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24 December 2015

NID DAT - Resources and study materials

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This blog (stuff you look) is basically started for CEED, later UCEED topics were added. Now that I went through NID DAT syllabus and analysed the pattern, I found that fortunately most of the CEED/UCEED topics are similar to that of NID DAT pattern. So, in this page, I have gathered all those useful topics which are relevant to NID under separate headings as listed in the sample paper (A1,A2 and A3). Also, I have included all those mock tests, which are directly helpful to your preparation. Although bit late, but hopefully you will find these page useful.

Although bit late, but hopefully you will find these page useful. Please note that since the entire syllabus is not known, these collections are based on my pure observation/analysis and need not necessarily covers everything or might cover topics that may/may not appear directly in your exam. So, please co-operate.

This page serves as a collection of links from around the web pages that helps you study relevant topics; including topics and guide materials that I prepared. As of know, I'm just including those topics/NID-related resources that I have with me. I will update with newly found topics whenever time permits. So, keep watching ......


 Downloadable PDF - A complete list of SYL links for NID-DAT exam (sitemap) 


A1. Knowledge-based questions test the candidate's ability to remember and recall factual/general knowledge.
Indian cultural GA




More Painting Resources : on wiki page, most popular painting styles
Artistic Media used - Artistic media on Wikipedia

Check more about famous designers - famous designers here 

A very good facts blog about famous persons around the world

Go through this wiki page in free time about Art movement
  • A list of famous Indian authors - here
  • All about Prime ministers of India - here
  • A very good list of Indian Bank Logo's - here
  • Past to present logo evolution for some famous brands - here

Free time reference study

Materials and manufacturing related

I had detailed and categorized materials as well as manufacturing process with examples of day-to-day products. Don't spend much time on this topic ! Just give a brief overview.

  1. Every day materials - here >>
  2. Plastic materials and manufacturing process - A very good guide for household plastic materials and their manufacturing process. You may not go through manufacturing process, just note for what material, what particular manufacturing process is employed - here >>
  3. Tips for selecting plastic materials - here >>
  4. Top Indian stone and rock carvings - here >>
Color Selection
Let us now see some pdf files, which may help you choose color at different occasions

Signs, symbols and their interpretations

 A very lengthy but useful pdf file about signs in design context. Just have a quick glance for now. Later, if you are interest you may go deeply into this book - Signs and symbols with design


A2. Comprehension based questions test the candidates’ ability to understand, explain, compare, infer, summarize, classify, exemplify or interpret.
Inference from Paragraph and pictures

Verbal Reasoning

 Data Interpretation
Word/Pictogram puzzles (Rebus puzzles)

Leisure time study - material 1

 Paragraph summary

 Para summary material - 1
Para summary material - 2

 Leisure time study - material 3

 English comprehension

 Comprehension material 1
Very good exercise with answer key

 leisure time study - TOEFL material


A3. Analytical and Reasoning based questions test the candidates’ ability to select, compare, separate, distinguish or differentiate, de construct.



 General, Mechanical and Verbal Reasoning questions

Here is a very good online website, where several free PDF files for practicing verbal, non verbal and psychometric tests are available in each page  that you can download and use for your practice - Free PDF's from assessmentday.com

 (Detailed Reasoning topics will be added soon)
Most of the sample test papers (PDF files) that I've included here (below) has been taken from Job Test Prep website. Big thanks to the web owner for including free PDF files!

Free time study
Check the details in downloadable (Pdf) from working with geometry objects >>

 Learn a way of Solving number of faces on complex objects >>

 My solution for tetrahedron tessellation problem - Tetrahedron Tessellation problem solving here>>

Geometry representations by Malati - here>>

 Leisure time works

  • A detailed instructions on how to draw a tessellation by David B Sullivan -  here
  • Best tessellations work by Escher from teacherweb - here

General Topics


 Standard ISO paper sizes
Go through this link to learn about famous books and others
Check all the image formats list
Learn more about - Pica in wiki page
Learn more drawing terminology here - quizlet blog for drawing terminology
Very good collection of - perspective and non-perspective images


Relevant Mock tests

 Although these practice tests are designed for UCEED, practising them is helpful for NID to the fullest. Like I said, the pattern matches to a greater extent to UCEED. So, take time in taking these questions. Also solving CEED Part-A mock tests and previous papers are very helpful. Remember NID subjective questions matches some what to CEED Part-B questions. I will try to group those questions and guide materials too ...... soon.



NID Subjective help
NID-DAT 2015 Prelims Subjective ideas

 - Superb book for learning sketching techniques and different facets of design (including perspective, shadowing, shading, texture, architectural facts etc) - Design drawing by Francis D.K.Ching

- A (very famous) complete pdf book "Basic Rendering" from Robert W.Gill, which covers most of the rendering topics including perspective projections (For those wishing to learn sketching/rendering)


You can find more materials related to sketching/rendering - Resources/materials for CEED 

Also:

Answers to 2015 NID-DAT subjective sample paper by Vaishnavi Boradwar

 Ideas for NID Strategic Design Management 

 The above pdf file is just an attempt (of questions) to give you an idea of the type of questions that could possibly be asked in NID subjective part for SDM stream. Although I don't have idea, hopefully this is worth sharing for your reference. 

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