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19 August 2020

NID Industrial Design - MDes Domain Specific Practice Questions

The following questions are meant to assist you with your NID preparation (MDes domain-specific subjective part), especially fro the domain-specific test 'Industrial Design' as per the new pattern from NID 2020. I've made the following question to make you realize how easy it is to come up with your own questions using the situations around you, including the use of the internet. 

I - Question Type 1 (Creative and alternative thinking ability)

Draw 5 different uses (other than their intended use) for the following objects listed below. Each idea carries 2 marks.

  1. Writing pad (plastic )
  2. Earrings
  3. Cloth clip
  4. Safety pin
  5. Pen cap
  6. Umbrella
  7. Phone cover (rubber made)
  8. Beverage (fruit juice) tetra pack
  9. Toothbrush
  10. Tounge cleaner
  11. Shoe cardboard box
  12. Geometry box
  13. Mop
  14. Mosquito bat
  15. A computer mouse with cable
  16. CDs
  17. Fork
  18. Hat
  19. Pen refill
  20. Pen stand
  21. Bulb
  22. Tennis ball 
  23. Face mask
  24. Used coke bottle
  25. Plastic water pipe (any length) of dia up to 1 inch
  26. Disposable spoon

II - Question Type 2 (Problem identification ability)

Marking - (Each problem carries 10 marks- each sketch and the associated writeup carries 2 marks. So, don't prefer giving details to the sketches. Convey the ideas in a simpler way.)

  1. Imagine a person standing and ironing his/her cloth using an electric iron box. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches. 
  2. Imagine a person peeling off the skin/surface-layer of carrots. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches. 
  3. A physically disabled person has a problem with the spine that the person cannot raise his/her head up. The person can lower his/her head to a little from the horizontal position. Depict through sketches 5 (five) problems faced by the person while drinking water from a one liter bottle. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches. 
  4. Imagine a person using a desktop mouse while working. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
  5. Imagine a person using a desktop mouse while working. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
  6. Imagine a person wearing mocassins/loafers (shoes - slip-on kind) with hands. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
  7. Imagine a person chopping vegetables in the kitchen. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches. 
  8. Imagine a person wearing mocassins/loafers (shoes - slip-on kind) with hands. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
  9. Imagine a person emptying their household domestic dustbin into a large public dustbin, both with closed lids. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
  10. Imagine a person wearing a face mask for prolonged hours, as part of Virus prevention, while working at office. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person in wearing the mask. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
  11. Imagine a person using an electric trimmer to shave their beard. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.
  12. Imagine a person using a gas stove lighter in kitchen. Depict through sketches - 5 (five) problems faced by the person doing the task. Also write in a sentence (not more than 4 lines) the problems identified and depicted in the sketches.

Check similar questions released for CEED practice here


III - Question Type 3 (Problem-solving ability)

Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you carry your locker keys with you while going to college/office without the possibility of you forgetting to secure the keys with you. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal. 

(Marks - 16 marks, each solution carry 8 marks) 

  1. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you switch off the electrical appliances, including light and fans, before you step out of your room, without the possibility of you forgetting to switch off. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal. 
  2. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you get far from book reading or working in front of desktop/laptop (a break from the continuous task) once in every hour without the possibility of you ignoring and continuing the task. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.
  3. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you maintain a healthy sitting posture (for the back) whenever you sit for reading, working, or even driving, without the possibility of you leaning back in wrong posture as if relaxing. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.
  4. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help your children optimize/limit their presence in social networking sites like Instagram, Facebook etc. without the possibility of you being indulged into that constantly. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.
  5. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help your grandmother take prescribed medicines every day, without the possibility of she ignoring or forgetting to take. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.

(similar questions for practice)

  1. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help you drink at least one glass of water every hour without the possibility of you ignoring and continuing your long hours' work/study. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.
  2. Give 2/3 original solutions that would help your father take deep breaths (mindfulness) for at least one minute at regular intervals, every day, to relieve stress and maintain healthy heart function without he getting ignoring the mindfulness. Depict the solutions you have proposed communicating how they achieve their goal.


IV - Question Type 4 (Design thinking ability)

For the questions listed below

  • Make a realistic drawing of the product designed, showing the relevant details.
  • Indicate the product's main features with labels in the sketch you made.

