NMIMS - NPAT

To answer questions from the critical thinking section of NPAT exam, test takers need to work on their decision-making and problem-solving skills. Solving past question papers will help candidates preparing for NPAT.

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.

Guidelines for uploading photo in NPAT application form include meeting the specifications and basic rules that would not hamper the clarity and view of the picture. SVKMs NMIMS can reject the candidature if candidates do not meet the image upload guidelines.

Candidates need to upload the photograph in JPG format with the file size not exceeding 80 KB. The aspect ratio to be used for NPAT application form is 1:1.

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.

While preparing for this section of NPAT exam, candidates must recognise grammatical structure and usage, use prepositions, determiners, connectives, tenses appropriately. Candidates must know the meanings of underlined words in sentences, and use of appropriate words in given context. While solving questions from the reading comprehension section, candidates must be quick in locating information, ideas, identify and interpret relationships, moods, characteristics, tone of the passage, and 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