NMIMS - NPAT

To answer questions from the critical thinking section, test takers need to work on decision-making and problem-solving. For decision-making questions, candidates will need to take into cognizance various rules/conditions as well as take decisions that are based upon rules/ conditions. While in problem-solving, candidates need to analyze the given information and condense all the information in a suitable form and answer the questions asked.

SVKMs NMIMS conducts the NPAT exam with as many as three sections. NMIMS NPAT exam is a gateway for admission to Bachelor courses from the following streams:

• Commerce
• Econmics
• Liberal Arts
• Branding & Advertising
• International Studies
• Management

The NPAT exam syllabus for all the streams mentioned above is identical. Candidates need to answer questions from Verbal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Reasoning while taking the NPAT exam. Three sections in NPAT exam is at par with any other bachelor's level competitive exam in the country.

Candidates must upload the photograph by keeping all the necessary specifications in mind. Besides the specifications, candidates must know which photo will be considered inappropriate while filling the NPAT application form. The guidelines to take a photo are mentioned below:

• Upload a recent photograph to avoid any confusion at the test centre
• Image must be a front-facing photo
• No accessories should be worn in the photo
• Candidates must avoid taking a picture from a phone camera
• Photo background must be white or light-coloured

In case of non-compliance to the above mentioned guidelines may lead to cancellation of the candidature.

SVKMs NMIMS releases the NPAT application form in the first week of December. Candidates aspiring for admission to courses after Class 12 offered by any of the campuses of NMIMS must apply for the NPAT exam. NMIMS NPAT exam acts as a gateway for admission to UG courses. NPAT registration window is facilitated on the official exam website along with the release of the NPAT admission handout. Candidates can fill the NPAT form online along with the payment of registration fee. Candidates completing the NPAT application form submission are allowed to appear for the exam as per the schedule.

Other than solving various kinds of problems, memorising formulas and learning tricks for Quantitative and Numerical Ability, test takers should start solving riddles, sudoku and puzzles to strengthen quantitative skills for NPAT exam. The sole trick to excel in the quantitative ability section of NPAT exam is to practice. Candidates must ensure solving as many mock tests and practice question papers as possible. This will make sure that the candidates know about different types of questions asked and the difficulty level. Additionally, practising improves the speed and accuracy while taking the NPAT exam.

In this section of NPAT exam, test takers need to recognise grammatical structure and usage, use prepositions, determiners, connectives, tenses appropriately. Grasping the meaning of underlined words in sentences, using appropriate words in given context, put ideas into logical sequences by putting the jumbled sentences in the correct order. In order to solve questions from the reading comprehension section, it is important for the test takers to locate information, grasp ideas, identify and interpret relationships and ideas, moods, characteristics, tone of the passage, infer, get the central theme and evaluate given passage.

SVKMs NMIMS assesses critical thinking and analytical skills using the Reasoning and General Intelligence section of NPAT Exam. In this section of NPAT exam, in order to solve questions that are based on critical thinking, test takers should try to analyse the roles and conditions and based on it, solve the questions. For questions related to problem-solving, try to analyse the information and assimilate them in a suitable form to answer those questions. Candidates must practise as many questions as possible to get aware of different types of questions.

The Reasoning and General Intelligence section of NPAT exam primarily examines candidate's critical and analytical thinking abilities. To get a good hold on this section, it is critical to understand all the concepts and to practice different types of questions regularly. Books that can be helpful to prepare for the reasoning and general intelligence section of NPAT are:

• A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning by R.S. Aggarwal
• Short-cuts in Reasoning by Disha Publications
• A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal, Non-Verbal & Analytical by Arihant publications
• Analytical Reasoning by M.K. Pandey