Problem statements:

  1. It's rainy season and you need to carry the following items to your college/office: laptop, files, mobile phone, chargers, swimsuit, Tiffin box, juice and water bottles. Design a product to enable you to accommodate and carry all these items in it together exclusively to be used during rainy days.
  2. Design a multipurpose pocket survival knife to be used by Indian Army soldiers when on an expedition. Identify the different needs and purposes of tools that can be included in a single product.
  3. Design a mosquito hunter robot (a tiny drone) the purpose of which was to hunt down any flying mosquitos that can bite humans in the room. Ignore the technical aspects and assume appropriate sensors, including mosquito detection and tracker. Showcase the features and the form of the robot to deal with the mosquito catching. The robot should also store the captured and killed mosquitos and should be able to dispose of them out after a few hours of operation. 
  4. You are a nurse and you need a product to carry the following items: antibiotics, stethoscope, scissors, medical tape, cotton, some liquids like tincture, lotion, sanitizers, sterilized mask, gloves, cotton ball, thermometer, tongue depressor etc. Design a product to enable you to accommodate and carry all these items in it together. The product should be easy to carry, portable, lightweight, and should preferably protect the components inside from fall or environment.
  5. Design a product to carry the following products safely: wired headphones, charger and charging cables, bluetooth headphones and/or over-the-ear headsets etc. The product was meant to carry the cables and items, tangle-free, and also to keep all the usable items in one place. 
  6. Design a cleaning and carrying product meant to be used in a multiplex that can help the housekeeping staff with mobilizing and doing the following tasks: has separate collection units for trays, dry and wet wastes and to collect bottles (both plastic and glass), a portable vacuum cleaner without cables, a mopping unit, facility for towels/clothes etc. The mobile product should facilitate the housekeeping person to take it around comfortably. 
  7. You want to stock all your gadgets as well as small jewelry at one common place so that you can access them at ease the next morning. Design a product that can safely accommodate the following: mobile phone (a stand type), smartwatch, truly wireless earphones, jewels like finger rings, chain, bracelets/bangles etc. The product should be such that when you try to access them in the morning right after you wake up from bed - in a half-sleep state - none of the items should go damage.  


V - Question Type 5 (Imagination and drawing ability)

Do the following for each of the listed scenarios 

  • Visualize and draw the 3D views of the scenarios mentioned below. (each scenario carry 5 marks. Details may not be needed).
  • Also try to draw shadows for all the situations, assuming a light source to the right of your view. Objects in actual size. 
  • Imagine that the first object shrinks to half its size and the second object enlarges to twice its size. (each scenario carry 5 marks. Details may not be needed). 

 Problem statements:

  1. A bucket (first object) and a Jug (second object), both resting on flat ground next to each other 
  2. A Laptop and a coffee mug (with coffee) both on top of a flat table
  3. A two-liter coke bottle and mobile phone both on the same flat surface
  4. A basket full of vegetables and a bowl of soup


You may find similar questions for practice, which are already listed in - NID subjective practice questions


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30 May 2018

NATA Exam - General Aptitude Free Study materials


1. Mathematics and Geometric Aptitude


The syllabus of NATA exam includes mathematics as well as Aptitude. Fortunately, you must note that mathematics syllabus is actually your school/college textbooks. So, I'm not including mathematics topics here while I covered the General Aptitude part at length. I will try to cover Part B (drawing part) in future posts. But if you couldn't find materials or textbooks for maths, let me know in the comment, I will search and add a textbook.

What to start, how to learn the basics of design aptitude? 
How to solve design aptitude, non-verbal, and Ability questions with examples


PART 16


Maths Basics for non-math background design aspirants



How to count no. of surfaces in given solids



Graphics - Front, top, side views, Isometric projections etc
A very quick and good intro to Engineering Drawing

 Check till Page 28 - Engineering Graphics basics

 For further exercise and Practice


Some very good video tutorials that helps you with Solid transformations


source : Maths Online


source : Godcast


Orthographic projection examples

Isometric view tutorial

Other downloadable materials
Basic Geometry study (Just for reference) -

2. Nonverbal, Reasoning and Abstract Tests

Odd man out series exercises
Some more  odd man out series exercises

3. Architectural related General Aptitude


Roofing, Flooring, Tiling, Building Materials

 Floor tiles types PDF

Floor types and treatments - 

With pictures - types of flooring and their advantages

Types of flooring and material uses 

Flooring types used in India 

Flooring materials

Roofing types and materials

7 best roofing materials 

Wikipedia list of roofing material 

Building materials for different climate conditions - 

 Properties of Building materials 

Types of construction bonds 

Online - Choosing different building materials for different climate 


 Famous Buildings, Architectural styles, constructions etc.

