NATA Pattern

EXAM PATTERN
The Council of Architecture determines the NATA exam pattern. NATA is conducted in an offline mode and it is a three-hour exam in which multiple choice questions are asked from maths and general aptitude. Candidates will have to undertake a drawing test which will be of 90 minutes.
2 marks are awarded for every correct answer and there is no negative marking.
Candidates have to select the correct answer by coloring the bubble in the OMR sheet by using a black and blue pen.
SYLLABUS
#) Drawing Test:
Creating 2D and 3D compositions using given shape and forms. Understanding scale and proportion of objects, geometric composition, shape, aesthetics, color texture, harmony and contrast. Drawing of patterns both geometrical and abstract. Common day-to-day life objects like furniture, equipment etc., from memory. Perspective drawing, sketching and landscape. Conceptualization and visualization through structuring objects in memory.
#) General Aptitude: Analytical reasoning, mental ability, Visualizing different sides of 3D objects, general awareness of national/international architects and famous architectural creations. Interpretation of pictorial compositions, visualizing three-dimensional objects from a two-dimensional drawing. Mathematical-reasoning and sets & relations.
#) Mathematics: Logarithms, Matrices, Trigonometry, Theory of Calculus, Application of Calculus, Probability, Permutation and combination, Statistics, Coordinate Geometry, 3-Dimensional Co-ordinate geometry, etc.