Showing posts with label design aptitude. Show all posts
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29 May 2021

NID MDes 2021 SDM stream specific questions

 
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Many thanks to Mr. Arya Harshvardhan for coming forward and for share the questions related to SDM (Strategic Design Management) stream specific questions. He wish to share this for the benefit of everyone. Let us all appreciate him and wish him good luck for his good nature.

1.
Differentiate between Red Ocean and Blue Ocean Strategy with examples.

2.
There were 2 figures - First figure was a clear jar filler with some grains and a mouse on top of it with no lid, the next figure was the same jar but this time the mouse had consumed a lot of grains inside the jar and the overall level of the grains had gone down with only some left. Now the question was to summarise this situation in a business sense. 
  • (a) What do you think about this, 
  • (b) Give a suitable tagline to the situation which should also be in line with what you have written or explained in the previous part. 
  • (c) Give suitable examples. 

3. 
According to the UN a lot of kids defecate outside in the open which leads to health and sanitation problems, Make a poster for a solution for school going kids and how would you communicate to them to discourage such activities and how will they use an enclosed space to defecate.


4. 
There was a data set of pictorial diagrams in the form of Pie charts of students in a university and their respective course choices like one of the pie charts was distributed with the percentage of number of students taking up various streams like jurnalism, design, IT, banking etc. then the other pie charts were of the number of boys and girls in each of such streams.
  • (a)(i-v) Were objective questions which asked how many students were in a specific stream, number of boys or girls in a stream, the ratios of boys:girls in various streams.
  • (b) Here we had to interpret and share our insights on the given pie charts and what conclusions could we take out from the information given and then show it pictorially as well.

5.
This question had multiple parts where we had to draw signs for various situations like - an escalator for elderly, traffic rush hour etc. 


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24 August 2019

Collection of UCEED exam study materials

  1. Collection of SYL blog pages to practice exercise for sketching.  (To help you practice and test your sketch line quality, imagination skill, perspective, proportion and size of your drawing.). 
  2. Object practice questions.
  3. Human, scenario, room, persepctive practice questions. 
  4. Downloadable books to help with basics of sketching, perception and shading techniques
  5. Beginner guide to sketching
  6. Youtube videos on how to improve human sketching, drawing objects and humans with proper size and proportion





This link contains:
  1. Mathematical Geometry ( Types of views, how to visualize solids in all the sides) - orthographic drawings, exercises, transformation of solids, 
  2. Basics of solid shapes
  3. Observation and visualization skills (tangram puzzles. animation movement, geometric objects and how to work with them, hidden words and images, tesselllations, illusions, objects evolution)
  4. General guide on - photography, animation, typography, video/colors, illustration, artistic tools, drawing terms and sculpture, Logos etc.)  
  5. Answers to previous papers of CEED (that will help you prepare for UCEED by solving image based and other design aptitude questions)
  6. Sample reasoning practice. How to solve reasoning question
  7. English comprehension
  8. GK on indian culture - State painting and painters, musical instruments etc.) 
  9. Something about materials and manufacturing related topics



This link contains:
  1. Free books for mechanical and ability questions
  2. Verbal, non-verbal and psychometric practice online links
  3. Odd man out series exercises
  4. Direction sense tests 
  5. Spatial and verbal ability practice exercises
  6.  Inference from paragraph
  7. Paragraph summary exercises
  8. Deductive, Inductive and verbal reasoning, conclusive drawing 
  9. Data interpretation
  10. Abstract tests, IQ and word/pictogram puzzles


Link 4: Resource update for new syllabus for UCEED 


Refer the topics listed below for UCEED:
  1. Guide on font with several online links
  2. Typography, visual infography
  3. Intro. to mathematical solid shapes
  4. Famous paintings, painters, artistic media, art movements etc.
  5. Cultural tour of India.
  6. Colors 
  7. General topics (paper sizes, dances, image formats, drawing terminology, perspective and non perspective works)  


Refer only to the topics listed below for CEED:
  1. Non-verbal and Image reasoning 
  2. Go through the bullet points under the heading "Some facts"
  3. List of some famous epics of India
  4. List of Indian animators, famous photographers, women designers, renaissance poets
  5. List of Indian noble prize and oscar winners
  6. Plutchik-wheel of emotions


Study only the topics listed below:
  1. UCEED previous papers (from 2015 to this year)
  2. UCEED sample practice papers
  3. CEED sample practice papers 
  4. CEED previous papers solutions (from CEED 2012 to latest) - CEED solutions will help you for CEED Part A preparation as most of the syllabus is same (UCEED is tougher than CEED.


This link contains
  1. Mock tests, samples and previous model papers for UCEED.
  2. Mock tests, samples and previous model papers for CEED (to be practiced for CEED too).


This link contains: (Topics to be prepared after completing the above topics)
  1. Collection of famous logo designers, Indian fashion/textile designers, 
  2. Indian famous photographers
  3. Some logos
  4. Famous painters/paintings
  5. Olympic medal winners
  6. Prehistoric paintings and more

Complimentary: Discussion on UCEED new pattern from 2020 part B and part A



General guide 



Check this if your exam is only two or one week ahead - List of priority topics to be covered for sure as available in resource page in the last week of your exam


Videos to help you


What to start? and How to solve design aptitude, non-verbal, and Ability questions with examples

PART 1


PART 16


Maths Basics for non-math background design aspirants





How to count no. of faces on solids

UCEED exam - what section to attempt during exam


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21 August 2019

UCEED resource for General topics

General Knowledge

Environmental GA and Sustainability study


A very good article on Environmental issues in Design and Technology

D'Source - Design for sustainability  

Effect of human activities on environment

Envi GA slide - 1

Envi GA slide - 2

Learn the basics and terms of 'Design for the environment' - with general practices, products, regulations, best practices etc by goinng through this wiki page

Leisure time study - Design for social impact

Environmental awareness presentation

Additional Materials

  • 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

Facial Expression of emotions
Source: darkspeeds work on devianart

Plutchik-Wheel of emotions

UCEED forum/discussion page with FAQ's

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20 August 2019

Design Aptitude and reasoning study materials for UCEED



A book of very good Mechanical ability questions PDF

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


What to start? and How to solve design aptitude, non-verbal, and Ability questions with examples

PART 1


PART 16


Maths Basics for non-math background design aspirants



How to count no. of surfaces in given solids



Odd-man out series exercises




Leisure time exercises


Direction sense test





Leisure time practice



Spatial and Visual Ability test samples




Leisure practice



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!

Inference from Paragraph and pictures

Paragraph summary


Para summary material - 1

Para summary material - 2

Leisure time study - material 3

Deductive and Verbal Reasoning


Inductive Reasoning and Conclusion drawing


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

Data Interpretation

Abstract Tests

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Sample Numerical and Aptitude questions for UCEED


Word/Pictogram puzzles (Rebus puzzles)


Leisure time study - material 1

Other IQ tests and exercises


Analogy online exercise

A very good guide for Mental ability and picture type questions -

Mental Ability Test samples

Logical arrangement of words sample practice



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24 December 2015

NID DAT - Resources and study materials

You are here  >> Resource and books for NID
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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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 Also check - JEE Mains Paper-2 (Arch) resource and study materials

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