 PDF - NCERT collection of state wise architecture in India 

PDF - A detailed list of temples, architectural styles with images 

List of famous temples in India 

Wikipedia detailed list of Hindu temples (overview during free time) -

Era wise Indian architecture (briefly go)

PDF of 100 famous landmarks around the world with images 

Most iconic buildings around the world 

100 most famous landmarks around the world

Another list of famous buildiings

The seven wonders of ancient, medieval, contemporary and modern worlds 

Wonders of the world

 Architectural styles timeline (PDF) 

Classical order in Architecture 

20 famous historical sites in India

Free time study 

History of Architecture

Glossery of Architectural terms

Go in free time - 100 famous works of creative sculpture and statues around the world - 

Terms and Texture

 Construction Materials - Quickly overview this book. Only study the part listed here - Timeline, Cultural and Material Context, Application, Grand Master

Texture in wikipedia 

Good guide on Texture in Architecture 

Slideshare presentation on Texture 

Color and pattern in Texture with basic terminology 

Important terms - Architecture Elements and Principles


Free time study and for future reference - Detailed Notes on Architecture



For a list of Famous Architects - check the end of this page to get the list

 famous artists/painters with their pics 

Indian cultural GA

General Topics

Learn about - Indian epigraphy history

 Learn about - Famous inscription in India

 Learn more about - Pica in wiki page

4. English and Verbal Reasoning



Sentetnce Correction and Completions
Vocabulary Study Materials 

A good PDF on Vocabulary (Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies, Reading comprehension, sentence completion, right word etc.) 

India GK online Practice

5. Sketching/Drawing

The following links might help you teach/learn on how to draw from memory/imagination

Here is a blog with few tips on how to draw from memory 


Leisure time study

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)

(More drawing related materials would be added soon)

Disclaimer: The materials shared here are a collection of PDFs and online resources collected from the internet to ease your study process. The topics chosen are purely based on the analysis of the sample previous papers and may not include 100% topics. 


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18 November 2017

NID-DAT Subjective Practice questions (PG)


Here is a set of practice questions that I prepared for your NID-DAT Subjective (PG) practice after I analysed some previous papers. Please practice only which you feel relevant to your preparation. I will update this page with more example soon. If you have any specific requirement on subjective questions type, drop in the comment and let me know or if you feel some other topic could be added, feel free to update me. Note that some of the questions have been taken from this blog's BDes subjective post.




Note - To save this posts images to your PC or mobile phone for your practice, click on the image and try saving them.

1. Complete the drawings


Part of the images will be given to you. Complete the remaining part with pencil/pen. Also, draw the background. No need to give details, line drawing should be enough but give importance to size, proportion, 
(Sorry for the blog name (watermark) on the images. I came to know that some coaching centres are just copying this blog's content as it is, and so I had to do this) 

Q1. Complete the scene of an ice cream parlour front, with a set of chairs and tables and also illustrate the ice cream shop. Draw a couple sitting on chairs relishing ice cream.



Q2. Complete the scene of a grandmother with her grandson sitting on a chair in a park feeding birds. Also, draw squirrels in the scene.



Q3. Complete the scene of a living room with windows, tables, racks etc. Draw a kid on the floor playing with his/her toys, and a music player on top of the table.



Q4. Complete the scene with a bunch of kids being outdoor and about to relish their food as part of their picnic. Show birds and animals in the scene and also cloud with sun and some trees.



