four questions.

Urmi Mala, a student of Mother’s International School, who aspires to join BDes course at NID Ahmedabad shared that her NID DAT exam was good. She also shared that she was able to complete her exam on time.

As per Shrutika Das NID DAT exam for BDes admission was quite simple. “I had practiced so many difficult questions as it a known fact that NID exam is of higher difficulty level but this year the test difficulty level was like of NIFT only”. Hoping to secure a seat in BDes Apparel Design

Shrutika is quite happy with her exam and is hoping to secure a good rank.

NID DAT (Prelims) 2017 Questions asked in BDes Exam

As per students the questions asked in NID DAT (Prelims) exam for Bachelor of Design course admissions are as listed below:

1. If there is zero gravity how would you draw yourself in a living room.
2. Draw a mother with a child crying with a background.
3. Make Incredible India’s poster with the national flag, national emblem, national tree, national bird and national flower.