Q5. Complete the scene of a living room with sofa, chairs, tv AC and wall mountings. Also, draw a vacuum cleaner lying on the floor



2. Story Framing and Writing Exercises


 a. Part of the story will be given. Complete the story in not more than 7 lines and illustrate them in 5 frames
  1. There lived a mise under a tree, above which a crow .........
  2. One day, I went to playground along with my cousin ......
  3. A golden swan which used to be pride once visited a pond where .........
  4.  Long ago, snakes don't have a home until one day a snake saw ants ..........
  5. Once upon a time, an elephant king used to rule the forest when .......
  6. Once, a miser trader .......

b. Frame stories using the following set of words, don't exceed 7 lines 
  1. Iron box, doll, shirt, table
  2. Tiffen box, stove, wall clock, mother, cat
  3. grandma, shoes, car horn, TV
  4. Ants, Laptop, cookies, Sleep
  5. Water bottle, monkey, window grills, fridge
  6. Doctor, sweets, salt, grandma, 
  7. Bulb, plant, carpet, glass jar
If possible illustrate one frame of the story for the above,  (pick any scene of your choice from the chosen story), which you've written. 
c. Story narration for a given image

 You will be given a scenario based on which you need to narrate a story in not more than 10 lines. This exercise will help you in enhancing your story framing and scene analysis skills. The first two questions appeared in CEED previous papers and the third example was taken from the internet.

Q1.  The illustration above is an artist’s impression of an incident in a club house. Narrate the incident in your own words, based on your creative imagination. Limit your description to less than 250 words.


Solution to the above scenario with tips on how to deal with such questions in this post

 Q2. Check the below messy picture and write a story related to the situation depicted in not less than 200 words.


Solution to the above scenario with some tips 

 Q3. Check the below scenario and narrate a story


3. Situation analysis questions

  1. A monkey got into a mall somehow and wants to get out without anyone’s notice. A 10-year-old boy helps him - state at least three problems/challenges faced by him in helping the monkey. Also, suggest solutions to the problems identified.
  2. A self-aware intelligent robot was lost in a forest and its battery was draining, state at least three challenges the robot will face and also suggest some solutions to the identified problems
  3. An alien was lost from its ship which got landed on the outskirts of your city and you decided to help it reach its ship. State at least three challenges/problems that you might encounter will take it to the ship safely. State also the transport you prefers to use and also give solutions
  4. A turtle somehow got into the city and is now in a lane filled with Non-veg shops, state the challenges it needs to face in order to cross and also reach the sea at the outskirts. Also, state solutions to that problems.
  5. A mosquito was inside a hall and it wants to get out. But the whole windows and doors were protected with mosquito catchers and repellants. State three challenges on how he can escape from the room. Also, give the solutions to the mosquito

4. Drawing/sketching exercises


A. General Drawing questions
  1. Draw a teen (only upper half portion sufficient) sipping coffee/tea and/or eating ice cream 
  2. Draw the scene of a school-boy studying a book, intensively, with no power but only candlelight in the room, being seated on the floor
  3. Draw the scene of yourself sitting on your rooms sofa and taking selfie
  4. Draw the scene of a mother, feeding her 2 year child with a milk bottle
  5. Draw the scene of a grandfather narrating a story from a book to his grand-daughter of 9-12 years old during bedtime. Show the excited state of the grand-daughter.
  6. Draw a creature, upper half human and lower half a tree trunk with some branches, watering itself. 
  7. Assume you are sitting in front of a laptop or a desktop PC adjacent to a wall, draw how your eyes see the scene
  8. Draw different facial emotions of a human (boy or girl) - only face/portrait is sufficient. Maintain the same person in all the scenes
  9. Draw the scene of an artist making art in his/her living room.
  10. Draw the scene of a manager in his office room, in front of a system (Computer) with files piled on his desk.
  11. Draw the scenario of two kids competing for one another on video game
  12. raw the scene of a room with at least one person, dating back to early 40's, 1940-1950 time. The very look of the image should give the perception that the scene dates back to 40's
  13. Draw a gadget tab (iPad or big sized mobile phone) showing that video was running on the screen. No background, only the gadget and the view of the video
  14. Draw a villager preparing chappatis/rotis, sitting on the floor, rolling the dough while a pan/tava with a chappatis on top of a natural made mud stove, burning using wood/twigs. 
  15. Illustrate the last scene of the thirsty crow-pebbles story, the scene of crow drinking water while it had already dropped some pebbles up to the half of the jar.
  16. There was a power cut. Draw the scene of your father fanning you, while you're fast asleep at the comfort of the fanning. Your father being happy at that moment.
  17. Draw yourself with head over phones on, enjoying the music like anything
  18. Draw yourself in a superhero costume 
  19. Draw yourself sitting on a sofa exhibiting ur happiness in watching the winning match on TV

B. Same-Scale drawing sample questions (just line drawing sufficient, no need of details)
  • Draw a bolt-nut (used for bolting, consider 1cm diameter of the bolt) and a pencil alongside in correct proportion
  • Draw a laptop and a pressure cooker in correct proportion, alongside
  • Draw a cat and a 5-year boy in, correct size
  • Draw a mobile phone and a big sized Ant next to it, in correct proportion.
  • Draw an elephant, a tiger and a monkey

C. Different-Scale drawing sample questions (just line drawing sufficient, no need of details) 
  • Draw a rat, thrice its usual size and a human (25+)  in his original size. 
  • Roughly draw a crow of 4 times its usual size, sitting above a bicycle.
  • Draw a 10 years cheerful girl, holding the tail of a real tiger which is of the size of a rat. Illustrate as if the girl is holding the tail in air
D. Human or Object sketching exercises
  1. Draw a portrait of a pretty girl with curly hairs, cheering up, with appropriate details in the background.
  2. Draw a 6 years kid weeping on his/her study table with some books. Show appropriate details including the background.
  3. Draw a 2-3 years child, just learnt to walk using the support of the adjacent wall. Show appropriate details including the background.
  4. Draw a portrait of a cheerful farmer with a turban and moustache, holding a plough. Show appropriate details including the background.
  5. Draw a girl kid (6-10 years old) with a puppy in her hand.
  6. Draw the sketch of a basket of vegetables on top of a table, visible in the dimness of a candle-light. Show appropriate details, shades etc. 

E. Choose two Homonym of your choice and draw them. 

Note: Homonym is a word that is spelt the same or sounds the same as another word but is different in meaning.
Ex: 
(pray, prey), 
(sell ,cell)
this page has a very long list of Homonym
  1. Draw the two meanings of the word "Spring" and write a one-line explanation for the sketch.
  2. Draw the two meanings of the word "tire" and write a one-line explanation for the sketch.
  3. Draw the two meanings of the word "desert" and write a one-line explanation for the sketch.

5. Poster making exercise

(you may use colours, rulers or other media)
  1. Population reduction - a theme poster that shows the downside of population growth. Give appropriate title and caption
  2. Make a poster for avoiding food wastage showing at least one kid in hungry or starving mode
  3. Create a poster advertisement to promote 'Swachh Bharat' campaign, showing at least a kid involved in the activity, 
  4. Make a poster for bringing awareness of digital India. Include the key elements like e-payments, govt. apps, digishala, govt. digital services, prevention of corruption, reduction of documents, hence papers, fast services/processes, 
  5. Your college is organising a cultural festival, make a poster showing the details of events or diff. kind of cultural.
  6. Create a poster advertising men to join Indian armed forces for a minimum of one year. Use Indian flag, Indian emblem, a Soldier. Use the form of them (texture, pattern, outline etc) 
  7. Design a poster to bring awareness about education focused on the rural parts of India. Illustrate visually the benefits 

Hope above practice questions helps you. All the best :)


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10 November 2017

NID DAT Subjective sample practice questions (B.Des)


Hi there,

In this post, I've covered some sample questions that might be useful for your subjective practice. This is in specific to BDes paper and according to 2017 official sample paper available in NID official website. Please note that the questions are purely based on my analysis and have been shared with the intention that some of them might actually turn useful for your practice. Please also note that some of the questions may not fit well to the exam.  

1. Drawing exercises of scenarios

  1. Draw the scene of a school-boy studying a book, intensively, with no power but only candle light in the room, being seated on the floor
  2. Draw the scene of yourself sitting on your rooms sofa and taking selfie
  3. Draw the scene of a mother, feeding her 2 year child with a milk bottle
  4. Draw the scene of a grandfather narrating a story from a book to his grand-daughter of 9-12 years old during bedtime. Show the excited state of the grand-daughter.
  5. Draw a creature, upper half human and lower half a tree trunk with some branches, watering itself. 
  6. Assume you are sitting in front of a laptop or a desktop PC adjacent to a wall, draw how your eyes see the scene
  7. Draw different facial emotions of a human (boy or girl) - only face/portrait is sufficient. Maintain the same person in all the scenes
  8. Draw the scene of an artist making art in his/her living room.
  9. Draw the scene of a manager in his office room, in front of a system (Computer) with files piled on his desk.
  10. Draw the scenario of two kids competing for one another on video game
  11. raw the scene of a room with at least one person, dating back to early 40's, 1940-1950 time. The very look of the image should give the perception that the scene dates back to 40's
  12. Draw a gadget tab (iPad or big sized mobile phone) showing that video was running on the screen. No background, only the gadget and the view of the video
  13. Draw a villager preparing chappatis/rotis, sitting on the floor, rolling the dough while a pan/tava with a chappatis on top of a natural mud made stove, burning using wood/twigs. 
  14. Illustrate the last scene of the thirsty crow-pebbles story, the scene of crow drinking water while it had already dropped some pebbles up to the half of the jar.
  15. There was a power cut. Draw the scene of your father fanning you, while you're fast asleep at the comfort of the fanning. Your father being happy at that moment.
  16. Draw yourself with head over phones on, enjoying the music like anything
  17. Draw yourself in a superhero costume 
  18. Draw yourself sitting on a sofa exhibiting ur happiness in watching the winning match on TV

2. Human/Object sketching exercises

  1. Draw a portrait of a pretty girl with curly hairs, cheering up, with appropriate details in the background.
  2. Draw a 6 years kid weeping on his/her study table with some books. Show appropriate details including the background.
  3. Draw a 2-3 years child, just learnt to walk using the support of the adjacent wall. Show appropriate details including the background.
  4. Draw a portrait of a cheerful farmer with a turban and moustache, holding a plough. Show appropriate details including the background.
  5. Draw a girl kid (6-10 years old) with a puppy in her hand.
  6. Draw the sketch of a basket of vegetables on top of a table, visible in the dimness of a candle light. Show appropriate details, shades etc. 
Choose two Homonym of your choice and draw them. 

Note: Homonym is a word that is spelt the same or sounds the same as another word but is different in meaning.
Ex: 
(pray, prey), 
(sell ,cell)
this page has a very long list of Homonym
  1. Draw the two meanings of the word "Spring" and write a one-line explanation for the sketch.
  2. Draw the two meanings of the word "tire" and write a one-line explanation for the sketch.
  3. Draw the two meanings of the word "desert" and write a one-line explanation for the sketch.

3. Story writing exercise

Frame stories using the following set of words, don't exceed 7 lines 
  1. Iron box, doll, shirt, table
  2. Tiffen box, stove, wall clock, mother, cat
  3. grandma, shoes, car horn, TV
  4. Ants, Laptop, cookies, Sleep
  5. Water bottle, monkey, window grills, fridge
  6. Doctor, sweets, salt, grandma, 
  7. Bulb, plant, carpet, glass jar

If possible illustrate one frame of the story (pick any scene of your choice from the chosen story), which you've written. 

4. Poster making exercise

(you may use colours, rulers or other media)
  1. Population reduction - a theme poster that shows the downside of population growth. Give appropriate title and caption
  2. Make a poster for avoiding food wastage showing at least one kid in hungry or starving mode
  3. Create a poster advertisement to promote 'Swachh Bharat' campaign, showing at least a kid involved in the activity, 
  4. Make a poster for bringing awareness of digital India. Include the key elements like e-payments, govt. apps, digishala, govt. digital services, prevention of corruption, reduction of documents, hence papers, fast services/processes, 
  5. Your college is organising a cultural festival, make a poster showing the details of events or diff. kind of cultural.
  6. Create a poster advertising men to join Indian armed forces for a minimum of one year. Use Indian flag, Indian emblem, a Soldier. Use the form of them (texture, pattern, outline etc) 
  7. Design a poster to bring awareness about education focused on the rural parts of India. Illustrate visually the benefits 

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(Below is a Supplementary Exercise)

5. Replicate exercises


Exactly redraw/replicate the below images, giving form and details - as much as possible



(just replicate the front girl and the table, no need to draw other kid in the backdrop)

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P.S.: I will update this page with more exercise and other variants of questions as soon as I finish next phase of previous paper analysis. Until then I hope the above exercise practice questions would come handy to during your preparation. 



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